What's New!?

Whenever I talk to Ryan, he always asks what we are doing that day.  And each day I reply that we are doing nothing new, just same old, same old.  And yet, with a baby, no two days are ever the same.  Leyton is constantly changing things up on me... keeping Mommy on her toes.  So here is what's new for this week!

Here she is eating avocado (and I use the term 'eating' very loosely).

And carrots.  We tried eating big girl food for about 5 days.  And each bite, she spit it out.  So instead of wasting food and both of our time, I decided to hold off on the big food for at least a week.  She clearly has not lost the tongue-thrust reflex.  She loves the spoon, loves to open up and put the food in her mouth, but then out comes the tongue and the food.  So all of my homemade food went in the freezer (or on her bib, as you can see).

This week Leyton also learned how to sit up.  She still needs to put a hand down for support most of the time, and she only sits until she sees a toy she wants to go after.  

And she turned 6 months old!  

The sign lasted for one picture

She also had her first Easter.  Before the Easter Bunny came, UPS came with some goods from the grandparents!  Thanks Gramma and Grandpa!

Thanks Grammy and Papa (Mommy ate the jelly beans :-)

We now officially have the same color eyes.  Before, hers were bright, bright blue.  Now they are bluish-green with light brown in the middle -exactly like Mommy's.

Babies in sunglasses never gets old.  She also slept from 7:45 til 6:15 on Friday night.  My joy was short-lived however.  I came in her room and found her on her tummy in the bed, and could smell right away that something was up.

This is NOT what she had in mind for the first thing in the morning (normally she eats and goes back to bed for another hour or so).  I had to clean her up, wrap her in a towel, feed her, and then stick her in a bath... all before 7am and before my coffee.. ugh.

Ahhh... all better!

This is from her Easter photo shoot.  I was secretly hoping she would hate the girly dress... nope... LOVED it.  Oh dear.

Such a ham for the camera

Another shoot...

This one didn't go as well.

We had lunch at the Howard's for Easter, which was lovely.  On our way out, we discovered that the Easter Bunny left a few track outside our house and our neighbor's houses.

At the Howard's she got to play in a real tent (not a fake one that Mommy makes out of her play gym and a blanket).

"We have GOT to me one of these!"

Unfortunately, we have no room for a tent.  But we DO have room for this growth chart.  This is Leyton's Easter present.  Not as yummy as a chocolate bunny, but way more practical.  We move way to much to mark up the walls, so this way we can keep track of our big girl as she gets even bigger.  I can't believe she is already six months old.  She is less and less of a baby every day, but watching her grow and learn new things is the best.  I can't be sad that she is growing up, because this is only still the beginning.  There is Oh so much more coming! 

 Just wait, Mommy, more coming!