Pictures of AnnMarie's Birthday

My friend who is a birth photographer photographed AnnMarie's birth. To see her blog post click here. All of the pictures are approved by me, so there shouldn't be anything you may find too shocking. There are also interview questions and a letter I wrote to AnnMarie there.

Time to get a move on

It's been FOREVER since I've blogged. I usually just have a million other things to do that I deem as priorities. One of them being actually doing things with my baby girl. I've decided that from now on I'm going to write this blog to Leslie rather than about Leslie.

So here it goes...

Maybe this week I'll try to go back and catch up on the last 9 months of your life that I have not posted here. I need to do your first birthday, meeting Uncle Dave, Christmas, your first steps, weening, you sleeping in your own bed, and some of the funny little things that you do everyday, etc. It's a good thing I take pictures of you on a regular basis so I can kind of follow your progress with a little bit of their help.

At the moment, it is very difficult to type because you are sleeping on my lap. You took two mini naps in your own bed then I brought you out to the couch to sit on my lap and you fell back to sleep. Grandmary is coming over in a little bit so I want you to be rested up so you will have fun with her.

I love you baby girl. Mommy.

ROFLOL

Lovely Leslie~9 months

Leslie turned nine months old on the hottest day in Seattle's recorded history. It was 104 degrees out! She did NOT like the heat, so we spent a bit of time at the pool that day. This month she's been fine tuning her army crawl and working on her chattering. She's also learned to suck out of a straw. She likes whatever Mommy's having even if it's something she can't have. She's been learning that 'No' means she can't have it.
Leslie has been trying very hard to pull herself up on the furniture, but she hasn't quite figured out to use her knees for support.
She loves it when Daddy comes home from work. She squeals with excitement when she sees him walk through the door. She likes to clap with Daddy and joke around with him. She blows raspberries when she thinks we're laughing at her. She thinks it's hilarious when he kicks her little pink ball against the wall and when her teddy bear gets her.

Practicing the Piano

Fun at the pool in Harrisburg, PA.

Crawling

Eight Months Old

Our lovely lady is 8 months old today. This month has been an especially busy month for her. She has learned to army crawl, she's cut her lower left tooth, she learned to wave (we didn't teach her that), and she's learned to clap. She likes to play musical instruments and sing along. She also likes to display her musical talent in church and flash her dashing little smile at whoever will give her the time of day.

Some firsts this month:
We got her ears pierced
She went camping with Grandma Edi
She went to Wild Waves and rode the carousel

Now that Leslie can crawl, we're having to baby proof our house. She likes to get into the DVD's. She difinitely keeps us more on our toes, but we love our little red-head to bits. Check out the babe in her suit below.

Welcome

Welcome to the Buczak Little Buzz all of you faithful Leslie followers!

Glamorous

We just took Leslie to get her ears pierced. She did better than her Mama. I was so nervous! She is doing fine and looks glamorous!

Sleepy Baby

Clapping

Leslie learned to clap today. It's so sweet.
Will post pictures later.

Nice days in Seattle

Mommy and Leslie in the Space Needle.
Our little Guitar Hero!

Leslie's first swing ride at the park by the Puget Sound.

"Now it's my turn to use this thing!"

My first Mother's Day

We had a wonderful weekend. On Saturday we went to Game Farm Park in Auburn and walked around. The spring trees are so beautiful this time of year!

On Sunday we went to Edgewood Bible Church and Leslie was publicly dedicated to the Lord.

Ryan and Leslie got me a beautiful Sapphire and diamond necklace.

Healthy Girl

Naturopath

I just got back from taking Leslie to the Naturopath. It was so nice to have a doctor actually listen to me, allow me to add my input, and give non-invasive advice. Can you believe the doctor actually sat down with me and had a normal conversation? What a freeing time. I don't think I'll be returning to the ER for anything unless it's broken or bleeding again. I'm so glad I have someone to call on when I'm nervous about Leslie's health.

1st Emergency Room visit!

So today we took Leslie to the Emergency room for the first time. Beginning yesterday at about the time that double Jeopardy came on, Leslie began feeling very hot and had icy cold hands. Stephanie said that she thought she might be catching a cold or something. We eventually went to sleep as Leslie was not feeling well. SO, at about 4:30am this morning she woke up screaming- crying and shaking. We took her temp. and it was over 101 degrees. She felt extremely hot and was doing this kind of jitter, shaky weird thing which really made us uneasy. We calmed her down and went back to sleep until my alarm went off at around 6:45am. She woke up again screaming and shaking weirdly, so we decided that we should go to the doctor or something. So we met up with Steph's mom and headed to the doctor. Of course, it was closed so we went to the Emergency room. By this time Leslie was mostly calm but still not feeling well. They looked her over and couldn't find anything serious and just gave her some Tylenol to break the fever. They wanted to do every test that they could think of on her and thought that we were freaks for not having given her any immunizations yet - So we want to wait - BIG deal! I guess we must be horrible parents or something - anyway- we said um no thanks to some horrible test and that was about it. Stephanie was a little rattled over the whole thing and Leslie still is not up to par but she's doing a little better. We all went to Starbucks for a relaxing frap afterwards and I headed back to work - The End - Ryan

Laughing Leslie

Beauty Baby

Beauty Baby. This is to make up for the pictures below.

Jack-Jack ATTACK!
Someday I'm going to get in trouble for posting these pictures, but I can't help it. They're worth the smile.

This picture is dedicated to my Great-Grams who just retired from Boeing after 32 years of service!

How do I look?

Guess who!

Leslie loves to look at herself in the mirror.

Leslie and Daddy

Before we know it, Leslie will be starting her own blog!

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To see our recent family pics click here and then click on Buczak Family.

Leslie and Candidate Seminar

"I'm a missionary helper... my dollars go God's way."
Sitting up all by myself.

Uh yeah, could I get a medium pizza with everything on it delivered to my room please.

Leslie and her future MK cousin, Lydia.
But mommy, I don't want to ride the elephant!

I guess it's not so bad.

No inflight movie? That's okay, I have my Jesus Storybook Bible.