We  finally got our family pictures done.  Pic Couture did a great job even though Laina would not cooperate.  We were lucky that we got the pictures we did.  I've posted all the pictures I think turned out good.  Enjoy!

I've been meaning to get these pictures up on the blog, but my internet sucks!  I'm in Cosmetology school right now and we did a photoshoot for bridals.  My model was my sister-n-law Michelle.  She is gorgeous!  And can still fit in her wedding dress!!  Lucky!  And Laina was the little flower girl.  It was so fun to do and her hair and make up turned out great!  Laina loved the attention of sitting in the chair while getting her hair and makeup down.  She had a big bruise on her forehead so I concealed it :)  The pictures look so good and I'm glad that I got some cute pictures of Laina all dressed up.  Thanks Michelle for helping me!!  

18 months already!

What happen to my little baby!?  I now have a very independent, sassy, full of energy and smart little girl!  She'll be 19 months next week.  She is so much fun right now.  She picks up on things so quickly now.  I can show her something once and she has it down.  But with all those smarts comes the sass!  She thinks she can anything and everything and it gets tough sometimes.  The terrible twos are sneaking up on us...  But with that I love my girl she is my best little pal and I don't know what I would do without her!!  Even tho I'm in school we are hardly apart because she comes to school with me everyday.  And the days she is with her daddy on his days off I still go into the daycare thinking I'll see her.  And then miss her!

Today was her 18 month appointment.  Lots of paper work this time determining her development and problem solving skills and possible Autism.  The doctor said he wasn't concerned at all!  I told him how she won't say a word or animal noise when I tell her to say it but at the appropriate times she says those words without being told.  Like, thank you, all done, see ya, ok, why, no, and yes.  So as soon as he leaves the room I told her to say "car" and she did and every word I asked after that!   Stubborn girl!!  Does she understand that I was telling the doctor I was frustrated about that!?  Probably not..  We also came to the conclusion that she will probably be pretty short, shorter then me if we were going to bet on it.  Here are her stats: weight 24 lbs 69%, height 31 in 17%, head circ. 18 1/2 in 67%.

Here are some pictures from the last month or so.  The first picture was taken on Valentines day.  She really didn't want her picture taken so this was the best one I got...

So independent loves having her own drink when we go out to eat.  (it's only lemonade)

She loves books!  She can really sit and read for 30 minutes straight.  She concentrates so hard and makes a funny humming noise every time she concentrates on anything.  Everyone gets a good kick out of it.

Our little shopper.  She found that head band with the fuzzy hears and walked around the store picking things out.  I was going to buy the head band until I saw how much it was...  I'll just make her one..

In day care they were playing with shaving cream.  

 Her first time in the snow was a success!  She loved it!  But she did just want to eat it.

I love this.  I found one of her old bottles when I was unpacking and she got her baby right away when I gave it to her.  It's like her motherly instinct kicked in!

She wanted earrings like me so I stuck big smily face stickers on her ears.  She never touched them and got mad at me when I took them off in the tub!

I don't know what it is about the picture but the combo of the hair and my shirt she reminds me of Princess Leah!  Haha  She was obsessed with that shirt for weeks.

Goof!

Love this girl!

BABIES!!!

This past month I had the privilege of taking pictures of  my two cousins babies.  They are sisters and had them about 2 1/2 weeks apart.  Wouldn't that be so fun!!  Both beautiful babies, I loved every second of it! I'm definitely not a professional but it was fun.

First came Calais.  She was tiny!! 6 lbs 11 oz same as Laina.  Isn't she a beauty!  I couldn't help but think of my Grandpa Daley while taking her pictures.  She looks so much like him!  

 The zoomed out picture of this one is my favorite.  Allie was admiring her new sweet spirit!  

 Then came Oliver.  What a sweet little chunk he is.  He was 9 lbs 4 oz!!  Who would have thought they would have been so different in size!!  He slept the whole time.  So content until his daddy would give him little kisses.  ;)

This is my favorite picture of Oliver with Grandpa.  I couldn't resist posting this picture.  Its so sweet!