Saturday, December 24, 2011

First Official Family Pictures

Before Thanksgiving, a friend of ours from high school took some AMAZING photos of our new family!  Thank you Jennifer and Southern Chic Photography!




And since Lindsay was in a picture-taking mood, Jennifer captured some really great ones of her, too!






My favorite little expression!  Such a girly girl!





Yes, we tried to eat the props.... oops!

Jennifer's idea for a Christmas picture -- turned out so adorable!

Thank you again to Jennifer and Southern Chic Photography!  We highly recommend them for your family photos!

10 Months: Our Little Turkey!

Think back with me to the beginning of November... it was still really warm and really dry in our part of the world, and Lindsay turned 10 months old!

Our happy baby :)

Her 10 month stats:
- weighs 19 lbs, 10 ounces
- moved to a big girl car seat and the big girl bathtub
- started to "share" her toys (but then quickly asks for them back!)
- Got 4 new teeth!  We got the bottom two, and then the top two showed up a few days later.  Luckily, she sailed right through teething without even a whimper!
- loves to go to high school football games and see all of the action
- visited the Pumpkin Patch
- dressed up for our first Halloween
- started pointing (with one and two hands) at people
- content to sit and play on the floor
- likes to study people and objects
- started to get up on her knees and rock back and forth, but no forward progress yet....
- favorite toys: rings and the rubber duck in the tub
- 9 month clothes and size 3 diapers


Some of our favorite 10 month moments:

"Watching" TV with Aunt Abi.  Ironically enough, it was the Kardashian wedding... guess she knew it wouldn't last form the beginning!

Self portrait with Daddy

Lots of teeth meant lots of chewing this month!
Most of our Friday nights were spent at the football game watching Aunt Abi cheer on the Cavaliers.
More Friday Night Lights!  
We loved the little pumpkins at the Pumpkin Patch!

Our first Halloween costume
Always busy, busy!  We love to empty out our toy bucket in the middle of the floor.
    
We love Aunt Abi!
  
We added "pointing" and "double pointing" this month!  We call this move the "Hey you!"

Such a fun and busy month!  We love you little girl! :)

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Blog "Ketchup"

Now that we're out of school for the break, it's time for me to do some major blog "ketchup" (catch-up).  Look for new posts about Lindsay's 10 and 11 month updates, our first major family vacation to Disneyworld, our first professional family photos, Christmas traditions, meeting Santa, and various craft projects I've been working on over the next two weeks!  My goal is to post one a day, but we'll see how that actually pans out with the holidays. :)  Looking forward to getting back on track!