Me love chocolate chip cookie

The chocolate chips were screaming from the cupboard, "turn me into something delicious!" Who could ignore that, beside we need to try to get more food down this kid so I will try anything. I think this picture speaks for itself. "We like chocolate chip cookies!" it says. Of course we went through 4 outfits today and had to mop the floor twice but with a smile like that, I really can't complain.

The toy for today is?...

It seems as though every day Laney wakes up (early!) and picks a toy for the day. She may play with other toys that day but she always comes back to one toy in particular. Today apparently we are going for music and sound so here is our choice this morning.

PJ's all day...

Sometimes there are just those days when you don't need to go anywhere and your morning gets away from you and BAM! it is 2:00 in the afternoon and she is still in her PJ's. Do you really go through the effort of getting them dressed when 1. They hate it. 2. You dirty more clothes. and 3. We don't have to go anywhere anyway. Oh well, I am sure this has happened to other mothers. I doubt I am the first.

Rain?

It doesn't rain much in Boise. Mostly in the Spring and then a few rare times through the year. Well I found this cute raincoat the other day and I couldn't resist. Most of her clothes are hand-me-downs from her cousin so it is rare I get to buy her much anyway. Well as luck would have it I bought this Sunday and today it is raining! We are all dressed up and ready to face the elements! I just love her little face.

Stinking shots

As I mentioned in our last post Laney went to her 1 year appointment. She also received her 1 year shots. I think her immune system is a little overtaxed. She has had a little fever on and off for 2 days and her cold is moving into her lungs. Of course I am following right along with her and it is moving to my lungs too. I have pretty much lost my voice and had to call in sick to work. Oh well. I have to say she is handling it much better than I am. She is still crawling and going 90 miles an hour. All I want to do is sit on the couch!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

We were fortunate enough to spend St. Patricks day with friends. We went to the Wilkison's for corned beef and cabbage. It was delicious! We started the night with a cheers over a tall dark glass of Guiness. I know I look like the worst mom ever but all she got was some foam, but she LOVED it! We all ate and laughed, the kids all played. It was a great night.
This morning was Laney's 1 year check up with her pediatrician. She got a clean bill of health except for the cold, which he said is not RSV (thank goodness). Laney weighs 16 lbs. 3 oz and is 28 inches long, her head measures at 16 5/8. Because she is a year now they no longer correct her height and weight so we no longer have that advantage. What that translates into is that she is 19th% for height and below the 3rd % for head and weight. No big suprise and her doctor is not concerned so we will just keep trucking along trying to get this kid to eat.

A house half done...

So right now our house is in the middle of about 5 half done projects. Kevin, bless his heart, is working on them every chance he gets, which isn't much. We put the hardwood floor in but we have no baseboards or trim. I decided to redo the bathroom and there is that one ellusive piece of wood that needs to be painted and put up. We have a new kitchen floor that has been at the store we bought it from since December. You get the idea. Well today the troops decided to tackle one of the projects. Not sure if any progress was made but they look like they are working hard.

Our first cold

It is almost impossible to believe but Laney has not been sick since we brought her home. Not even a cold. But last night she ended up with a fever of 100-101, runny nose, and a little cranky. With the intensity of RSV this year we worry about her lungs. I have watched her close all day and she did great through the day. She had physical and speech therapy this morning and I gave her a little Tylenol but for the most part a normal day. Tonight is a different story the poor kid is just cranky, frustrated, and warm. She is still eating well and cuddling with Daddy seems to be putting her to sleep so guess I better follow suit while it lasts.

Daddy's little girl

There is nothing I can say to make this picture more precious. I love them both so much.

The Tazmanian Devil

As you can see our house has turned into a whirlwind of toys. She loves them all. She has a few favorites but for the most part they all get their fair share of attention. I get lots of comments on how much she smiles! She does smile alot except for this afternoon. Kevin and I took her for her follow up hearing screen. This time she was to be awake and "ready to play". Those instructions didn't sound too difficult. I scheduled out apointment 1 hour after she ususally gets up from her nap. Except she didn't really nap this morning. Of all mornings. I have never had any problems putting her down for her morning nap till this morning. To add insult to injury, somehow we made it to her appointment without a pacifier. This child has 12 pacifiers! Not one in her diaper bag! So she melted down and we came home. Oh well, roll with the punches. We rescheduled for a couple weeks.

It is official, Laney is crawling!

We are so proud of her. She has only been out of her body cast for 8 weeks. She is crawling forward. (our stipulation of stating that she could crawl was that she was crawling forward not backward). We have been working with her every day and she is so eager to get around that she has finally accomplished crawling. She actully can stand too but she does require some help. She can stand up, most of the time, on her own but she needs help getting down. We thought it would be summer before we saw this kind of progress. (In May she will be a full gestational year) But here we are, scrambling to get a rail up on our staircase so that we can get a baby gate up in front of the stairs. Thats what we get for thinking we had more time. She has been able to get herself into some precarious spots as you can see.

Time to come home

It was a great trip to Grandma's house. We got to see lots of friends and family we haven't seen in a while. We wanted to take her to our last night of Kevin's conference but she decided not to sleep that afternoon so she was out at about 6:00. It was a nice and much needed night out for Mom and Dad. Plus we won a fabulous prize basket with lots of goodies inside. Back to the grind!

The worst mom ever...

So Kevin has a conference this week in Pocatello. So Laney and I decided to trail along and take full advantage of a couple days at Grandma's house. We drove to Pocatello and on our 3rd day decided to go see Grandpa Heaney. Well Grandpa Heaney is building/remodeling a house. We love the floor. She is able to scoot all over the place. She was scooting around in circles to get where she wanted to go. (She is not quite crawling yet, still mostly backwards and in circles.) In the kitchen she happened upon this cool blue cord. "Well that isn't so bad" "looks like a fairly harmless toy".

Except that it is hooked to a nail gun at the other end. What do you do when kids want to play with everything they are not supposed to?

Chomp, Chomp...

Grandma's are on the ball. Laney has received some early birthday presents in the mail over the last few days and of course they go straight out of the box and straight into the mouth. I don't think that Stan did as much damage chewing on things when he was a puppy. I have teeth marks on my window sill. Thanks Grandma's for giving us something good to chew on.
Our date last night led to a slow morning this morning so lots to do before Laney's birthday tomorrow!