Beans is Growing!

Beans is just about 2 months old today. Oh boy is she ever growing. She has chipmunk cheeks and is starting to smile and laugh more and more with each day. She is my little sweetheart. She doesn't get crabby much, mainly when her tummy is rumbling. She does love to be held though, mainly I'm sure because no can get enough of her. She is used to all the attention, a little princess already. When she cries I sing to her and it calms her down, I think she likes music already. I sang What I Got by Sublime to her and she quieted down right away. I love spending the weekends at my sister's house, although I still feel like I never get to spend enough time with my peanut. As I said in my last blog entry, it seems she gets bigger every time I see her. Her facial features are becoming more unique and she looks more like the beautiful girl she will grow up to be everyday. For now she is pretty content with napping, eating, and hanging with her mama and the dogs all day. She got a new toy from Cali, a adorable little blue seahorse that sings lullabies and is also a nightlight. It is supposed to help put her to sleep, I think she likes it already! I can't wait until she can crawl, and starts getting big enough to actually play. I am so stoked for summertime to take her on walks and to the park even though she will still be too small to do too much.
I babysat Layla last weekend so my sister and Trevor could go out to dinner. She is such a happy little girl and I am so glad she is healthy and growing just fine. She has a little cold right now so she wasn't the happiest camper, but she was still good. We watched a movie and I snuggled with her and the dogs on the couch. I think she likes it when her auntie and uncle Adrian come to visit her! Babysitting is not a chore when it comes to my niece, so unfortunately for me my sister has a babysitter for free anytime. I don't mind though, I could never get sick of spending time with her. Unless of course, I was the one waking up with her in the middle of the night on a daily basis maybe! Good thing I can give her back to her mama when she gets fussy;)

I absolutely love having a baby around. I have no other nieces or nephews besides Layla for now, so of course she is the sunshine of my life. Babies and little children bring such beauty to the world, such innocence. A new life, so much room to grow and so many experiences that lay before her. Watching her grow up is going to be so interesting, I can't wait to see what she grows up to be like! She has some time before she grows up too much though, after all she is only 2 months old. I think I'm so excited to watch her grow because I've never had any younger brothers or sisters that I have gotten to watch grow from a baby into a person, making decisions and figuring out the kind of person they want to be. I know she is going to be taken such good care of, she really is my sisters life already. My sweet little girl brings me so much happiness and I know she will only bring me more and more as time goes on.

My Ray of Sunshine Layla Rayn

My beautiful niece Layla Rayn Munkelwitz was brought into this world on December 26, 2011. We call her Layla Beans. She was the most precious Christmas present I could have ever asked for. She is my sister Savannah's daughter. She is a healthy and happy little peanut. She has big blue eyes just like her momma and auntie. She is my parents first grandchild and they could not possibly be more excited to have a baby around once again. She is a very loved little girl, even my dogs can't get enough of her. She is just a little over a month now and yet every time I see her I feel like she gets bigger. Besides being her only auntie on my sisters side, I am also her godmother. I feel honored to be her godmother, a place in my heart began to grow for her before she was even here. Holding her in my arms for the first time was an unexplainable feeling, I can't imagine how much love my sister felt looking down at her baby girl because I know how much I felt. I can't wait to watch her grow up, not only in size but as a person as well. Simply watching the faces she makes can cheer me up in an instant. She makes a fishy face that is the cutest thing in the world. I hope that as she grows she will know that she can come to me with anything, even something she may be scared to tell my sister. I will always try and give her the best advice possible and lead her in the right direction, that's what auntie's are for right? Although her mother is an absolutely amazing woman and I'm sure she would always do the same. The place in my heart for my little Layla Beans will never stop growing, my love for her is unconditional. She will always be able to put a smile on my face, even without saying a word. (Despite the fact that she can't talk yet!)