The Birthday Girls

10 months for Lyla Jane and 31 years for Jenny Jane. Yousers! :)

This is Lyla waking up from a nap and stretching out. The cuteness is sometimes unbelievable!

My Prince Charming

It's somebody's birthday today--here's a hint:

Wonderful daddy...

and loving husband.

Always fun...

to be around.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Joel!

We love you!!!!! xoxoxoxoxo Jenny & Lyla Jane

The Little Lady

The latest news! Lyla is cutting her top two front teeth! We just noticed it yesterday during church. :) She'll soon have 4 little toofers. Fun.

Anyway, here are just a few fun pics from the last few days...

Lyla wearing great-grandma Nita's glasses

Daddy & Lyla chillin and watching the sad, sad Packer game (I'm pretty sure they lost because Lyla wasn't wearing her Packer oufit--hee, hee)

Fun with Dad

A Fun Day

Today both Joel and I had off work and the weather was just beautiful so we took advantage of it. We love to enjoy the beauty of God's creation--especially in the fall! Enjoy the pics...

We went for an evening walk and tried out the hiking baby pack for the first time--Lyla loved it. :)

She loves to look up at the trees.

What a cutie!

Earlier we had gone for a bike ride along the Black River--an off-shoot of the Mighty Miss--it was beautiful except for the gnats!

Little Packer fan :)

Green Bay Packers defeat the Chicago Bears 21 to 15. Woohoo!

And here's the cutest little Packer fan... (at least we think so!)

Go Pack Go!

Lyla is doing her "hula hands" in this vid :)

The bike ride!

Our friends Luke & Susan borrowed us their bicycle trailor (is that what it's called??) so we can use it when we go to Door County in October. We took it out for a test ride last night and it worked perfectly--so fun! I think Lyla enjoyed feeling the wind in that crazy hair of hers. :)

Thanks Uncle Uke and Auntie Suz!

A new little visitor...

Yesterday our friends Diana and Anil and their 5-week old little Zahra came for a visit. Zahra (as you can see) is just beautiful--and so tiny! It was fun to hold the little munchkin and visit with our friends. :)

Diana and the bean

Zahra and Joel

Anil and Lyla

Zahra and Lyla checking each other out :)

What a weekend :)

Our messy little eater :)

On Friday Lyla got her suprapubic catheter pulled--woohoo! She (and her parents) are enjoying being free of those pesky catheters. :) She's been sleeping better and eating better and just progressing really well every day. Her incision looks awesome too. She's even back to doing tummy time. :) We truly give thanks to God for bringing her through this on the wings of many, many prayers. On October 1st she gets the test done to see if the surgery has resolved the urinary reflux--we're praying hard that it has!

On Saturday Lyla got to help in her first garage sale. I think her cuteness definitely boosted sales! That evening we went for a long walk in the country while Daddy put up a tree stand.

And on Sunday we went to church and then fishing with Daddy. The weather has been so gorgeous lately! It was perfect weather to be out in the boat. Joel caught a pretty good-sized Northern and some slime got on Lyla's diaper bag--so that was special. The funniest part of the fishing outing was when we were coming back to the landing in the no-wake zone--just putting along, and Lulu (our 5 lb yorkie) decides to jump off the bow of the boat into the river. Joel had to scoop her out with the net. It was hilarious. :) Anyway, hope you are having a fun Labor Day weekend too!

Enjoy the pics and vids. :)

The Slimer

You can disregard my talking in the background--I had been on the phone with my parents but I actually ended up accidently hanging up on them--oops.

This video was taken about a month ago on another beautiful evening on the river. :)

Turning the corner...

Yesterday Lyla had a follow-up appt with her surgeon and she got her foley cath removed--yay! She still has the other one until Friday. We were of course concerned that she might not be able to pee after getting the foley removed, but she's been peeing like a champ! Oh, the little victories. :) Also, she's been eating much better--close to normal, in fact. And she's been sleeping through the night much more peacefully, and she doesn't require pain medication anymore. She's mostly back to her happy-dappy self! So thank you for your prayers--we know they are being heard and answered. We are looking forward to Friday, when she can be line-free if all is well. :)

Enjoy the pics and video--

Cutie pie