All Caught Up

This video is a special treat to celebrate being caught up on my blogging. I have made a decision to desperately try/attempt to stay caught up weekly. We shall see if I succeed or fail. I severely hate failing but as a full time working mommy I have learned that some pleasures have to wait their turn. Let me know if you think this video is funny enough to submit to America's Funniest Videos. I think it is pretty stinky funny but I am of course biased. Comments please!!

Sapulpa Truck Touch

Yesterday we went to the Sapulpa Truck Touch. My good friend Jade helps put this event on with the elementary where she teaches. It was a cloudy day but we managed to see everything before the rain started. Sorry for the over abundance of pics, but there were a lot of cute ones. The paper guy even took a pic and said it might show up in the Sapulpa Herald. We will have to keep an eye out for that. A helicopter was supposed to land for all the kids to watch but there were not able to make it due to the weather. The Truck Touch was a great event for the kiddos. Lanie even got to hang with her buddy Eli for a bit. I love the picture of them holding hands. It is so fun now that Lanie is getting old enough to enjoy events like this. Don't you just love the pic of her driving the big blue bus!!

Just a Swingin

We have spent a lot of time this Spring outside. This is Lanie's new favorite spot on our back porch. Just so happens to be mommy's new favorite spot for Lanie too! She will sit in her swing for quite some time which allows me to actually get something done besides chasing her around the house. She is one active lil girl I tell ya. She hardly ever stays still in one place for any time at all.

Lanie will be 11 months old tomorrow so I am going to document some details from her life. Some things she like to do is stand at our back door to look out at her doggies, ride in her car, swing, go for walks in the stroller with mommy, and she loves loves her bath time. She will actually crawl to her bathtub when she is ready for her bath. She says doggies, Tinky, Jazzy, Momma, Dadda, Papa, and Jaja. Her favorite foods are bananas, squash, cheese, toast, peas, blueberries, and puffs. Her favorite toys are actually chunky books. Hopefully she will really like to read! For about the first 10 months of her life she hated snuggling. However over the past month she has really starting to give hugs and kisses especially at bed time. We cherish each and every snuggle we get.

Baby Goats and Chicks

During our trip to Taloga, Lanie got to see some baby chicks and goats up close and personal. She really enjoyed the goats. She probably would have even kissed one of them on the nose if we would have let her. I love the one where Lanie is putting her head on the goat's nose. I think that is her version of a hug. So cute! My grandpa had two baby goats that were 2 weeks old and 2 baby goats that were 2 days old. They were very precious especially the 2 day old ones. I had even had to go catch the 2 weeks old ones so Lanie could see them. Yes this girl still knows how to work it in the country. Precious moments for Lanie to spend with her Great Grandparents (my dad's parents). Once again Lanie you are well loved by many.

Big Girl Car Seat

Last weekend we took a trip to Taloga. More pictures of that soon, but also Lanie got her big girl car seat for the trip. As you can see she is still backwards facing which she doesn't know any difference so it works for now. The new guidelines say they should remain backward facing until 2 years of age. I'm not sure if we will make it that far but we will just have to see how it goes. She LOVES her new seat. She can see out the window and has a ton more room to kick back. As you can see in the last picture she is completing reclining enjoying her juice.

Easter Sunday

We somehow neglected to take a good family pic this Easter. You can bet I will make every attempt to not let that happen again. Lanie is so hungry and exhausted from playing at church that we hurry home to get her feed and down for a nap so we didn't have a chance to ask someone to take a pic of us. Bart and I made a traditional Easter meal with ham, mashed potatoes, asparagus, and hot rolls for for the two of us. We are normally at home with family but ended up staying home this year so I wanted to make it memorable for our family as well. Lanie looks super cute in her new hair bows and loves her rubber ducky bath toys. Easter was fun times for the Ives household. I think one must try very hard to not enjoy these precious first moments with children. I treasure each and every day with this baby girl.

1st Easter Egg Hunt

The Saturday before Easter Sunday we went to the Jenks Easter egg hunt which they have on their turf football field. It was perfect for Lanie to crawl around. We had a lot of fun however Lanie was not all that interested in the eggs. She loved watching all the other kids however. She is such a people watcher. I had to include the 1st pic above to document the fabulous bruises Lanie had on her face. The one of her check if from a meeting with Jocelyn's coffee table and the one one her forehead is from our ottoman both which occurred during the same day. We have had plenty of bumps and bruises so far with Lanie learning to walk.

Just a few cute ones

Here's just a few pics from the past several months that I thought were cute of my lil cute pie. Hope you like them as much as I did!!