Dallas Zoo

Last weekend Grandma and auntie Jen Jen came for a visit and we went to the Dallas zoo! It was a little warm but we got to see some of Laney's favorite animals. Her fav was the old camel that a mad just walked around in a circle and gave kids rides. She liked it because it kept chewing and sticking its teeth out so she kept sticking her teeth out...so funny. And of course she cried when we all got bored and walked away. We also saw giraffes eating leaves. She sticks her tongue out now like she's eating leaves whenever she sees or hears giraffe. We also saw monkeys and she talked to them in her monkey voice, and elephants with loooong noses. And then there was the ghost of the bayou an albino crocodile ...ewww!

She's so smart! She knows the elephant has a long nose
In her stroller with her "wa wa"
Grandma and auntie jen jen

Poor Laney!

So now that Laney thinks she has mastered walking, she has started running. Its more like a wobbly out of control burst of momentum that usually ends with all fours on the floor. I knew sooner or later she wouldnt listen to me say "walk" or "careful" or "slow down Laney you're going to bonk your bonker"... and that day happened last week. Yes, Laney bonked her bonker. She was running in her room towards the window and tripped. She landed forehead first on the windowsill. It was so loud! My poor baby...:( Right away a HUGE bruise appeared and it just started to grow bigger and bigger!! I tried to put ice on it but of course she wouldnt let me. Poor baby!! As she calmed down I snapped a quick picture. You might be thinking how cruel!! But I didnt take it to remember the moment...believe me I'd rather forget. It was the nurse in me that made me do it! I wanted to take a picture so I would have something to compare it to. If it got bigger, smaller darker, redder, or changed at all I could look back at the pic and see. So, on that note I present Laney's first walking related injury... :(

Beach Trip 2010

I know it's been forever since I updated the blog!! Our lives have been a little busy with summer travels and of course the big move... don't worry I will dedicate an entire blog entry to the move. For now I just wanted to share a few pictures of our family beach trip and Laney's first Trip to the beach! We had lots of fun, stayed in a cute house about a block from the beach in downtown Cayucos. Along with Laney's first trip to the beach came Laney's first time with the stomach flu. Not fun! She threw up ALL night and cried and looked at me like what the heck is going on?? I'm trying to sleep! My poor baby. The next day she slowly became her normal wiggly busy self so we went to Moro Bay and explored. That night Laney threw up again! But only a few times...and then auntie Jen got sick...then uncle Jonny got sick... ewww hopefully next year we can leave that part of the trip out! Other than that Laney LOVES the ocean she wasn't scared of the water at all even though it was freezing!! She wanted to stand with her toes in the sand and let the waves wash up to her feet... but her legs are a little short so the waves ended up washing up to her diaper... haha. She loves the birds... ate a little sand...collected seaweed sticks and rocks...dug a hole with her shovel... and went on the swings! What a fun trip!

My little Laney loves to stick out her tongue... and this picture proves it! It has been a while since we updated the blog... so here's the latest. Laney's last Stanford appt was a couple weeks ago. She was such a big girl! It was the first time she didn't cry at her appointment!! She played with the Dr.'s stethoscope and even showed her piggy face. She now weighs 15lbs 9oz at 11 mos... so she continues to be well below the growth curve. But she is growing so we will continue her calcium and vitamin supplements. The doctor can still feel the mass and it doesn't feel like it has changed since stopping the steroids a few months ago. We were hoping that it would continue to shrink after stopping the steroids. So the plan is for another MRI in May. Not fun.
Speaking of not fun, on the way home from our trip we had an interesting adventure. We stopped at Harris Ranch to feed Laney. Garrett climbed in the backseat to get her out of her car seat and I hear, "What's that on your face?" I froze. Yep sure enough it was poop. A major blowout. And there she was sitting happy in her car seat her paci in her mouth with poop streaks on her face and her hand gently kneading a pile of poop that had somehow shot out the side of her diaper. We just stood there staring at her for a while not even knowing where to start. After some maneuvering we sat her down in the trunk while we cleaned the carseat. She rolled around in the trunk naked and giggling thinking it was the funniest thing ever. For us it was funny (we couldn't help but laugh) and gross.
On a lighter note:) we are planning Delaney's first birthday party!! The theme is lady bugs, or "Laney Bugs" as we call them. Can't wait to see her face when she eats her first cake!

Happy Easter!

Today we celebrated Laney's First Easter and The Resurrection of Our Lord! He is Risen! We went to church, and then had lunch @ grandma and grandpa's house. We learned today that Delaney does not like bubbles:) Such a scaredy cat! Laney's dress was a gift from grandma Nancy (california grandma. so confusing with 2 grandma nancy's)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Going for my daily walk