Oh so cute!

I may be biased but I think our daughter is so cute. Lately she has been doing this thing that I call her thinking tongue. It is almost constantly out of her mouth and covering her top lip. It is so cute.

Yes, she also thinks she is a very funny girl too. Perhaps it is because I tell her all the time how funny she is....
I love her so much. Man I need to mop my floors too :)

Mikayla can crawl and terrorize now!

Mikayla is now a crawler! She took her first crawl forward on May 15, unfortunately daddy was gone on a golf qualifying trip and missed it but we got it on video. She has now been crawling for a week and a half and loves it! She has already had her first (and second) taste of dog bone and dog kibble!! OH SO GROSSS!!! Yeah dog dishes are now on the table when she is on the ground and so are all the dog toys/bones. Nothing like having a 9 month old with doggy breath.

Mikayla loves to follow the animals around. Coco, our rottie mix, is a very good sport about letting Mikayla lay against her and pat her on the side. Canvas, our dachshund, likes to try to play with her by running up to her and getting in her face then running away again as soon as Mikayla trys to reach for her. Putter, our tuxedo cat, likes her enough to be around her for a little while but does get annoyed pretty quickly. That's a cat for you. He is declawed so I dont really worry about him hurting her.

Apparently crawling is not enough for our little Mikayla. She is already pulling herself up to the couch and slowly walking along it. She has even been brave enough to let go with both hands and try to stand on her own, but of course she just wobbled for a few seconds and fell down. She didn't cry or even seem scared. She just turned over and pulled herself back up to the couch.

New sunglasses

Last week Mikayla and I went to Chico to walk with Aunt Alicia. Afterwards we went to Target and got Mikayla her 1st pair of sunglasses and a new outfit! The glasses are still a bit big but she will grow in to them this summer, same with the outfit. We are just getting prepared in hopes that the weather will actually get warm here again...it just seems like it is taking forever this year to warm up.

Mikayla with her new sunglasses. We barely made it out of Target before I was taking pictures of her. :)

Yes a bit big, but still so cute on her!
Modeling her new outfit at home. The shorts are too big in the waist and keep falling off.

Must finish off the outfit with the new shades....get the full dramatic effect!

She knows she is cute...love the leg tucked underneath the other.

My Birthday

April 13th was my birthday. I had a very nice relaxing time with my daughter during the day and a fun evening with my husband Chris, playing board games and eating lasagna and cake. Mikayla and I made my birthday cake that day. It was so yummy, chocolate cake with cherry pie filling and vanilla frosting. Mikayla helped decorated that cake with the sprinkles, well she actually wanted to eat the sprinkle container instead of decorate the cake with it. Hey, not a bad helper for being only 8 months old. :)

Well Chris can say that he is married to a 20 something year old still, well atleast for one more year he can! Now time for the weather to warm up so we can get outside and burn off that yummy cake and oh so good lasagna dinner (Which Chris made for me :P ).

Progression of a Pout

While taking pictures, Mikayla decided that she REALLY wanted to have the camera and was very unhappy that I would not let her have it. She started pouting and whining, which I thought looked too funny not to share with you all. This is what I call a progression to a pout, Mikayla style....

Oooooo a camera....

Give it to me I want it...boo hooo
I MEAN IT!! I WANT IT!!

Now! I really want to have that camera!

NOOOOOWWW!!!!

Whhhhyyyy can't I have it?

Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh! I STILL WANT IT!

Plllleeeeeaaasseeee can I have it....I'm sorry, I still want it.

I'm mad at you mom....

Grrrrrr....so mad

Camera pleeeeaaase...

YEAH!!!!! I GOT THE CAMERA STRAP!!! Hooray!!

Mikayla-1st part of April

Welcome back to the our blog. It has been a LOOOONG while since I last posted anything. Here are the newest pictures of Mikayla. Pretty much from beginning of April til now. Hope you enjoy seeing our little girl growing up. She is so funny and has so much personality. On the 18th of this month she will be 8 months old!! She is working on trying to crawl, though it is mostly in reverse and in circles right now. She hasn't figured out how to go forward yet. She can sit up by herself really well now. She can roll from stomach to back and back to stomach. She is eating baby food and LOVES to eat cheerios.

Mikayla's last bath in her little bath tub. She loves chewing on her duck. She has been trying to stand up in the tub so it was time to switch to the big tub after this.

Enjoying a lazy play day in front of the fire.

I know this one is blurry but I think it is so cute with her sticking her tongue out.
She is really starting to like the camera. She used to only give us a little deer in the headlights stare.

Being a ham

It was the Masters Tournament on TV so of course Mikayla has to have her pink golf ball in honor of this major "HOLIDAY" for Chris!! :)

CHEESE!!!

Mikayla in the big girl bath for the very first time!!! She had a lot of fun playing with her bath toys.

Love the hairdo. So stylish.

Mikayla is learning to stand up and hold on to things for support. She was having fun playing with the toys on her jump-a-roo while standing next to it.

LOOK AT ME MOM!!!

Playing with her toys on the floor.

She is doing so good at sitting on her own

WHAT? You taking a picture of me?

Easter Sunday. Mikayla in her easter outfit from Grandma Cathy and her easter basket and bunny from grandma's house.

Happy Easter!

Mikayla has arrived

Sorry for the very long delay between posts, but any of you who have kids understand that our schedule is no longer our own. Anyhow, here is the update and photos that many have been asking for.

Our daughter, Mikayla Grace Herrbach was born on August 18, 2009 at 5:46 p.m. She was 7 weeks early and weighed in at 3 pounds 9 ounces. She was 17 inches long. As of todays post she is 4 pounds 7 ounces and growing fast. She is still in the Noenatal Intensive Care Unit here in Renown Hospital, but she should be going home with us soon.

Mikayla is advancing much faster than any of the doctors or nurses were guessing, so that is quite a blessing. She has been upgraded to nipple feedings for every feeding now which is the last thing she needs to be able to do before she goes home. If she can keep this up for a few days and continue to gain weight, we will be able to bring her home.

Here are som more pictures: