Loralai Jane

I wanted to write a post about Loralai because being the second child, she gets the shaft sometimes. What I mean is she doesn't get as many pictures or new toys and we have been going to and from Tyler's school events and baseball games, sometimes she might feel overlooked. She has been wonderful at Tyler's baseball games, cheering (actually, she screams to be louder than me) and clapping. She loved going to Tyler's graduation, she even crawled up on stage with him to help him except his award. The picture above is funny because it's Drew's foot and Loralai love's her dad's feet. She hugs them whenever she walks by and pats them...maybe she feels sorry for them.
I just snuck up on Loralai in the picture above. I work with Tyler on his speech a little everyday and she was just listening in the background and repeating some of the sounds I was saying to Tyler. She acts as my little helper often. She didn't know I was sneaking up behind her, so she was startled and started laughing when she saw me with the camera.
Loralai was sound asleep in this picture, after I took it Drew woke up, but she stayed asleep. Drew is such an amazing dad, he spends so much time not only playing with Tyler, but Loralai too. Her favorite thing to do right now is pick out a purse and a toy cellphone, then walk around with the purse and talk on the phone. The sweetest (and funniest) thing I have seen is my 6' 4" husband carry a purse and talk on the cellphone to make Loralai giggle. She is such a joy as a daughter, so sweet and giggly!

Here are a list of her favorites as of now (17 months):

Food: dried fruit, apples, strawberries, bananas, ham, carrots

Movie: Baby Faith God Made Music

Color: She grabs pink a lot, especially when pointing at shoes

Books: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?; Pat the Bunny; The ABC book of objects; God Made Colors; The Wheels on the Bus

Songs: Hot Dog Song (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse); No One (Alicia Keyes); Hot Potato (The Wiggles)

Toys: Purse, cellphone, Princess basketball set