December Randomness

This is basically a photo dump from the month of December.

Shopping for cold weather gear.

Lo didn't love Santa this year. Ha!

J took his turn being sick and our of school, Lo thoroughly enjoyed all of the cousins getting sick this December!

FaceTime between the sick kid and the little cousin.

The cousins that snuggle together stay together?

This year she was enthralled with the Christmas lights. She would say "Wow!" Anytime she saw them driving around.

Random selfie.

Lo got sick with sinus congestion. Our sweet friends brought her Christmas present by as a little pick me up.

There were many naps in Mama and Daddy's bed that week, a rare treat to cuddle my girl.

She is very in to playing on electronic devices these days.

Selfie with my little.

Days out of school for the girls+end of the year annual leave taken by Pappy=Lo's dream date!

Christmas cutie in pigtails.

Our ward Christmas party. We had an amazing nativity scene that involved Santa kneeling by the manger...I wish I had recorded it.

Matching cousins!

Hammock time!

Lo in her cow ears.

A night with Santa cow at chick-fil-a.

Pajama story time at the library. Our attention span isn't quite there yet!

Daddy's Little Model

She's 10 months!  Oh, how can this be?!  Time is flying by so quickly and we are enjoying every single second with this pretty girl.  She's got 3 teeth, 2 on the bottom and one on the top, and working on the other top front tooth.  She is starting to mobilize a little.  Still no crawling but she somehow manages to move through a series of stretching.  She still loves to eat any and every thing.  She is still just using a sippy cup, no more bottles for this girl. She loves meeting new people, being outside, laughing, reading and baths. Her favorite toys right now are her purse with lipstick and compact, disney princess little people, and anything with a tag. She loves anything that crinkles including her crinkly elephant that her Daddy got her for Christmas that they named "Captain Crinkles".  She is such a good sleeper.  She typically sleeps from about 7pm,wakes between 6:30 to 7am for a bottle and then sleeps a little more until about 9 or 9:30...we are so lucky!  She had a bout with the croup but other than that is very healthy.  We just love our little Lo!

Family Pictures

Just two of the front runners for our Christmas card-

Daddy's Little Model

**Blogger says I've exceeded my 1GB limit for pictures and I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet. Until then, I will continue to update sans pictures.

Our sweet little lady is now 8 months old! She is the cutest girl I've ever seen!

At 8 months Lo:
*Scoots backwards when on her belly. She sill does the swimming motion when she gets excited for a toy but has yet to figure out the forward crawl...and we don't mind one little bit!

*Babbles- still mostly "dada" and "baba" sometimes she throws in "T" sounds or "papa" or "gaga". It varies.

*Sleeps like a champ but insists on it being in her crib or pack n play. She isn't a fan of sleeping on people or on random beds or in her carseat. She goes down around 7:00 and wakes around 6:30 or 7:00 for a bottle and then sleeps until 9 or 10:00.

*Loves to eat and thinks that she is supposed to eat anytime she sees anyone with food. We give her anything we have within reason but her aunts/uncles/cousins/grandparents like to sneak her sweets and candy. She isn't picky either- she'll eat it all!

*Other random things- still loves new faces, has the spunkiest little laugh/squeal, favorite toys are still her bird toy and the teacup and petite fours from her tea set, is ticklish on the back of her neck, adores her cousins, is completely enthralled with her Daddy and her Mimi, refuses to wear shoes...still, sits up all by herself and can even maneuver over on her side/back/stomach from the sitting position if something is striking her fancy, loves to crinkle paper/plastic...definitely her favorite.

Thankful Thursday

Precious little Lo yawning

I am so grateful for so many, many things but today I am most thankful for pictures.  I have always loved photos, I think that it goes back to my Grandma Hazel...she could have had a very successful career with the paparazzi!  I cannot imagine not being able to capture little moments in time with pictures.  Pre-baby I loved to sit down on days off of work and thoughtfully put pictures to paper to make beautiful scrapbooks to enjoy.  These days I love looking at the recent folders on my desktop looking at pictures of my baby who is growing way too fast.  I look at pictures from just a month or two ago and I think my heart will just break because I miss that teeny tiny baby and she'll never be that little again.  But then I think about how much I enjoy her now that she is starting to scoot backwards and jabbers all day (mostly da-da and ba-ba).  I also love looking at my wedding pictures, it feels like another lifetime because it feels so long ago.  Anywho, I'm not sentimental with many objects, but if my house were on fire the only "things" I would try to save are my photos, my precious memories.

Daddy's Little Model

Time is flying by and it is making me so sad.  Lo is 7 months old and it's just going too fast.  Someone please make time stop for a little while!  Here are a few shots to commemorate the occasion-

She was weighed the first week of October at exactly 20 pounds. She is a very good eater- she'll eat anything and anytime.  She is making "Ba" sounds and occasionally makes "wa, da and ma" sounds too.  She has perfected the "pootie" noise.  She is really attached to her binky and can put it in and take it out all by herself.  She has mastered the sippy cup.  She isn't interested in mobility at all. She is wearing mostly 12 month clothes.  If it's anything fitted like a dress she really needs an 18 month to accommodate her broad upper body.  I am so excited for her that she is broad up top...it will make her life so much easier!  (says her narrow shouldered Mama) She is a constant ball of motion, always on the move. From wiggling her toes, rolling her ankles and kicking her legs...it's go, go, go!  I am pretty glad that she's not actually crawling yet!  She loves to be tickled and full on belly laughs when her Daddy does it.  She expects it every night before bedtime.  She has the girliest little giggle.  She entertains herself pretty well- still loves her jumperoo and her bumbo. Her favorite toys are her Sophie the giraffe teether, her teapot from her tea set and her bird toy. 

I guess that hits the high points.  We just can't get enough of our

little Punky girl!

Daddy's Little Model

Here are some shots that the Hubs took of Lo on her 4 month birthday.

3 Month Photo Shoot

Here are some pictures from Lo's 3 month shoot. Little miss was quite sleepy and quite grumpy...thank heaven for a fabulous photographer. I still can't believe how many really good shots she got.

The flower dress that she is wearing in some of the pictures has a story behind it. When Hubby's Grandma died when we were 17 we started going through her sewing stuff. My Mom had the forethought to save some of her fabric and she made this dress for Lo out of one of those pieces.

As always, our favorite photographer, H. Alexandra Photography