Happy New Year!!!

We went to our annual Benihana dinner with our friends and little one loved all the action! She was fast asleep by 7pm. Hope everyone has a healthy and prosperous 2011!

A Blessed Christmas

As most of you know we had an eye opening Christmas but also the best Christmas ever as Papa came home on Christmas Day! Talk about a wonderful gift! Little one had a wonderful time opening gifts, although she is still unsure of the unwrapping process. She has plenty of toys and new clothes! Little one and I hung out a few extra days to help around the house (well me, little one charmed the grandparents and her uncle).

The family, less Daddy. He had to go back home to get ready for the work week.

So sweet...batting her eyes at Papa!

Sporting Papa's fishing hat

Getting some loving from Grandma

A Special Christmas

Every year is a special year but this year is extra special. We were blessed with Grandpa and his health on the road to recovery! Hug your Daddies!

We love you Daddy!!!

2 Days

Today was not a camera day for the little one! The dress is pretty cute. It is a reindeer with Christmas lights and her monogram. You can almost see it.

Tres Dias!

The candy cane was much more interesting than Mom!

4 Days!

5 days and a Horsey

The only way a picture was going to happen today was in the form of a video while she played with her Christmas horsey. This is probably one of those videos that only the parents think is cute, but enjoy anyways! Happy Holidays!

5 DAYS LEFT UNTIL CHRISTMAS!

Countdown to Christmas...6 Days!

Little miss will be dawning a different holiday outfit as we count down to Christmas, so be sure to check back daily!

We attempted to take a picture with Bella and C but this is how it ended...neither one cooperated

11 Months

Better late than never right? Baby girl is into everything and starting to climb on everything as well. She likes to play peekaboo herself now, puts objects away, dances a lot, babbles the day away, cutting another tooth, starting to really like her puppy dog, understands "no" or "leave it," most of the time and tries to make a kissy noise...sometimes!

Yes, those are her I love Daddy jammies!

A Mischievous Baby

While daddy was out and about little one decided she was ready to open presents already! When she looked up at me she smiled and took off. Mischievous little thing!

Spending some quality time with Miss Bella Stella

Some more bonding with papa

So much love to give to Grandpa! She would not let him out of her sight without balling her eyes out.

Puppy Love

The stare off with Uncle M

Family Time

We have had a busy few days! We had a trip planned to Oregon to go see Uncle S, but little miss got really sick with a fever for 3 days and an ear infection. YIKES! So we stayed home and tried to get some much needed rest. All the while, the M crew from NY came to visit so we got to do some cousin bonding. Grandpa W even came to visit before he left for a hunting trip. She loves both her grandpas. She just smiles and bats her eyes!!!

Grandpa thought it would be funny to let little one play with a paper towel roll. Paybacks as he likes to call it.

I think she looks like Bozo the clown..ha. For some reason when she eats she likes to run her fingers through her hair and make funky little styles. This one is my fave so far.

It's Official...

little one does not like Santa or Mrs. Claus at all! Love that little sad face though.

Strike a Pose

Baby lady went to a Dallas Child event and had her little picture taken for fun. I think she could have used a little more of her sweet smile (this is her version of the blue steel pose), but she was much more interested in the flashing lights and other kiddos around. She had fun though! Those are some kissable cheekers!!!

The Tree is Up

We decorated the tree today and little lady pretty much put every ornament in her mouth! She loves the tree...hence no ornaments within reach of those perfectly chubby little arms on the tree. Oh, and she is has already tried to rip into a few gifts and successfully ripped a bow off of one gift. We have our hands full! On top of that she likes to climb up all 16 stairs by herself now (of course we are right there behind her), opens doors if they are just even the slightest bit open with one teeny little finger, opens ALL drawers and cabinets that are not child proofed and knows the difference for the most part between mama and dada when she blurts out our name.

The Nutcracker

We thought we would attempt to take the little lady to the Nutcracker ballet today. She did pretty good for the first few minutes and then her and daddy went and ate some snacks out in the lobby. She was recharged and ready after intermission though. She seemed to really enjoy the dancers, lights and music. She would stand on my lap and just clap and then look over at daddy like she was almost saying "do you see this daddy?" But midway through act II she fell asleep (while twirling her hair) until the end of the ballet. Oh well...

Turkey Day

Baby lady loved all the thanksgiving food. She took a liking to the pumpkin pie in particular! The mashed potatoes were mashed even further with her little hands, ate some stuffing, turkey and a bite of a biscuit. She ate so much turkey that she was fast asleep at 5:15pm.

It was only a matter of time

With all the crawling and pulling up on everything by little lady, it was inevitable things like photo albums and decorative pieces would be removed from their places and put away until who knows when. She has since moved onto the kitchen where there is a plethora of goodies to discover. Kitchen drawers have now been cleaned or emptied, which was probably long overdue anyways. With that said, she is making light of what the drawer can do for her instead of what is inside. I turned around to put something in the fridge and this is what I found:

(Not the most flattering picture)

Of course the drawer seemed to serve as a stepping stool so the little fingers could reach into the higher drawers. Such a busy body!!!

Fall is Here

Baby blue!

We saw a double rainbow today...

followed by this gorgeous tree

10 Months

Little lady has hit the 10 month mark and she is in full swing! Needless to say mama is tired come end of day.

What she has been up to: becoming quite the comedian, even perfecting her fake laugh. She likes to join in on a conversation if you are laughing and laugh with you. She claps all the time and for everything especially when daddy pretty much does anything. She mimics hand movements to nursery rhymes, stands unassisted for almost a whopping 10 seconds, still puts everything in her mouth, has found Bella's ears and tail, looks for things when you hide them and is pretty good at finding them, about to figure out the "childproof" gate that we could barely figure out, flips the pages in her books by herself and goes to her favorite page in a few books, eats like a champ, quite verbal with her grunting skills, still only mainly says Dadda with the occasional Mama, sometimes even a yeah comes out, just switched over to the big girl bath tub instead of her blow up tub (she LOVED all the extra space), likes to feed herself with a spoon, cheerios are her favorite snack, drinks out of her sippy cup and plastic cup now (even drinks from the bath cup...gross). I know I am missing some things but my mind is drawing a blank.

Performing one of her latest moves at dinner...