Life is Better than Good.: 2014

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Halloween 2014.

Happy Halloween....2 weeks late :) I feel like I say "late" every post some I'm gonna stop. We will all just assume I am always late writing posts.

To kick off Halloween, the past two years we have carved pumpkins together. This year Lindsay hosted. We ate a boston butt and carved pumpkins, always a good time!

This year was Gage's 2nd Halloween and Lyla's first! Gage was a fisherman (after much deliberation about being a dinosaur or cowboy) and Lyla was Little Red Riding Hood one night and just cute the next, ha!

As always, we went to my moms church for Trunk-or-Treat. Gage had a blast going to all the trunks and getting candy.

All the cousins at Trunk-or-Treat.

Fisherman Gage

Lil' Red Riding Hood, Lyla

On actual Halloween we went to Kari and Dan's house. Erik was under the weather so I took the kids. We went around to several houses near Kari and Dan's. Gage could have cared less about going up to the houses, he just wanted candy. In fact, at the second house, he sat right down on the peoples porch and ate the twix that they gave him. Lord.

We had to stop by and see all the cousins dressed up before we went trick-or-treating with friends :)

Pawpaw and his 7 girls and 2 boys!

Gracie Girl and Lyla

Gage and Lyla

This is the best we could do....the trick-or-treating Gang :)

Gage and Addi

We love Ya-Ya!

6 months.

Lyla Ray is 6 months, ah!

She is....
-always smiling
-happy
-chunky- see the rolls below :)
-not sleeping very well (up 1-4 times a night...I know....some people have it way worse than that. But seriously, she tricked me. She WAS sleeping through the night for a couple months)
-rolling over
-sucking a paci
-eating baby food (so far she loves: sweet potatoes, bananas, and carrots)
-spitting up EVERY.WHERE
-wearing 6 month clothing
-"un"snuggable (doesn't like to be snuggled)
-stiff as a board (she stands up to burp)
-lookin' like her mama, at least thats what everyone says
-our little angel and we love her to pieces :)

Happy half way birthday sweet girl!

First Halloween as Little Red Riding Hood.

First experience with baby food....sweet potatoes, yum!

6 month check-up

Weight 14 lb, 10 oz (34%)

Height: 25.25 in (46%)

Here is Gage at 6 months. Think they look alike?!

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Lyla is 5 months. I'm way late.

Warning: This post is going to be scatter-brained. I'm sick and its 7:30 in the morning (thanks Lyla).

Lyla is 5 months.....like 3 weeks ago, oops. Fatty girl is doing well :) We love her to pieces and just like her brother, she doesn't stay still. She is a strong little thing. Her legs are always stiff...like she has to stand up to burp, seriously. She is NOT a cuddler, doesn't like to be rocked, and likes to be held facing out. She loves to lay on her back and play, not a huge fan of any sort of swing or bouncy seat. We did just get out the walker and she will sit in that for a little while.

I am feeding her and she will not have anything to do with formula. She has had maybe 5 formula bottles in her lifetime...should I be worried she is high maintenance already?! She is not the best sleeper, well she was but SIKE, not anymore. She is getting up around 1 and then 4ish now. Not sure why because we don't see any teeth but I'm use to it now. Sometimes Erik or I will put the paci back in her mouth and she will go back to sleep. She will take random naps...random times and for random lengths of time. I am not a schedule type person and Gage just set his own schedule so I'm hoping that will "pan" out soon. Yaya can do anything so I'm sure she'll have her going in no time :)

She rolls over now...has been for a while. However, she doesn't like to be on her tummy so she fusses once she gets there. She loves to smile and we love it when she does. She will smile all day if you talk to her. I love it when she smiles so big, her paci falls out :)

Judge if you want, but Lyla got her ears pierced a few weeks ago. Now I don't feel obligated to put a head band on her :) She did very well. They did her left one and before she could get the scream out, they were done with the right one. She cried for about 30 seconds. I am supposed to clean them 3 times a day....yea right. So they get cleaned once and she is surviving, imagine that.

Gage is doing fabulous with her. He actually entertains her and makes her smile. He will get her blanket and paci when she needs it. I love them together.

I'm pretty sure she is ready to inhale some food. She stares at us when we eat. We tried rice cereal to see if that would help her sleep. She loved to eat it but it didn't help with sleep so we quit. RUDE. I know, but its just one more thing to do. Fatty is ready for some green beans and bananas...6 months is like 2 weeks away, can't believe it.

Here are some pictures of our sweet little thang!

Rice cereal. Promise, she liked it. She didn't like me taking a break to take a picture.

Before ears pierced.

After. Milk helps everything.

Let's play: Find Lyla.

Loungin' around with Cousin Chase and Gage.

Snuggled up at the pumpkin patch.

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Can't leave out Gage.

I feel like all my posts are about Lyla so I can't leave out Gage Timothy. He is exactly (a little past) 2 1/2 years old.

Nope....he hasn't stopped. Just as wild as ever. But gosh I love that boy! He is a trip. Nothing he says surprises me. Erik and I are always laughing at him. He is non stop as he has always been but I wouldn't change a thing.

He is still in diapers, still in a crib, still slobbering....but he says he is NOT a baby. "I not a baby, I a big boy". We were debating on getting him a "big boy bed" but he hasn't tried to climb out of his crib so we are going to let it happen when he's ready. He isn't potty trained. Although he has went to the "potty" lots and lots of times, he just doesn't seem interested. So yea, we aren't pushing that either. We don't really put bibs on him anymore so his shirts are usually soaked. I have no idea why that boy can't swallow but maybe one day.

He is obsessed with dinosaurs right now. Lyla and I went to a baby shower a few weeks ago so Erik and Gage hung out. Well they went to Wal-mart and bought every dinosaur they had, seriously. He has at least 8 or so (Erik claims they were all $1). He loves to watch "Dino Dan" which is a show totally over his head but whatever.

He is still going to Yaya's and loves it of course! He has it made there :) Yaya has taught him so much...colors, numbers, shapes, days of the week....you name it. He amazes me with what he retains. I would like to claim all his smartness but I can't. We do read and he LOVES to read books but Yaya definitely does all the hard work.

I had so much to say and now I forgot it all. Here are some pictures for your entertainment :)