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Sunday, January 30, 2011

Swimming with Daddy

I was sick this week, so Daddy had to take Lia to swimming lessons on Thursday. She had so much fun with him! She was all smiles, and she jumped in and went under water without any fuss. Thanks Daddy!








Painting...

Our little artist at work : )




Friday, January 14, 2011

Playing at Sage's

Last weekend, we took Lia in her new wagon over to play at Sage's house (thanks Keri! - they weren't home but let us stop by to use their swing set.) Lia had so much fun swinging, sliding, climbing and playing with all the balls!





War Eagle!! National Champs : )

We were so thrilled to cheer Auburn on to a victory last week! We made sure that we all wore our Auburn outfits from the time we woke up Monday until the time we woke up Tuesday so that we didnt' jinx the team by being out of uniform : ) Here is a picture of Lia all dressed for school Monday morning, and another of Lia and Dada reading one of her Auburn books right before the game. She loves to shake her shaker and say "War Eagle!" and she loves to point to Aubie when we read her Auburn books!

Thursday, January 13, 2011

New Year's with Nana and Papa

Philip's parents came out to Houston to celebrate New Year's with us. Lia had an absolute blast spending time with them!! Here are some pictures from the visit:

At Pappasito's New Years Day


Philip with his Mom


Playing with Nana and Papa


Tuesday, January 4, 2011

18 months!

Well, Lia is now 18 months old - time really does fly!! We went for her 18 month well-check today. She had to get 2 shots : ( But she did a good job and recovered pretty quickly. Here are a few stats from the doctor and things we want to remember about this age:

-Lia weighs 22 lbs 9.7 oz
-She is 2'8.5" tall
-She is in the 23rd percentile for weight, 73% for height
-She drinks about 25 oz. of milk each day
-She wakes up around 7:00 am, has a sippy cup of milk then breakfast
-She eats lunch at 11:30 am
-She now takes only one nap a day (we just made the switch from two a couple of weeks ago and its going great!) from about 12:30 to 2:30 pm
-She has a snack after her nap, then eats dinner about 5:30 pm
-She takes a bath then goes to bed at 7:30 pm
-She talks all the time! She's starting to make sentences and sometimes its hard to understand what she's trying to tell us.
-Her best friends are Miller and Sage
-She can't get enough of her Mimi or her Nana. She loves spending time with her grandmothers!!
-She goes to Mother's Day out on Mondays from 9-1 at Lakewood Methodist Church. After a rocky start, she is starting to really improve. The teachers have told me that in the last couple of weeks she has started to play with the other kids, participate in art and music, and eat a good lunch - all without the constant tears that we saw when we first started going!
-She goes to Little Gym once a week and loves rolling on the mats, swinging on the bars, walking on the balance beam, playing with the balls, and most of all singing and dancing with the music.
-She goes to swimming lessons on Thursday evenings with Sage, Luke and Emily
-She is still a great traveler. We have to buy her an actual seat on the airplane now instead of sitting in Mama's lap because she is getting so big and active that it's impossible to keep her out of the lap of the stranger beside me! : )
-She loves being outside and constantly asks "shoes on? outside? please!" to see if I will let her put her shoes on and go outside to play. She loves walking with us to get the mail, and she likes to carry the mailbox key the whole way.
-She likes to count. Her favorite numbers are six and eight, and she likes to repeat those over and over!
-She loves to watch her Auburn dvd, say "War Eagle" and point to Aubie. She also loves to shake her shaker and throw the football with Daddy : )

Lia is growing up so fast, and she is the light of our lives!!