First Hair Cut

Laneah's hair has been growing so fast. I can't believe how long it is. It is so cute, and even flips up in the back. Her hair had grown past her eyes, so it was time to have a first hair cut. Jen, my sister-in-law came over to the house and cut Laneah's bangs. We sat her in the high chair and gave her popsicles to keep her occupied. The cut only took a few minutes and I am sure that she can now see a lot better:)
Before her hair cut
Jen cutting her bangs

She looks so big with her bangs! I can't believe how fast my little girl is growing up.

Just a Little Ornery Today:)

Me: Laneah, what does a pig say?
Laneah: No!
Me: What does a duck say?
Laneah: No!
Me: What does a kitty say?
Laneah: Meow No!

Laneah's Dream

About an hour ago, I was ironing, and I felt very inspired to write this poem. The words flooded into my mind, and I knew that I had to write it down right away, so I kicked Jason off the computer:) This poem is based on a dream that I had about Laneah while we were working on our adoption papers. I knew it wasn't an ordinary dream, and when she was a couple months old, she was sleeping in our bed, and dressed and wrapped in blankets, and was even in the same position that she was in my dream. In his wisdom, to ease my pain and longing, Heavenly Father had given me a glimpse of the beautiful future I was to have.


Laneah’s Dream

Before you existed, I dreamed of you
Wrapped in blankets, so tiny, so new
In the morning, I woke with a start
A sweet baby girl; I knew in my heart

Meanwhile, your birthmother knew she loved you
“Adoption will be hard, but it is what I must do”
She made a plan, self less and strong
And stuck by it, even when people told her she was wrong

A few months later, as I held you tight
I thought that my life had changed forever, and boy was I right
Then one day, as you slept soundly in bed,
I remembered my dream; for you see, it’s forever in my head

There you were, wrapped in blankets, so tiny, so new
Looking the exact same as my dream, its true
All the heartache and longing we had been through,
Was worth it all, because now we had you.

18 Months

Laneah has been 18 months for a couple of weeks now, but we just had her 18 month check up this week.

Stats:
Weight: 23 lbs, 12 ounces - 40 percentile
Height: 33" - 80 percentile


Favorite songs:
'Eat Your Veggies' by Kidsinger Jim, The 'ABC' song, and 'I Love You' song from Barney

New words this month:

Hot- all food is "hot" and she has to blow on it before she eats
No- favorite word
"Boon"- Balloon
"Nana" - Grandma and bananas
Book
Cracker
Drink- she also has a hand sign for drink
Why
"Meow Meow"- when asked what a kitty says
"Oink, Oink" - When asked what a pig says
"Dal"- Dallas, her best buddy
Shoes
Uh oh
Cheese
Ow
Barney
"dank ew"-thank you
"Mmm...num, num" -when she eats something yummy

She had her first bubble bath.


She learned how to climb out of her crib and thinks it is a really funny game. It makes nap time and night time a big pain. Last night we put her in her crib to go to sleep at 9 pm, she climbed out of her crib repeatedly with us continually putting her back in her crib, until 10:30!!!!

She can undress herself and does it often:) She wants to be a nudey baby!

Laneah thinks jumping is lots of fun, she just can't make it off the ground. She bends her knees and raises really fast onto her tippy toes. She also likes to watch other kids jump.

She started coloring. She enjoys it, but mommy not so much, because Laneah is more interested in eating the crayons than in coloring.

She likes to help mommy cook, especially as a taste tester:)


Laneah loves to do somersaults. She is actually pretty good at it.

Laneah is learning all about body parts; ears, eyes, nose; but her favorite is the belly button. She loves showing her belly button and finding mommy and daddy's belly buttons. Also, if you ask her where her nose is, she sticks her finger up her nose.

Trying on mommy and daddy's shoes is a favorite activity.


Stuffed animals are now Laneah's friends. She has a kitty that she is especially attached to and takes it around with her often and sleeps with it.

Laneah is all about water and wants to play in the water all the time. It is great except if you leave her unattended for a few seconds and she will climb into the toilet. Ew, she has done it three times this week. I am going to have to get those toilet locks.

She is so much fun, even when she is ornery and we love her so much!

4th of July

4th of July was a lot of fun. Laneah looked really cute in her "little sparkler" shirt. She loved the little flags we got her and kept waving them around.
In the afternoon we went to the parade with Jason's cousin Brandon and his wife and daughter, Amanda and Tessa.


While we waited for the parade started, we got some yummy ice cream.


Laneah really enjoyed the parade. She kept laughing and clapping.

The parade had lots of different bands...these guys were dressed up like colonials.

They had a big group of dogs in the parade, Laneah really liked that.

And Santa came with his red, white and blue beard!


They even had belly dancers!
After the parade, we got something to eat and came out just in time for fireworks.

Kidsinger Jim

Once a month, Kidsinger Jim comes to our local mall and plays music for kids. It is a lot of fun. He sings great songs and the kids love him. They also have a lady that paints kid's faces and gift card drawings for kid's clothing stores.

This month, we went with Kami and her kids, Dallas (2) and Scarlette (10 months). Dallas and Laneah love playing together and Dallas calls her "Neaha". This month Kidsinger Jim had a stage, but he still likes to go out into the crowd and sing to the kids.
Laneah and Dallas loved the stage, but they kept trying to climb onto it.

Dallas was copying everything that Laneah did, it was really cute. He even laid on the ground with her after one of her temper tantrums:)

We had a great time and both Kami and I bought his cds after the show. Can't wait for next month:) Below are a couple really short video clips of Dallas and Laneah dancing.