Half year

Caroline is 6 months old today. That meant going to the doctor for her 6 month checkup. Her doctor said she looks great and is right on target for all her milestones. She had several shots to endure - poor thing. But she recovered quickly and had a great rest of her day. We got the go ahead for solids so we will officially be starting those soon. We've already been practicing a little with rice cereal, banana and rice crackers.
Here's a few pictures of the big girl.



Here's some of her eating her rice crackers. These were taken a couple of weeks ago.





This is too cute not to share


I have a bunch of Christmas pictures - I promise I will post them soon!!!

'Twas the Saturday before Christmas

We had a busy Saturday. We started off early by going to the mall for pictures with Santa. This is Caroline's third time with Santa this year, so hopefully by now he knows everything on her list. She likes Santa and even had a death grip on his sleeve.

It appears that Santa drives a Hummer. We saw his H2 outside a local children's store later in the afternoon.

Later we went to Downtown Disney for dinner. The weather was great and the colored balls of lights on the trees were so pretty.




Tomorrow we will be packing our warmest clothes as we get ready to head into the aftermath of the huge blizzard in D.C. We'll be trading our flip flops for boots and hats. Although I'm looking forward to spending time with family, I'm really not looking forward to trading the gorgeous weather we've been having for 2 feet of snow and bitter cold. Although I was born a Minnesota girl, it's like I've lost all ability to stay warm when the temperature dips below 50. Weak you might say and yes, I agree. But sadly it's true. I am going to be freezing my fanny off. The upside is that Caroline will get to meet two cousins she hasn't met yet and her Great Grandma Byrd. She might even get to play in the snow a little and hopefully tour the White House and check out some of the Smithsonians.

To all the readers that are on the east coast: Stay warm and stay safe!

2nd visit with Santa

A couple of weeks ago my MOMS club had our Holiday Party and guess who showed up? Yes, Virginia, it was Santa Clause. Caroline has been working hard on her list so she made sure she had a little chat with Santa. She was fascinated by his beard and we had trouble getting her to let go.

Pictures

Back in early November we had some pictures taken at Treasure Island Beach in Laguna Beach. They were taken as part of a fundraiser for Families Forward which is an organization that helps Irvine families that are in need. Southwest Irvine Moms Club raised over $1300 for Families Forward. With that money we were able to purchase gifts from the wishlists of 20 children! Tonight I am going over to the Families Forward's warehouse to help put together bags of gifts for families in need. As a "Holiday Angel," we will be given lists of requests from the families and will rummage through the shelves of toys and find the item that most represents the request and then put it in the bag. The bags are then marked, stuffed with wrapping, and placed in an area for pick up. I'm excited about doing this small act to help others during the holiday season.

We finally got the pictures and here they are:

And it hasn't stopped....

I think since she started saying mama last night, she hasn't stopped! It's so funny - I know it's just babble but I absolutely love hearing it. Sometimes she just practices the motions without the sounds. Can I just say how much fun she is?

Mama?

She said it!!!! Sadly it wasn't to me, but Jeremy heard it last night and she's been doing it a bunch today.

Last night we were playing with Caroline on the floor in the living room. She was babbling a bit and I was babbling with her. I went into the kitchen and when I walked away she said it. Now the next step is for her to associate it with me. Regardless, this makes my heart melt whenever I hear it. And I guess we need to work on "dada" now too.

Correction

I just realized that the first elf dance that I posted was some crazy barn dance. Whoops! It should have been this one.

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Fa la la la la, la la la la!

I'm a little late in posting this, but last weekend we put our tree up and decorated it. Our little angel helped put the angel on the top. :)

Santa

A couple of weeks ago we went to a Baby Fair at a local hospital. Santa was there and Caroline sat on his lap. She didn't mind it at all, but there was so much going on that we had a hard time getting her to look at the camera. Of course she pulled through and gave us her melt-your-heart smile. We've been waiting to get the picture and it finally came!

And another one

I couldn't leave Rudy and NaeNae out.

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Happy Holidays

Wishing you a happy holiday season from my family to yours!

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