Our Little Helper

Now that she is almost a year old, Leyton has decided it's time to help out more around the house.

She cleans out the cabinets.

She moves boxes.  Here she is pushing through the pain.

"You wanted this under the table, right Mom?"

She also enjoys cooking.

Mmmm.. she cooked up something 'finger lickin' good!'

And my personal favorite....

taking out the trash!

Literally... reaching in and taking out the trash.  

So helpful!

Safari baby and a play date!

I know everyone loves to hear what baby Leyton has been up to, so here's what's new!  First, she got some new jammies.  Check these threads out!

She looks like a cheetah!

Being stealthy!

Attack!  She likes to climb up my pants, because she wants to be held.  For MONTHS when she was little, she didn't want to be held, she preferred to lie on the floor and play.  Well now that she is a solid 10 pounds heavier, she prefers to see the world from the safety of your arms.  Very sweet, but hard on the back!  We also had a minor accident....

All the Puffs hit the floor, and Leyton was very quick to capitilize.

A little puffs, a little dog hair... YUMMY!

Saving those for later...

We also had a play date with Miss Susannah Mallory.  

They fought over the same toys.

And cried to their Mommies when they didn't get their way.

Here they are drinking out of the other's sippy cups.

Good thing their daddy's are big and scary, because they have two BEAUTIFUL girls on their hands! (Susannah finds Leyton's daddy very scary, she cries every time she sees him!)

 Double trouble!  They worked together to try and coordinate an escape.  First by knocking down the baby gate...

 And then by knocking down the door.  We managed to keep them contained this time, but it's not getting any easier.
We are ALL looking forward to next weekend when Miss Hillary comes to visit.  She better bring her play clothes, because Mommy Shannon, Mommy Whitney, Baby Leyton, and Baby Susannah are ready to show her a good time!

11 Months Old!

Oh Baby Leyton, where has the year gone?  You are so big and smart!  You give sweet baby kisses.  You play ball.  You've figured out how to blink and it is very funny to watch you practice.  You keep us busy and very entertained.  We love you silly kid!!

Daddy got off early one day this week, so we took a trip to the zoo, and this time you stayed awake.  You loved the animals!

Well.. most of the animals.  You were not too impressed with the rhinos.  They were making a strange noise and you were not a fan.

The giraffes were much more entertaining.

And the pandas can't be beat.

Not a real polar bear.

But this one is... boring...

Where's the monkey!

We took one of these monkeys home with us!

Daddy says you're a little young for lipstick.

Luckily it's just your raisin and prune yogurt.

You crawled in there by yourself and had a blast!

We tried taking some 11 month photos.  This one is just a camera trick!  

That's more like it.

Love that smile!

Always a lady.

A beautiful lady!

You are growing so fast, but you will ALWAYS be our baby!

Silly kids

So I was planning to download some pictures that we took yesterday at the park -which you will find at the end of this post- but first, let's see what Daddy and Leyton do during Daddy/Daughter time.

As you can see... I live with TWO silly kids!

 Now for the post that I planned on doing.  Leyton loves to go to the park near our house.  Her favorite game is to crawl away from Mommy and Daddy as fast as she can, grab a piece of grass, and put it in her mouth.

She also loves to be tossed in the air until Mommy has a heart attack.

Chillax Mom!

When she is at home, her new thing is to pull up on EVERYTHING.  She has been pulling up for several weeks, but not frequently, and she generally would get stuck and need help sitting back down.  Now she is all smiles!

(check out her new jeggings!)

We also may have her first 'word' other than MaMa and DaDa.  A few days ago she started with what sounds like "uh-Huh."  It is the same sound I make when she jabbers at me, and I answer 'yes' and 'uh-huh.'  Now she says it over and over again.  She also likes to honk your nose.  I will say, 'Where's Mommy's nose?" and she will point to my nose and then laughs when I say "Honk Honk."  She also knows what her ball is.  And when she points at things, we say the name of it and then she tries to say it back.  Of course she can't say the actual words, but she usually gets the syllables right.  So 'Sasha' and 'Panda' are 'DaDuh' and ball is 'Ba.'  The baby talk to coming right along!

I tried to get a picture of her with this on her head, but she was too fast for me.  She was playing peek-a-boo.  Silly kid!