Lyla turned 13 months on Wed., March 2nd! Where did our baby girl go? She is growing and developing into a little girl now. Slow down Lyla!!!
Lyla is ALL over the place! She is very busy and is in constant motion (hhmmmmmm, who does that sound like?) She is not quite walking, but pulling herself up and cruising along all the furniture. Brett and I are not in any hurry for her to start walking, she is already a challenge to keep up with. She is walking all around the house in her walker now. She has finally figured out that it can go forwards and not just backwards. We discovered that Lyla can climb stairs. During our visit at Dan and Mika's house, she climbed their entire staircase. The only stairs she has been around have been our metal, spiral ones. Lyla likes to dance to music. She stands at her activity table, plays the music, and wiggles her little bottom. It is so cute!!
Lyla likes to wave and watch her own shadow. It's so stinken adorable.
Lyla has definitely developed a pallet and an opinion about food. She will let you know when she is full or not liking what you are feeding her. She will stick out her tongue and make raspberry sounds. Brett and I have to refrain from laughing hysterically. She has tried some new foods this past month; peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, greek yogurt, cow's milk (which she is guzzling down now), rice cakes, tri-tip, bacon, waffles, and navy bean and ham soup. She is weaned to 1 nursing per day now.
This past month has been pretty mellow for us, which has been nice. I went back to work after being off for 6 weeks. It was a huge adjustment for me again. Lyla has been having fun with her babysitter, Patty. She loves going over there. Patty has continued to take her to story time at Barnes and Nobles on Tuesdays. I ran a Valentine's race while Lyla and daddy cheered me on. I was thrilled to have placed 2nd in my age group. We continue to go to the park regularly and out to restaurants a couple of times a week. Lyla loves going on the swings at the park. She has a new fascination for the bark on the ground. We took Lyla to the Capitol Aquarium and she loved looking at all of the fish. We are going to take Lyla on her first trip to the snow soon. So stay tuned...............
