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Jayla and I

So I have been so busy lately with school and with taking care if Jayla that I haven't had the chance to even try to do anything like updating this blog... We haven't forgotten about those of you who read this and comment and I try to stay up to date on everyone's blog, but sometimes it is difficult to type with a little girl who is constantly trying to pull up on me and write everything that has been going on... Jayla is such a independant little girl and she likes to pull pillows off the couch... She also says tank you when you give her something or when she gives you something... She is teething really hard but only has five teeth to account for and we are still working on the sleep training, but I have pulled back on putting her in her crib because she wakes up and then decides to be up for like three hours and I need sleep...

Sleeping is a virtue that I kinda miss...

This picture was taken shortly after Jayla's first birthday when I was in the process of getting her to sleep in her own crib... And yes she has a hand-me down beanie baby collection that she would hate to not be in the crib with her since she needs to feel something against her to even sleep... I am still in the process of getting her to sleep through the night in her crib... It is definitely a challenge for the both of us because her daddy works nights so its just me by myself... I hate the fact that when I'm too tired I just break down and let her sleep with me in the bed, but I think its because I fall asleep faster than trying to keep her in the crib...

Last night she decided to wake up at 10:30pm and stay up until 2am.... How did she pass the time... By reading to mommy off of Moe's Southwest Grill Menu... It was cute but oh so tiring... I realized then that the virtue of sleep is something I miss when my beautiful daughter doesn't want to sleep and feel that her time is better spent reading me stories... Needless to say we both slept until 11:30am and now I am wondering what the schedule will be like tonight...

Our Lives This Week

So I am in the process of trying to get Jayla out of our bed and into her crib... I have started the process with naps, but I definitely haven't been keeping that up as much as I would like... So yesterday I am starting the process of having Jayla sleep in the crib until she wakes up and then sleeping with her in the same room (we have an extra bed in her room)... Yesterday she slept in the crib for two hours, but thats a start considering she use to wake up everytime you put her down in the crib... I will continue to do this because I don't want to do the cry it out method... Its simply not something I can do with Jayla or any child for that matter...

Last Friday I watched my nephew... It was definitely a new experience because I'm not use to having two kids here under the age of one... Jayla loves her little cousin, but everytime he cried she cried... It was like she didn't know what to do with him and his crying because she barely cries now... She kept trying to take away his pacifier which was weird because she has never even used a pacifier (not that we didn't try to get her to use one)... It was cute but tiring and I'm glad that I wasn't here alone to take care of them...

Jayla and Christian

My beautiful nephew, Christian

I will try...

I haven't been on the computer lately so I haven't been able to update any of my blogs really... I can update from my phone though so when I am able to get on the computer I will do a picture update...

Jayla has been fighting her sleep which I'm not sure if its teething or what although the past 2 days she has been going to sleep at 11 and waking up at 6... That definitely takes some time to get use to, but its something I have to get use to all over again...

That is all for now... I will try to read some other blogs sometime today when Jayla is taking a nap...

Jayla is official walking!!!

So its been official for about two weeks... There is no way to bring back my little baby girl that use to love being held by her mommy... She has been replaced with a little girl who must explore every single thing in the room and then continue her way down the hallway to explore everything else....

I thought that our house was fairly well baby-proof, but boy was I so wrong because the things that a 28 inch baby can reach when standing up on their tippy toes is far more than I ever thought was possible... She does enjoy pulling things down on the floor for no reason and then see if you notice that it is in her hands... That is her new game of the week...

This is a video of her walking down the hallway of our apartment... We've cleared things out, but yet she always finds something new to get into.... I still must take my little one's 9 month pics but I have yet to do it... So busy doing everything else....

This is a picture of Jayla and her twin... She is such a Daddy's Girl!!!!

8 Months Old

On Monday Jayla turned 8 months... Did she care about this time in her life??? Not really... She had a new toy and ended up getting some late christmas gifts but nothing phased her because she really just wanted to eat everything that mommy and daddy ate all day... Cant complain though, but i wish that she was the cute small little baby that i had that would sit still whenever i brought the camera out, but now she's a crawler and rather focus on other things... Gladly though she did sit still today in order for me to get some cute pics and i was grateful, but later i had to fight to get her to go to sleep!!!

I will post pictures later!!!!

Jay-Jay'a FIrst Snow

So it actually snowed in Atlanta and that is a first for us since it almost never snows here and they are talking about it snowing tomorrow.... but we actually took pictures of her and i must admit i dont look so hot holding her while she is trying to figure out what in the world is going on

So here are the pics:

Jayla looking at cars driving by in the snow.... Can you see the big snow flake?

Jayla and I watching the snow fall down

We had a fun time in the snow.... And if it snows again tomorrow we will take more pictures... Better ones at least since I have my hair done now... lol

baby bumps

So yesterday Jayla scared the crap out of me....

She has been crawling and pulling herself up on everything now and she has an obsession with the tv stand... The tv is pushed to the back of the tv stand so I'm not afraid of that falling on her but I am afraid of her pulling herself up on the tv stand and then falling. I however cant keep her away because she loves anything that is on the tv so yesterday she did what I had been hoping she never would... She slipped and fell face first into the tv stand and has a huge welt on her head... How do you put ice on a baby's boo boo to make the swelling go down??? Well..... you don't... She wouldnt stay still in order to even work that out... Of course she didnt climb on her walking toy that time, but you never know with this kid of mines