Right at Midnight!
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, and a great time ringing in the new year! I am hoping that some of our blog visitors are people who received our Christmas cards, and you decided to check out our family blog. If that is you, could you please leave a comment? That would be great!
Well, December was a GREAT month! I had 2 weeks off, and I enjoyed every moment with my hubby and our beautiful baby girl! As I sit here tonight I am thinking about the alarm clock going off in the morning, and heading back to work. I didn't realize how hard heading back to work would be, but it has got to be easier than when I headed back to work after having 6 months off! Our break was pretty busy! We had 4 straight days of "Christmas". Laney did so well at all of our parties, and even slept 12-13 hour nights. I think she was just plain exhausted. On the days where we didn't have plans, we enjoyed lounging at home in our PJs. During Laney's naps I DEEP cleaned and reorganized my WHOLE house. Also, I spend some time doing some crafts. I have been making bows for babies hair and baby hats. It is something that I find relaxing and I enjoy being "crafty"! One thing that I am most excited about is Laney's new playroom. Our little munchkin is a VERY spoiled girl, and I didn't know what to do with all the toys that she got for Christmas. So, I made a playroom and she seems to be really enjoying it!
Christmas was so much fun. Laney opened the presents a little bit, but did best with gift bags and tissue paper. It was so much fun to hear her scream in excitement when she saw a new present. It was such a special Christmas spending time with our families, and remembering how blessed this little girl is! A few days after Christmas she did come down with a cold, and then she passed it to mommy! Then her cold turned into a fever & ear infection! Poor baby, this was her 2nd ear infection and she was not comfortable at all.
After we started feeling a little bit better, it was time to celebrate 2010! Laney went to bed pretty early, but she woke up at 11:40. So, we got her out of bed and brought her downstairs to come ring in the new year! It was great giving both my babies kisses at midnight!!
Things Laney has done this month:
- Laney got her "two front teeth" for Christmas (the two bottom ones)
- Every time we point the camera at her she crinkles her nose up and wrinkles her forehead and has a VERY cheesy smile.
- She is such a FLIRT, she has really begun watching everyone, everywhere we go! She just stares at them and waits for them to giver her attention and then she smiles or does something silly.
- She loves to clap, and when she hears the words "clap" or "yah" - she begins clapping. Even if the music playing in the background has these words.
- She gives butterfly kisses with her eyelashes. This is something my mom and her do - too cute!
- She loves tapping her hand on her mouth as she says ahhhhhh.
- She even plays peek a boo if she has a blanket. She will keep pulling it over her face, and then putting it back down.
- I know you think I am crazy, but Laney does do some talking!!! It is more the beginning sounds and then the rest has the same syllables and tone. She says: mama, dada, dog, daisy, baby, and Uh-Oh. The last 4 she has just begun saying this week! We know she is saying these words, because she points to the item or is playing with the item when she says these words. It isn't like she is just babbling.
- She is SO mobile. She prefers to stand, and will crawl over to anything just to pull herself up.
- She still thinks the simplest things are funny, and I can't get enough of her laugh that sounds SO FAKE!
- She has recently begun HATING getting her diaper changed! I feel like I have to wrestle a 9 month old every time she needs a diaper changing, ok not every time, but too much.
- She wants to eat ANYTHING that mommy and daddy have, and she isn't too interested in that baby mush anymore. She has tried a lot of new foods this month, and she enjoys pretty much everything as long as it has seasoning or is flavorful. If you give her a plain veggie she gags, and tries to pull it out of her mouth! It is actually quite funny watching her try and pull the food out. But really, how does a 9 month old know when something is bland?!?
- I whistled at her a few days ago, so now it seems like her lips are in a permanent O, because she is a copy cat! She loves to try and do whatever anyone else is doing.
- When she is standing and wants to sit down, she just lowers herself very careful and then just falls to the ground.
We are just having so much fun with our baby girl! It seems like we are constantly telling each other to "look" or "hurry up come here". She is just doing so much everyday, and is becoming quite the ham!
Laney's New Playroom!
YAH!
Clap, Clap, Clap!
Christmas Morning!
Right before Christmas Eve Church Service.
She just melts my heart!
I made Laney some finger foods!
Some of her silly faces!
More silly faces!
And another!
It was snowing! This was the first snow since we drove her home from the hospital. She really liked watching it fall from the sky and land on the ground.
Zoolights! It was FREEZING!!!
Zoolights
