Mommy's New Toy

Today Mommy and I went on at outing to Roseville. First we went to Target where the nice ladies at the Target portait studio took these super adorable pictures of me...

Then we went to National Camera Exchange where Mom bought a new camera to replace the one we (I) broke. Mom has always wanted a digital SLR camera and decided to use my little accident as an excuse to finally buy one. She's hoping to get good enough with it to start taking the family pictures and stop paying other people to do it. First she's going to take the class that the store offers because the camera is quite a bit more complicated than the old point and shoot. Until then, she'll be playing around and hopefully at least get some material for Taylor and I to use on the blog.

Check back soon and see if she's helped us out.

Other random updates as long as I'm here...

-Two nights ago when I woke up at 10:30, Mom found me sitting up in my crib crying, my blanket on the other side of the crib. When she picked me up she could feel my legs were cold through my pajamas. So she wrapped my in my blankie, gave me my lovey, and rocked me back to sleep. (Without a bottle!) So the next night, Mom put me in two pairs of pajamas with the second pair of pajams acting as my blanket. Wonder of wonders, I slept from 7:30-6:30. Mommy was so happy and so was I! We're all hoping that Mommy has found a permanent solution to the very troublesome problem of me waking in the night.

-I'm continuing to LOVE trying new foods. Last night Taylor shared her pancakes with me when we were out to eat with the family. I've had bananas a few times and I see why Mom and Taylor eat them by the bushel. Today I had some penne pasta and thought it was quite impressive. Taylor is really nice and wants to share everything with me and help me try all kinds of new foods but Mom and Dad remind her that we have to take it slow and that I am still a baby.

-Not a whole lot of news on Taylor. I guess when you get to her age, you don't change as much as you do at my age.

Well...that's all for now. Take care!

Love and hugs and wet kisses!

Leighton

Uhoh.

I made Mommy drop the camera. It doesn't work now. We have time to blog but we have no pictures. I'm sorry. Please accept this video of Taylor that was uploaded before I killed the camera as a token of my sincere apology.

Love,
Leighton

Monthly Update

Remember last month when I told you about how Leighton started sleeping through the night but followed it up with the disclaimer about us both being sick and all bets being off? Well, my prediction came true. Sleeping through the night only lasted about a week and since then he's been up to his old tricks. Mom is getting pretty darn sick and tired of it and walks around here like a zombie most of the time. Except when she's hopped up on coffee or Diet Mountain Dew (or both!), then she runs around like a crazy woman. It's awesome. But not really, so LEIGHTON, SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT ALREADY!

In addition to his sleeping misadventures, he's become mobile. He can crawl all over and even likes to stand up on things. But sometimes he gets into some trouble, like the day he was crawling around on the bathroom floor and got stuck in my step stool after he flipped it over then tried to use it as Mount Everest.




Leighton also likes to stand up in his bed which may or may not be part of our nighttime problem. The sleeping through the night stint seemed to end about the same time he taught himself how to sit up and then stand up.




Recently, we decided to see how much of the Minnesota Zoo is open during the winter. We could only see the indoor exhibits but it was enough for a short little outing.

The zoo has become a much more rewarding experience for Leighton now that he can sit up in the stroller and look all around. By the time we go back again in the spring, maybe he'll even be able to walk with me so I can show him all my favorites.

Back at the end of January, we went out to eat to celebrate Mom and Uncle John's birthdays. It was a fun night at Rudy's Redeye Grill. Yum!

(I really didn't want to be in the picture below but Nate enticed me by telling me I could make a funny face. Hehe.)

Two weekends ago we got to have Meggie spend the night. We had lots of fun! We went out to eat at Baja Sol, made cookies, played Hide and Go Seek, and then Meggie got to sleep in my room on a special bed filled with air. Mom told me I had to stay in my bed all night long, but I snuck down to Meggie's bed at 3:00 in the morning. Meg said it was alright except for the part where I rubbed my nummies on her face.

Enjoying fresh-baked cookies and milk.

Grandma Trish and Papa Steve were in town for the Super Bowl. Kevin, Kris, Haley and Papa Boots came over to watch the big game with us. Haley, Leighton and I snuck away to have some story time.

I decided to provide my own halftime show and put on this great outfit.

Mom was off work Monday for President's Day and Meg and Nate were off school so Aunt Jenni took the day off too. We decided to capitalize on the family time potential by loading up and headed downtown to the Children's Museum. This was another outing that was far more interactive for Leighton now that he's getting all grown up.

I was really excited to have Meggie there because she painted my face like a clown.

In food and dental news, Leighton now has eight teeth (what?!?!) and gets to start trying all kinds of new foods. Tuesday night's treat was black beans. He loved them! I refused to eat them even though Mom and Dad claim that I too loved them once upon a time. (Sometimes I'm a stubborn pain in the butt like that.)

Well people, I hope you enjoyed our update. I won't make any promises, but hopefully we'll be back to blog again soon.

Hugs and Sloppy Kisses,

Taylor and Leighton

XOXOXOXO