FIRST TIME SKATING

It has been a long winter! We have been sick through January and when we got better a week later we got sick again. Layna has had a really bad cough and runny nose, and having trouble sleeping at night with no appetite except for milk. We have had needed a few new babysitters for Layna, also, which she does fine with. We have the help of Dan's parents of course, his Aunt Bev, and a couple of my friends. Kaitlin comes with Aislyn to watch Layna, which is wonderful. The two girls enjoy each other's company and play very well together... and Kaitlin enjoys having the two of them !  They are hilarious together and fun to watch ! If you are wondering who Aislyn and Kaitlin are, this may remind you:

Layna and Aislyn meeting for the first time:
Layna is about a month old and Aislyn about a week or two....

The two girls are FAR from being little newborns and are now two little ladies.

Last weekend for Mommy's birthday we - Grandma and Grandpa Robidoux - took Layna skating for the first time. She did pretty well! We went around the rink twice, and the second time she was holding the wall and Mommy's hand and then would try to skate away from the way. Mommy is very proud of her little skater !

shes doing it ! "skating" ... walking on the ice.
I'm SO proud !

smiling for the camera and skating.... just not a good idea
to close those eyes for "cheese" Layna !

skates on and ready to go !

photos from December - February

photos from the past few months

(they are out of order)

valentine's day outfit ... that lasted a couple minutes haha

looks so like Baby Dan in this picture !

where's Layna?

she wanted her big blanket

reading in the car

enjoying her birthday cupcake !

she loves chores: swiffering, dusting, laundry, vacuuming, shoveling...

Mommy's favorite sweatshirt doesn't fit anymore

part of sleep training:

fell asleep squatting on a pillow with her face smooshed

Sledding !

Layna went sledding with Mommy and Grandpa Robidoux this afternoon. She didn't like being put into the sled by herself. She went down the hill twice with Mommy and once with Grandpa. Layna has been doing a wonderful job falling asleep in her crib, but won't go back to sleep in it once she's up in the middle of the night. Mommy is working on that with Layna.

Layna isn't a big fan of strollers and store carriages or being held anymore. She just wants to walk everywhere ! When at a store, she finds something on the shelf to take off one shelf and put on another. As long as she doesn't throw everything on the floor, Mommy doesn't mind.

Layna is becoming such a big when it comes to eating. She has been eating big people food and will reach for the spoon or fork instead of grabbing her food with her fingers.

Here are some photos for you to enjoy:

first snow fall of the year

you can't see it but she's cheering on her Patriots wearing her Tom Brady jersey

after sledding with Mommy

playing with her birthday party hats... goofball !

Merry Christmas Eve

Merry Christmas everyone !

Layna and Mommy get to celebrate Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa Robidoux's house, and tomorrow will be heading down to Daddy's to spend the holiday with his whole family. Hopefully Layna will be in a good mood for the day visiting family in Fall River and then off to Weymouth.

Lately Layna has been wanting to feed herself every once in awhile, so Mommy believed it was time for toddler spoons and forks. Today Layna had pasta and tomato meat sauce for lunch and used a fork for the first time. She did so good ! She got some pieces on her fork and would make it to get mouth ! She looked like such a big girl sitting there with a sipping cup full of milk and feeding herself pasta with a fork!

This morning Layna skyped with Uncle Andre and Nicole, and got to open her presents from them: some really cute clothes from old navy ! She liked Skyping and would say "hi" to them and wave to them through the computer. Mommy was surprised that she knew that they were people talking to her and not a like a TV.

Today Mommy took Layna out on the deck for a short 5-10 minutes. Layna wore her boats for the first time and was bundled up in her winter coat and hat and mittens. She seemed to walk pretty good in her boots even though she preferred crawling. Once on the ground, she would find ice frozen on the deck and lean over and lick it... what are we going to do with her?! hahaha

Tonight Layna will be trying some tradition Ukrainian Christmas food: perogies and beet stew with some bread and some veggies. Hopefully she will like it ! The Christmas feast has became smaller over the years and is now a dinner.