its here

Summer is here. It actually feels different in our house. Leah knows it too ;) She was so smiley today, and was too cute in the bath tonight. I can't wait for tomorrow, all day with my girl!

ready to ride

We bought a baby seat for the bikes today and a Cinderella helmet for the bug. She loved every second of the bike ride!Lee wouldn't wear her sunglasses, but I think she was rockin' the helmet!

love that leah bug

beach bum

Ahhh, the beach... burying mommy's feet in sand,
burying the kid in sand,

sandy feet, and

a sandy face,

curious little shells waiting to be discovered (and eaten).

Oh how I love the beach ;)

and my leah bug

scream-o

Peek-a-boo is a much quieter game than we have going on here at the Bertuna house. Scream-o is what I am calling the "game" that Vin created to amuse Leah. Vinny sneaks up on the awaiting bug, although she knows he is coming, and screams all the way until he actually touches her. Most of the time she screams right along with him. It is a squeal of pure delight, and totally hysterical! The dogs get into it, I get into it, she is absolutely into it, and Vin has Laryngitis :)

Love that leah bug

She did it!

She did it! Well, she has been doing it for a few weeks now, but we haven't been able to capture it on video. For some reason, Lee gets camera shy and won't walk! But tonight, we got it!

I am still smiling ear to ear, I am so proud of my Leah bug!

My little bug.

I have had 10 months of watching her grow right before my very eyes! I cannot believe what a great kid she is, in every way! Her personality is outrageous! She has this infectious laugh that you just can't help but laugh with her ;)

Leah loves animals. Dogs. Teddy. They have this bond. A friendship more specifically. He watches over her like a big brother. I love that boy and how he protects his little sister Leah.

I call this Leah's duck face. She does it when she is in the zone. Looks like she might just whistle!

love that little walking leah bug!

mum, maaam, mama and 7 steps

I know she knows I am her mom, but it comes out different all the time. She cracks me up, sometimes it comes out as a maaaaammm, other times, it is a mim, mum, mom... Whatever way she says it, I know she is talking to me :) She has this new little chair, she sits and watches her toons and I have my coffee. She turns periodically and checks that I am still sitting and watching her, it melts my heart.On Friday, Vinny called me freaking out! Leah took some steps in our room. I raced home after school and she did it again, 7 steps! She took 7 steps! She has been doing it off an on all weekend, I am going to guess by the end of May, she'll be walking!

She knew today was special, that's for sure. I cried in the car on the way to breakfast this morning as she babbled mama in the backseat and blurted out something to Vinny like thanks for making me a mom. I am such a sap.

We had a nice breakfast with the whole family, it was fun.

Happy mother's day.

Thanks for being the best baby Leah bug, you give me a new purpose kid

xoxo.

new adventure

We went on a new adventure this weekend, to the zoo! It is cool we have a zoo here in Naples, but it isn't like the zoo's that Vin and I are familiar with. For Lee's first zoo experience, she sure did enjoyed herself. In fact, this is the only picture I have of her face! The rest are of the back of her head because she was really into it!We saw cougars and panthers

We saw a lion show that was the topper of the day. Lee was pointing and ooh-ing and aaahhh-ing and squealing with delight as the lion paced around his enclosure. He 'sprayed' a bunch of people, very disgusting, we stayed far away from that nonsense.

We attempted a barette with her hair, her bangs are so long, just always in her eyes! Leah was NOT having it. It might be time for a haircut.

We had a great little Saturday.

I love spending time with my girl, I cannot wait until summer!

love that leahbug

miss independent

Miss independent is growing up too fast. She insists on trying to feed herself (she pushes, I mean, smacks our hands away), she is holding her own bottle, and now she is on the brink of walking and takes off down the sidewalk by herself! In a flash, she has become a big girl. Where was I?

even the dogs are shocked!

she still needs me to bring her upstairs and put her down for a nap, when she runs out of gas. love that leah bug

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Here is a great little video of Lee flying down the sidewalk :)

a patchwork dress and the beach

Oh... how I love this dress! If they made one in adult size, I would wear it! I love the halter on Leah. Whom ever designed this dress most certainly had a daughter.

I love this little poser, so serious. meticulously plucking the perfect strand of grass to place in her mouth... just small enough that she knows I can't reach it before it goes down the hatch ;)

We took the little devil puppies to the beach tonight. It was beautiful! Not too crowded, not too many dogs, and most importantly... low tide!

Leah crawled all along the beach following Vin as he hit the ball to emma, she loves her daddy!

My Teddy Bear, the social butterfly. He tormented all the dogs on the beach and would come and hang with me on the towel for a short break before going off to play again.

Emma, the warrior, only got into two fights tonight ;) She hates when other dogs even look at her ball, that is just asking for trouble!

what a sand eater!
I love that little leahbug!