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My goodness how time flies. It's already half through October! Dalyla will be 5 months. She is so big. weighing in at 16 lbs and as happy as can be! She loves to scream to hear herself. She laughs now and loves the bath. She kicks and kicks. She dunked her face in the water and snorted some. She didn't cry or fuss.
Her big milestone this month was learning to eat food and drinking juice. She also held the spoon and it put in her very own mouth.

I have been a slacker on posts and pictures.

Robert is beginning our excavation for our basement extension and carport build. What a project this will be.
We are looking forward to having a big common room so we can have lots of friends and family over to visit.

Work has been very busy for us both. We did manage to take a weekender alone to Vegas. We left Dalyla with Grandma J. I think I missed her more than she missed me. :) Well probably my boobs missed her the most. :)
It was great to laugh and have a good time with Robert though. It has been a while.

It was Aspen's 4th birthday so Dalyla got to go to her first birthday party. She had fun playing with the other kids (haha).
Dalyla played at home with her best friend Avalin and little Easton. She played so hard she fell a sleep in her Jumperoo. :)

Rock a bye baby

I just rocked my sweet baby to sleep tonight and thought I needed to share how wonderful it felt.
I want to rock and hold her all night and all day. I think about how much she means to me at night as I hold her. What a joy she has brought us and how much I enjoy doing all of the challenging work because rocking her to sleep at night makes it all worth it. As she is suckling and rubbing my skin and as i rub her hair and skin we bond so deep. It is absolutely amazing.
Dalyla, someday when you read this I hope you know how much rocking you to sleep at night meant to me. And how much I will cherish these times deep in my heart.
Your mommy and daddy love you more than anything in the world!

New foods

Dalyla is trying all kinds of new foods. She is now starting to drink juice. She likes apple and prune juice. and thanks to the prune juice she is keeping regular!

We have tried apple sauce..which she likes. Pears were a no go so far and she didn't like peaches much at all. I think they were a bit tart. We just tried butternut squash and she loved it! She hasnt quite figured out how to swallow and keep it in her mouth but she slurps and licks it right up. :)