Warrior Dash 2012

18 months

A lot has been going around here and we haven't been posting due to computer issues. So, I'm having to slowly type on an iPad. Blogging on our regular computer is not an option right now.
Our little girl is getting so big and changing so fast. She has become quite the chatter box. She can repeat almost everything so mommy and daddy are watching what they say around here. :). She absolutely loves music and sings all the time. Her favorites are "Jesus loves me", "itsy Bitsy spider", "ABC song", "if I die young" by the band perry, "if you're happy and you know it", "the BIBLE" song, and "head, shoulders, knees, and toes". She can also count to ten all by herself.
Thank goodness we have a really good eater on our hands. Leyton will try almost anything we are eating. Feeding her is so easy. Now, keeping her in the high chair is another story. This little one is full of energy. Whew she wears us out!!
Leyton was able to go to the Pitt county fair for the first time and ride her first rides. She rode the Ferris wheel and the elephant ride with her daddy. We also went to the state fair and had a blast. She rode about 3-4 rides there.
I would like to add that Leyton had a great time at her first ECU football game. :) unfortunately we weren't able to stay because of rain. So, daddy can dress her in red but she loves her purple, too:)

Slide

This little munchkin loves to slide but does not like the static that comes with it. She does say "weeeeeeeeee" all the way down. The bigger the slide, the better. She is fearless.





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River time

Chillin on the float




Mommy let's me drive some :)
We are finally getting settled in at the river. It was extremely hot this past weekend so we spent a lot of time in the pool and in the river. The jellyfish have been bad lately so we have been in the pool most of the time. We are just excited to finally be back on the water.

Swim lessons

Here are some pictures from swim lessons at raynez.













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Playing outside

15 months

Little Miss Leyton has been keeping us extremely busy around here.  Hence....no blogging.  Sorry.  Leyton is on her second week of swim lessons at Raynez.  Her friends, Cy and Anna Grey are in her class.  The first day was a little rough, but week two has been so much better.  She absolutely loves going down the water slide.  She reaches out to the instructor as soon as they start letting kids go down and fusses until she goes.  Then she squeals... it's too cute.  Then the fussing continues when she realizes she can't go more.  She has become a lot more confortable in the water thanks to these lessons.

We recently took a family vacation to Atlantic Beach for a week. We had so much fun and Leyton really enjoyed playing in the sand.  She would play in the surf and play in her bucket we filled up with water.  We rode around in Daddy's boat, too.  She said some new words while we were at the beach... "Oh man".  I apparently say that a lot and didn't even realize it.  When she started saying it, we all cracked up laughing.  Guess we really need to watch our words around this munchkin. 

Leyton is doing really well at Reimage Daycare.  She loves her teachers!  We have been so happy with them.  She is having a great time playing with all her new friends.

She is growing up so fast and looks so different.  She is always trying to talk and has her own little way of communicating.  She says "all done" after eating and "Amen" after we pray.  Leyton will sign for more and for food.  We are working on eating with a spoon and she is doing well with foods like mashed potatoes and yogurt. 

We are still battling ear infections with our sweet girl.  We actually had to drive back from the beach and get an antibiotic for her.  So the plan is to recheck her ears in a couple of weeks and if they haven't cleared we will be getting ear tubes.  Hopefully, this last antibiotic will do the trick.

Some of you may know that we had to completely rebuild our place at the river.  Well, we are finally moving in. YAY!!  So, this past weekend we began moving our stuff.  It won't be long that we will be relaxing and having lots of fun!  Hope everyone is having a great summer!!

Leyton's Dedication/ Mother's Day

 Our beautiful girl

Happy Mother's Day

What a perfect day to have our sweet daughter dedicated.  Mother's Day seemed like a great day to stand before our church family and our God and dedicate our daughter's life to Christ.  We made a promise to the Lord that we will do everything in our power to raise Leyton in a godly way until she able to make her own decision to follow God. 

The Gift of a Child

God has blessed the union

Of a husband and a wife

with a beautiful little baby

Bringing joy into their lives

For children are blessings

Sent from God above

A precious gift of heaven sent

An expression of God's love

On the foundation of this love

May this child truly grow

Discovering the truths of God

And to one day come to know

That Jesus Christ is Lord of all

And He has an awesome plan

A destiny only they can fulfil

As they take Him by the hand

And walk with Him every day

With God's vision for their lives

And godly passion to fulfil

The commission of Jesus Christ

First Strawberry Pickin'

Grammy and I took Leyton to pick strawberries at the farm on 903.  She had a blast running up and down the rows eating strawberries.  She absolutely loves them!!!  We topped the trip off with some homemade ice cream that was yummy!!



Hoppy Easter 2012

Easter Bunny was here

I got this easter egg hunting thing figured out

Leyton had a great Easter and enjoyed her first Easter Egg hunt.  She quickly caught on to putting the eggs in the basket.  She loved it and it was really fun watching her and Cy pick up eggs. 

We started our morning with seeing what the Easter Bunny brought.  She got some beach/river toys.  After breakfast, we headed to church and then hunted some eggs.  Later that day we ate supper with the whole family.  We had a wonderful Easter and hope you all did as well!

Leyton's First Aquarium Visit

Ok, so I'm sorry for the delay in blogging.  If we had a computer that didn't take eight years to upload photos, I would probably do a little better. :) And, what good is blogging without all the cute pictures of our peanut. 

We decided to take Leyton to the aquarium for the day and just take a little drive to the beach.  Of course, her attention span was like 5 minutes, but she also had a good time looking at the fish and running around the place.

Honestly, Ryan and I had never been to the aquarium so it was a treat for us as well.  What a wonderful family day !!!