well, it's official.

lia is now a nightmare to put to bed.

lia's known how to stand against things for awhile and she was starting to learn how to stand in her crib by climbing it by herself but it never really affected her going to sleep until about a little less than a week ago.

she has been working on it a lot lately and now she has it perfect!!

so proud of her!!

HOWEVER

now she is soooo in love with being able to stand and sit up with no problem in her crib, its become a challenge to put her down.

because of this she is has only 2 naps a day but both are about 2 to 2 1/2 hours which is awesome ;)

it takes her about 30 to 45 minutes to fall asleep now. unless its for the night, then she is usually so worn out, she'll be out in like 10 minutes or so. ugh. little girl.

she had to be naughty some time.. haha she can't always be perfect.

well she is completely perfect. she just always wants to play ;)

what can i say?? she just loves her mommy. we always have a lot of fun.

we are best pals.

one thing she loves now, cooking and baking!! :)

yeah.. she's going to be like her momma.

she likes to help me.

i made a peach crumble the other day and i had her help me mix the crumble.

what a mess, but she loved it so it was all worth it.

i even gave her some pie too, she loves it!

i definately am going to involve her more and more as she gets older.

she tried cottage cheese for the first time today, yikes.

she didn't really like it. i had to trick her a few times to eat.

we might have to try that again in a few weeks.

I wonder when she will start walking? i don't know if it will be soon or not.. she can stand while holding onto anything. if she lets go, sometimes she can stay up for a few seconds but otherwise she will just tumble down!!

i wish i knew where the time went. when you become pregnant, everyone says it goes by quick, enjoy it and then when the child is born, you get so hyped up about them learning new things, you don't really treasure how they are as tiny newborns and just calm little things. I look at all of the videos i took of her as a newborn and when she started rolling and babbling. i really miss that. i wouldn't say that i'm ready for a new one, definately not baby hungry by any means, but i really miss it!! I really just can't wait til lia has a little brother or sister.

right now, i am really just enjoying lia and i can't wait to see the little girl she becomes.

she is so smart and i know by the time she's two, she'll outsmart all of us.

it's impossible for anyone to not be proud to have her in their life.

she is one amazing little person, with a strong, opinionated, and very loud attitude.

her bossyness (if that's a word) will just make her a fabulous leader one day! :)

she is honestly, the best thing

= the center of our lives.