With so much time on my hands...

... my hands have been busy!


Lyla and I had worn out our old diaper bag... extremely. So we decided to make a new one! This was from an online pattern I found. Super easy and very cute. One draw back... much smaller in real life than it looks online. Bummer. But it is still fun, and I made a baby sling to match it. Lyla loves to be held and cuddled still, and now that I'm expecting she seems five times heavier... so the hip carry in the sling is a huge life saver for me!

I also ran into some key limes at my mother-in-laws... and they were begging to go into a delicious pie! This pie was quite delicious, even Jesse (who doesn't like sweets) ate two slices. I kind of frankensteined a few recipies from online, but it turned out great, and the meringue was so pretty, and didn't even shrink that much... in fact it kinda grew while cooking! That's a first!

And lastly these are not my hands, but that of my sweet girl! She kept herself very busy while I made my pie... she learned to climb onto chairs and into drawers all the while I was whipping up a pie. She truely learns at lightning speed all the sudden. She was even "putting" together a wooden puzzle on the floor. That consisted of taking all the pieces off, and then piling them all back on the board... not neccesarily in the spot they go.

Can Lyla and I just say... WE LOVE NO SCHOOL!

So big....

We celebrated 2 years of life, love and laughter on May 31, 2010! So for our 2nd Anniversary we took the day to go on a Biosphere 2 tour. I wish I would have gotten more pictures, it was so cool! I highly recommend it to anyone, although do be aware of the fact that the tour is 2 and 1/2 hours long! And it can get hot. But we had lots of fun, and Lyla even enjoyed it too, especially the echo chamber.
In the past few days Lyla has really blossomed! She has all kinds of new tricks, and I thought I would share them here. We have really enjoyed seeing her grow up.

1. She is taking one long nap a day... about 2 hours.

2. She learned to draw! I wish I had a picture to post, maybe next time. She loves to color, and everytime she sees a pencil and paper, she quickly grabs it to doodle.

3. She loves to look at Papa Tuckers Aquarium... she can sit there forever pointing at the fish.


4. She has taken to wearing a tonka toy tire tread around her neck, so we thought just maybe...

5. ... She was ready for her first necklace! So we went and got her some really cute beads at Wal-Mart. She still prefers the tire tread, maybe the necklace just takes some getting used to.

6. And the biggest thing of all, she learned to watch TV! This is not a good thing. I am not a big fan of TV, but now that she is interested it helps if I have to wash dishes or something... I hope I don't take too much advantage of it. But she loves to sit in her car seat and relax, and get up to sing and dance when a song comes on... too cute!

Post-a-Mania!!!

This post is a mix of all the wonderful, crazy, fun things that we have enjoyed over the past month. Some are small, and some are big, but they were all exciting!

We packed up and moved out of our apartment

I will miss it, but we are upgrading to a house... so thats good.

Lyla helped by making sure mom didn't pack dads's

church shoes where he couldn't find them!

Lyla wore a swim suit for the first time, and also swam by
herself for the first time... last year we held her in the pool
but she was only 4 months so it doesn't really count.


Jesse Graduated with his Masters of Accountancy! Go Jesse!

Camry graduated with her Bachelors in Animal Sciences

My sister made us an awsome cake that looks like a

graduation cap, from the right angle....unfortunately

the cardboard wasn't strong enough to support the

brim from cracking. But cracks and all it was delicious!

We found out we are having baby #2... estimated time of arrival

January 8th!

Lyla had her first train ride around Reid park.

She also learned how to drive! Look at that smile,

does she like it or what?

And we got to meet Jesse's best friend's fiance AmiCheri!

Go Tyler for finding such a great girl!

Happy Birthday Lyla-girl!!!

Lyla's first birthday was on April 11th, 2010. I'm alittle late on the post, but we have been very busy indeed. So a month late will have to do. But Lyla girl we LOVE you so much, even if we posted your birthday late!

Good morning world... I am ONE today!

Woke up all smiles.

Got a happy birthday bath before church

Put on her very best dress, which made for a super
cute birthday suit!


Ate a cupcake at Nana and Papa's house
which was super delicious

And opened presents, and nothing could beat this one.

She just loved her new Dr. Suess ABC book!

Party #2 One week later with all her cousins, and

Grandpa and Granny Clayton

Her super cute panda cake that Mommy made,

even though the frosting was too runny and wouldn't

pipe in star shapes to make fur, and the swamp cooler

melted all the frosting off the back by the time I was

done frosting the front... but none the less, here it is

Eating Ice cream with Granny

More excited about the dorito in her hand than

the present in front of her

Lyla, you are such a big girl and we are so happy your are our baby! You bring daddy and I so much joy, and We love you tons and tons. We hope you had a wonderful birthday!