Layla's Story.. So Far..

{Layla's First Birthday}

We celebrated Layla's first birthday Saturday, one day early. We wanted to do something fun that everyone would enjoy. Paul came up with the genius idea to go sledding, so we did! I think everyone enjoyed it. Unfortunately, there were are few crashes with other sledders, but all was well. After sledding we all headed back to Grandma and Grandpa Blanchard's house for chili and taco soup and some yummy cupcakes. I have to add that I made the cupcake frosting all by myself...and it was goooooooood. After all the yummy food we went down stairs and opened presents and watch Layla dive into her very own giant cupcake!! (thank you Vera) I think Layla had a pretty awesome day. My highlight was a video that Aunt Cyndi put together of all of her photos from the year. It was a wonderful gift. Thank you to all that attended and for all the presents!

Crawling over the cake
Diggin' in!

Oooh Cake!

Layla LOVES cellphones
The Birthday Cake

My first snow angel

Flying

Uncle Brian and Lincoln

Dave, Cyndi, Paul

Kelcy and Kylie

Layla and Dad

Mom and Layla

My first Snowsuit

{MMM...SUCKERS}

Are we bad parents because we gave an 11 month old a sucker? I hope not...

All I can say is Layla just loved that sucker. I won't be giving her another one anytime soon, because it is soooo messy and requires a bath afterwards. It was sure fun watching her go"mmm" and then smack her lips. It wasn't so fun trying to pry it out of her death gripped fingers. I wish we could have gotten a picture of how mad she was when we took it away. It was priceless.

Squirrly Face

This is the face you get when you smile at Layla.

Halloween

Happy Be-lated Halloween!

Layla Fun

I wanted to post this video of Layla laughing. We are finding more and more "ticklish" spots everyday. In this video she was just laughing so much with no help. I would just raise my hand and she would start laughing. She is getting so big.
Little Update:
She has been taking more and more steps everyday. She loves to scream randomly, and can say Dada and Mama.