Sleeping like a....

....well, a baby, of course!

After lots of playtime with her cousins, Kyla is beat and zonks out in Denise's arms.

Family Line

Grandma Darlene and Cousins Kara and Esther find a unique solution to everyone wanting to hold Kyla!

Hands free baby

Mama is still able to play miniture golf with Kyla bundled in her Moby Wrap. She slept the 2 1/2 hours it took us (Dan & Deborah & Family and Dwayne & Denise) to play 18 holes.

First game of King and Serfs

Kyla is a good luck charm for "King" Dwayne during our lively family game of Kings and Serfs while we are visiting loved ones in California.

Family in the Park

Darlene (Dwayne's mom) wanted to get pictures of the family while we were all together. This is one of the few picture of all three of the Washington Needs. I absolutely adore the one of the Need cousins. (In order, Kara, Isaac, Esther, Jeff, Kyla, and Aaron).

Who are you?!?!

This wasn't the picture I meant to take, but I couldn't resist Kyla's curiousity about the Teddy looking down at her. She is now 11.5 weeks old and is just 3 days away from her first flight down to California to meet the other half of her family.

Giggle, Giggle

Clearly, clean laundry is a good joke!

Denise Turns 32!

And Kyla is still my favorite gift, just beating out the box of dark chocolate truffles...

A friend has been born

Kyla's friend, Abby, was born Nov. 9. Mama Marcie (looking fantaastic!) holds the future kindred spirits. And, yes, it's inconceivable (poor pun) that 10 weeks ago Kyla was even a few ounces smaller than Abby is in this picture!

I'm helping! Right?

Sure, Daddy can unload the dishwasher, but can he do it one-handed?

It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it.

Kyla loves her bath, so we wanted to try her in the shower. Dwayne gets Kyla time, Kyla gets Daddy time (and clean), and Denise gets to brush her teeth before noon.

Two Months Old!

Kyla is two months old today! To celebrate, she had her 2-month check up with 5 vacinations. More interesting to the grandmas, she is now 10 lbs 2.5 oz, and almost 23 inches (about 4 1/2 pounds and 4 inches longer than when she was born).

This day includes another milestone--the first time she slept for 5 hours straight!

Kyla is thriving, and it's hard to imagine loving anyone more than we do our baby girl.