Snow!!!! Again and again and again.....

sweet baby Claire

"Frosty" is an ACC fan

Abigail started saying "mama" on Valentine's day- what a treat for me!!!!

Nine month old shots

Our sweet baby girl continues to awe us with her peaceful spirit and curiosity for life. An angel/textbook baby (I'm sure I read this somewhere along the journey), she feeds herself finger foods mostly everything we offer her- lots of veggies and savory things too and is an excellent sleeper/napper. Lately, she isn't sleeping thru the whole night because she wakes up and stands up in her crib- and cannot get back down:( We are working on the sitting and lying down parts.

She seems to enjoy the ymca and loves to play ball, anything with the plastic ball! And water! Baths, swim class, cleaning hands, dishes.....

Abigail is walking with support all around! and very fast!! She loves floating and kicking in the water and has discovered the swing at the playground. She is more social than we are as she waves to all and makes friends in stores while reaching out to touch their noses and mouths. Antibacterial bug juice please!

Being silly with grandma is fun and so are play dates!!:)

TuTu

mama's kitchen utensils are a favorite here

neat thing is we didn't pose this~ Abigail was throwing her arms up and squealing :)

New Year pics of our girl....

Julia Child's "Boeuf Bourguignon" (worth every second)

laughing at Rudie's bark

Abigail & Gavin

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!

8 month elf

Big snow. Abigail looked around in wonder and that's about it:) Yesterday we ate some snow and took a walk thru it. I did, however, promise Becca I'd make a snow angel and I did!

8 months old and ready to go!!!!

staying close to daddy with all the snow coming down Saturday......

dainty "feets" as we say around here

Merry CHRISTmas to all. I am determined not to get caught up in the hype of the retail season and enjoy our baby girl and each other this first Christmas together. Each time I ask someone "how's it going?" they say they cannot wait till its over next week. Sad. I am vowing not to overeat sweets, over spend- yes we are sticking to the budget (right Bob?) and doing the "Slow parenting" thing. Not too many activities or outings at one time, plently o down time and pure joy in reading or a brisk walk or singing and goofing. xoxo

Santa baby!

Ladybugs first Christmas

We are enjoying our first Christmas season as parents and Abigail is certainly enjoying everything!! We have decorated our house and have nice opportunities to enjoy while always remembering the true reason for Christmas...

Below are some pictures taken over the past several days. Abigail continues to grow and experience life and, this weekend, got her big girl car seat. You can tell from one of these pictures that it is pretty comfortable and Mom & Dad are starting to come to grips with the fact that our little one has graduated car seats!!! :)

Saturday saw our first snow of the season and Abigail's first snow!!! Our northern family and friends would laugh at what we called snow but there were white flakes falling from the sky so we counted it as snow :)

We hope that this finds all doing well and ready for a great Christmas season....