9 weeks

Leah received a whole bunch of fun onsies that have little sayings on them. I believe Auntie Rosemary sent this one to her. They are smart little buggers aren't they?

purple goodness

There are so many reasons why it's difficult to leave for work in the morning - let alone on time. Today for instance, I couldn't NOT take a couple pictures of the purple goodness!

I've become a fan of shopping - yes folks, it's true. I LOVE shopping for little Leah clothes. The beauty of her growing so fast is that we have to constantly hunt for cute outfits! Gee, darn! I picked this little number up at a local consignment shop the other night. We have ALMOST captured the evasive smile in this photo op, it will come, I promise!

snug as a bug

It was super cold this morning when Leah and dad were leaving for school. We anticipated the low temperatures and went out and bought a 'Bundleme' cover for her carseat last night. It is AMAZING and super soft and warm. Rick made the comment about how we should put a pea in the bottom of the car seat to see if she would be bothered or not. He's too funny! Leah looks pretty comfy!

8 weeks Old!

Today is Leah's 8 week birthday. She is doing a lot of very fun things - such as smiling almost every day and she has become much more vocal over the past couple of days. She responds to silly voices and faces with her own little noises. It is PRECIOUS! She is also following people and objects with her eyes, so I am convinced that she is a genious! She is currently getting over cold # 2, but she is recovering nicely. I am now on a mission to capture the SMILE on camera...we will see how it goes. It will be worth the wait, I promise!

rub a dub dub

Bath time is always a fun adventure at the VB house. Leah seems to love them - you can't tell, but she's really happy in this picture! She is starting to smile and coo almost every day. It melts my heart every time!
Her baby acne seems to be clearing up a bit, so now she's even cuter - is that possible?

first day at school

Yesterday was the first day that Leah went to "school". Our daycare center likes the kids to call it school - because it's a much more positive term - and the kids learn a lot there!
This is a picture of Leah when she left for school with her daddy. Our routine is hopefully going to be that he drops her off in the morning (giving me time to actually take a shower in the morning!) and then I pick her up at the end of the day. It worked out very well yesterday, and we hope it continues to go smoothly.
As you can see, the eyes were not open when she left. She was a little perturbed at being up by 6:30 and out the door by 7:15 - ah, paybacks for all the sleepless nights!

This is a picture of her when we got home - notice the different outfit...she went through 3 outfits yesterday - mommy only packed 1 extra set of clothes and 2 onsies - but she made sure to break in her teachers on her first day! They put her in an extra outfit that they had. I didn't know where she was right away when I went to pick her up because I didn't recognize the clothes. Anyways, she did VERY well and she is making new friends already. There are 11 other kids in her "class" under the age of 1. I am sure they will all grow up to be good friends! If you have to send your kids to daycare, I would say that our place is the best choice and it makes it so much easier to be back at work knowing she's in good hands.

Jeans

Leah had another first this weekend. I went up north with 8 of her girlfriends over Saturday night - so she got to spend lots of quality time with her daddy!! They both did SO well
(except a crying spell for a few hours). They even made a trip to Crane's Orchards with my parents for lunch on Sunday.
Today is Leah's first day wearing Jeans!! I believe that these are hand-me-downs from her friend Kennedy ...they are SCRUMPTIOUS! She looks like she's pretty happy in them!