Justin and Leigh get married

Our dear friends, Justin and Leigh Presseau got married in Canada in August. What a beautiful day it was. So much joy and love. Unfortunately, I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted to, but the bride and groom were incredible and generous, the friends were good and plenty, the wedding was beautiful, and the food was amazing.

We learned a lot about traveling with a baby this trip. Layla handled the travel well- she was a trooper on the airplane, nursing during take off and landing, and then was pretty happy otherwise. Like geniuses, we forgot the base of her car seat, so we had to rent a car seat from the car rental place. We realized that we can no longer rent the "economy" size car- we have too much stuff with a baby.

It was great to see some of our Aberdeen friends- and they were so kind and gracious and amazing with Layla. She had all the boys wrapped around her baby fingers.

Unfortunately, I am a goon and didn't remember to take very many pictures. The photographer was wonderful and got a beautiful pic of sweet Layla. She was very tired at this point, and had been pretty upset for a while. 

Mike was an amazing daddy during this trip- I mean, he's an amazing daddy all the time, but he was especially amazing taking the lead on caring for the little girl. 

thicker-than-milk-so-they-call-it-solid foods!

Layla turned 4 months while Grandma was visiting, so since the pediatrician gave us the go ahead, we tried some rice cereal. It was HIIIII-larious.

Before we get to that though, Layla's stats: On July 24, she was 25.75inches (92%ile), 14lbs 11oz (59%ile), 42cm head circumference (85%ile). She is continuing on her same trajectory as she has been all along. She has glorious baby thunder thighs, which we love. You can kinda see them in the picture below... there are little almost-donut rolls. 

We mixed up some really thin cereal and milk, and I held Layla while Mike fed her with the spoon. She really wasn't sure about the spoon at first, but since we've fed her a few more times, she seems to like the spoon- she gums it/sucks on it like a bottle. She started grabbing the spoon with both hands and shoving it in her mouth. Since her 4 month birthday, we have been making thicker and thicker rice cereal and have been continuing to add cereal to her bottles. 

At tis point, Layla was having some trouble sleeping through the night- she was getting up around 1 or 2 am and again around 4. Not sure if it was a phase, but she stopped the 1 or 2 am hang out sesh, and has moved on to getting up once, but around 3:30. By Friday, I run out of energy, but I am glad for a few minutes with her in the morning. Even if I am pretty much sleeping. 

Grandma Visits!

My mom came to visit in July (might've been August?) and Layla absolutely LOVES her. Layla talked and talked to her, lots of squealing and humming and raspberry blowing. It helped Mike and I out so much to have an extra pair of hands around the house. Grams brought a couple new books too, which Layla loved!

Grams taught Layla to purse her lips and blow raspberries, which was so cute. It was amazing to literally watch Layla learn something new. Speaking of learning new things, Layla also found her toes!