I've been slacking...

Oh my it has not been a month since I blogged!?! Really!?!.. Wow so much has gone on in the past month I don't even know where to begin. Emily came for a visit to California over Halloween and LA and I decided to go ahead and come back to Arkansas for the holidays a little early. We made the drive half way across country in 3 VERY LONG days.. LA did great! We also decided to come back early because we would be that much closer to Jacob as he is still in Mississippi. LA and I drove down(10 hours) to Mississippi all by ourselves to visit him for 10 days. We had a good time and were sad to leave but we will get to see him again in a month when he is home for 4 days for Christmas. I must say that I am loving being back in Arkansas with my family.. I didn't realize how much helped I really needed with LA until we got back here.. It is nice to Nana feed LA so I can sit and relax for a little bit.. Or have Emily or Erika play with LA so I can get some laundry done or even sneak in a little nap..HA! I am very thankful for my family and all the help they have given us!! Not to mention all the "EXTRA" attention LA has been getting..She's in heaven and loving every minute of it! Thank you to Nana, PawPaw, Pippee(LA's name for Emily..It's supposed to be Mimi but LA was calling her Peepee so we decided on Pippee..LOL) and Erika aka Eika for all the love and support you have given me and LA while Jacob is gone.. I could not ask for anything more!

WOW.. Now to the good stuff..LA is a spitfire.. She has grown into her personality over the past month and needless to say we laugh all day long.. She is such a happy little girl and lets everyone know it.. Here's whats she's been doing lately:
* Loves loves to talk.. from the time she gets up in the morning til she goes to bed..talk talk talk.. She says about 20 words and most of the time it's her own language..LOL!! With the occasional scream..
*Walking like crazy.. All over the place..
* Loves to find a way to break out of her play yard.
*Is a singing dancing baby.. Loves for Mommy to put on music so she can dance.
*Eating everything..Now we know this has never been an issue.. I was joking with Jacob when we were visiting him that we should enter her into a food eating contest because she would so win hands down..LOL!
*Loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.. Goes around all day saying "Hot Dog"
*She is now a lover.. When she was younger she didn't want to be rocked or would cuddle but now she's all about giving the love.. She loves to sit in my lap and just cuddle and give me kisses and then will just give the most amazing hugs ever..
*Loves calling the Hogs.. Every week for the games we dress her up in one of the many Razorback outfits and will watch the game.. The whole time we call the Hogs..She can't get enough..

There is so much more that she is doing that I'm sure I'm leaving out.. I promise to keep up with my blog from now on or at least attempt to.. Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!! Sorry I don't have pictures right now. Someone went off and left there camera in California..LOL!!

This is why I heart her face!!!

So I had to take diapers out of LA's diaper pale and as I went to go replace the trash bag this is what I got... Yes, she is still in her PJ's we decided to have a lazy day today!!

It's been a long time....

Oh my I'm horrible.. I haven't updated in a long while. Jacob has been gone now for over a month and we are just really getting used to him being gone. LA and I talk with him everyday on Skype which is great!! He gets to see his little girl grow up even though it's through the computer.. They play peek a boo and call the hogs the whole time..It makes me sad and Jacob too but at least we have this which makes it a little easier..

LA is growing sooo much! She's talking like crazy!(In her own language!) LOL!! She doesn't stop from the time she wakes up.. She really keeps me entertained.. I just love that happy baby sooo much!! She is also getting 4 upper teeth which she has been handleing well. She also starting to walk a little.. She will walk and then realize what she is doing then she will sit down!! So we have been super duper busy lately with guests visiting us. My parents and Jacob's parents where here for LA's first birthday! We had an almost week long celebration. Thursday both sets of Grandparents flew in. My parents stayed here while Jacob's parents stayed in San Fransicso. On Friday we had LA's doctor appointment to meet her new doctor! And let me say that I LOVE HIM!! It's about time we get a good one. We then all packed up and headed to the Oakland Zoo and spent the afternoon there. LA had a ball! On Sat Sept. 12 was LA's First Bday. We took her to the little amusement park across the street. She rode the Carolisel, Train, and the Teacups. She had a blast and so did we! We came home opened presents and ate cake.. Again! On Sunday we headed into San Francisco and met up with Jacob's parents and went to Peir 39 and spent the afternoon there. Jacob's parents left on Monday and Mom and Dad stayed another week and a half..My BFF Stephanie is here now for a week and we are having a blast. Emily (My sister) is coming to visit for 2 weeks 2 days after Steph leaves. LA and I will have 2 weeks and then we are headed back to Arkansas for the month of December. Jacob will get to spend 4 days with us over Christmas so we are sooo excited to finally get to see him even if it is such a short time! We miss him sooo much!!
Well as you can imagine there were a lot of pictures taken while our family was in town so instead of having picture overload I made a video.. Hope you enjoy! And I will try to update more often..Oh and if you notice LA still has no hair!! LOL!!

LA calling the HOGS!!

LA loves to call the Hogs now!! We do it at least 20 times a day! When we Skype with Jacob everytime she sees him she starts calling the hogs... This little girl melts my heart!!

Silly Videos....

Ahhhh.... I have been slacking on my blog lately.. Sorry.. We have had a lot going on the past couple of weeks. Jacob was gone for a week and I was trying to get in the groove of being home alone with LA and trying to keep up on house work.. Man was it hard. Jacob is leaving on Wednesday until mid January so he will be gone for a long time... We have been trying to get as much family time in as possible! Jacob will be missing LA's first birthday(which is next Sat. Can you believe it!?!) so we are going to have a little party for her on Monday with her Godparents, Scott and Michelle. Jacob doesn't want to miss out on anything so we decided this was the best. Then her big party will be next weekend with our family. Both sets of Grandparents are coming in on Thursday which we are soooo excited for!! Please keep us in your prayers as we go through these next few months!

Sooo to the good stuff.. We have taken a few videos of LA.. They are too funny!! Hope you enjoy!!


Michelle came down last week to stay the night while Jacob was gone and we took LA out to play with the kids in the neighborhood.. She took this video of LA in her walker.. She only goes backwards.. it's tooo funny!!

I took these videos of LA last night after she finished her dinner.. Apparently she wanted more..LOL!! This little girl keeps us laughing!!

We are finally moved in!!

Well we have finally settled in to our new home!! It is a bit smaller than our houses in the past! (Let's say it's a whole lot smaller!! :)) The movers came last Thursday and the house was covered in boxes. LA did great I put her in the kitchen with me while I unloaded all the boxes and she was just playing and laughing. Michelle and Scott kept Amber which was great because I don't think I could have handled her and the baby while trying to unpack. We got the whole house unpacked, except for our clothes, by Thursday night.. It was a long day but I'm glad we finished so quickly. We love it here! The weather is absolutely beautiful! In the mornings and at when the sun sets the weather is nice and cool.. Not like the muggy Florida weather.. We have had to actually update LA's wardrobe a little because all she had was summer Florida clothes! The only downfall, so far, is the traffic.. I have never seen anything like it before.. We decided to go to Farfield the other day to eat lunch and go to the Jelly Belly Factory. Now mind you it's only 12 miles away.. We sat in traffic for over an hour! I couldn't believe it! But we made it and had fun!! Here's a video of LA with me unpacking the kitchen!!

Lily Ann at Chili's

Jacob, LA, and I went out to Chili's for dinner last night.. LA had mac and cheese and fruit.. Jacob and I decided to order the Molten Lava Cake and LA wanted some but she couldn't have it.. She threw the biggest fit and I just had to take a video of it.. Here it is... Oh how she is getting this down to a T!! LOL!!