Happy Birthday Layna!!

Wish I could upload some photos from the family party we had on Monday..stupid memory card doesn't fit in my laptop and my mom's computer crashed...anyways enough complaining!
We had 12 people over to share Layna's 1st birthday with pizza and ice cream cake and a pink and green ladybug cake for Layna to eat all by herself made by Brown Butter Bakery for $10!
Now to get ready for the BIG birthday party at the park this Saturday with lots of friends and family and little ones! And another ladybug cake for Layna!!
Hopefully pictures soon, Can't believe I have a one year old!! Gosh time flies!

Baby Chicks

We have baby chicks! Layna and Banjo are busy watching over them, as they are in our bathroom in a box...they are moving outside this weekend! Pictures to come later.

Also 3 more days til I have a birthday princess turning 1!!! I am so excited and a little sad that my baby is now on to toddlerhood! She took 7 steps the other night...getting closer and closer to taking off.....I keep telling Nana as soon as she is really walking Nana is gonna potty train her..right Nana? :)
Happy Friday!

Poor Laynee!

A rough day yesterday for Layna bug! She is trying to walk to things and ends up falling face first into stuff. First the coffee table= split lip and cut gums. Then the dog knocked her over=black eye(not really that bad, can just barely see the bruise) then she goes face first to the ground trying to get to the couch= re-open lip. Later 2 bonks on the back of the head. Fell onto a heater(that was not on) re-open gums. Plus a new tooth just popped through (#5) and #6 should be close behind....Lets hope today is much better!!

Family Haircut Day!

After much debate it was finally time to trim Layna's mullet that when wet was halfway down her back. I trimmed a few inches off the back and only needed to trim a little off the sides. although one side curls and one side doesn't it kind of looks uneven so I may need to do a few more snips here and there.
It was a family haircut day. I gave myself bangs in the morning while I was getting ready for work. Then after Jake got off work I cut his (he wanted a 2 all over then he realized how short a 2 is..oops!) Then trimmed Layna's hair while she sat on Dada's lap.

She is wearing her hand me down Cabela's camo overalls from her 2nd cousin Eli

I of course had to save a snippet of her hair. That is why there is an envelope!

Don't we look great? Its nice to be a hairdresser I can take care of the whole family! (I couldn't figure out how to get this picture right side up..I am still a blog in progress!)

11 months old!

Layna and Banjo. She loves to climb on him, LOVES to play with his tail and taste it!

He is a very patient older brother...but he does whack her with his tail or bump her over sometimes.

Mother's Day. Daddy reading Layna her favorite Elmo book!

This is my 11 month old! I said say cheese and she said AHHHHHH! So cute!

Here she is looking for the kitties at Nana's house. They eat right outside this door and she loves to look for them and watch them.

Layna currently knows and does 4 signs. More, All Done, Doggy, and Milk. Nana and I are working on lots more signs with her but she has only done those 4 so far. We are building quite the vocabulary in American Sign Language....mostly animals and things pertaining to eating.

Layna also can point out animals in books like kitties and birdies. She took 3 steps the other night which is the most she has done so far! Nana and I took her to the pool the other day. She was apprehensive at first, it has been a while since we've gone swimming, but after a few minutes she was having lots of fun..my little fishy! I am busy planning her 1st birthday party and can not believe it is time for that already!

Exciting Updates

my Eugene Marathon - 2011 - Half Marathon results

these are my results from my first ever Half marathon. I trained to walk it and ended up running the first 4 miles walking 4 miles ran 1 mile walked 1 mile then ran the last 3 miles. A total of 8 miles ran..the most I have ever done. Needless to say I am very SORE today!

Last week Layna took 1 complete step!! She was trying to get to her Nana and successfully took one step and then on the 2nd step she fell. But she did one and I am so proud of her! I love her more and more everyday if thats possible!!

Hoppy Easter!

Here are the dyed eggs I colored. It was a grocery outlet dye kit and I was not too thrilled about it but did enjoy coloring some of our own hen's eggs.

Layna's Easter Basket from Mama and Dada

mEGGa easter egg hunt at the fair with Dada

Attempting to get a shot of Layna and her 2nd cousins at the egg hunt

Here are some of our at home easter pics that Jake and I took. This is Bun Bun our bunny who surprisingly was great with Layna even through the fur and ear pulling and was happy to sit still for the pics!

Bun Bun

Layna had sucked on a pink peep so that is why it looks like she's wearing lipstick. This was our Easter card.












Here she is takin a lick of the pink peep. I don't encourage sugar but for the sake of getting the shot I let her try one and she didn't care for it much.