Another Month Down

I know I say it a lot, but time really is flying by. Today I ordered paper goods and party favors for Leah's first birthday party. It is merely 3 weeks away! I catch myself doing a lot of "This time last year..." thinking, and am constantly amazed at how different (and mostly amazingly sweet) life is now. Here are the highlights of the end of Leah's first June:

Leah has been hitting the pool a lot. Here she is floating with Micah. Micah is one of her favorite friends. At six months older, he is just advanced enough to keep her interest without being so far advanced that Leah gets frustrated.


Leah has been trying many new foods in the past few weeks (including cheese pizza). In the instance below, she got her first taste of yellow kiwi. As you can see, it was VERY popular.


Here are some shots of Leah and Anna from Anna's first birthday party. The girls were born exactly 3 weeks apart. In the face-forward shot, you can see Leah's first goose-egg/bruise combo. That's what you get when you try to duck and roll on the changing table...



Miss Leah is about to wrap up her first year, and enter her second with a bang. Before we hit the 1-year mark, she will be celebrating the 4th of July at Lake Oconee with Bubbe & Honey AND visiting the NC mountains with Daddy Erwin, Mama Judy, and the rest of the Dinerman crew. Finally, V.V. and Pop are coming into town to celebrate the big B-day. Stay tuned for new photos soon!

June So Far

Leah was lucky enough to have V.V. come visit for a week. She had a great time playing with V.V., and even learned to play the maracas. Mommy & Daddy were lucky enough to have V.V. watch Leah and the dogs so that they could take a little belated 5th anniversary escape! Also, you will see some photos of Leah and dogs. Of course, you see her climbing into bed with Jack. She will go ANYWHERE that Jack is. Their new favorite game is chase. Mommy is going to try to get it on video, because it is very funny. Leah also climbed into bed with V.V.'s dog, Sunny. Sunny was very well behaved, but I think you can read the panic on her face. She thinks babies are fine....from afar.






Leah's Daddy had to work through part of his first Fater's Day. However, he was able to wrap it up in time to squeeze in a visit to the pool before dinner at Bubbe's house. Leah's first few visits to the pool this Summer have not been as well-received as today's was. That is extra impressive, since she completely skipped her afternoon nap today. She hung out in the water for about 20 minutes, and had a great time floating and kicking.

Girl on the Move

As we mentioned before, Leah waited a bit longer than most of her friends to become mobile. However, now the child won't sit still! Keep in mind that this her moving after 1 week of practice. Not too shabby, if we do say so ourselves! If you watch with the sound on, you can hear her "talking" towards the end of the clip. In other news this week, Leah's first little tooth broke through. It looks like there are a few more on the way pretty soon as well.