Please, I don't want to forget these precious moments

Layton is growing so fast. Where did 9 months go? Garrett has even started saying. "Layton you're getting so big, I don't want you to grow up." Hear, hear! So here are the precious moments I want to ensure I never forget....

The way his cute little body curls around mine as he nurses.

His first word, "da da"

His little wiggle wiggle dance whenever we say "da da" He associates Scott with a wiggle I guess. You've got to Move it Move it, Dad!

How he rolls over onto his side and grabs his fuzzy blanket when he is going to sleep

His little scrunchie nose smile

More, more, more Cheerios!

Scooting along on his belly, all the way down the hall to the toilet

Saving him from Sunny (the Cat) after he grabs her tail

His hot little body snuggled against mine when he is sick

Happy splashes in the tub. Finally! It took about 6 months for him to be ok with the bath

Calling for MA MA MA and when I appear his happy excited face as he inches toward me on his belly

Today, just today, he told me he wanted to go to bed. I picked him up and he started waving bye bye (what we do when we tell him Night, Night) I thought he just had things confused but I took him in anyway and laid him down. Lo and behold he went to sleep immediately! I think we have a genius on our hands =)

"What big eyes" I think I hear that 5 times a day! Or when I took him to Aubrey's classroom "how come the baby never blinks?"

A single tooth that finally poked through after 9 months of teething!

Brother's and a sister that are so concerned about everything that goes into his mouth and

aware of their toys on the floor.

So happy and content all the time.

Such a trooper, he has been my on the go baby with rarely a complaint

Clapping his hands for more Cheerios

His hair that is growing into the perfect faux-hawk

Early Riser, UUGH!

My baby. My Joy. My Layton!

The Light in Their Eyes

My mom, being the wise and seasoned mother that she is, gave us all a wonderful book for mother's day entitiled A Mother's Book of Secrets: Keys to Making Motherhood Memorable, Meaningful, and Magnificent By Linda Eyre and Shawni Eyre Pothier. It is full of short essays on motherhood with some wonderful insights. One quote that has stuck in my mind since I read it (whilst I sat on the white throne, AKA the toilet- just had to add a dose of reality to this pretty picture. Who ever gets quiet time to read with kids?) Anyway, I digress.... she said that she wanted to remember the details of her children while they were young. "It's about being attuned enough to notice when your kid's eyes shine so you can make your eyes shine back"

How true that is! I want my kids to see my eyes shine when I look at them. So I tried it out the other day and Aubrey said to me as I crouched down low and listened intently to her story of the lastest bug adventure, "Mom why are you smiling at me?" Guess I don't do that enough, strange occurance reported... Mom smiled!

Drama Club

Garrett and Aubrey were lucky enough to participate in Drama Club! They each had a speaking part and worked long hours to practice and memorize. They had a great time and came away after the performance wanting more! Such good practice for them. Their show was the Ugly Duckling. Garrett was a narrator and Aubrey was a swan and a cat.

Thanks for the Visit!

Fun times spending time with the Sterret's. What a great time we had! It was such fun and they were the perfect house guests. Who would have thought we had 6 extra people in the house. We sure loved having them. The kids were in heaven with their cousins around and I enjoyed the company and running and walking partners!