The Family bed? More like the Leah Bed...

When Leah has a bad nite's sleep, we all have a bad nite's sleep.  I have a feeling this won't be changing anytime soon.  So, when Leah won't fall back asleep, she will sleep and sleep hard when she's in our bed.  Art is usually the first one to leave, then I'm next...and this is how she takes over...

Leah Learns to Play!

Leah's now officially 2 mos old and has a clean bill of health from the Dr.  She's now 23.5 inches long and 11 lbs!  We have a nice and tall beautiful healthy baby.  She needs more tummy time and we need to start putting more toys within her reach.  She's already starting to find her hands and suck her thumb...today she prefers the Right, but we need to work on her being more ambidextrous.

And the biggest news of all...she's now slept through the night for the 2nd time in a row!!  I'm hoping this is a pattern and not a 2-time thing.  Here's hoping!

Out and About with Leah

We've finally started feeling more comfortable taking Leah with us out and about.  We had our first family dinner out last weekend and was surprisingly successful!  Obviously, she ate before we did, but she was a happy girl, thus a great evening out!

This past weekend we also dropped in on Great-Grandpa Johnson and had a wonderful visit!  Leah was very relaxed and certainly charmed Grampa very quickly.  He rocked her to sleep and she snoozed for about 30 min while the rest of us visited. 

We have a few more outings planned, but will have to wait for the weather to turn to do too much more! 

Our first Swim!

Leah and I hopped in the tub (with Dad's help, of course) and had our first swim lesson!  We did a little washing up while we were at it.  We played Little Ducky Duddles and Leah kicked her feet and sang along.  She was loving it and I can't wait to get her in the pool/lake for a real lesson when she gets a tad bit older!  Not to say there's anything wrong with laps in the tub - Lord knows both Kevin (brother) and I did laps in the tub until we were too big to call them laps - goggles on and all! 

Our equipment of choice when it comes to swimming at the lake (here comes the shameless plug):

Fabric Baby Float $19.99 at Target (we will get a photo like this...), a little sun bucket hat $9.99 at Target, and little neoprene booties, also $9.99 at Target.  She will be decked out in the cutest swim stuff around!  Not to mention her adorable little navy and orange (WAR EAGLE!) bikini!

The weather is teasing us here in MSP and am getting really anxious for the lakes to fully melt and the 70 degree weather to be here permanently!  Here's hoping it's soon!

Workin hard for the Money

Mom and  Leah working hard during the day.  It's the only way we can get anything done around the house!

Oh, the faces...

I just can't stop taking pictures of this face!  I swear...

Swimming or Soccer?

Some day we'll know...but until then, a girl can hope, right?  Check out those breaststroker feet...love it!