Longer Nap Times

Lainey is finally starting to sleep for up to an hour and a half at a time! I am SO excited about this! She has never been a long napper and it is incredible how amazing it feels to have an hour to get things done around the house. Today I should have been cleaning, but instead I decided to make her a cute skirt and bow out of fabric scraps. :) I think it turned out pretty good. It was a win/win for mamma and baby! I sure hope this continues.

Happy Friday

Ever have one of those days that you wished wouldn't end because it was so perfect? That was our Friday! We started at the park with some of our friends from church, then met my best friend from high school for lunch and fun at Wonderwild. It was so much fun and the weather is just beautiful! I am so happy it is cooling off a little. Lainey loves being outside at this age so cooler weather is a huge plus!

Happy Friday!

Playing at the Mall

I have been terrified to let Lainey play at the mall play place for months. I am so scared she is going to get sick. Today I finally let her play today and she had a blast. We will see if she stays well, but she did love it. It was a great thing to do on a rainy morning. After we played, we had lunch and even rode the carousel with friends. I love wearing Lainey out in the mornings so she sleeps in the afternoon! Life is so much better when this girl naps. :) Have a wonderful week.

Enjoying life!

This week has been fun. We have enjoyed the park, the library, ladies bible class, time with grandparents and bouncin bears.  I love watching Lainey have fun and enjoy seeing her expressions as she experiences new things. We sure do love our girl!

Fun with Mimi and Grandaddy

Lainey stands at the back door and begs to go out almost all day. She loves to swing on her swing set.

First day of Ladies Bible Class

Spending time with Nannie

Lainey loves playing with Julia, her dare devil friend. :)

Fun at Bouncin' Bears

Love these kiddos!

Lainey is walking!

On Wednesday Lainey started walking!  She is exactly 10.5 months. She walked a little at the YMCA that morning and my friend Jess commented that she would consider Lainey officially walking. I said, "Well, I don't think it counts until she walks across a room, which she is not doing yet." That afternoon, she walked across her room about five times and has not stopped since. She is doing great! It is so fun to watch her actually go since she has been "cruising" for a while. I love it! 

Labor Day weekend

We had such a fun week and Labor Day weekend! We spent the week going to the pool several times, the splashpad and park twice,went to the library for Mother Goose time and played with friends. It was great that our play dates just picked right back up now that summer is over. Lainey had a blast and enjoyed getting back into a routine.

This weekend was great too! It was the last weekend that Brian will have off for about a month so we packed in tons of fun together. Some of our favorite things were the Children's Museum downtown, college football,  putting our fall decorations out, a bbq with friends on Monday and one last day at the YMCA waterpark.

Lainey loves the Houston Children's Museum and so I really wanted Brian to get to see her have fun. We've gone with friends before, but I just couldn't put into words the excitement she experienced. Brian loved getting to watch her play and she had an absolute ball! She loves the life size light bright, the sun catcher flowers that spin, the slides, the mirrors, the music and balls, the girl just loves the place. We may get a membership so we can go more often once she is one. It is a blast!


We also loved getting to swim at the Y's waterpark one last day. It's sad that it will be closed until next summer. We have had so much fun there this summer and swimming in the lap pool just is not the same. She always goes over to the gate and points to the other pool when we are there during the week. She just doesn't understand why we can't swim there. :)

I am so thankful for a wonderful weekend. Brian has been working so late that he hasn't gotten to see Lainey  in the evenings so a weekend together was perfect! We are blessed!

Hope everyone enjoyed time with their family and friends as well. Have a wonderful week!