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>Grandpa Ed’s Birthday Party

Posted on December 5, 2006 by tricialc

>Saturday afternoon we celebrated Grandpa Ed’s 70th birthday at Biaggi’s in Cedar Rapids. Leila had sent out an invitation to all of her Aunts and Uncles on Cory’s side of the family and we had reserved a private room in the restaurant.
Cory’s brother Evan and family weren’t able to make it because of the weather, but the rest of us had a really good time. Leila looked so cute in her little teal velvet dress.
For the first time as parents, we forgot to bring the diaper bag with us…it was one of those days when I was very thankful to still be nursing so we didn’t have to worry about what to feed Leila, and we lucked out and didn’t have to change a diaper in the couple of hours we were out, or we would have had to run to K-mart.
Leila behaved really well and was very good about being passed around to everyone in attendance. We think that Grandpa had a good birthday, and it was really nice to get together with the family, since we had spent Thanksgiving with my side of the family this year.

Not only did we forget the diaper bag, but we also forgot the camera and the camcorder. Here are a few of the not great quality pictures that we were able to get with our camera phones.

Here is a picture of some of the party attendees…

Here is Leila with Aunt Donna and Uncle Chuck…Chuck is reading her hand puppet book to her 🙂

here is Leila with her Grandma Sandi

Last but not Least, Leila and the Birthday boy! 🙂

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>Here are some recent pictures

Posted on December 3, 2006 by tricialc

>Here is Leila sporting her poncho…made by myself, Andrea and Mom

Here is Leila hanging out in her jammies

Leila and her Buddy Bryce. He is 13 months old and the son of our friends Matt and Cindy Weber.

Here is my project from this afternoon…a taggie blanket for Leila

And a couple of Leila’s 6 month photos.

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>Well

Posted on November 30, 2006 by tricialc

>I was just rereading my posts and I hearby resolve that I will not begin another post with the word “well.”

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>Zoey and Leila

Posted on November 29, 2006 by tricialc

>I wanted to post this before I forgot…

Last night Leila was being so cute and fun. Cory and I were sitting on our bed with her, and Cory was holding her up so she could stand. Zoey came in and wanted to play, she brought one of her toys with the hopes that Cory or I would throw it for her.

I picked up Zoey’s toy and threw it out the bedroom door down the hallway. Zoey ran after the toy, ran back and jumped back up on the bed. We kept doing this, and Leila was standing up next to me on the bed, and when I threw the toy she would bend over so she could see Zoey chase it down the hall and run back. When Zoey jumped up on the bed with the toy Leila would laugh! It so was cute! I wish we had a third person there to get it on video…

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>Long weekend

Posted on November 27, 2006 by tricialc

>Well, we are back at work from the long weekend. I have a lot to do to get back in the swing of things, but I figured I would take a few minutes to post an update.

We packed up on Thursday morning and drove to Tabor to spend the Holiday with family and we had a great time. No matter how long it has been since I lived there, I still feel at home when we visit. We had Thanksgiving dinner at Aunt Linda’s house and spent the rest of the weekend hanging out at Grandma and Grandpa Howard’s house.
Andrea, Dani and I put up Grandma’s Christmas tree and Dad and Grandpa put up the outside lights.
Friday night Cory and I left Leila with my mom and dad and went out with Andrea and Steve, Cousin Nick and his girlfriend Angie and our mutual friend Tracy. This was the first time we had Left Leila for any amount of time except to go to work or a football game. It was nice to get out, but I think I am getting too old to enjoy bars. They are loud and stinky.

Well I don’t have any new pictures to post yet…I will have to see what we have on the camera at home, but I wanted to update that Leila is feeling much better. She seems to be back to her normal sweet self…wish us luck that this is the last ear infection we see for a while… I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday!

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>Leila’s first illness

Posted on November 18, 2006 by tricialc

>Well, Leila has had a pretty rough week. She started out just fine, but Tuesday night when she woke up to eat she seemed to be running a fever. This is the first time I have seen my baby girl sick, and it is a pitiful sight. she has spent the past three days laying around, not rolling, or playing….just laying on her back, or her belly, or sleeping…the poor little thing doesn’t even want to crack a smile 😦
Today we went to the doctor to have her checked out on Grandma Lori’s suggestion…we had called earlier in the week and they wanted us to wait and see if it got worse. Well G-Ma said that she thought it was her left ear…and sure enough, Leila has a slight infection in her left ear. We were planning on attending Aunt Erica’s wedding tomorrow, but it looks like we may be grounded until Miss Leila feels better. Well, I think I hear my baby calling out for her mommy 😉

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Oh, I almost forgot to mention…to match the three going on four teeth on top, Leila now has tooth number 3 cutting through on bottom!

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Posted on November 11, 2006 by tricialc

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