Friday, January 25, 2008

YUM!

Every day Laney is gaining more and more independence. She has become quite the little lady! She crawls around and is excited to explore the house. She pulls herself up to stand by anything! She is very curious! It is fun to see her big smiles when she is excited about doing something new. You can tell she feels proud of herself. She's just starting to notice that we are watching her - she'll turn to look at us either when she is doing something good or getting into trouble. Yes, she can be a stinker!

Here's a clip of Laney making a mess! Most of the time she wants to feed herself - she'll grab for the spoon and hold on tight! This time, I let her have it and she went crazy!!! Laney also really loves finger foods like cheerios, bread chunks, corn, etc. She's doing pretty well with a sippy cup too. It sure is amazing how fast she is learning and growing!

Monday, January 14, 2008

Stay At Home Mom


It's official, I have turned in my notice to school that I will not be returning in the fall. I absolutely love being a stay at home mom. I know this is God's plan for my life right now and I feel very at peace with this decision.


The way I see it, I am still teaching - I just have 1 student (Laney) instead of 25! I like that a lot! Plus there are no papers to grade or meetings to attend! Laney is at such a fun age - 8 months now - we keep very busy reading books, crawling around, singing, and playing together.


Just this month I have started caring for a 3 month old girl. It has been going well, but it certainly is different with 2! She sleeps and smiles a lot! Laney likes to look at her and talk to her. It will only get better the more they are able to interact with each other. So far, so good!

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Happy New Year

Our first Christmas as a family was fabulous! It was wonderful to have one party each day...we celebrated with the Wolberts on Christmas Eve and the Dolls on Christmas day. Laney got spoiled just a little bit! They were big exhausting days but so much fun!

This year we decided to throw a New Year's Eve party at our house. We invited the Young Married's Group from our church. It was a blast! We ate trash can turkey, lots of chips and dip, and a few too many sweets. We hope our friends had as much fun as we did!