Milk Shmilk

This seems to be Laney's attitude toward milk these days. Starting Thanksgiving week Laney stopped finishing her bottles. She drinks about 3 ounces and then plays with the bottle for 10 minutes, occasionally taking a swig. I clean up a puddle of milk 4 times a day. This was her last night and this morning. I could get some variation of this picture at every feeding! She has always shown a preference for solid food, and is a GREAT eater with any real food I give her, so I am not concerned... maybe she's just trying to get rid of some of the rolls!

And Dellan is always more than willing to finish off any of Laney's leftovers!

A handful

is what my son is these days. He is everywhere and into everything. I have picked up everything (including vases, flowers, recycling bin, kitchen rugs, etc) in hopes of baby proofing downs stairs for D to crawl around. This morning he discovered the spiral door stopper and was entertained for awhile. A few minutes later I noticed something in his mouth... it was the end of the doorstop. Ay yi yi. You always miss something. Later, while picking up some cleaning supplies at the grocery store, I gave D the box of swiffer dusters to hold. Serioulsy less than a minute later he had green cardboard all over his face! My job suddenly got a lot harder...

Socks!

It is absolutely impossible for my children to keep socks on their feet, especially Laney. They seem to slide right off... Grammie thinks this is because of her cankles and tiny feet, but today I watched her do this, which could also be the culprit.

Our best Bud

Elyse and Isaac (and his grandma) came over for a playdate today. He loves to be on his stomach and encouraged Laney to do the same (for a few minutes anyway). While Laney was sitting up playing with toys Isaac discovered the "balls" on her dress and couldn't get enough of them! After that she noticed them too. This should be an interesting outfit now! We love our dear friends Matt and Elyse and can't wait for all the fun playdates I know are in our future :0)

Maggie

I have my very own Maggie Simpson. Laney is seriously obsessed with binkies these days. She often falls asleep with a binkie in her mouth and several others cuddled up around her face. When Tony got her out of bed in the morning, she smiled and squeeled her "happy to see you" and then quickly grabbed her binkie out of her bed and popped it in her mouth (mid air) as Tony was lifting her out of her crib... just in case there wouldn't be one downstairs! (We have what seems like hundreds of binkies in this house, and the car, and the stroller, and the beds, and the carseats). She has even taken her love for binkies to a higher level than a love for food. When offering her a Puff (she had a binkie in her other hand, she grabbed the puff, stared at the bink, stared at the Puff, the bink, the puff... paused... and decided on the bink. So funny. She will hold puffs forever but not spit the binkie out to actually eat them. Tonight I looked over while we were all playing to see her above. Yes, 3 binkies instead of all the other fun toys we have to play with.

Can you see the resemblence? Hair that sticks straight up, binkie in mouth, fat rolls through clothes, bow in hair. She should have been named Maggie.

No Hands? No Problem!

Apparently this is how you solve the problem of holding toys while your hands are occupied crawling and playing. This happens all day long. He will grab a toy and quickly stick it right in his mouth and continue on his way...

(and yes, this is a measuring cup)

Last Kindermusik

Today was our last Kindermusik of the semester. The kids got "graduation" certificates and will move on to the second half of the class in January. I know Laney will be sad to go a whole month without class. She loves it! She is our own little teacher's pet.... always in the front of class, staring at the teacher! It was such a fun experience and the kids have all come so far since September. We started out laying on the mat, and now class is all the babies grabbing the guitar, crawling all over, and and playing together. The babies have all gotten very comfortable with each other and love to play together or with the other parents. Many of the babies are at the "we don't like strangers" phase, but they all love everyone in class now! At one point today every mom had someone else's kid! Dellan is the only one in class who crawls around and doesn't pay much attention to the teacher! But Laney and the other kids are all paying attention and love to be right up front (grabbing the guitar is their favorite!). Here is Laney in her happy place: