Pumpkin Patch

I took Laurel to a little pumpkin patch at a local church yesterday and she was so cute. I couldn't get any good pictures because she was having such fun playing on the pumpkins and with the hay. She wouldn't look up at me at all; she was so involved in the new experience. It was really fun to just watch her play.

Quick Update

Laurel is getting so grown up. Matt and I just watch her every night and and look at each other in amazment. She is starting to stand by herself and she will just sit down after about 5 seconds instead of falling. Today in music class she was standing holding on to the teacher and she let go and just stood there smiling at us. Everyone clapped for her and I tried not to be too proud.

Here are a few pictures from the past week.

Laurel playing on the swing that Daddy made.

Let me out of prison!

Yummy!

Worst Week!

Laurel and I were both sick this past week. It was pretty rough, but we are both feeling much better now. My Dad watched her for me for an hour or so one day and Matt came home early from work one day, but I was pretty much on my own. Laurel wasn't too bad when she was sick; she mostly slept a lot. The worst part was when she started feeling better and I was just starting to feel really bad. Being sick is not fun, but it is much worse when you have a baby to take care of! If you can't tell from the following pictures taken yesterday, Laurel is no longer sick...

I Can Stand (and I do it ALL day!)

Laurel has been pulling up since she started crawling (over a month ago) but just lately she wants to stand ALL day. And she only wants to stand by herself; not while I am holding her, thank you very much mom! I'm so worried that she is going to fall that I spend all day hovering right next to her. The past week she has started taking a few steps and moving from one thing to the next which is pretty cool, but also scary (for me, Laurel has no fear). The last few day she has started letting go with both hands like she thinks she can stand! Crazy baby!

Bath Time

I have just started to give Laurel a bath in the "big" tub. She loves it, but she tries to climb out of the bath the entire time! I don't know when she got so grown!

Random Pictures of Laurel

Here are just a few pictures of Laurel being crazy...

She loves playing with our cell phones.

Laurel's Grandpa Doss was watching her the other day and threw her in a pile of clothes. She got so excited and was trying to climb the "mountain".

I have a really hard time getting Laurel to stay still while I change her. Matt was making faces at her to get her to hold still and she was just laughing and laughing.

Laurel has discovered plugs and she loves the night light.

She won't hold still for stories anymore but she loves to pull the books off the shelf!

Pots and Pans!

Laurel loves playing with pots and pans and spoons and cookie cutters and just about anything else you can bang together. She usually enjoys this game for about 10 minutes before she starts crawling away. It is so cute though to see her banging a spoon on a pot or patting her pan. Too bad I can't do the dishes while she plays because she will crawl right over and pull up on the dishwasher and try to crawl in!