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34 Week Baby Update

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How far along: 34 Weeks

Gender/Name: Girl!! We have a name! Layton Blake Parks.

Weight gain: I feel like I have gained as much this time so far as I did with Londyn… and I still have 6 weeks left! Ready to get back to the gym 😉

Maternity clothes: Leggings is all I ever wear. Jeans are so uncomfortable & its too cold for anything else. Luckily I have the luxury of being able to wear leggings all the time.

Sleep: On and off. Been better lately.

Best moment this week: It’s been a while since my last post. We had a busy holiday season! So fun enjoying the holidays with Londyn. She totally understand Santa & loves all things Christmas! She still asks to read Christmas books or watch the Grinch (Her favorite xmas movie). We also celebrated Londyn’s 3RD BIRTHDAY! It was a fun party taking all her friends to the movies to see the new FROZEN 2 movie. She loved wearing a princess dress and having all her friends there! I’ve been slacking on these posts but mainly cause we were so busy with the holidays & getting back into the groove of school and routine.

Londyn had her first performance at school for Christmas. She did so good! She didn’t sing much but she didn’t cry (which a lot of kids were crying) and she waved to mommy when she saw me! It was such a special thing to get to go to and Mitch, Gigi & Grandma all go to come watch too.

Miss anything: Wearing normal clothes. I am ready for normal jeans and normal shirts. Cute outfits. Also, miss sushi, lunch meat, wine. Im so close to the end I can taste that wine already 😉

Movement: Tons of movement! She does BIG movements like she’s doing somersaults but is out of room cause it HURTS. She’s been in my ribs and in my hip. Curious what position she’s in.. We have an ultrasound in 2 weeks to find out if she is breech or head down. Both my mom & Mitch have felt baby move now. Its fun when other people can feel her too. I have tried to get Londyn to feel but her patience and attention span are too short to sit and wait.

Cravings: Milk.. very random cause I’m not a big milk drinker. But every night before bed I have been craving a large glass of milk. And this past weekend I had a craving for Chocolate Milk.

Queasy or sick: Feel pretty good

Current Mood: Happy – Moods have been better!

Belly Button in or out: Flat

Looking forward to:  Setting up more of the baby things. Her nursery is basically done, we just need to hang a few things & finish baby laundry. We got a double stroller, got out the swing, rocker, pack n play. So setting up all those in the next few weeks will be fun!        Also, looking forward to the next two weekends I have two sprinkles to celebrate baby girl! One this weekend with the Greenwood Village cop wives – a few friends are throwing me a small sprinkle to get together and celebrate baby girl. Then the following weekend my mom is having a small sprinkle for a few family members and close friends! I’m looking forward to seeing everyone and celebrating baby girl!

Sharing some photos from the last few months/holidays.

 

Week 25 Bump Update

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How far along: 25 Weeks

Gender/Name: Girl!! We have a name! Layton Blake Parks. We have liked this name since I was pregnant with Londyn. We actually went to the hospital with both names Londyn & Layton and said we would see what she looked like when she came out and we chose Londyn. So now that we are having another baby girl we still love the name Layton. We chose Blake for the middle name because we have always liked Blake for a first name but we have close friends with a daughter named Blakely so we decided to use it as a middle name!

Funny Story, we decided to tell Londyn her name so she could start getting use to hearing it and put a name to a “thing”.. aka a new person coming into our life.  We told her, she didn’t really seem to care and went back to playing. The next day we go to Papa & Gigi’s and my dad says.. “Londyn what is baby sisters name” and without hesitation she says “Layton!”. We weren’t against telling people but just funny how she didn’t even hesitate! So we have told quite a few of our family and friends! We didn’t want the opinions but everyone has kept their opinions to themselves so far.

Weight gain: Yes, feels like a lot but not sure of a number. Feeling large

Maternity clothes: lots of leggings

Sleep: On and off.

Best moment this week: It’s been 5 weeks since my last post so a lot of fun things have gone on. We had our best friend/auntie visit, celebrated Halloween and did some fall activities. Londyn got a big girl bed & has been doing great! We moved the crib into the nursery so it is starting to feel like a baby room & I like to spend a lot of time in there. I will organize clothes, rearrange things. Nesting has started. I remember doing the same thing with Londyns nursery. It makes it all so real and she’s going to be here before we know it! (100 days to go)

Miss anything: Sushi, Ahi Tuna

Movement: Tons of movement! She likes to play kickball around 3am. She is a wiggly worm. Which I love. I get obsessive about counting kicks.

Cravings: Nothing specific right now, spicy things and carbs still.

Queasy or sick: Feel pretty good

Current Mood: Moody

Belly Button in or out: In. getting flat

Looking forward to:  Mini Babymoon this weekend! We got a last minute hotel in Breck so Mitch and I will be getting some alone, relaxing time away! Londyn will spend the night with Papa & Gigi! Also looking forward to Londyn’s Birthday and the HOLIDAYS!! We have a busy few months coming up so February will be here in no time! Can’t Wait!

20 Week Bump Update

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How far along: 20 Weeks

Gender/Name: Girl!! We had a mini gender reveal for Londyn and our parents! Everyone thought Boy so it was fun to surprise them. We are a GIRL FAMILY! And I couldn’t be more excited for all the girly things! And mostly for Londyn to have a sister. We do have a name and if you ask Londyn she will gladly tell you. We want to try and keep it to ourselves as much as possible mainly because we don’t want opinions or comments. My dad asked Londyn “What is baby sisters name” and without hesitation she told him. Both my parents said they liked the name! We told Londyn because we wanted her to get use to the name and one less thing that will be new when baby sister comes.

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Weight gain: Hard to say.. Eating non-stop!

Maternity clothes: some, wearing maternity leggings because they are the most comfortable.

Sleep: On and off.

Best moment this week: Londyn has been sick on & off the last week so we have had some lazy days & trying to get her over being sick. A fun moment was Londyn’s first dance class! She didn’t love it right away and I had to sit with her. But once they brought out the pom poms she wanted to join the class. Hoping she will enjoy it next week better.

Miss anything: Sushi, Ahi Tuna

Movement: Tons of movement! In the last few days I’ve felt baby girl a lot! Mainly right before bed and if I have a sugar snack she really moves around. I am loving it & look forward to feeling her more and more!

Cravings: spicy! Jalapeño Burgers.

Queasy or sick: Have to eat first thing when I wake up or I feel nauseas until I eat.

Current Mood: Moody

Belly Button in or out: In.

Looking forward to:  Finishing Nursery & Big girl room. We have started the nursery and remodeling the girls bathroom. They share a bathroom and it is one of the only rooms in the house we have not touched since we moved in and it was time for an update. So, I am looking forward for that to be done & getting everything set up in both the girls rooms and bathrooms.

We attempted to see some changing leaves for a fun family day. It didn’t turn our quite as I imagined but the colors were gorgeous and I’m glad we got to see them before the snow this week.

Baby # 2!!!

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We are so excited to share that we are expecting baby #2 in February 2020!!! This was a little bit of a surprise & we couldn’t be more excited. Londyn is also very excited to have a baby and keeps telling us she is going to be the best helper! She does love helping other babies & kids so I can tell already she will be such a good help.

Here is the story on how we told Londyn! I ordered her a “big sis” tee & a big sister book! We gave her both as a gift & told her the news! She was excited but don’t think it hit her right away what that actually means. Now that we regularly talk about baby she definitely is excited & loves to tell people she is going to be a big sister.

This second pregnancy is so different from the first time. I’m 18 weeks & this is the first post I’m doing & have been bad about taking bump pics. I know this is because we have a toddler that keeps us very busy! Also, I was extremely sick in the first trimester and had zero energy to do much. I also have been feeling different this pregnancy, more sick, more headaches, more tired. Mama can’t hang!

We did an early at home gender test at 8 weeks. When we got the results we were both pretty surprised cause we were feeling different than what the results said. We have not told Londyn yet until we have an ultrasound to confirm! Which we have our anatomy scan this week! We can’t wait to see baby & confirm gender and share the results with Londyn & family.

Little update on London since I’ve been slacking on the monthly months for her. She is a sweet sassy toddler who is so smart she surprises us daily with the things she says and does. She started Preschool in August and she is loving going! She goes 2 days a week for 4 hours. She is loving the teachers and her new friends. Mama is also loving a little free time in the mornings before new baby arrives! Londyn loves reading books, anything princess, and dancing & singing.

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Here is an update on Baby #2

How far along: 18 Weeks

Gender/Name: We have our anatomy scan this coming Wednesday and can’t wait to see baby & find out the gender for sure.

Weight gain: Seems like a lot but I don’t really know where I started so maybe 5 lbs??

Maternity clothes: Some.. Leggings & jeans occasionally. Some non-maternity still fits me but just aren’t as comfy as maternity leggings. I ordered a few pairs of new maternity jeans so I think I will start wearing those soon. This pregnancy the baby bump popped a lot sooner than last time.

Sleep: Waking randomly around 2- 3 am, mainly to pee. Falling alseep really early & quickly but will wake in the middle of the night.

Best moment this week: Londyn going to school is the highlight of my weeks. Being able to pick her up is so fun and I love hearing about her day and how excited she gets to tell me. We went to the zoo with friends & that was exhausting chasing a toddler around in the heat & being out of breath from being pregnant.

Miss anything: Sushi

Movement: Thought I’ve felt some movement but its not consistent & could be gas lol

Cravings: Bread/Carbs. Anything spicy.

Queasy or sick: Finally feeling better after being sick the entire first trimester. I will still get a little nauseas by certain smells but 100x better than it was.

Current Mood: Ive definitely been feeling more moody,  I think its the lack of sleep.

Belly Button in or out: In.

Looking forward to:  Finding out gender & getting started on the nursery & Londyn’s Big Girl Room.

23 Month update

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Londyn Bear is 23 months old… which means ONE MONTH till my baby is 2. I can’t believe she is going to be 2 and that the holidays are right around the corner! Time is flying. We talk about her birthday & ask her how old she is going to be. She says two and attempts to hold up 2 fingers but it’s too hard and it ends up being 3 fingers.

Little miss sassy is running the house around here. She has the sweetest but sassiest personality. She is so chatty and so smart! Everyday I’m shocked by the things she says and the things she knows. She will repeat everything (i mean everything!) We (mainly Mitch) need to work on what we say around her because she repeats bad words, phrases, actions. It’s cute most the time until someone says something inappropriate.

She loves to “cook” while mommy or daddy cooks. She likes to put a chair up to the counter and pretend cook. She loves to play mommy with her babies. She will change their diapers 10x in an hour, puts them down for naps and talks to them. It’s the sweetest thing to watch. She loves playing chase with Duke. She will run around the house and say “I’m running, I’m running, I’m running” she loves when duke chases her.

She loves watching movies & loves to dance to the music in the movies. Some of her favorites right now are Trolls, kungfuPanda, Cars, BossBaby.

Londyn can say most of her ABCs. If i start to sing it she will start too and will say certain letters. She also can count but always skips 3/4. 1 2 5. She also likes to count and jump or throw something and say “1 2 5, ready set go!” She knows a lot of her shapes! Circle, triangle, oval, star and sometimes square.

We play flash cards and she knows almost all of the things on the cards. I’m always impressed when she gets some of the harder cards

Books. Books. Books. This girl could read books all day long. And she just recently started to read them to her self and she actually knows the stories. Like goodnight moon she will say phrases like “cow over moon” “good night moon”.

Londyn loves to play with her big cousin Carter. She always says she is her best friend and they have the best time together at Gigi & Papas House. She loves to help papa outside in the backyard.

She loves to go to the zoo. We try to go to the zoo with our friends once a week. Her favorite animals are the giraffes and the elephants. Which are both my favorites too 😉

We have been to 2 pumpkins patches, one trick or treat night & have a few more fun Halloween events this next week. She has two costumes. A mermaid & Moana. I want her to be a mermaid and she insisted on Moana. So we compromised and she’ll have two 😉

In the last 2 months I left Londyns overnight twice. Once for our friends wedding in Wyoming. My parents watched her while we were gone for 4 days. & then again for a bachelorette party in Breckenridge and she stayed with Mitch. Both times she did great & it was harder for me than for her. I just hate leaving her for long weekends. But i know it’s good for both of us.

Looking forward to our little princess turning 2!

20 Month Update

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Londyn is 20 months old! In 4 months she’ll be TWO! What!!!

I can’t handle how grown up she is lately and how smart she is becoming & learning so much every single day.

Her new “trick” she learned is telling us & friends her name. We will ask what her name is and she was say Londyn Parks in the sweetest voice and I love the way she says it! She will sometimes get shy and not say it if we are in front of a lot of people.

She amazes us daily with how much she knows and things she says and does. She makes us laugh non stop & sometimes drives us crazy 😉 she is such a little angel baby with sass. She knows what she wants and isn’t afraid to ask for or (or take it).

She loves to read books. All day long. Books books books. She loves reading the same book 5x in a row. She likes to read to duke and her babies but most of the time she wants mama and dada to read to her. She’s our little bookworm.

She talks all day and repeats everything we say. But then we get in a big group and she is so shy. It’s so surprising to us because she is a chatter box at home with us. She eventually opens up and starts to show her personality.

I love watching her play. She talks to all her dolls, loves to change their diapers (10x a day). She loves to play blocks. She gets her blocks out multiple times a day & if i try to clean them up she doesn’t like it. She is starting to get into girly things. She likes necklaces and bracelets. She loves trying on my shoes and walking around. She also likes putting on her own shoes all by herself. Most of the time she gets them on the right feet.

She is still loving Moana and Shrek. We watch both daily. I should say we start to watch both daily. She is usually too busy to sit and watch the entire movie. But she requests they be on, even just in the background. And now her latest obsession is Winnie The Pooh. Which I’m okay with cause i grew up loving Pooh!

We have been loving going to the zoo and the pool and enjoying the summer. She loves the animals & she can name most of them and knows their noises. Elephants and Giraffes are her favorites at the moment. She also has been interested in BUGS… this girl is very brave ha! I was never a kid that liked playing in the dirt or bugs. She definitely is a dare devil. She will play outside with Daddy or Papa and she will hold the bug or dig in the dirt.

She has been the sweetest little girl. At bedtime we will read books and she will always ask for “one more” and then when she knows it’s time for bed she has been asking me to rock her and then she started asking me to sing to her. And I couldn’t handle how sweet it is when she asks me to sing to her. When i sing twinkle twinkle she will start to sing and say a few of the main parts. She will say “twinkle” and “up above”. She will also sometimes sing along with the Moana songs. I love when she sings. It’s the sweetest sound.

Londyn has been refusing to go to gym daycare. It’s probably been a month since she would go. She has one incident where she cried when mitch dropped her off and now she refuses to go back. I’m hoping it’s just a phase she will get through soon (cause mama needs to get to the gym again). I will ask her if she wants to go to daycare and play with the other kids and she says no, she wants to play with mama. She was going so great and loved going and I’m hoping she will go back soon!

Today, Londyn went pee on the potty for the first time! Our doctor recommended moving the potty into her bathroom and to talk about the potty during bath time, while the water is running. So I got her undressed and she sat on her potty & I told her if she needed to go pee she should go pee on the potty. And she stood up and there was pee in the potty! I was so excited,ha! She then reached in and touched it. But i was still so proud of her!

Londyn also had a naughty moment and said her first bad word. She learned it from hearing Daddy say it (& she even ratted him out for it) She said “Damn It”. Clear as day. When we asked where she learned that word she said Daddy. We both couldn’t stop laughing cause she was so confident in it and didn’t hesitate. We tried to explain that’s a bad word and babies don’t say that and she then said that Daddy needed to go to timeout. I guess it’s good she knows time-out is for naughty things and even Daddy has to go sometimes. 😉

Here are some pictures from our last couple months.

18 Month Update

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A YEAR and a HALF! I really can’t believe how fast time is flying and how big my ‘baby’ is!

She really has grown so much in just the last few weeks. She amazes me daily with what she says and does! And in 6 months she will be 2!!!!(& it’ll be thanksgiving. 😉 Yum). Even the girls at her gym daycare were saying how much she has grown in the last few weeks. My baby is a toddler now. Time needs to slow down!

Londyn is saying so many words and putting several words together. She will repeat anything, which is scary so we definitely have to watch what we say;). She’s very good with repeating names and remembering them. We went to visit family this last week and she remembered so many names and who they were. I was very impressed. She copies basically everything we do. She will grab a makeup brush and pretend to put on her makeup, she will stretch after we stretch, she copies words that mitch will say.

She is still obsessed with Duke and ALL things puppy. She loves all dogs and always has to wave hi to them when we see them. I hope her love of dogs continues because it’s really so sweet how much she loves them.

She also loves her Papa. Both of them. She calls both grandpas “Papa”. At first I thought maybe she was confused but she definitely knows the difference between them and adores them both so much.

We left Londyn for the first time for a long weekend last month and it went great! She stayed with my parents while Mitch and I went to visit our friends Katie, Matt & Sutton in Texas. It was such a fun trip and I think long overdue to leave her with my parents for a weekend away. She did great and didn’t even really notice we were gone! And we got to meet her future boyfriend, Sutton! Who is such a good, happy baby! I can’t wait for Londyn and Sutton to meet someday soon! We have a few plans this summer/fall to leave her again with our parents for more weekends away. She loves spending time with all her grandparents we need to take more advantage of it.

Londyn knows so many of her animals and animal noises. We went to the zoo in St Louis and she would see the animal and say it’s name and the noise it makes. It was the cutest thing. I love watching her learn new things and sometimes she does things and I really have no idea how she learned how to say or do it! Within the last two weeks or so she has discovered the TV and movies… she is OBSESSED with Shrek. We legit will watch it 5 times a day. She wakes up and asks for shrek or donkey! I don’t know what her obsession is but she loves it. And she is now asking for Moana too. Which I think is such a cute movie and has great music so I need to keep expanding her movie choices.

Londyn, my mom and I went on a trip this past week to visit family in St. Louis and it was such a blast getting to see my family and having them all meet Londyn! She fit right in and became attached to one of my cousins’ little girls. Wish she lived here to be our babysitter someday 😉 We went to the St Louis Zoo, hung out with family, went to the pool, went to my cousins graduation, shopping and we were exhausted by the end of the week and ready to get home to see daddy and duke. Londyn actually did great for being off her schedule and out of her element. We took a late night flight home which was a mistake. I assumed she would easily sleep on the flight home but poor baby girl couldn’t get comfy and it was pretty miserable flight home. But we survived! Ha;)

Now that the weather is finally nice to be outside and play all Londyn wants to do is play outside. Mitch Re did a little are in our backyard for A play area for her to play. She has a water table, slide, baby pool, and mitch made her a little picnic table. So we have been spending a lot of time playing outside, eating breakfast and lunch out there!

Another fun thing that happened this past month or so was Londyn was asked to be a Flower Girl!! I am so beyond excited to see my baby girl as a flower girl. It’s always been a dream to have a little girl and someday have her be in our best friends wedding and now she is! We were very honored for her to be asked and I can’t wait!

Here are some pictures from our past couple months!

16 Month Update

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Our little princess is 16 Months old! I feel like she has learned so much in the last few months so I thought I would write a post so I can try and remember all her big girl milestones.

* Funny Side Story- one of my friends (who doesn’t have kids yet, but his wife is pregnant) asked me how old Londyn was and I said 15 months. He goes… at what age do you stop saying months and start using years! I just laughed, I guess maybe it’s a mom thing to continue the monthly ages. People without kids probably think we are crazy! #momlife

Anyway, back to Londyn Bear!

Oh boy, she is a princess. We call her that in an endearing way but she knows she is cute and she gets away with everything! She has definitely started to show her sassy personality and runs the show most of the time in our house! She loves to help with things around the house. Putting trash in the trash can, feeding duke, opening the door for duke, taking her plate to the sink. It’s cute she wants to help, we joke that someday she won’t want to help with these chores.

Londyn loves baths, loves to brush her teeth (she still only has 4), she loves reading books & she gets more excited to see Duke over anyone else! She loves to cuddle with him, give him kisses, throw his ball and give him bones. It is so funny when we say “do you want to give Duke a bone?” She immediately sits…. we think it’s because every time we give Duke a bone we tell HIM to sit, so she thinks she needs to sit too. It is the cutest thing.

She loves Mac n Cheese, broccoli, asparagus, her bottle, cheese, eggs, Cheerios & anything I’m eating 😉 she has become a pretty good eater & likes to sit in her own chair at restaurants (no more high chairs)

She has started to say a few words and is repeating A LOT. (Daddy is working on his bad language). She knows a lot of animals noises. Cow, pig, duck, owl(just learned this today via Daddy), horse, dog, lion, bear, monkey & sometimes cat! She also can point out a couple body parts! She loves to say EYE! But she can also point to her nose, mouth, ears, hair, head, toes, belly (she loves finding our belly buttons). She loves to dance and will sometimes sing along to the music. I signed us up for a dance class this summer so I’m hoping she will like dancing in that class.

We got her a potty for our main bathroom (just to start getting her use to it) and she is very interested and has sat on her potty many times. She understands that you go potty on it but doesn’t quite understand to hold it till you get to the potty. I’ll ask her if she pooped and she will run into the potty (just a little too late). So hopefully soon she will start to learn the next steps of it. No rush, just want her to start getting use to it all.

She loves to color and play with stickers! And just in the last couple weeks she loves playing with her dolls! Which just melts my heart! She loves to swaddle them, feed them and stroll them around. We have to take at least one doll with us anywhere we go & she likes to have baby in her high chair with her. I just like watching what she comes up with, it really amazes me how smart she is and how much stuff she picks up from watching us. She likes to put on “makeup” while watching me put on my makeup. I give her a makeup brush and she puts it on her cheeks. She also likes to put on chapstick and lotion.

We spent a week in Breckenridge with my family and it was so nice to get away and spend the week with them! Mitch came up for a few days before he had to go back to work but then Londyn and I got to stay for the week! She had so much fun playing with her cousin Carter and having grandpa &grandma take them sledding. Those two girls are best buds and I can’t handle how cute they are. They are finally at an age where they can play together and love interacting with each other. They hold hands and hug and share toys (& fight over toys). They also went swimming. Which Londyn loved! She wanted to be in the big kid pool most the time! I think we will need to take swim lessons again this summer!

Mitch and I were able to ski one day while my parents watched Londyn. It was fun to spend the day skiing! Last time we skied was when I was 6(ish) weeks pregnant so it was overdue to get out there again!

Here are some pics of L from the last few months:

13 months with Londyn

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These posts are going to become few and far between but I want to continue to post them for myself to look back on. #EBabybook 😉

Little Miss is 13+ months old and she is at the most fun age! I know I said that every other month but she is so funny. We are constantly laughing at her little personality. I love that she is her own little person and she is already very strong willed and knows what she wants. And she wants it NOW;)

Londyn is running everywhere, sitting on duke, kissing every animal in sight and is just a little ‘pistol’. Mitch hates when i call her that, but it’s true she is just a firecracker and she can be so sweet and then she doesn’t get what she wants and she throws attitude. Girl life if real. I know I have all the attitude coming my way in the future. I thought it would be a little longer before it started 😉

We took Londyn to gym daycare for the first time last week (i have separation issues, that’s why it took me so long ;)) and she absolutely loved it! She was so excited to get in there and PLAY! I am so happy it went so well and it makes me feel so comfortable leaving her in there while I get a little ‘me’ time and get to workout! I want to start getting in a routine and going Multiple times a week and even try to go to some yoga classes. Hopefully she continues to love it!

We celebrated Christmas and New Years and it was the absolute best. I love being santa. Like it’s so fun to set up toys and see her face LIGHT UP! I’ll share some Christmas pictures below. It was such a fun few days seeing family and dressing up. The holidays are my favorite time of year and it is 100000x better with a little one! She makes everything better but especially Christmas.

For New Years we decided to stay in and have friends over. It was easiest that way so we could put L to bed and then still enjoy the night with our friends!

We turned our office into a play room for L and it has already gotten so much use. We weren’t sure how often she would actually go in there and play by herself but she does quite often. Londyn got a play kitchen for her birthday and it is her most used toy. She loves going in her play room and just playing and making us food. She got a teepee for Christmas from Santa and it has been fun to watch her sit in there and read books or “get cozy”. We will tell her to get cozy and she will go into the teepee and pull a blanket over her and cozy up. It’s the cutest. I hope she gets a lot of play time out of the teepee as she gets older cause I’m obsessed with it and wish i had one as a child 😉

We are starting to get back into the groove and routine now that Christmas and the holidays are over! We have Mitch’s Birthday coming up and going to Breckenridge in March. So some fun things to look forward too! I’m excited to take Londyn to Breck. It is one of my favorite places to go and I know she won’t understand it yet but hopefully she loves the snow!

Here are some pictures from our last month and also some of my favorites from our family photo session with my sister in law (Krista Parks Photography)

 

 

Some pictures from christmas & the past month:

12 Month Update Baby Londyn

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I cant believe my baby is ONE!! This post is a few weeks late, it has been busy few weeks.

These pictures are the best I could get, this girl does not sit still! She is on the move!

Londyn is such a fun, spunky, sassy little girl! We had so much fun celebrating her birthday with all her favorite people. She is so loved and spoiled! I’ll share some photos from the party below!

This past month Londyn has been on the move, loving music and dancing and is learning so much everyday. She is so fun to watch cause she will just find toys and entertain herself for quite a while. She got a play kitchen for her birthday and she has been having fun playing with the pots & pans and play food. We tell her to make us breakfast and she will bring us some sort of food. She also got some fun music toys for her birthday and she is loving all the dancing and playing. This girl dances at any music that comes on.

She loves to be outside, she will point at the back door and watch duke from the door. The weather has been pretty nice lately so we will play outside for a little while.

She loves her bottle and will sit in her mini chair and drink it. She says baba and gets excited when we ask her if she wants a baba or wants milk.

We had a great Thanksgiving, it’s crazy to think that last Thanksgiving I was in labor with my little princess. It was nice to enjoy the food this time 😉 Londyn actually slept through dinner, (#naptime) this girl is on her own schedule, but we gave her turkey, stuffing & mashed potatoes when she woke up and she only liked the mashed potatoes!

Her actual birthday was the day after thanksgiving so we woke up and made breakfast pancakes for the birthday girl! Which was fun and she loved them! We went out to lunch for pizza for her birthday and that night went to Downtown Littleton’s lighting ceremony and saw Santa. She loved the Christmas caroling! I think overall she had a good birthday and I only cried a little 😉

We are looking forward to Christmas and all the festivities coming up! We did go on the Georgetown Train and Santa was on the Train and Londyn loved him. She kept pointing to him and just staring at him. It was fun to see! I can’t wait till she really understands who he is!

We also went to Zoo lights which was so much fun. My cousin invited us to a DU night and so the crowds weren’t bad. Londyn loved all the lights & we rode the carousel for the first time! So much fun!