I'm one....

The day is over and the house is quiet again. We've survived our First Birthday Party! We had a great gathering full of family and friends. Lyla dug into her cake and loved every minute of it. She was so tired when we got to presents that she just wanted to play with whatever was in front of her. She will have plenty of time to play with all of the new toys and books that she got. Thank you to all who came to help us celebrate her special day!

I'm posting pictures from the night of her actual birthday, September 5th. We did a family dinner and gave her a cupcake to dive into! I will post party pictures on Monday!

Daddy's Little Longhorn...

It's official! Football season has started! On Friday Lyla and her daddy were decked out head to toe in their Longhorn gear! Too bad Lyla's going to Oklahoma State! We have started back to school and Lyla is back at Ms. Laura's this year! She is going three days a week and she loves playing with her friends. She comes home and is ready for bed around 6:45pm. She goes to Nana's house on Thursday and Friday! She loves going to Nana's because she gives her peaches and shares her snacks. I'm including some photos of activities we did right before I went back to school! Playing by the dishwasher, clapping at a Joe McDermott concert, playing with Nolan and Emily, and playing at the sprinkler park! Enjoy!

Surfin' in New Braunfels...

Last Monday we spent the day at Schlitterbaun with TJ's family. Lyla loved the water and playing in the pools all day long. Momo watched Lyla while she napped and we went to ride a few rides! Lyla loves swimming and we can't wait to go back next year!

Nana's Birthday

For Nana's Birthday this year we went to The Hula Hut. Lyla had a cheese quesadilla that she loved! She also drank milk! What a big girl! These are pictures of us back at Nana and Papa's house eating birthday cake. Nana wanted an Angel Lush Cake. It's an Angel food cake cut horizontally into three layers with a mixture of vanilla pudding, crushed pineapple and cool whip. It turned out really yummy!

Cruisin'

Last week I decided that Lyla hardly has any toys that are truly age appropriate and aid in her development (yuck! teacher talk!). So, we went to Toys R Us. I have not been to this place in a really long time! She was riding in her stroller and her eyes were so big while she looked at all the toys around her. I decided to buy her a Stroll -Along walker. It's so cute! This will help her learn to walk. She has taken a few spills and this morning she got a boo boo on her head when she was trying to pull up on her stroller. But we dust off, gives kisses and get back to playing!

Lyla's new friend...

We've had a busy but fun weekend. Lyla had a new friend born on Saturday morning. Marcus Alexander was born to our friends Michelle and Andy. They have two little girls, Analissa and Elena who are excited about their baby brother! While they were in the hospital Elena came over to play during the days. Here are a few pictures of Elena playing with baby Lyla.

Lyla is almost 11 months old and she is very active. She began crawling the week before 4th of July and the next week she started pulling up. She is now holding on to things and walking around! We can't believe what a big girl she is. She loves to sing and dance with Mommy in the evenings while we make dinner. She likes to sing the "Brush your Teeth" song on one of her Raffi CDs.

More pictures from our trip...