10 things about Layton!

Layton will tell you that she is "fixin a be free (three) in August, the 20th". She is so excited that her birthday is soon. She has already told me who she wants to invite and that everyone can swim and sleep at our house! She is growing so fast, I just wanted to write some things down to remember. Here are 10 words to best describe my baby girl right now:

1-Affectionate. She loves to kiss, hug and touch. She comes up several times a day wanting a kiss or hug. When she goes to sleep, she wants to hug someone’s arm. So many times at night, after I have put the girls to bed, I will hear her and Lydia fussing because Lydia won’t “give” Layton her arm!!



2-Animal Lover. No explanation is needed for this one, especially if you look at the picture above. There is NEVER a time that she walks by an animal and doesn’t stop and pet/talk/love on it.



3-Busy. She is busy from the time she wakes in the morning until the time she goes to bed. And even asleep, she is all over the bed. I often ask her to come sit in my lap and talk and talk to me, she always does but bless her, she isn't very still!



4-Daddy’s girl. If he’s at home, she’s with him. If he’s not home, she wants to know where he is and what he’s doing. She loves her daddy and last night in mid conversation (about something not related to her daddy) she told me she “oved him a whole bunch”.

5-Helpful. She loves to help me. She loves to help with laundry and recently she has started watching me cook. She constantly asks to help me with whatever it is that I am doing.



6-Inquisitive. I really do think she ends every statement in a question these days. She asks “cuz why” at least 50 times a day.

7-Singer. She loves music. In the car, she will ask me to turn the music up. At church on Sunday mornings, she sings loudy with the congregation.



8-Shy. As outgoing as she is, she is still shy around people that she doesn’t know very well.

9-Talker. I don’t think there is much she can’t say. I never have to wonder what she is thinking because she tells us exactly what is on her mind. She is NEVER quite! It is so fun listening to her tell stories, she has such an imagination.



10-Traveler. She recently has realized that she can spend the night away from home. There have been several times in the past 2 weeks that she has asked to go over someone’s house to spend the night and when I say no, she says I don’t want to be here!!!

I can't believe that she will be 3 soon. She is the energy in our house these days. I "ove" her so very much!

A walk in the woods

A walk in the woods = 5-10 minutes of fun, exploring times. No "she took my toy", "that is mine", "I had it first", no biting, no screaming, no crying, no pouting, just simple fun times! These pictures remind me that they actually DO LOVE EACH OTHER. Lydia said this was very dangerous! She normally isn't my dare devil, guess she's been watching her little sister!

We we've been up to...

Laundry disaster!

This is what happened last night when I told Lydia to go change over the laundry from the washer to the dryer! In my defense, I told her to get a stool but she said she didn't need one, that she was tall enough now! Apparently she didn't grow as much as she thought from Sunday night!! Before I helped her out, I had to snap a picture! One for proof that she does help with laundry and two because it was rather funny to me!!

My very own cat lady...

So, we are cat owners again!! Layton is slightly obsessed with cats. She adores them all, however not too many love her! She wants to hold them, talk to them, rub them, kiss them, and then hold them some more! Dave's cousin had 4 kittens, so we got 2! A white one, Sweetie and a black one, Cotton. Lydia likes the idea of having them but doesn't want to hold them much. Layton holds them constantly, she just can't get enough of them. And evidently they like her too, they don't run from her and every time she goes out, they meet her by meow-ing! We have had them for a week now and she is still in love with them. Dave said the other day that we all should love something as much as she loves her kittens. I cannot express in words the love in her heart she has for these animals. I hope they will stick around. We had a tom cat a few years ago that roamed off. Hopefully these two will stick around and become our furry friends for a while.