smiles!

in the last few days lyla has been smiling a lot more in response to baby talk. eli got her to smile tonight by singing, "don't cry baby." a song that he made up, it goes, "don't cry baby." it was the first time she smiled at him.

naked baby!

this morning

we're sitting on the couch and i'm holding lyla, eli is sitting next to me watching a show. lyla is looking intently at eli, holding her own head up (a new skill). eli has not seen this new skill, he looks at her and in his best baby talking voice says, "baby, you have a big head!"

learning by osmosis

lyla was laying on my lap yesterday when eli got the idea to decorate her, she didn't seem to mind...

this was one of the peaceful moments of the day. we went to the doctor after a few days full of lots of crying. turns out she has another ear infection and acid reflux. we got medication for both, but so far have not seen any sign of relief. she cries or is fussy most of the time she is awake. but those few moments when she is feeling good are so cute. she coos and ahhhhhs and is simply adorable. i'm looking forward to more of those times.

i love these days!!!

it was my favorite kind if day yesterday. blue skies with big white clouds, sunny and cool. we went for a walk at military reserve to take advantage of this last month of nice weather. we bug hunted and sword/stick fought along the way.

2 months old

i know this is a barrage of photos, but believe me, i whittled them down a lot.

eli has been so good to lyla. he is certainly feeling the consequences of her presence, but he still is so nice to her. maybe he has not made the connection between her arrival and the attention deficit that he feels. he has not been listening so great, but i think some of that is built up energy blocking the reasoning portion of his brain:) he needs activity and craziness and lately between the lack of sleep, being sick, and caring for a newborn, i am neither active or crazy (the second is arguable, i guess). my parents and aunt have had him today, they are also watching yogi and zion, so hopefully he is getting some crazy boy time.

lyla, seven weeks...

after me taking so many pictures, eli wanted to take a few. i love the one with his toes in it:)

the wieber girls

they are such fun

farewell

kris, laurie, ben, and julia moved back to san diego last week. we had a going away dinner to send them on their way...hopefully they will be back for Christmas. here are the crazy kids that were there...zion, yogi, ben, julia and eli. we will miss you guys!!!