Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone. I had so much fun at my first Christmas. All the festivities were a little tiring, but it was nice to spend time with family and I got lots of fun toys and cute clothes.

On Christmas Eve, we went to GG and Gramps with the whole Stockman family (GG's side). I played with my 2yo cousin Dylan and talked to lots of nice cousins, aunts, and uncles. Santa Claus came and I did so good sitting on his lap. I played with his beard a little bit and then we all sang jingle bells together.

Christmas morning, we woke up at 7:30 and I found a teddy bear that Santa left for me. He also left me a stocking with chewy toys, bowls and spoons for big girl food, and a Disco Dance Party nursery rhyme CD. I can't wait to get my groove on.

Then I took a nap and built up my energy while Gammy and Pappie, Uncle Trav, and GG and Gramps came over and everyone opened their presents. They waited for me to wake up and then tortured me with a bunch of family pictures and finally present time! I love opening presents - my favorite part is eating the wrapping paper, especially the crinkly ones. When all the presents were finally opened, I was soo tired and just laid in the middle of all the wrapping paper for awhile. Oh, and I almost forgot, right when we finished opening presents it started snowing outside. We had a beautiful white Christmas!

My favorite gifts of the day were one that I gave and one I received. I gave daddy a picture collage of the two of us together for his desk at work, he was really excited. And Gammy gave me a $50 donation to March of Dimes for all those babies that are not as fortunate as I am.

Christmas afternoon we went to Aunt Stacie and Uncle Steve's house for the Richardson family Christmas. Caden, Krystiana, and I played together and then opened presents. Krystiana was really good at opening her presents too and we both like to eat the wrapping paper. We would have liked to play longer, but everyone was tired from the long day and went home to sleep.

Here's pictures from all the different parties:



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And here's a video collection that mommy help me put together. It's kind of long so everyone besides grandpa might want to fast forward a bit. =)

Look What Bub Made

"Uncle" Travis (Walpole), aka Bub, gave me my Christmas present yesterday and it's sooo cool. He handmade a toy box for me with the Rose Garden on it. It's the perfect size and I love sitting on the top of it like a bench and standing on the side of it. Mommy and daddy also called it the naughty box and put me inside, but they were laughing so I think they were just joking. I better be good just in case.

Bub hand-painted all the roses and basketball court details and it looks awesome. It must have taken him a long time and I love, love, love it!



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THANK YOU BUB!

Christmas Cookies!

On Tuesday we had a cookie making party at our house and there were lots of babies to play with. There were 4 of us born only about a month apart - Kaila 6/14, Gavin 6/28 (Heidi's sister's baby), me (7/6), and Krystiana (7/23). We didn't get many cookies made, but it was fun. Kaila and I had our matching Christmas outfits and held hands on the blanket. Caden and Riley made cool shapes in the sugar cookies and decorated them. I was a really good girl and played by myself on my blankie for 2 hours straight so mommy could make the cookies.



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I'm a Model, You Know What I Mean...

Cousin Krystiana and I got our pictures taken yesterday. We got to act like models and pose and smile lots. Then mommy and Aunt Stacie got suckered into spending too much money on pictures because there were so many cute ones. Here's some of my favorites:



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Santa Claus is Coming to Town

We went to see Santa on Friday with cousin Caden. I told him that I've been a very good girl and that I want a teddy bear for Christmas. Here's my picture with Santa:

5 Months Old

I turned 5 months on December 6th and the big milestone for this month was learning to roll over. Now when I get tired of tummy time, I can just flip right over. I've also been working on sitting so I can sit up and open my Christmas presents. My back muscles are getting much stronger and I can sit up if there is some support (like mommy) to catch my wobbles.

The highlight of this month was when mommy's friend Charice came to visit. She played games with me and read me stories, and then we all went shopping. Other than that, we didn't do much this month, just the usual games and lots of Christmas shopping.



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Rolling, Rolling, Rolling

Here I go...


I figured out how to roll over all by myself. My arm kept getting in the way, but if I put it straight out in front of me I can roll right over. To mommy's surprise, I still do tummy time even though I can turn back whenever I want. It's not so bad now that I'm stronger and I like looking around.