First Word

Well, Lyla has always been vocal, but now she is making it a little bit easier for us to understand her! She has officially spoken her first word. She said it at the beginning of last week and I was afraid she would not say it again once Adam come home. Luckily I was able to catch it on video camera. But no worries, she says it ALL the time! Her first word is....

This girl talks all the time and I am sure a mouthful of others words are not far behind. Adam says he has heard her say 'mama', but I have yet to hear it. She also likes the 's' sound. She tries to copy me when I say 'yes', 'ice' and 'juice'. I know ice and juice are not the 's' sound, but it sounds like it to her. She has two teeth at this point, but I think she might be getting another one because she is drooling like crazy and she is gnawing on everything. She has also started waving. She will wave hello and bye. She will also wave just to wave....and she does it to everything. It is so cute. She waves to people, our cat, her toys, the tv, anything you name it! She is on the move all the time. She is such a fast crawler and follows me all over the house. She is pulling up on everything and would really love to walk. Don't get me wrong though, she still loves to be carried, or 'up'. She is such a big helper, she loves to be doing anything that I am doing and she is in to everything. She is still so easy going and happy with most anything. Her favorites right now are the cell phone, the car keys and my wallet.
We have started finger foods and she wants to do it herself. She can eat cut up bananas, cheese, hot dogs, blueberries, cottage cheese, watermelon, and I cannot forget the puffs! We will try some veggies this week cut up and see how she does.
We are enjoying the summer, I wish it wasn't so hot so we could enjoy being outside a little more, but we have instead been enjoying hanging out with good friends and finding new places to go.

Just playing.

Wearing the dress Uncle J and Aunt Kara brought her back from their honeymoon in Mexico.

Enjoying her Puffs in the car. She was able to get it open herself and by the end of the car ride they were all over her. 

Her new sandals. 

Lyla's first Dunwoody 4th of July Parade with Aunt Allison.

Our family at the Dunwoody 4th of July Parade.

Lyla's best friend Eva. She came over on 4th of July to play games and fall asleep. Their first "sleep over" together.

They even got to take a bath together! Lyla wondering"Eva what are you doing in the baby bath?"

We still have two vacations to look forward to before the summer comes to an end which will be nice. For now, I am just enjoying every minute with Lyla. I know I say it a lot, but time is just going by too fast. I want to hit the pause button and stay in these moments. I am enjoying learning from her and seeing her discover the world. I never thought, before having a child, all the things I would be responsible for teaching her. Such a big job! But she is helping me learn and I think we are doing a pretty good job.