Lara is growing and changing so fast these days... She is learning something new every day! It is so fun to watch! Here are lots of pictures from the last week or so! I can't believe it's almost April!!

Lara has really started taking an interest in books! She especially loves this one that her "Aunt" Karen brought for her!

Learning to read!

She was so excited to finally get this in her mouth after about 10 minutes of trying!

Always rolling now!

She makes the funniest faces when she is on her stomach. It makes me laugh every day!

haha!

When she is sucking on her hand, these are her preferred two fingers... she's not a fan of the thumb... not sure if that's a good or bad thing!

This smile just melts my heart!!

Rolling all over!

I LOVE this new dress that I got Lara! One of my favorites! It even has a hat to match although I can't get her to keep it on...

Happy girl!

Love this face of pure joy! She is starting to scoot towards the toys that she likes!

Such a cutie!

Being silly with Daddy!

Having fun!



Practicing for the LONG plane ride that is coming up next week.... Good to know that she will still fall asleep in the sling and stay that way when I set her down!

Me and my baby!

I can't imagine life without her now!

Hailey says, " PLEASE, someone play with me...." - Poor thing...

Trying out the exersaucer for the first time!

She was having a pretty good time...

"There sure is a lot to look at mom!"

Almost pushing her arms straight now!

Working on her ab muscles! Haha she does this often now! She's a strong girl!

"Yummy!"

Little beauty!

Cute Lara in her Denim dress that Grammy gave her for Valentine's day!

Sorry for so many pictures... But I wouldn't want any of the 5 of you who read this to miss out on Lara's life! :-)

I've taken several cute pictures of Lara and her Daddy lately. She absolutely adores him, and as you can probably tell he thinks she's pretty great too! :-) I love watching them play together. Lucas is such a wonderful Daddy! Better than I ever could have imagined... I love both of them so much!! :-)



Sweet girl - Rare moment of cuddling from Lara!

One of my favorites!!



LOVE this white dress that Lara's grandparents brought all the way from Brazil!

Haha just had to throw this one in! :-) At least Lucas still has a smile on his face!!

Do you know what this picture means!? It is FINALLY spring! We have had a couple of teasers, but I sure hope that the warm weather is here to stay... I love the beautiful flowers from our pear trees in the backyard!

My friend Annie & I decided to take advantage of the warm weather and head out to our local greenway for lunch and a walk! She watches our friend Sarah's little boy Jace on Wednesday's so he came along as well! Lara was glad to have a friend! :-) Hailey was annoyed to have another baby! Ha!

Cute Jace - Chillin' in the stroller...

Looking at Mrs. Annie!

Hailey joined us! She was not thrilled about the extra baby, but I think she was glad to go for a walk!

Jace was OUT after our walk! That can't be comfortable...

Lara was enjoying the sunshine! This is how she sits most of the time in her carseat now! Cracks me up! She loves looking at her toes! I have a feeling those toes are going to be in her mouth soon...

Yay Spring!!!

Can you believe it?! Lara is 3 months old!!! Crazy how time is flying... I know I say this every month, but it's true!

Here is a comparison of Lara from 1 month, 2 months & 3 months:

Some things Lara is doing at 3 months old:

*Rolling over from tummy to back!
*Laughing - ok really only once, but it still counts! She giggles all the time though and her favorite word is "Gaaaaaaa" with a little spit sound in there :-)
*Sleeping 9-10 hours at night! (She usually sleeps from 9-10pm until about 6-7am)
*Eating approximately every 4 hours
*Staring for hours at her hands and feet and constantly putting her hands in her mouth...
*Talking and smiling all the time
*Wants to sit or stand all the time. She is not very content with laying down most of the time. She is ready to GO!
*She bats at the animals on her play gym and will occasionally grab one and pull it off.
*Her favorite toy is still Pooh! She really likes to hug him and chew on his ear and nose :-)

She is growing like a weed. I plan on enjoying every second I have with her for this last month! When I get around to doing the 4 month post I will most likely be back at work... I'm excited to go back, but so sad to have to leave my little princess! I don't think I will ever be ready...

Below is a small explosion of pictures from the last week! Enjoy!

Love this face...

Precious

Chewing on her tongue most of the time...

Happy girl in her cute outfit that Shelia gave her!! Love it!

Lara & Daddy being silly and talking... they're probably singing silly songs together!

My loves :-)

As I said... always wanting to stand up!



Look how strong! She is pushing up further with her arms every day! She is going to be scooting herself around the room and crawling before I know it!

Whew... that was hard work!

"Look Mom, I found my toes!"