September & October

I can't believe it is coming up on 2 months since I've updated our blog! These past few months have been super busy with moving into a new house and all that entails. It seems like it has taken extra long to get organized and settled with a little toddler running around and getting into everything! We are loving our new home though! We are so excited to have our own space again and we're thanking God that He provided this situation for us.

Even though I have not been good at updating the blog lately, I've still been taking plenty of pictures of our sweet little Laila...surprise, surprise! :) Those of you who keep up with us on Facebook have probably seen most of these pictures already, although there may be a few new ones and some new videos as well (coming in another post). Hope you enjoy!!!

Enjoying a dinner out with Laila's Aunts!

Laila loves lemons!

Aunt Susie and Aunt Bekah!

Enjoying her new chair!

She loves cuddling up in her chair with a book (or an old VHS cover!)

She has found another use for it as well!

16 months old!

Helping unpack all the boxes! :)

The bows never last long!

Telling Mama she is hungry!

Trying on Aunt Holly's high-heels!

Cuddling with Aunt Holly!

Laila's 1st big boo-boo! She tripped and fell into a ledge/step up in our house. She cut the inside of her mouth pretty good and it was gushing with blood. At the time it was a little traumatic not only for her but for Mama and Daddy as well, but she was a trooper and was over pretty quickly. Her lip was swollen for a little while (which made her talk funny!) and she had a mark on the outside of her face for a few days, but her teeth don't seem to have been affected and she didn't need stitches, thank goodness! Even though she's okay now, it still makes my stomach turn and my heart ache just thinking about it. The crazy thing was that I had just thought about that happening the night before, but then thought what are the chances. Ughhh...should have listened to my Mommy instincts! Of all the places she could trip and fall, why did it have to be in to a step? Later in the day after we calmed down from the event, we went and bought edge protectors for the step down in our house...hopefully it will never happen again but if it does there will be some extra cushion there!

The Kantor Family, our friends from Tallahassee, came to Orlando for a vacation and we got to spend some time with them at Sea World! We had a great time!

Somehow she convinced Daddy to let her bring her lamby to Sea World! She wants to take that thing everywhere now!

Josh and Ben!

Laila playing the drums!

Laila and Ben!

Laila loves Sea World!

I am still so amazed by this everytime I see it!

Papa Schuck came to visit and Laila wanted him to read her a story!

On our daily visit to play with Scooter!

Walking Scooter in her new shoes from Oma!

Laila knows how to zip and unzip Scooter's carrier now!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Daddy!!!!

Laila and Daddy are getting ready to enjoy a yummy breakfast for Daddy's birthday here!

This is her new silly face! It's hilarious!

Holding her nose and saying stinky, thanks to Daddy! :)

At Kobe's for Daddy's birthday dinner!

Kisses for Daddy!

To my fellow Nole fan friends....Yes, Laila is wearing a Gator jersey. This is because she loves her Daddy very much, but she was born in Tallahassee and I know she bleeds garnet! Go FSU! :)

Mommy and Laila in our Maggie Valley, NC t-shirts! Actually, the one Mommy is wearing belongs to Daddy and the one Laila is wearing belonged to Aunt Bekah when she was little, I think. They used to vacation there quite a bit growing up. Now it is one of our little family's favorite places to visit too!