Ly's Birthday Party!

Lyla's 1st birthday party was this Saturday and it turned out great! I will say that party planning is not my thing, it's stressful, and we will probably be doing Ly's next parties at Chuck-e-Cheese or Gymboree! :) But with that said, I was very pleased with the way everything turned out and how everything came together! We are so very thankful for all the wonderful people that came and for all the presents Ly got! Here are a TON of pics from the fun day!

Here are Ly's invites! We went with a Ladybug theme since that's basically what we've been doing since (before) she was born.... (I bleeped out my Dad's address for all you psychos out there)!
Here's her birthday banner that I made. That sucker took me forever! I TOTALLY underestimated how hard those things were to make. :)
Where the presents went...

Some more decor (notice the trash can, that was my Dad's idea!)...

We went crazy with the streamers and balloons! :)

Decorations outside...

The "Welcome" sign! :)

My Dad found these ladybugs at Hobby Lobby, put magnets on the back, and put them on the front door! I thought they were adorable!

The utensil holders...

The cups. And yes, I drew black dots on every single one of those suckers! :)

Me and the Birthday girl!

The dessert table...

Ly's birthday cake and smash cake! Notice the little goober in the background! She has changed so much from the day she was born!

FOOD!! We had fruit salad, Smokey's baked beans and cole slaw, Walmart fried chicken, and dinner rolls! Yes, we are Southern! :)

The Birthday girl! PS. I made her shirt too!

Everyone eating outside!

Christi and Charleigh and me and Ly!

Cayden, Ly's cute little boyfriend!

Wondering what the heck to do with her smash cake!

Well, it looks like she ate a lot but in reality she was not having any of it! I don't know why?! She loved the cupcake from J's Bakery! I think she was just ready for her nap!

Ly and Charleigh!! They are about 6 months apart! Such pretty little girls! :)

Me and Ly cleaning up! She loved the clean up part of the party! HA!

Lyla and her Daddy!

This is Ly's car that her Grandparents got her (Rhett's Mom and Dad) so basically, this is all our cars! :) Ly's is the pink one....

If I said she loved the little pink car that'd be an understatement! She did not want to get out of the thing! :)

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Our 1 Year Old

It's been awhile since I last posted. Here's why... Rhett and I have been playing Call of Duty 2: Modern Warfare 4 online. We have wireless internet, but it's messed up and we just have never figured out how to fix it. So, we use a cable cord to get internet. Well, that cord has been plugged into the PS3 for forever now and I am just too lazy to unplug from there and plug it into the computer. Especially when I have my iPhone at my fingertips. So there you have it! I'm lazy. That's the jist of it.
However, I am making a special effort today because... it's LYLA'S 1st BIRTHDAY!! One year ago they cut her out of me (sounds fantastic huh?!) and I have never been happier in my life! We have definitely had some exhausting days and nights over the past year, but she has just been such a ray of light in our lives. Whenever I am down all she needs to do is crawl over to me, pull up, and say "mamma" and my day is made. When I look at her adorable face I always think to myself that I don't deserve her. I am so lucky to her Mom. She cries when I walk out of the room and I just love knowing that she loves me that much.
Anywho, here's what's going on with Ly at 1 year old... She is so big! Well, not really that big. At her doctor's appointment today we found out that she weighs 22 lbs and that she's 30 inches long. Mrs. Sophia (Ly's P.A.) said that Ly is in the 80th percentile for height and 60th for weight. So she's still pretty little I guess, but above average nonetheless. Anywho, everything's looking good and she's coming along with all her developmental milestones. She points, claps, and waves, she stands by herself, she feeds herself and holds her own bottle, she says mamma and knows that that's me.... she's just not walking yet! I had hoped that she'd be walking by her 1st birthday party so she could run around and play, but I have learned to never put expectations on what your child could/should do. Lyla loves when we sing BINGO and If Your Happy And You Know It. She loves the clapping part. Basically, she's at an age where she is so much fun! She wanders around the house by herself (with safety precautions of course) and she just loves to get into everything. I have a feeling that I'm really going to be in trouble when she starts walking.
Okay, let's start the pictures with an oldie...here I am with my precious girl 1 year ago! It is amazing how much she's changed!
Okay, now on with the current pictures of our 1 year old!
"Pushing" her Daddy! She's so strong! :)

So so so so sweet! The view doesn't get any better than this! At least to me! The loves of my life...

My sweet girl...

She loves to roll around on the floor...

In her big girl carseat on the way to her 1 year checkup!

Opening a present from her Mimi and Pop Pop!

YAY for toys! Although she could really care less what she gets...

Me and my sweet 1 year old! Where has the time gone?!

Starting to eat her birthday cupcake from J's Bakery!

Mmm Mmm good!

She loved the icing, that was her favorite part! Here she is with her Mommy and Daddy! We love her so much!

Soooo, that's all the pics! :) I am so excited about her birthday party this weekend! :)

Anywho, I shall post pics and such from her birthday party hopefully Sunday!

This Week = Sucky

This week has not been the most fun. Monday I noticed Lyla was a little on the warm side, so I took her temperature (with a thermometer that you hold up to the temple) and it said her temp was about 99.1. I thought, well that seems okay. So I gave her a little Tylenol and we went about our business. The next day, Rhett picked Ly up from his parents and met me at home after work and I noticed that she was definitely HOT! Not just warm. So, again, I took her temp and this time is said 98.9. I was thinking, this is not right! So I decided to take her temperature the most accurate way (but not the most fun, that's for sure), rectally, with a different thermometer of course. Well, this time it said her temp was 103.4! I was freaked out! I called the doctor's office and she told me to put Ly in the tub (with the water not too hot or too cold) for at least 20 minutes, alternate between giving her Tylenol and Motrin every few hours, and just watch her until our appointment the next morning at 9:00 am. Well, we put her in the tub for 20 minutes, took her out, and took her temp again. It dropped from 103.4 to 101.3. That made us happy, but still we didn't know what was causing her fever. Lyla slept the whole night and the next morning I took her to the doctor hoping they could tell me what was wrong. At the doctor's office they checked her ears (they looked good), her throat (looked good), and did a strep test (came back clear). They ruled out everything else, so they decided that it might be a urinary infection. Now, this is where the not so fun stuff came in to play. They had to tape a plastic baggie to Ly's female parts and we had to wait for her to pee. Well, the baggie just didn't attach that well. They got enough of her urine to find out that she did have an infection, but not enough for a culture to send off to the lab. Soooo, they had to catheterize my sweetheart! :( This may be TMI, but I've had a couple catheters in my life time and talk about painful! I just couldn't imagine doing that to a baby. But they have to find out what type of bacteria is infecting her, so they had to do it. She was not a happy camper of course. She cried, I cried...it just sucked. After 2 and a 1/2 hours in the doctor's office, we were ready to go. I got a prescription for Lyla (for an antibiotic that kills the most common bacteria that causes urinary infections) and I am awaiting a call that will tell me for sure which bacteria is causing her urinary infection and if we will have to change antibiotics. After giving Lyla the antibiotics, she seems to be feeling so much better! Thankfully! No more fever and she's not fussy like she has been over the past couple of days. Poor thing, I'd be fussy too if I had a UTI! Seriously, I always say if you haven't had a UTI, then you should be thanking God because they are the most painful and uncomfortable things you will ever go through. Including a C-section. I'd rather be cut open any day. Anywho, soooo I am so glad that this week is over and that my Lyla is feeling better! She might still have to get an ultrasound to see if something is blocking (which could be causing the infection) her urinary tract, but we're hoping every thing's clear when we go back for a 2 week check up! So please be praying for her. :)
I can't wait for this weekend! We have nothing planned really, the weather's just going to be gorgeous and I can't wait to spend time as a family. So anywho, I hope everyone's week was better than ours and I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!