A Visit to Elizabethtown

The winter months in Louisville don’t leave a lot of options for a growing girl who wants to climb and run. Today, we took a trip to Elizabethtown to visit Mimi and to hang out for awhile at the play area at the Towne Mall there. Lyla lit up as soon as she saw it and, of course, was drawn to a pyramid that she wasn’t quite ready to climb up independently, but she certainly tried….again and and again and again:

Lyla has also developed a new skill: crawling. She is so excited to be able to go under things as well as over them, something she sort of skipped over when she was learning to walk:

Crawling to get to Mimi on the other side:

Lyla also greatly enjoyed sliding down the drawbridge:

Hmmm…what to do next?

Another wonderful day with our wonderful girl. She is so much fun!

Some New Things…

There have been a few new things with Lyla over the last few days. She continues to talk and talk and talk and talk…one of her favorite new words is, “Ball”, which we think is funny since Nan says this was Daddy’s first word.

So, we decided to get her a great big red one:

I laughed and thought about Aunt Carole today and the day she helped us move into our house in Cincinnati. She joked that our bar, complete with crystal martini glasses, would not be the greatest scenario for a toddler. I laughed at her, thinking that was miles and miles into the future…well, it wasn’t so far away, and she was exactly right. Today, we had to replace our martini glasses with Lyla’s books. She helped:

And, we were happy that Daddy put together Lyla’s shopping cart, which was a gift from Callie Sue for her 1st birthday. He’s getting really good at this, which is a relief as I’m sure there will be many dollhouses in our future:

And, Lyla has decided she likes to drink from a glass with Daddy. Hmmmm…I guess we really need to discontinue that night time bottle…

Mattress Shopping…Ugh!

Today, Lyla got to spend the day mattress shopping with Mommy & Daddy. Going from mattress store to mattress store isn’t usually the most entertaining thing for a 10 month old, but we all made the most of it.

Lyla LOVES riding on her Daddy’s shoulders. She was getting sleepy here:

Mommy & Daddy’s new mattress. Finally! We were all ready to go home!! :)

Lunch with Grandma H.

Today we had lunch with Grandma H. at a family favorite, Cracker Barrel. And, it was big news that Lyla Q. ate her very first real Cracker Barrel meal. She loved her biscuit, grilled chicken, apples and carrots. She is definitely a Watts girl! :)

And, afterward, of course Lyla took a little walk among the rocking chairs while Grandma looked on. It was good to get to spend some time with Grandma. We were also so happy to have a few days off with Daddy.

I Love Daddy

We've taken to calling Lyla Lance's "mini me". It's amazing how sometimes I look at her and see a tiny Lance looking back at me.

She lights up the minute he walks into the room. She absolutely loves her daddy: