Brent and I were in LA 3 times in the last month and a half shooting weddings. I love it. I love being able to hang with my sisters and all the kiddos. Of course we always try to take pictures of them together. Shea turned 9 months, so Brent took them for Sarah and of course I jumped at the chance to have Lyla’s pictures taken too. This outfit was mine as a baby and I’m pretty sure my mom made it! So happy she kept it for 30 years!! Lyla is doing great. She is eating food, sitting up and talking so much. Actually squealing like crazy. Ha! I guess I was the same way so… I can’t complain. I took her to the doctor today. Weighing in at 15.6 lbs and 25 inches long. and in the 25th percentile for both height and weight. But I have a feeling she will be tall.. her feel are definitely from her daddy!
Enjoy her ~ my little sweet pea.
Her shy look…
Cousin Shea. oh our silly girls…
When I thought I couldn’t love her any more. Today came. Then I realized I might fall in love with her more each and every day. I read her this book called “I love you through and through” … yesterday, today and tomorrow too. This little book explains it all. We (brent and I) love every little bit of her…even at the wee morning hours of 4 am.
Lyla turned half a year old 2 weeks ago so she is 6 1/2 months in these pictures. And, Yay!!! It is finally spring… This is my favorite time of year! So, I was excited to take some pictures out side in our back yard. These pictures give you a good idea of what she likes and doesn’t like, and as you can see she is very comfortable lying on her back and tummy. She doesn’t care to roll and she can’t quite sit up yet. She will tumble over after about 5 seconds. She loves to smile, laugh and giggles and seems to be one happy little girl! Brent and I are so blessed. She weighs a little over 14 lbs and about 26 inches long. No teeth yet and loving sweet potatoes, pears and mixed veggies!
We leave for LA tomorrow bright and early for a wedding and hopefully get some fun pictures with her cousins!
And then of course I came to the rescue. with the pacifier in hand.
This was a big moment in mine and Brent’s lives… of course we had to document it! Lyla eating food for the first time. Who knew… you have to teach your baby to eat with a spoon!
It has been 6 months of nothing but milk for this little squirt and I was hoping rice cereal might do the trick for her to sleep through the night. ( nope. didn’t work ) !!!!!! She loves to talk and play and play with her feet and talk some more and squeal at the crazy hours of 2 sometimes 3 am like it is play time.
So rice cereal. I didn’t know what to expect and I guess she did okay for her first time. Its bland, and doesn’t really taste like any thing. But she opened her mouth and then mostly pushed it back out with her tongue. Ha. Not really sure that she swallowed any of it.
But we still enjoyed this milestone of teaching her how to eat for the first time. I plan to make most of my baby food. So we will see how that goes. Praying she will be a great little eater.
Lyla also just got her first cold! No fun! But we went 6 months without one, thank goodness! And no teeth yet.. so I’m not sure where she picked it up.
After dinner Daddy got some play time with our little easter bunny. I found this funny little easter sweatshirt in her closet and I usually don’t like animal printed clothes but I like the mint color and of course she looks adorable in just about anything! And pastels are in right!?
Starting out early.
“Oh hey everyone. I’m five months already!!!”
Yup… my baby girl is getting so big. I took her to the doctor last week for her clogged tear duct ( which she is now healed) and she weighted 13 lbs 10 oz. and 25 inches long. I can believe she has doubled the size she was born at. As much as I love her getting bigger… my days go by so fast. Is it really easter already? We celebrated our 2 year anniversary at home last night. Brent made dinner and Lyla of course had a tiny melt down right in the middle of us eating. So I fed her, put her to sleep and ate my dinner cold. No complaining here, but life definitely changes with a little person around. But look at this little face. We seriously can’t get enough of her.
Brent took these pictures a couple weeks ago. I never want to forget these moments and stages and noises and giggles and all the new things she does everyday. Thank goodness for cameras.
Still loving her toes and putting everything in her mouth.
We definitely have one of the cutest babies on the planet.
Headband made by Meghan Edwardson.
Today, two years ago, Brent and I tied the knot. Looking back I am so thankful I chose to marry this man. He is kind, loving, funny, honorable, trustworthy and such a good dad to our baby girl Lyla. I can’t imagine my life without his and I hope we spend many many more years together.
“Don’t marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can’t live without.” James C. Dobson
Photos by jaggerphotography.
Being wedding photographers, and going to tons of weddings, Brent and I are constantly reminded of the vows we took on our wedding day. We are so blessed with what we do and able to do it together. We love being a part of the happiest day of people’s lives. It was definitely one of the happiest days in my life and I am so thankful for my husband and this life journey we are on together.
Today, life is so sweet. Especially with an amazing family. Today is my parents anniversary. 37 years to be exact!!! Lyla is 5 1/2 months old & every day I fall more in love with her. And next week Brent and I will be celebrating our 2nd anniversary. 2 years of happy and blissful marriage. I never expected to be this happy. I am so blessed by my family, my parents who have been a great example of strength and commitment, my husband who loves me dearly and a happy, healthy baby girl.
I came home from work for an hour to hang out with Brent and Lyla… I love these moments.
Brent and I got to be apart Johnny and Jennifer beautiful wedding at the Clarke Estate. Which is where we got married! So yes it was very special being back at the place where I committed my life to Brent’s and promised him that I would be his wife forever!
Check out their entire wedding feature here.
Lyla LOVES her bath time and recently I just started putting her in our bathtub. She loves it. We never used the blue plastic tub I got and thought I’d let her kick around in the big tub. She has so much freedom and has a smile on her face the entire time. Its so fun to watch and we can tell she loves the water. We hope since we have a pool now…she will love to swim. We are getting loves of iphone pics and videos and hope to figure out how to post one soon.
So last week while I was at work daddy decided to give her a bath and take some (naked) pictures of her. He has been wanting to do this since the day she was born, so FINALLY the lighting was just perfect for him to do it. And he knows I love to come to new pictures of her. So…
here she is at 19 weeks (4 months and 1 week ) old. Her newest and funnest thing… her legs and feet. I love this new stage as she is figuring out the things around her.
I love this one and her naked self.
And of few of the same pictures but in black & White. WE can’t get enough of her sweet little face.
Our Baby girl is 4 months old today! My how time flies! Her days have officially turned into months. And it is crazy how fast these days have gone. Brent did a shoot yesterday and came home with balloons. So in honor of her 4 month birthday … I dressed her in a little blue vintage romper to match the colors. Its not quite warm enough for her to wear it out but, I figured for a little bit she would be okay.
She is talking with all her different noises and I think she likes to hear herself. We put her in the bumbo seat for the first time this week and is almost strong enough to sit up by herself. As much as I am ready for the new & next stages in her life, it makes me kinda sad to see her grow up so fast. But we love her just as much as yesterday and can’t seem to get enough of her cute little face.
Brent and I spent our friday at the park. It was great to do nothing but enjoy the weather and our sweet little girl.
I had to post this one.. she looked like a little white arabian baby princess. <3 her lips.
And this was our entertainment. Some true fishermen on the Sacramento and a Swiss guy (a Bethel Student) trying to surf off the bridge!!! Classic Redding. It doesn’t get a whole lot better than a day like this.
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