5 Months Old!

Layla is 5 months old today!

It's hard to get good pics of her when she constantly sticks her tongue out:-)

Halloweekend

Friday we met Jill and Ella, Jamie and Alden, and Lindsey and Jonathan at the mall for a play date (okay, maybe we shopped more than they played:-0). Jonathan and Layla are already interested in each other...


After the mall, Layla and I went to visit Joe at work. A lot of his co-workers took their kids in to go trick or treating. Layla obviously couldn't go trick or treating, but she wanted to come visit anyway.

After that, we went to show Grandpa and Grandma Geurink her Halloween costume.

We dressed up for the picture:-)

Grandma and my lil' pumpkin...

Layla being captured by a ninja (or just Uncle Steve:-0)...

Saturday night we had our friends over to our house. The kids wore their costumes.

No Ella yet on this one, she was getting her costume on...

Ella (1 month old today), Layla (5 months old tomorrow), Jonathan (was 6 months old on Saturday), and Alden (will be 3 months old Wednesday).

Typical Layla sticking her tongue out...

Jonathan chillin' with Lindsey...

Yesterday we took advantage of the nice day and went for a walk by our house.

I know this is kind of a weird angle, but we worked with what we could find as a camera stand in the woods:-)

Schedule

This week Layla has been off of her normal evening sleep schedule. She typically goes down for a nap after her supper feeding at about 6, then I wake her up and feed her at 9:30ish, put her right back to sleep and she sleeps until 8am or shortly after that. This week she's been not sleeping quite as much between the 6pm and 9:30 feeding (one time waking up and wanting to eat at 7:30 and one time wanting to eat at like 8:30) and she's been waking up at 6am. At least after she eats at 6am, she goes right back to bed and sleeps until 9 or 10 which then gives me time to do some work, but this morning she woke up at 5am! That is too early for me to be waking up! Even 6am is too early for me to be waking up every morning! So I then go back to bed and sleep in until 8 or 9 which is just a waste of my time. I guess I figured there would come a time when she would stop sleeping so good, I had just hoped it wouldn't be yet. O, well, maybe she's just going through a growth spurt or something.

She is growing...I took her to get her Synagis shot today (to help protect her against RSV since she was a preemie) and she weighed 11 lbs 2 oz! She did not see her doctor today, so I'm not sure if she's on the growth charts yet or not. We go back for her 6 month appointment in about a month, so we will find out then. She REALLY did not like the shot today. I think she hates shots more and more each time she goes in. After she got poked she just turned red in the face and had this horrified look for about a minute before the crying/screaming began--like she was in shock at what had just happened--she gave this look like, 'Why in the world are you hurting me?!?'. Poor little thing:-). And now she'll have to have this shot every month for the next 4 months--at least next time she can get this shot at the same time as her other vaccinations so she gets them over with at the same time! Maybe by the time she has the 5th shot she'll be used to it--yeah, right, I doubt that!!

Weekend In Review

Layla had a play date with her new buddy, Ella (Koning), on Friday. Layla was very excited. Here she is chillin' with Elv before we left.


The girls had lots of fun together...


But then, like typical girls, their moods quickly changed...

Saturday we slept in, then headed to Crane's Orchard for lunch. Layla had a good time looking at all the people. Unfortunately, she no longer likes to just sit in her carrier while we eat. She likes to sit and look around. It'll be nice when she can sit in a high chair so she doesn't need to sit on our laps the whole time! O, well, as long as she's in a good mood I don't mind!

Saturday night we did some shopping and then spent some time at Barnes and Nobles. It was there that I changed my first diaper in a public restroom--well, not my diaper, hers, but you get what I mean:-). We then concluded the night with a late dinner at Applebee's. Layla was in a very happy mood the entire day since she was still able to get lots of naps in. She does pretty well napping while we're out if we're driving or she's being pushed in her stroller.

This morning we went to see Alden Lucas get baptized and then to the lunch afterwards. Layla was being noisy sitting in church, so we watched most of the service from the cry room, but at least she made it long enough to watch the baptism. We're not supposed to send her to nursery until the spring, so it'll be interesting to see how she does in church all winter! After the lunch we went to Joe's parents' house to celebrate Joe's sister's birthday. Needless to say, Layla has been a bit crabby today from all the excitement and has been sleeping pretty much since we got home!

The Pumpkin, The Witch and The Tigger

As anyone with kids knows, it's hard to get pics where both kids look good! Here was my attempt...


Get cousin Layla out of the picture!


Gavin is more interested in grabbing at Layla than having his picture taken and Layla is more interested in grabbing at the bear!


At least they look like loving cousins by looking at each other!


Probably the best one...at least they're both looking forward!


They really didn't like this pose!


This was on the ride over...it seems to happen a lot that somehow her headband ends up over her eyes while she rides. It doesn't seem to bother her...like a sleep mask I suppose:-). Maybe she pulls it down on purpose--she thinks they're sun glasses:-).


Layla and Hilda, her Build-a-Bear (I just named it:-D)


Uncle Mike, Gavin, Layla and Joe


This was the best one I got with the dogs...they might be harder to pose than kids:-)


A good one of the people...too bad Remi got bored and decided to leave the picture.


Our happy family...

Progress

I think that because I spend so much time with Layla that I don't notice how much she's grown. The other day I was noticing that her toes almost touch the end of her bouncy seat. She may still be small for her age, but compared to what size she started off, she's grown a lot!

She received the cute monkey sleeper above as a gift in a preemie size and then also got it as a gift in a 3 month. I loved her in it when when she wore it before and now she gets to wear it again!

I am baby-sitting my nephew today and had a quick chance to get a pic of all 3 kids so I did.

And this one I just thought was cute...she looks like a little boxer:-).

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Rememberance Day

From reading some different blogs tonight, I learned that today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Rememberance Day. My heart breaks for those that have suffered/are suffering from losing a child. Tonight I pray a special prayer for all of those that have experienced this type of grief in their life.

It's kind of ironic that today is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Rememberance Day when a year ago today we were experiencing a miscarriage. Praise God that a month later we found out we were pregnant with Layla and are now blessed to have her in our life:-). God is good!