Day 270: September 27, 2011

Laynie insisted on watching Cars in her tent this morning.

Day 269: September 26, 2011

I turned my head for a few seconds, and Laynie turned the paper towels into a hopscotch mat.

Day 262: September 19, 2011

We participated in a book exchange. It has been so fun for Laynie to get some mail and see where all the fun books come from.

Day 259: September 16, 2011

We had a picnic today while we watched the homecoming parade. Laynie didn't do much eating though, she was too interested in the "big trucks" (diesels) driving by.

Day 257: September 14, 2011

Playing Princess Memory.

Day 256: September 13, 2011

"Helping" Daddy play the guitar.

Day 253: September 10, 2011

Today my awesome friend Ashley threw me a baby shower. It was a lot of fun. I loved all the decorations. She sure went to a lot of work to make it special for me.

Day 252: September 9, 2011

Laynie and I got a fun surprise this afternoon when these guys showed up at our front door. We had a great weekend with them all.

Day 249: September 6, 2011

Swimming at our motel in Bishop. Laynie is getting to be a pretty good little kicker in the water.

Day 248: September 5, 2011

When we go over to Bishop for doctor appointments, Laynie loves feeding the ducks at the park her leftover lunch.

Day 244: September 1, 2011

Little Biker Babe!

Day 239: August 27, 2011

Tonight Brandon and I got to go on a real live date. Not the best picture, but it's been a while, so I had to document it. :)

Day 234: August 22, 2011

Today we tried out water coloring. It was a big hit. Now Laynie wants to paint everyday.

Day 233: August 21, 2011

Laynie made Daddy take one more dip in the pool before we headed back home.

Day 232: August 20, 2011

While on our family vacation, Grandma helped Laynie make an I Spy bottle. Laynie has had so much fun finding things in it.

Day 224: August 12, 2011

Laynie has become my little "I Spy" buddy. On this page of tools, she was finding all the tools off of Handy Manny and telling me their names. This is Pat the hammer.

Day 220: August 8, 2011

Laynie came up with a new game today. She hits balloons with my wooden spoons. Only problem is now I have an empty drawer and wooden spoons scattered all over the house. Silly girl!

Day 217: August 5, 2011

Practicing her big sister skills. I think she'll do great!

Day 216: August 4, 2011

Laynie pulled out our suitcase today and climbed inside. She waved bye to me and said, "See ya later Mommy!" I guess it's time for a vacation.

Day 215: August 3, 2011

We helped out a friend by watching her granddaughter this week. Laynie had so much fun with "She-she," as she called her, and wasn't ready for the week to end.

Day 214: August 2, 2011

Just lounging around watching a movie!

Day 213: August 1, 2011

While doing laundry today, Laynie put this on and asked if that's how it went. Too cute!

Day 212: July 31, 2011

It's no fun being sick, but Laynie did a good job of keeping Daddy company all day while he recovered.

Day 211: July 30, 2011

We started doing a chore chart with Laynie. When she fills it up, she gets a prize. There was a little confusion at first. She wasn't very happy when she realized she didn't get every prize in the bucket. P.S. Not sure what's up with the bottom of the pic, sorry!

Day 200: July 19, 2011

Laynie laid down by her baby and sang songs to her so she would fall asleep. So cute!

Day 198: July 17, 2011

We did curlers for church today. I just thought they looked cute in her hair.

Day 197: July 16, 2011

Before we headed home today, Laynie wanted to ride the "choo choo train" (aka shuttle) one more time. We hopped on and were the only ones riding. Of course, it had technical issues and stopped for no reason. Our quick little trip, ended up lasting about 20 minutes.

Day 196: July 15, 2011

Playing arcade games. Laynie was a rockstar! She played the games all by herself and won some pretty fun prizes.

Day 195: July 14, 2011

Laynie made her first trip to Build-A-Bear today. She wasn't so sure about the bear being stuffed, but loved dressing it and putting bows in its hair. She proudly packed the box all around the mall.

Day 193: July 12, 2011

We made binoculars this morning. Laynie spent the rest of the day spotting things throughout the house.

Day 189: July 8, 2011

While Laynie was playing today, she tipped backward and fell into her bucket. She kept shouting, "Oh no, I'm stuck!" It was pretty funny.

Day 188: July 7, 2011

We watched Minnie's Masquerade today, so we had to make a princess crown too.

Day 185: July 4, 2011

Daddy and Laynie enjoying the children's parade.

Day 184: July 3, 2011

This girl loves her spaghetti!

Day 183: July 2, 2011

We washed the car today, and Laynie found the mud puddle. As you can see, she had a blast!

Day 181: June 30, 2011

We headed over to Bishop today to go to the doctor. We got the exciting news that we will be getting a baby boy! We are so excited!

Day 180: June 29, 2011

While traveling back home, we stopped to stretch our legs. Laynie and Daddy found a fun little tunnel to play in.

Day 179: June 28, 2011

Laynie visiting with Grandma Jolley.

Day 178: June 27, 2011

We went to Gunnison tonight to visit Hillary at the ice shack. While we were there, we stumbled upon this guy...Tow Mater. Laynie wasn't so sure about getting close to him, but she didn't want to leave him either.

Day 177: June 26, 2011

Today was Kamryn and Kooper's blessing day. Aren't they just so cute?!

Day 176: June 25, 2011

It was a really hot day today. Gavin and Laynie really enjoyed the playing in the pool!

Day 174: June 23, 2011

We were so excited to welcome Daddy home today after his week long training in Battle Mountain!

Day 172: June 21, 2011

We made some yummy edible play-dough today and had a lot of fun cutting out shapes.

Day 169: June 18, 2011

Enjoying some sunshine and a popsicle!

Day 168: June 17, 2011

Laynie calls this her "cowboy hat." She calls the cereal her "circles." She's just too cute!

Day 167: June 16, 2011

Our little bucket head! :)

Day 164: June 13, 2011

Since we tended Baby S. the other day, Laynie loves to have a blanket spread out on the floor to read stories on.

Day 159: June 8, 2011

We got to tend cute little Baby S. this afternoon. Laynie had a ball playing on the blanket with her. She kept getting right in her face and saying, "Hi Baby, It's me Laynie." She is going to be such a good big sister!

Day 158: June 7, 2011

Laynie must be paying close attention to all the times Mom checks her blood pressure. She's pretty good at it.

Day 157: June 6, 2011

Laynie had her first real-live hair cut tonight. We've cut her bangs a few times before, but this time she got an all-over trim. It looks so much healthier now!