I left Memphis Friday night and drove to Tuscaloosa where I stayed up late drinking and then watching a movie with Uncle Finch. Saturday morning we got up and drove down to Mobile. I was glad to see Leila and she was glad to see her daddy. Aunt Ashley and Uncle Matt showed up on Sunday and we all watched some football and went to bed.
Sunday Leila put on a dress and shiny black shoes and we went to mass. She was loud and happy so the three of us spent most of the service in the "cry room" with all of the other babies. There was a crowd in there and Leila had a great time talking to the other babies, watching them cause trouble, and trying to hold hands with the boy in front of her. He had lots of hair and more teeth than Leila but he was about her size. Later that day Chandler, Leila, and I went for a walk around the golf course. Leila had a great time taking off her hat (repeatedly ) and enjoying the cold.
Monday we went to visit Leila's great Grandmary in the hospital and took her some presents. We had fun playing with her as well as Chandler's Uncle Ray, Aunt Angel, and their daughters Emily and Allie. After that we went to lunch with Ashley and Matt at a Mexican restaurant on Airport.
Monday afternoon is Christmas present unwrapping time at the Fulton house, so we unwrapped presents for ten people. That was lots of fun, and Leila spent the whole time chewing on wrapping paper and banging on box tops. Each of us received lots of great presents and we had a good time together. Leila has lots of new educational toys for building, spelling, and percussion. She also has plenty of cute new outfits.
Chandler is playing Guitar Hero III now while Leila sleeps in the next room and the rest of the Fultons attend midnight mass.
Monday, December 24, 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
This week in the Pritchett Family Blog we're welcoming very special guest blogger Lane "GiGi" Fulton. Leila has been visiting the Fulton house since last Thursday and has been having a fantastic time. Here's what GiGi has to say:
Leila Lane and Chandler Marie arrived Thursday evening around 6:00. The twins said that they had never seen me run faster through the house when I heard they were here. I have not stopped running since! Leila is soooooooo active, rollicking and bouncy everywhere she goes. She has visited several places and people since she has been here. Her Great-GrandMary was in the hospital, so she got to visit the there 3 times (including when she got to bring Great-GrandMary home). Great-GrandMary saved her sodium free crackers for Leila's visits and Leila enjoyed them very much. Aunt Jenny took her to lunch and let her sip on TEA & FRENCH FRIES! She has tasted lots of new foods here like Froot Loops, cheese, apple cake, amaretto cheesecake yogurt and melba toast but has still been able to maintain her stylish figure.
Leila went to Church on Sunday morning and helped the choir sing. Loud. She wore a black and white polka dot dress with matching bloomers and her tights that have black patent shoes on the feet (she was the cutest baby there). She received lots of compliments on both her vocals and her outfit. Breakfast at the club was next and she had grits there plus lots of crackers and napkins for the floor.
Sunday afternoon Bear the Dog took Leila to Cottage Hill Park. Leila got to play on three types of swings and play with a playground-style xylophone that was wonderfully loud. Then Leila, Boompa, Chandler and Bear went on a nice long walk and Leila sang a lot of walking songs. She saw a lot of little bitty dogs in sweaters at the park, but thought they were a lot like cats, so she didn't pay very much attention to them.
Today she helped Chandler clean out the car......(that took quite a while) and went grocery shopping for chili-makings and Leila cereal. We all like her a lot and I think we'll keep her a few more days (if she will let us)
Oops, almost forgot, she has another tooth, up to 5 now!
Leila Lane and Chandler Marie arrived Thursday evening around 6:00. The twins said that they had never seen me run faster through the house when I heard they were here. I have not stopped running since! Leila is soooooooo active, rollicking and bouncy everywhere she goes. She has visited several places and people since she has been here. Her Great-GrandMary was in the hospital, so she got to visit the there 3 times (including when she got to bring Great-GrandMary home). Great-GrandMary saved her sodium free crackers for Leila's visits and Leila enjoyed them very much. Aunt Jenny took her to lunch and let her sip on TEA & FRENCH FRIES! She has tasted lots of new foods here like Froot Loops, cheese, apple cake, amaretto cheesecake yogurt and melba toast but has still been able to maintain her stylish figure.
Leila went to Church on Sunday morning and helped the choir sing. Loud. She wore a black and white polka dot dress with matching bloomers and her tights that have black patent shoes on the feet (she was the cutest baby there). She received lots of compliments on both her vocals and her outfit. Breakfast at the club was next and she had grits there plus lots of crackers and napkins for the floor.
Sunday afternoon Bear the Dog took Leila to Cottage Hill Park. Leila got to play on three types of swings and play with a playground-style xylophone that was wonderfully loud. Then Leila, Boompa, Chandler and Bear went on a nice long walk and Leila sang a lot of walking songs. She saw a lot of little bitty dogs in sweaters at the park, but thought they were a lot like cats, so she didn't pay very much attention to them.
Today she helped Chandler clean out the car......(that took quite a while) and went grocery shopping for chili-makings and Leila cereal. We all like her a lot and I think we'll keep her a few more days (if she will let us)
Oops, almost forgot, she has another tooth, up to 5 now!
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Mobility and other news.
Leila is learning how to push herself around on the floor... she pushes back with her hands and slides backwards on her belly. She gets *very* excited about it. We will record a video the next time she starts sliding.
Leila and Frida both feed each other. Sunday Leila offered Frida her bagel, Monday Frida brought Leila a mouthful of dry dog food and dropped it off in front of her. We're glad Leila likes Frida so much because we found out this weekend that Leila does NOT like cats. We took her to Cooper-Young's "House of Mews" after lunch on Saturday and introduced her to some kittens. She took one look at them and started grumbling. Then one came up to meow at her and she complained loudly, so we left. It's a good thing Leila didn't want a kitten because Mommy and Daddy are both allergic and Daddy kept grumbling about having a furball all afternoon.
Leila, Frida, and Daddy saw the dog park again this weekend. It was lots of fun and Leila yelled at pretty much everyone and everything we saw.
The weather in Memphis has been up and down lately. I didn't even need a jacket on Sunday, but yesterday afternoon Leila could see her breath when we walked outside. That means Mommy is having to do a lot of learning about how fashionable babies layer their clothes.
Chandler is organizing another couple of shows for the Art Education program at UM. Previous Art Ed shows are here. This week she's been hanging a show for secondary education teachers-in-training and then in the spring she'll be hosting the annual alumni Artist/Mentor show. This year the Artist/Mentor show will be juried, so that should help make Chandler's curatorial duties more streamlined. Good thing too, as she has been awarded a grant by the Memphis Urban Arts Commission! She will be installing a set of 20 watercolors in a post office in Memphis this February-March. If you're the type of blog reader who likes to visit Memphis, this will be a very busy, but very fun time to come see us, especially during Chandler's Spring Break (March 3-9).
Chandler and Leila are heading to Mobile later this week. Daniel will be following on the 21st.
Leila and Frida both feed each other. Sunday Leila offered Frida her bagel, Monday Frida brought Leila a mouthful of dry dog food and dropped it off in front of her. We're glad Leila likes Frida so much because we found out this weekend that Leila does NOT like cats. We took her to Cooper-Young's "House of Mews" after lunch on Saturday and introduced her to some kittens. She took one look at them and started grumbling. Then one came up to meow at her and she complained loudly, so we left. It's a good thing Leila didn't want a kitten because Mommy and Daddy are both allergic and Daddy kept grumbling about having a furball all afternoon.
Leila, Frida, and Daddy saw the dog park again this weekend. It was lots of fun and Leila yelled at pretty much everyone and everything we saw.
The weather in Memphis has been up and down lately. I didn't even need a jacket on Sunday, but yesterday afternoon Leila could see her breath when we walked outside. That means Mommy is having to do a lot of learning about how fashionable babies layer their clothes.
Chandler is organizing another couple of shows for the Art Education program at UM. Previous Art Ed shows are here. This week she's been hanging a show for secondary education teachers-in-training and then in the spring she'll be hosting the annual alumni Artist/Mentor show. This year the Artist/Mentor show will be juried, so that should help make Chandler's curatorial duties more streamlined. Good thing too, as she has been awarded a grant by the Memphis Urban Arts Commission! She will be installing a set of 20 watercolors in a post office in Memphis this February-March. If you're the type of blog reader who likes to visit Memphis, this will be a very busy, but very fun time to come see us, especially during Chandler's Spring Break (March 3-9).
Chandler and Leila are heading to Mobile later this week. Daniel will be following on the 21st.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Adventures in Memphis
This weekend Daddy and Leila had to help Mommy with an important project. Mommy is trying to design artwork to go in a Memphis post office for the Urban Art Commission's ten year anniversary celebration. The problem is, Memphis has A LOT of post offices. We decided to do a quick tour of a few of them using by driving around the city and using the GPS to locate nearby post offices. We found three, and on the way we also visited David Lusk Gallery, the Powerhouse, and the Tom Lee Memorial on the Mississippi River. David Lusk had an awesome exhibit up (as usual) but the new exhibit at the Powerhouse wasn't plugged in. Leila was not impressed and Mommy was pretty disappointed too. Luckily the weather was beautiful, so all three of us got to enjoy the view of the Mississippi River at sunset before we had to end our day trip.
Leila is seven months old now and she doesn't ever stop moving or putting things in her mouth! She says "Da!" a lot. I think it's her word for Frida, Dog, Duck, Dad, Cup and who knows what else. She's been munching on Cheerios and is starting to learn how to use a sippy cup. She gets really excited when I buckle her into her car seat next to her yellow musical elephant and throws up both hands gleefully to hug him every time. Her most favorite toy lately is Mommy's phone and she doesn't care who's on the other end. She'll chat with the insurance lady or Aunt Ashley or Gigi or Daddy or anyone who doesn't mind babbling for a few minutes while Leila stares at the phone and occasionally shouts "Da!"
She has two Christmas trees in her house with one present under each and has several stockings hanging in every room and big white lights on her front porch. She likes to shake jingle bells when we go to the store, but she doesn't have any of her own (because it's a sure bet that she'd eat them and no one wants to deal with jingle diapers). She watched the Nutcracker with Mommy this week and wants to be the Sugarplum Fairy when she grows up.
She has four red Christmas dresses. They're all ridiculously cute. See?
Leila is seven months old now and she doesn't ever stop moving or putting things in her mouth! She says "Da!" a lot. I think it's her word for Frida, Dog, Duck, Dad, Cup and who knows what else. She's been munching on Cheerios and is starting to learn how to use a sippy cup. She gets really excited when I buckle her into her car seat next to her yellow musical elephant and throws up both hands gleefully to hug him every time. Her most favorite toy lately is Mommy's phone and she doesn't care who's on the other end. She'll chat with the insurance lady or Aunt Ashley or Gigi or Daddy or anyone who doesn't mind babbling for a few minutes while Leila stares at the phone and occasionally shouts "Da!"
She has two Christmas trees in her house with one present under each and has several stockings hanging in every room and big white lights on her front porch. She likes to shake jingle bells when we go to the store, but she doesn't have any of her own (because it's a sure bet that she'd eat them and no one wants to deal with jingle diapers). She watched the Nutcracker with Mommy this week and wants to be the Sugarplum Fairy when she grows up.
She has four red Christmas dresses. They're all ridiculously cute. See?
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