nov. 15th! 2010

as some of you know, this Utah trip has been hellacious and not the best one we've ever had... but on the bright side we did get laylee in for a photo shoot with one of Ali's pro photographer friends for her first baby pictures! it turned out great! and we got some cute memorable pictures of our precious baby girl! here are a few of the Christmas themed ones we took.

and here are the precious (kind of haloweeny themed) pics of laylee! these are my favorite i think!

and finally... she's had enough! lol

 surprisingly, laylee did quite well throughout the photo shoot! especially for having a wicked head cold! i was so happy we were able to at least get a few of her precious gummy grins!
as far as updates.. i cut my hair up to shoulder length! it is quite cute.. and much easier to manage than my long mane i had been growing out since i was pregnant with laylee! our baby girl is growing up! she is very fiery and independent. she definitely knows what she wants when she wants it! she loves watching movies or cartoons early in the morning and loves her mommy and daddy snuggles (as long as you don't mooch on her too much). she is teething so she is constantly chewing on something (i.e. blankies, her hands.. my hands.. etc.) unlike most babies she is cutting her little incisors, instead of her two front teeth! in spite of her mouth pain... she is a fairly happy child. we are still working on her rolling over. she has only done it a few times. we are also working on her sitting up (she still has a ways to go with that one!) she is constantly cooing and smiling and its becoming apparent that she understands us, and is making her best baby effort to talk back!. we haven't heard any "words" form yet... but she definitely has the whole communicating idea down pat (she talks to her morning cartoons all the time.) we are headed back to la jara tomorrow! and are very excited to be reunited with big daddy ty!.
i still have yet to be able to load the more recent videos of laylee... i will keep trying because if i succeed it will be well worth my efforts! thats all for now guys! thanks for staying up to date with us!