Christmas Cookies

We spent the Sunday afternoon before Christmas decorating cookies. Dad even helped us out.



You guys got so creative using two colors on the same cookie!


And of course there were lots of sprinkles involved......

And even more of this.....

Great looking cookies that tasted as good as they looked.

Big girl

Mommy & Daddy were able to go on their first date in 10 months thanks to Mario & Jessi for watching our kids. We had a surprise when we went to pick you up- Jessi had put your hair in pigtails for the first time! You looked so cute and grown up!


As any good blogging mom would do- I captured it in a picture!

10 months old

The day after Christmas, you turned 10 months old. You continue to be such a happy baby. I love the way you get so excited when you see your brothers. You aren't standing up yet but you continue to army crawl. You have started eating so well this month and are finally able to drink out of a sippy (although you still much prefer your bottle!) You are such a snuggler and Mommy loves it. You got sick for the first time right after Christmas, you were diagnosed with H1N1 and an ear infection. You are still a Mommy's girl, but Daddy can sure make you laugh. You still hate bathtime which can be challenging. We have tried everything toys, bubbles, your brothers- and nothing works! Your favorite table food so far is cheese. You get lots of attention when we go places. Everyone comments on your beautiful blue eyes and your chubby cheeks!

Family

These were are our family pictures we had taken this year. There were so many good ones it was tough to choose, but here are some of my favorites.

9 months old

Wow, I can't believe you are 9 months old! You have gotten 2 more teeth in and now have 5 on the top and 2 on the bottom. You have started eating really well and enjoying a little table food. You continue to army crawl, but you get where you want to go. You still smile all the time, especially at your brothers. You are a Mommy's girl and love to be held (I often call you my "hip magnet!") You babble all the time, but we still can't get you to say Mama or Dada.

I love this one- showing off those teeth!

Mommy sure has fun playing dress up with my baby girl!

Christmas Tree

We put the tree up earlier than I ever have (this was a decision made by Jerry & the boys!) The boys had so much fun looking through all the ornaments and finding out how many they each had. And what tree decorating is complete without the Santa hat?

The boys tended to focus on those bottom branches

Katelyn was content to just sit and watch the craziness

8 months old

My baby girl is 8 months old. She is army crawling everywhere. Luckily she has two older brothers to watch her and make sure she doesn't get into anything she is not supposed to! She has started to enjoy her food more, although doesn't like anything chunky. She cut her first tooth this month- although she didn't stop with just one. She got five teeth in one week! But even with all that teething, she was still my happy baby.

(Mommy likes big hairbows can you tell??)