My buddy Mason

Saturday night we helped with a couples bridal shower for Clifton's cousin Megan. It was fun to see lots of family and catch up with everyone. Layton has really come out of his shell these past few days and was laughing at everyone, waving and of course clapping his favorite thing to do. His little buddy Mason was at the party and they were happy to see each other like always. I was able to get some cute pictures of the boys by the back fence. This first one it looks like they are talking to each other.
Then Layton decides he wants to climb the fence
and Mason decided he would rather hang onto Layton than the fence (too funny). These boys are going to keep us on our toes these next few years.

Layton with his Aunt Leslie
Layton and Grammy D playing at the party
Walking with Grammy D

Mason walking with his daddy

Layton's First Steps

Thursday when I was picking up Layton at his Grammy D's house he took 3 steps walking from Grammy D towards me sitting on the couch. We both looked at each other in amazement and started clapping and cheering for him. Layton was confused and then he did it a few more times. Later that night he took a few steps for daddy to see. He has been taking some steps here and there this weekend. He still is very cautious and a little scared but his balance is getting much better. My baby is growing up I guess. Here are a few pictures I took of him last week. I need to work on getting him walking on video.

Fun Weekend

We had a nice weekend after a long week. I had to leave Thursday morning really early for Dallas for work and was gone until Friday night. I really missed having my Friday to spend with Layton but Grammy D took great care of him for us. Clifton and Layton managed everything without me and it worked out pretty good because now Layton has decided formula isn't so bad. He is finally drinking it without a fight. This weekend Carter and Laura came to visit so we spent lots of time with them and playing with cousin Cooper. On Sunday we went to a birthday party for one of our friend's little girls that was turning 2. It was a beautiful day and we spent a lot of time outside. Layton enjoyed watching the older kids play and was very friendly to everyone at the party. He was talking and waving at everyone. This weekend he has started making the vroom vroom noise a truck or tractor makes when he pushes them on the floor. Not sure where he learned that but it is the cutest thing he is such a boy. He loves to drive things now and is really getting into riding toys. Kaitlyn had a tractor that he loved riding on, it was just his size. He is also standing a lot by himself and now pulls himself up without holding onto something and slowly squats down. He has also been taking really long naps lately and is always laughing now at everything. We are truly enjoying this stage!


Layton performing for everyone



Daniel reading to the boys

The Birthday Girl KaitlynStanding up all by himself (I finally had my camera ready)
Watching the bubble machine at the party with daddy

Riding Kaitlyn's tricycle
Making his tractor noises on the tractorI love this picture Layton was trying out Cooper's swing. I think we need to get the one we have for Layton hung in the backyard soon. He loved it!

Random Pictures from Last Weekend

Here are some random pictures from last weekend that I thought were too cute not to post. We went to Daniel and Lauren's house and Layton enjoyed playing with Cooper's big boy toys. It was funny Layton kept trying to get to where Cooper was so he could drive.

Last Saturday Layton slept until 9:45 it was so nice getting to sleep in on a Saturday morning. He was in a great mood when he woke up. Here he is using his phone as a remote for the t.v. He points anything at the t.v. now and pretends it is a remote.

Mason's 1st Birthday Party

Last weekend we went to cousin Mason's first birthday party and Layton really enjoyed watching Mason eat cake and open presents. He also got to see his Grammy D and Granny Leigh so he had plenty of attention all night. He even got his first taste of some birthday cake too. It was a nice evening and thankfully it stopped raining so we could all spend a little time outside. Here are a few pictures from the party.



Sitting with Grandpa Corky
Opening presentsMason loves to give kisses so cute!

Trying out Mason's new poolEating some dinner before cake time

Ten Months Old

Layton turned 10 months old yesterday which means he is one more month closer to turning one. I'm hanging onto these last few months of him being a baby and trying to cherish every moment with him. I never realized how fast babies grow until I had my own.

We have been trying since last weekend to start supplementing with formula because I have gone through all my milk I had frozen and just can't keep up with him anymore pumping at work. Layton has been so stubborn he pushes the bottle away if there is even an ounce of formula in the bottle. My mom was able to get him to drink a little bit this week but it has been a challenge. I think we are making progress though Clifton was able to get him to drink 4 oz. yesterday so hopefully he will get used to the new taste. I know I'm ready to pack up my pump it is time.

The past few days Clifton and I were talking it seems like Layton has grown up he thinks everything is so funny and is in such a great mood all the time. There for awhile he was whining all the time and only wanted me and would cry when I would walk out of the room even if Clifton was holding him. He has also started sleeping later which is awesome; he is still sleeping right now and it is 9:40. I don't know what to do with myself. Yesterday he took a 3 1/2 hour nap and I was able to get a nap in too. I think his teeth have finally stopped hurting him until some more decide to come through. He has four teeth that you can see now and has two more top teeth coming in now. He loves to eat finger foods, he is such a great eater. He will eat anything we give him and loves to feed himself. We have been giving him lots of different kinds of veggies and he eats all of them. He will only drink cold water out of a sippy cup and does not like juice. He has recently started to dance when music is playing and it is the cutest thing and he will hum now too if we sing to him. My dad has also taught him to say Papa and he says that all the time now. He will also say bye bye now when he waves. Here are a few pictures of what Layton has been up to this week.

He loves to stand at the back door and watch Roscoe and Daisy and beat on the window or if Clifton goes outside he wants to stand and watch him.
The music table has provided endless hours of entertainment and he now dances with the music.
Here he is after his bath this week he loves bath time!
This is Layton in action in his room cruising the furniture

and he has learned how to open this cabinet and he knows there is stuff in there that he isn't supposed to have so this is his favorite thing to do in his room right now.
He loves to open all of his drawers and empty out everything so much fun to clean up
He likes to talk on the phone and my old cell phone is one of his new favorite toys

Here is a short video of him dancing to his music table




Today is Mason's first birthday party so it should be a fun day. More pictures to come!

Layton pushing his walking toy

Layton has been pushing his toy around a few weeks and I finally got him doing it on video. Enjoy!