8 Months

*Note* A week after she turned 8 months old, she started saying da-da! Dave was a wee bit proud!!

Layton was 8 months old earlier this week.

*She has started to show more of her personality this month. When she is happy, she is all smiles & giggles. When she is mad, she is straight as a board and strong as an ox! She makes this mean face, straightens her arms out and grits her gums. It is hilarious. When we laugh she will laugh too. She doesn't know whether to be mad or happy!

*She started waving bye-bye and saying a sound that sounds like "bye".

*Her seperation anxiety seems to be going away. (maybe)

*She is always gibber-gabbering, making sounds. She is sooo happy in the morning on the way to Miss Darlene's. She laughs the whole way.

*She is still toothless!

*She has started playing pee-pie with us.

*She has started the 'army crawl'. She pulls her whole body across the floor with her arms. She is pretty fast at it! She has crawled backwards several time but I guess she realizes that she can go faster with the 'army crawl'!

Our Monday...

Layton had a doctor's appointment today so I had to take off work. It was nice being home this afternoon with the girls. I love how Lydia is so nice to her little sister. I prayed for so long that Lydia would have a sibling one day. I just knew that she would be the best big sister and she has not proven me wrong. She is so sweet to Layton. While I was cooking dinner Lydia wanted to play in her tent but she wanted Layton to play with her, so that is what they did. Oh and of course they had to have a popsicle. Sorry about the redneck-ness! Nannie gave Lydia a tattoo, so once we put it on she was afraid a shirt would mess it up, can't let that happen!

Lydia softball 2010

Lydia is playing softball again this year. She has really improved over the last year. She is the catcher this year. At first she was mad but I think she is liking it now. She is hitting the ball most every time she bats. She is still very slow when she runs but has already gotten better over the last two weeks. I finally remembered to take my camera last night.









The umpire let her clean the plate last night!

Nice weather

We have had some really nice weather recently. This weekend Dave went to Hot Springs with the guys so the girls and I had a nice weekend at home. It was so nice to not have any plans. After church Sunday, we went and sat in the yard and relaxed in the sun. I am so glad both girls enjoy the outdoors.











These pictures were taken before church on Sunday morning. Both girls looked so cute in the dresses, I had to get some pictures. Lydia loves to hold Layton but I think she is starting to realize that the 'holding the baby' days are coming to an end!

Spring is in the air!

This past Saturday I took the girls to get their picture made by this friend of ours that is trying to get a photography business started. It is almost impossible to get Lydia to smile and Layton to look at the same time! We will attempt again in a couple of weeks with all 4 of us!

Layton loves Reece

While I was cooking dinner the other night I sat Layton in front of the back door. She sat and jibber-jabbered to Reece. It was so cute. I'm not sure what all she was saying but she sure was happy. Reece better watch out when Layton starts to crawl, which is going to be real soon.

Easter 2010

We had a wonderful Easter this year. It was a gorgeous day. The sunshine was so beautiful. Unfortunately Dave had to work, so he wasn't able to spend the day with us. The girls got up around 8 and was very excited to see what the Easter bunny had brought them. They both got new floats for the pool and some music. Lydia got a new christian CD for her portable CD player and Layton got some baby praise DVDs. Lydia is always listening to her CD player so she was thrilled to get a new CD. Funny story about her new CD... during the day she was walking around the house listening to her CD and trying to sing with it. All of the sudden she came running up to me telling me that they were saying bad words. I asked her what they were saying and she said they were saying "Oh my God"! I started laughing so hard, then I had to explain. Layton really enjoyed the plastic on her DVDs! We went to church and then went to Mamaw's for a wonderful lunch. Nannie had gotten lots of prizes for the eggs so everyone joined in on the egg hunt this year, it was really fun. We came home around 3 and laid down for a rest. Layton was one tired baby. When daddy got home, we all gathered back up and went over to Tammy's for dinner. All in all it was a wonderful day.

We dyed eggs the night before and then put glitter on them. It was our first time to decorate with glitter.



I love the 2 pictures below with the girls sleepy eyes!





Aunt Piss, Lydia and Nannie!



Thanks to aunt Amy Layton was able to hunt too!



Lydia and Kat hunting eggs.



Mamaw and Layton.



Layton and Ali.



Three if the happiest girls in the world.



I have tried so hard this year to explain the true meaning of Easter to Lydia this year. I actually think she has been overloaded. This morning in Sunday School I asked the kids why we celebrated Easter and Lydia said, "we know, we know Jesus died and rose out of the ground". I know that she will not fully understand until she is older but I am proud that she knows as much as she does. I sure am thankful that HE IS RISEN.

Why, why, why...

Here lately Lydia has been asking a million questions. Today while I was cooking dinner, she was at the table talking to me. Since Easter is this weekend we have been talking about the true meaning of Easter. We started talking about how Jesus died and then rose again. The following is how the rest of the conversation went.

Lydia: "I am upset with Jesus."

Me: "Why?"

Lydia: "Because he has all the super powers and I didn't get any. Why did he keep em all, he didn't share."

Me: After falling out laughing, which she did not think was very funny. "I don't know, maybe you can ask him one day when you get to heaven."

Lydia: "I am because I'm goin to heaven."