Yearly Archives: 2009

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JW Tumbles

Tumbles. Jimmy. Slide. Jump. Swing. Zach. Roll. Tumbles. Run.This was another “story” I heard the other day after Laina’s JW Tumbles class. We’ve been doing it for almost 2 months now…and Laina has really enjoyed it most days. Here are a few pics.        

Storytelling

A few days ago, Laina took the shortest nap EVER (!!) and we didn’t really have anything planned for that afternoon, so we decided to walk to the playground. On our walk, we ran into a grandmother and her 6 year old granddaughter, Jackie, and three year our granddaughter, JuJu […]

A year and a half!!!!

I’m sitting here asking myself how it is possible for Laina to already be a year and a half old. I remember running into a woman in our neighborhood while Laina and I were out for a walk one day when Laina was just a few months old (back when […]

Mommy and Daddy….or Casey and Sam

Laina has been saying the names of her her family, her dolls and her stuffed animals for a while, but she recently has shown more of an interest in calling everyone else by their name too. She has been practicing the names of her little friends as well as our […]

Snoodles (aka Nosey)

Laina has her favorites. Her favorite foods, her favorite words, her favorite books, her favorite parts of the playground, her favorite signs….and her favorite stuffed animal! My (second) cousin Dianne gave Laina this adorable, fluffy, cuddly, teddy bear named Snoodles. From the description, one might think Snoodles is also my […]

If you have time to lean, you have time to clean…

…according to Sam. Well it turns out that Laina either heard him say this, or she just enjoys cleaning ;). I cant’ complain that this sudden interest is developing–I’ll take all the help I can get. She actually started doing this during the couple weeks we were all sick and […]

Practice makes perfect

It’s really fascinating to watch someone’s personality gradually develop over time, especially when it’s your baby boo! One of the things we have noticed about Laina is that she really spends a lot of time practicing any new skill that she is learning. I remember months ago when she was […]

Happy To Be Home

I walked in the door this evening to a somewhat quiet household. Within seconds, a little cave-girl gleefully greets me at the door wearing nothing but a diaper, baby-biceps in full display, and a grin that said “Daddy’s Home!!!” I couldn’t help it, I broke out into laughter and really […]

The day isn’t complete….

until Laina gets to see her goose at least once a time. By her goose, I mean the wooden goose that is situated on our neighbor’s patio. For the past week or so, Laina has become fixated on this little guy. She talks about this goose a lot during each […]

hug hug

One thing mommy has over everyone else in Laina’s life is she gets hugs on demand. All Casey has to do is sit down on the living room floor with outstretched arms and ask for a hug. What happens next? Well Laina happily prances over and gladly obliges the request. […]