Lena Dancing

I love this video!!!

Couple more videos

She is such a silly baby and full of personality. Hope y'all enjoy!

Lena is WALKING!!!!

Here is the video I have been promising! As y'all know, from a couple of post ago, Lena is taking steps. Well this weekend (during the AU game) she just stood up in the middle of the floor and started walking!! Not just taking steps but WALKING!! Here are a couple of videos. Once again, she truly amazes us everyday and can't believe how smart and big she is getting.

And yes, the girl already LOVES her shoes!!

1st Birthday!

Our baby girl is ONE!!! Friday, on Lena's birthday, Lubin and I took the day off and took Lena to the Pumpkin Patch. We had so much fun! Lena's favorite thing was playing in the corn pit. They also had a petting zoo, where we saw goats, sheep, calves, donkeys, and many other animals. We got the ride a hayride to the Pumpkin Patch and pick out our pumpkin. We are hoping this can become a yearly tradition for Lena's birthday. We can't wait till next year. Here are a few pictures from that day. I will post some of her birthday party later!
I found one!

Family picture

Sweet smile

Tired baby

Corn Pit

So much fun!

Checking out my pumpkin.

Hayride

Mommy & me

Petting the sheep\

First Steps!

Well Lena took her first steps Saturday, 10/2. Lubin and I were in the living room playing with her when she let go of the couch and took a step. Unfortunately, I was not looking so I did not see it but was glad Lubin saw it. Since then she will take a few steps at a time (when she is in the mood and doesn't get to excited). We haven't been able to get her on video yet taking steps so I was going to post this other video. Lena will now show you were her belly is! She truly amazes us how smart she is and how fast she picks up on things. This is her 2nd body part she has learn (the first one being her bottom). I will post a video of her walking as soon as we can get it and definitely post pictures of her 1st birthday soon!!! Can't believe our baby girl is about to be 1!!!!

Lubin turned the camera where Lena could see herself while we were recording. She thought it was so silly to see herself. This baby loves herself!

Lena playing

Lena playing on the floor with Mom and Dad. She likes to tell you what Duke & Bailey (dogs) say and she LOVES to talk on her phone already. She is usually calling Dada. :)

Just incase you forgot what you were suppose to do when you open the car door to get Lena out, she is going to remind you. This is so cute!! I wonder how our little princess can be this smart sometimes. Lubin asked me a couple of weeks ago if I had seen her doing this and I had not. But then Aunt Ang told me she had seen her do it a couple of times. Guess she just wanted to show me last. Hope y'all enjoy!

Messy baby! She LOVES baked beans!


Looking at books in her room. One of her favorite things to do.

We have 2 teeth!!!!

She loves to walk her baby down the hall. This was a few weeks ago, we have improved alittle bit now.

(And she was fine. She got right back up and walked back down the hall.)

Here are a few more pictures from our beach trip. Ang took more with her camera so I will try to add some of hers later.
Sorry that some of them are sideways. I can't figure out why they are the vertical.

Lena and daddy playing in the water.

She had all those toys and wanted to play with a water bottle.

Anthony and Angela filling up Lena's pool with fresh water from the Whales Tale.

Taking a nap on the beach.

Playing with Uncle Tony.

Cuddling with Aunt Ang.

Getting kisses from Uncle Tony.

Lena's First Beach Trip Part 1

Lena putting her feet in the ocean for the first time. She did not know quite what to think.

We first sat on a blanket and just played with some toys.

Then we filled up our pool and splashed in the water.

Then I FINALLY let Lena play in the sand (I had to take baby steps). She loved it!! She just couldn't figures out what this stuff was on her hands and how to get it off.




I love this picture. She is such a silly baby!

Aunt Shannon was in Panama City so she drove over to see Lena on the beach for the first time!

Sign Language

When I was in the Infant classroom a few years back, Laura and I taught the kids sign language. The parents loved it and it really helped with communication before the children could talk. We have been working with Lena for about a week and she is learning"more". I'm not sure if she really gets the concept of what it means (cause she will look at us and do it randomly and smile) but we are working on it. Here is a video that Angela taped this weekend.

Something new everyday

Lena just seems to be learning something new everyday. She is all over the place now and into everything. You can't turn away for a second. She is also pulling up on everything now so you have to watch her extra close.

Today she figured out that the leaf on her jumper turns. Here is a short video. She is just so cute and truly amazes us how smart she is.

Lena is pulling up!

Our little Princess started pulling up by herself yesterday, May 23! She hasn't mastered it yet but is close. She amazes us everyday!

Always Dada's fault

Lena was trying to make it into the kitchen to eat her breakfast. She just wasn't in the crawling mood. And it was all Dada's fault (cause that is the only ones name she can say). This is the only time we have gotten her to say it on video.

Lena eating puffs

Lena is trying so hard to pick up the puffs and get them to her mouth. She is learning. :)

Lena is CRAWLING!!!!

Our little Princess started crawling Monday!! We are so excited but wish she wasn't growing up so fast. I will post more pictures later.

May..so far

There was a storm coming in last Sunday, so the wind was really strong. Lubin went to look out the back window at how strong it was right when a tree fell on the house.


This is from the top of our back yard. Looking at the back of the house.



Luckily it did not do any damage to our house (only the fence) and no one was hurt.

The tree from the neighbors yard.

Then that night, when we were getting ready for bed, Lubin walked down the hall and noticed the carpet in front of the air handler was soaking wet. The pipe were the condensation drains was clogged and it flooded the hallway. This is after our air conditioner has a freon leak (which they can't find) and they are going to have to replace the whole unit.

Wednesday morning Lubin went to go feed the dogs and I could hear him yelling "....on the grill." I asked him what he said and he told me to come up there. This is what I found. Bailey had jumped ON TOP of the grill sometime during the night. It is a charcoal grill so we were not worried about it being on and burning her. I had to run and get my camera so we could take a picture. Lubin said she had to have been up there for a while cause there was tons of hair on the racks. She was shaking she was so scared. I don't think she will be doing that again.

We are truly blessed that no one was hurt (in the tree falling and Bailey on the grill) and that the air conditioner still works (Especially with a 6 month old in the house). But hopefully our bad luck will end there and May will only get better.

In Lena news, She is still pulling up on your fingers but not on anything else yet. She is up on her hands and knees and is rocking but hasn't quit got the crawling down yet. But is so close. I will post more pictures later.

April

Lena's Great Papa Wakefield came to visit her. I just love this picture!

She loves her baby.

Giving her baby kisses.
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Talking to her Great Papa.

Sweet Smile

YUMMM...Lena's first cracker

She loves her new duck bath tub.

Trying out the sippy cup.

Playing on the floor.

"Finger painting" with sweet potatoes

All dressed up ready for church.

Here are just a few. There is more to come!!

Random pictures

Here are some random pictures that I took off my phone this week. Her personality is really coming out. I will post pictures from this weekend, when her Great Papa came to visit, later.
Mommy's Sunshine

Trying so hard to get that ribbon off. By Easter she was successful!

Silly girl!

Enjoying her green beans

This is what they have to do to Lena's crib at school now. She is so nosey she will lay in her bed and scream at you, so they decided to cover up the bed so she couldn't see anyone. It works, she goes right to sleep now.