Christmas, 8 months old & New Years!

Make a scrapbook - it's easy!

Well I believe that it was New Year's Eve last year when I actually started this blog. So in the spirit of keeping the tradition I thought I should blog tonight. We have had a busy couple of weeks ...as I am sure most of you have.

We went to Oklahoma on Friday before Christmas and stayed through Christmas morning. We had a great time and ate so much good food we were sick! We had 18 people at my parent's house on Christmas eve ... it was crazy. Abby did great and was into most of her presents ... which I wasn't sure she would be. She especially liked all the wrapping paper and ribbon!

On Christmas morning we drove back to Plano to the Holms. We had a great time with them too and it was a little more calm since there were only 10 people there.

Nathan & I have both been off work since Friday, 21st ... so we have been super productive around our house this week. It has been so nice to be home and get things accomplished ... you know all the things you put off like filing papers or reorganizing closets. Also, it has been good to be home together because we have been passing around a stuffy nose and cough ... so we haven't felt like doing much outside the house anyway.

Abby turned 8 months old yesterday! I just can't believe it. She is doing something new all the time now. She sits up very well, but now she rocks back and forth and then lands on her tummy. She "swims" on her tummy, but no crawling yet. I was very thankful that she didn't start crawling while we had all the Christmas decor out. I am sure it won't be long and she'll be mobile ...then my life will really be over!

I hope you all have a safe New Year's Eve ... we are at home relaxing watching a movie. Since we haven't been well we thought it best to stay in ... no wild parties this year!

Safe Sleeping?

I had to post this picture we took tonight. Abby has started this habit of going to sleep with her lovie (blanket) over her face. Every night I go in there and she has it over her face ... it worries me that she is going to smother herself so I usually try to gently move it, but she always whips it back over her face. So tonight Nathan and I took a picture of her weird habit and I just had to share ... we think it is funny. She is a piece of work!

By the way ... please don't report us to CPS! :)

Happy Holidays!

You gotta see this ... I was cracking up!

Elf Yourself - The Holms

I got the idea from Sarah Jones ... it was on her blog! I was laughing so hard I had to do one too.

Enjoy!

Abby: 7 Months Old!

Gosh I have been a bad blogger ... it has been so busy with the holidays! We have been running from one thing to the next - baby showers, birthday parties, holiday parties and gatherings, etc. I am sure you are all having the same issues.

Abby turned 7 months old last Friday! On Thursday I took her to have her picture made with Santa. She actually did really well. I wasn't sure if she would be scared or what her reaction would be. She just sat there on Santa's lap looking up at him with this uncertain look on her face. It was funny! We got a good picture of her smiling though, I went to the mall at the perfect time ... when no one else was there so the picture ladies were very helpful! She did try to pull on his beard - which I thought was funny, but the problem was that Santa's beard was real ... so it probably wasn't that funny to him!

She has really picked up some new tricks lately ... she now eats fruits & veggies. So far she has liked everything so I am happy about that! Abby has always liked to eat so I figured we wouldn't have any trouble with food. Of course, Nathan likes to taste all of the food she eats - so he gives me the scoop on what is nasty and what is good.

I have to tell you one story ... I decided last week I would try to make some carrots for Abby, you know the Domestic Goddess I am! My friend at work had told me how easy it was to make her babies food. So I steamed the carrots, but I knew they had to get really good and soft before I could put them in the food processor. Well it was taking a long time so I decided to go check my email. Well awhile later I smelled burning! I quickly remember THE CARROTS! The water under the basket had evaporated and left a nice black burn on the bottom of the pan. Needless to say it stunk up my whole house! Well the carrots are nice and soft now. Oh did I mention that I don't eat carrots - so I sure wasn't going to give these a taste test myself! So I puree the carrots and they look pretty good - I mean they pretty much look like what Gerber makes. So at dinner that night I decide to give Abby a little - she made the worst face I have ever seen her make ... it was awful! Those carrots must have tasted like burned nasties ... I ended up throwing them out. Do you think this could be considered child abuse? I think I'll stick with Gerber for now!

Here are a few 7 month pictures of our precious sweet Abby!

This was taken at Thanksgiving - 5 Generations!