Big Girl Food!

At my last visit to see Dr. Kumar, he told Mommy and Daddy

that I could start eating big girl food. Since I had never really

spent any time in the dining room, they decided to wait until I

got my highchair. Well, Grandmom and Grandpop got me my

awesome highchair for Christmas so on December 27th, Mommy

and Daddy decided it was time to give it a try.

Modeling my new highchair

My first attempt at big girl food was some rice cereal. Mommy

and Daddy were really surprised at how well I did right

away. Even though I got about half of it all over me, I managed

to figure out what I was supposed to do pretty quickly. Check out the

video below of my second attempt (I was an old pro at that point!).

Ready to give it a go

My first bite

Daddy and me

A big bite with Mommy

Messy face!

All done!

Day 2

Getting the hang of this

A little messy!

My First Christmas!

Phew! Am I exhausted! Why did no one tell me that Christmas

is such a busy time?? Even though it was a whirl wind, I had a

super fantastic Christmas! It all started on Christmas Eve when

Mommy, Daddy, and I went to Grammy's house to celebrate with

Grammy, Grandpa, Aunt Lindsey, Uncle Steven, Uncle Pat, Aunt Ashley,

Cameron, Aubrie, and Kolby. I have never seen so many presents in my

whole life!!!

I got so many awesome presents and had a fun time hanging out with

everybody.

Then we went home, I got a quick bath, and got in bed to wait for Santa!

The next morning, I woke up and went downstairs to see what Santa

brought me. When I saw under the tree, I couldn't believe all

the presents!

I got lots of fun stuff, like a jumperoo and stuff to help

me eat big girl food! After all of our presents were opened, we took a rest.

Then, Grandmom and Grandpop came over to exchange even more presents!

I am such a lucky girl!!

Later that night, we had Christmas dinner at our house. Lots of family came

and we had a really fun time. I got to hang out with all my cousins and aunts

and uncles and grandparents. I even got to wear a very pretty party dress!

The next day, Mommy, Daddy, and I spent the day putting together and playing

with all my new toys.

We had so much fun! Check out the video below of me

trying out my new jumperoo! I had such a great Christmas! Thank you to

everyone who helped make it so awesome!

Swingin around at Grammy's

Opening my first present at Grammy's

Christmas morning

Festive for present opening

Glamour shot of me and Mommy on Christmas

Yeah, I'm pretty adorable in my Christmas dress

Blizzard 2009

I woke up on December 19th to lots of white! While I had been sleeping

it had started to snow. It snowed, and snowed, and snowed! It was my

first blizzard! When it was all said and done, we got about 20 inches of snow!

We had a super fun snow day at home. Daddy did lots of

shoveling (which I'm not sure was very fun for him) and I even took a nap in

my crib for the first time since I came home from the hospital after I was born!

One of the times Daddy went out to shovel, me and Mommy went outside to check

it all out. It was really cold and windy so I didn't stay outside too long, but of course

managed to get a few pictures to document it all!

Then we all came in and made

lots and lots of Christmas cookies. We listened to Christmas songs all day and

night and really got into the Christmas spirit!

Me and Mommy hanging out waiting for the cookies to

finish baking!

Mommy and Daddy using me as a snow measuring stick. My feet were

on the grass!

Up to my waist!

The next day, we went outside to survey the damage and see

how deep the snow got once the storm was over.

Now it's up to my chest!

Laying in the snow


All in all, I have to say, this snow stuff is pretty to look at and

is great for getting a few extra days at home with Mommy, but

I do love the warm weather!

A Farm, A Tractor, and Santa!

On December 17th, Mommy, Daddy, and I met Scott, Tricia,

and Ava at Huber's Farm to see Santa. Mommy and Daddy had

never gone before and we were all excited to bundle up and take

a hayride. It was a really cold night so Mommy made sure to bundle

me up really good. They had a tractor for the hayride with blankets in

case we got cold. The tractor was all decorated with lights to look just like

a sleigh! We rode on the sleigh through the farm that was all lit up with

Christmas decorations. Then, we pulled up to where Santa was! Ava sat on

Santa's lap first and then I got a turn. I didn't cry or anything! I was

a little confused but sat still long enough for Tricia to get some pictures.

Then we waited for the tractor to come back and get us. We stood around a

big fire while Daddy fed me a bottle. Then we got back on the sleigh and

saw some more lights. Once we got back to the parking lot, we walked around

a small area with lots of Christmas decorations and took some more

pictures. We had such a great time and will definitely be back next

year!

The whole fam all bundled up!

After the sleigh ride

Me and Mommy being silly

Playing Catch Up

As you can see from my last post, things around here

have been a little hectic, so I'm pretty behind in my blogging.

So please forgive the massive amounts of blogs that are coming.

We have had lots of things happening around these parts! Even though

we are still all very sad about Della, lots of good things have gone

on too...

R.I.P. "Sweet" Della Rose

July 1, 2000 -

December 21, 2009

Gone but never forgotten

I am very sad to report that our family suffered a terrible loss..

On Monday, my sister "Sweet" Della Rose passed away.

We are dealing with the loss but it is not easy.

We love her and miss her dearly. She is in doggy

heaven now but we will never forget her. We know

you are getting all the pizza crust, french fries, and butt scratchin you want.

Be a good girl up there princess, we love you!

So just a quick update...

Tonight Mommy, Daddy, and I went to 34th street in hampden to see the Christmas lights!

It was a little cold out but I had a blast seeing all the pretty lights! And of

course here is the photo proof...

Me and Mommy in front of the old bay and natty boh tree

some of the beautiful lights

more Me and Mommy

the fam in front of Mr. Boh

more Mommy and Me(mind the little girl

in the back's face!)

That's right another one :)

More Fam

Yep last one

and now some Christmas glamour shots!