High Fashion

When Lyla was just a "mango", Mommy (Laura) was happy with neutral colored clothes and simple onsies. Now that we have a "girl," Mommy likes to dress her a bit more gender specific. Pink is no longer out of the question.

Hooded Towels

We got several hooded towels as presents at all of Laura's various showers and as gifts in the mail. We joked we had too many, but you know, they are just so darn cute. Here's a couple.

Growing Baby

Well, Lyla is going to be two months the coming Friday! Some things she is doing:
-smiling
-making sounds
-using her hands more
-continues to spit up
-drinks breast milk and formula
-kicks and wiggles
-almost holds her head up while burping
-sleeps for several hour stretches at night
We couldn't be happier!

Visting the Beery's

John, Laura, and Lyla went to Ohio from July 16-July 21 to have Lyla visit the Beery's, and for John and Dick to go to St. Louis to go to a letterboxing convention. Here are some pics of all of Lyla's visits with family and friends! Great to see you all!


Four Generations




Here's a picture to make you jealous Katie.

Fourth of July with the Ballou's

We had a great time over the 4th of July! We traveled north to see the Ballou family. Lyla got to meet her Grandma and Grandpa Ballou, Aunt Ellen, Aunt Marylee, and Aunt Angela. Angela cooked us up a great BBQ for the day, and we played pass the baby, and watched 1776 on DVD. Rain kept us inside most of the time, but we made the best of it, and Angela grilled in the garage.

How's Mom?

Lot's of people have been asking me how Laura is? I keep saying she is doing better every day, and is doing a great job. I think these pictures show how well she is doing.

Yes, we still have a cat...

She's adjusting nicely I think, don't you?

Family (Beery's, Liston's, and Yarnell's, oh My!)

Brian came to visit us this past weekend! We had a great time. He got to meet Lyla. Dick, Brian, and John got to go play video games at the Strong Museum. We all ventured out for some dinner at the lake at Cheeburger Cheeburger. We had a fun weekend..thanks Brian!The Listons/Yarnells stopped by for dinner on their way to Halifax to see Julia off on her Semester at Sea! We got to have some Thai food and baby time!The Queen and her loyal subject Lyla.
Oh yeah, John was there too.
This is a great shot. All Yarnell's really, but you have a Yarnell, Beery, Ballou, and Liston in this one. No, they did not call each other in the morning to ask what to wear...it totally just happened.

The Grandparents

Laura and I can't thank Sandy and Dick enough. Sandy stayed with us last week and cooked all our meals, did all our dishes, had some Lyla time, laundry....etc.etc.etc. She was elevated to "Greatest Mother-in-Law in the whole wide universe." Dick is staying with us this week and has large shoes to fill, but is doing a great job! We are keeping him supplied with coffee, and he is doing well. Thanks Dick and Sandy!

First few Days of Lyla at Home

Mom happy at home.
A nice gift basket from the Dean of Students Office.
Learning how to do belly time.
First sponge bath.
Flowers from Great Aunt Sharon, Uncle John, and cousin Julia.
Drying off after bath.