Farmer Brown Eyes

Watch out, if you get very close to Leila these days, she will try to rip your nose off. It is very sweet how she will reach out for your face, until she gets a hold of it, and then watch out, that baby has a grip!
Leila has a sleeper that G-Ma bought for her that has a barn and some farm animals on it, so on the days when that sleeper gets broken out, we like to call her Farmer brown eyes, clever I know.
Well, in the slightly Leila related, but more Mommy centric news, I am working on getting myself together to advertise my birth announcements. Who knows if there will even be any interest, but I figure the costs involved are very minimal, and it will give me the opportunity to do something that actually interests me for once!
My friend Jennifer is a vendor at the local farmers market and she sells lots of great items for babies and small children, so she is going to set out a couple of my examples and some business cards for me. I am feeling really excited and nervous about this, and I am hoping that I am not getting in over my head, or wasting my time, but I figured it was worth a try. I haven't come up with a name yet for my company either...Brilliant ideas being taken from now until Close of Business on Aug. 30th. :)

Another weekend almost gone

Leila has had a pretty good weekend I think. On Saturday she got to spend some time hanging out with Daddy and Uncle Steve while Andrea and I went to her dress fitting. Saturday night we had a neighborhood block party to attend. Lots of our neighbors were there and we finally got to see all of the spring babies together. Aside from Leila there were two other baby girls and two baby boys all born in April and May this year. It is really neat to see the other babies and think about how next summer they can all be playing together at the party. We were hoping to get a picture, but there was so much going on, it was dark outside and past baby bed time before we remembered, so we will have to try to get all the kiddos together another time instead.
You may have noticed that we haven't posted any pictures of Leila lately. The cable that goes from our camera to our computer broke, and until we find the time and money to get a card reader...The pictures are staying on the camera :( but I will just tell you that I got a great shot of Leila smiling today.
Cory and I decided that we had spent too many Sunday's skipping church, so we made the trip today, and Leila wasn't thrilled about it. She has this funny little habit...She really likes to talk and make noise, and when she is really tired, she starts talking up a storm. Cory and I think she is trying to keep herself awake. Well this morning she started fussing in church, so I took her downstairs and fed her. We were on our way back upstairs to the service and she started chatting away. It was so loud, I took her back downstairs and Cory heard us and came down to help me quiet her down. Who knows when we will be going to church again, it is so hard to try to keep her quiet when we love to hear her little voice so much. She is an absolute joy, even when she interrupts church.
Well, it is Sunday afternoon and Cory is mowing the yard, and Leila is taking a nap on a blanket on the floor. She looks so cute and peaceful. All I can think about is how tomorrow is Monday and back to work again...I think I am going to go watch my baby sleep and try to get as much of her in as I can before the work week begins again.

Leila's Stats

Birth: 7 lbs, 13 ounces, 19.5 inches long
3 Weeks: 9 lbs, 4 ounces, 21 inches long
2 months: 13 lbs, 4 ounces, 24.5 inches long
4 months: 16 lbs, 10 ounces, 26 inches long
6 months: 19 lbs, 2 ounces, 28 inches long
9 Months: 21 lbs 10 ounces, 28.5 inches long
1 Year: 22 lbs, 14 ounces, 30 inches long
3 years: 36 lbs, 34 inches

My Baby Girl

Well, Leila is 4 months old and I was just thinking that I wish I had written more down during the last 4 months, I would like to be able to share more about Leila as she grows, and so I decided that starting a blog would be a good way to go.

On August 15th of 2005 I found out I was pregnant. I had a very easy, uneventful pregnancy, gained 30 pounds, had a pretty uneventful labor (thank the lord for epidurals), and now I have a beautiful baby, and I have lost those 30 pounds, plus another 20...gotta love breastfeeding!

Cory and I were both just certain we would be having a little boy. For months I was picturing myself with my little baby boy who looked just like his daddy...was I ever wrong! Leila looks just like her mommy, and is all girl! Cory has proved to be a big mush ball when it comes to his daughter. Every morning when she starts to wake up he hears her on the baby monitor and runs in to look over her co-sleeper so the first thing she sees is his smiling face, and she never fails to smile right back at him...so cute.