LaNea has started the teething process which is affecting more than just her mood. Eating has become a two person job. One person is needed to hold her hands out of her mouth while the other is to spoon it in. When I'm left by myself, this is the outcome...
Surprisingly SMUD in Sacramento is currently hiring Pre-Apprentice Linemen. Eric saw the opening at the last moment possible and got his application in. For the next few months, he'll be going through all the fun tests to try to get on with this company. Any happy thoughts would be totally appreciated, for while moving doesn't sound like fun...it would still be great to be home.
Lanie has recently decided that she is big enough that she doesn't have to be swaddled. Even though I had been putting her to bed swaddled, I would wake to find her out of the swaddling and on the opposite side of the crib. I've now been putting her to bed without it and while it is a lot harder for her to fall asleep, she does sleep which is something I didn't think would happen. I do think she misses being swaddled because she always crams herself as tightly as she can. This was how I found her asleep after her morning nap! I just love this girl!
Having lunch with Kendall and Amy and their darling babies! While an outsider might have thought we planned on having kids within six months of each other, we didn't. Just got incredibly lucking! Landon is the oldest at six months, then LaNea at five and finally Mia (hidden in the most amazing carrier ever!) at one month. It was so fun to get together with them and just to catch up on all the adventures of motherhood. Who would've known each of our experiences would be so different!
Mr Serious and Ms Dramatic. Landon seems to be the exact opposite of Lanie. While LaNea loves to be the center of attention, Landon seems to just want to observe everything that goes on. So fun to see how different they can be.
Mia was so good the whole time at lunch. She stayed in the carrier for most of it but even let Amy sit down while we ate. She only cried once when Amy was putting her back in the car but even that was THE cutest cry ever!
So after getting off our incredibly long flight we got the fun news that Brittany's water broke at 34 weeks and she was now stuck in the hospital. We then went to visit and see how our invalid was doing. Poor Britt was stuck on full bed rest til she went into labor.
Playing with Lanie while Sharon wasn't watching! :)
Her amazing ability to get in the craziest positions.
This was seriously her favorite toy. It was the first thing she grabbed when she sat down. She would always try to fit it in her mouth and never understand that it just didn't work.
Never could decide how she felt about Grandpa Logan but fortunately Grandpa Logan didn't care and loved to hold her when she was happy or sad!
Kara loved to play with LaNea and would teach her lots of new tricks like clucking her tongue. She loved having someone a little smaller taking care of her!
This is what made her want it...
This would be her trying to get it...
And this would be after her success...
(Actually, she just knows my camera too well and the moment it comes out she'll forget about everything else and just wants to smile for the camera!)So yesterday LaNea turned 5 months. Its amazing how quickly time goes and just how big she is getting. Everyone around us seem to have babies that are older than her so she still seems to be the smallest but yesterday at church someone had a real newborn and it was crazy to see the difference. She still has one of the sweetest personalities of anyone I met. Eric and I both wonder where she got it from! That always seems to be one of the first things people comment on is just how happy she is. She went to the doctors with me yesterday and now weighs 13lbs. So slowly but surely she is getting bigger. She is just starting to outgrow her 3mon cloths but the 6mon are still really big. She is getting amazing at going down for her naps. She knows how to put herself to sleep during the day but always refuses to go down at night without a fight. But we sure do love her. Eric has even become incredibly protective about her which any mother has to love. He refuses to let her cry too long before he HAS to run and pick her up.
You have to love that smile!
This one just got such a perfect view of her large eyes. They are easily one of my favorite features as they are so expressive.
Still no teeth but lately she will chew on just about anything. She doesn't suck on everything anymore though which is nice. 