Christmas Part 2 - Christmas Day

We normally go to my mom and dad's on Christmas day after we open our Santa gifts, but Mike and I decided we didn't want to try and drive in the ice and snow, so we waited until Saturday. We went to Robert's brother's house and cooked a ham and let the kids play all day. It was great just to be together all day and to not have to worry about going anywhere!

She finally slept all night without her swaddle blanket. But when I woke her up, she had her pants and both socks off!

Santa gifts

"Chew toys" for Tara per Koy's request

They took a break from tearing into everything to smile for me

Trying out her new highchair

Looking at all those toys just wore her out

Her shirt says "I'm Santa's Best Gift" and I totally agree!

All snuggled up in her warm suit that Mama bought her

Smoothing it out for the kids. Ha ha, he went down a little before he was ready!

Jackson's ready to go

Blayne and Kase

Christmas Part 1 - Christmas Eve

Sledding behind the 4 Wheeler on a car hood - that's safe!

Someone forgot to put the 4 Wheeler up!

Showing off her outfit Aunt Charity got her

We finally got all three of them together - Tara, Cutter & Kamryn

Cutter boy may have been born small, but he got over it!

The girls

Worn out from all the Christmas activities

Monte & Kase

We pulled up to Grandmother Erlines and saw this in the driveway! I guess Peyton and Beth didn't want to chance it in the snow and ice.

3 Months and First Snow

3 Months
Weight: ?

Height: ?

Clothes: Still wearing newborn through 3-6 months. We have to get 3-6 for the length, but all the pants are HUGE and constantly fall off!

Milestones: She has been laughing a little, but I haven't gotten a good belly laugh yet, so I'm not giving it an exact day. All I've gotten out of her is a "huh" so I'm not considering that a full out laugh just yet!

First Snow: December 24, 2009

We haven't been to the doctor, which is a good thing because it means that she has been healthy. But we also don't know how much she weighs! I can tell she has grown, but she's still not as big as her cousins. Her three month picture is taken in the onsie that we brought her home from the hospital in! She seems to be getting a stiff neck and favors one side over the other, so we have been doing some stretches at every diaper change and it is already getting better. You can tell in the picture that she is tilting her head to the right. Koy had torticollis when he was a baby and we spent many days in physical therapy so I knew what to look for and what to do about it.

She was "telling me about it"

This doesn't even look like her!

First snow - before it really started coming down

(Excuse the holes in the pants! Those are their weekend/go with Daddy pants.)

Christmas Pictures

Here are a few of the Christmas pictures I took this weekend. I didn't get a good one of Tara because I didn't have anyone there to help me get her to smile! I'm going to try again tonight. She kinda likes her big brothers, so I bet they can get a good smile out of her!

2 Months

2 Months

Weight: 8 lbs 11 oz

Height: 22 inches

Clothes: Wearing anything from newborn to 3-6 month clothes.

Milestones: 11-24-09 - Rolled from tummy to back twice

Still a tiny little girl, but grinning and talking all the time. She has been sleeping through the night regularly for about 2 weeks, from 8:30 until 7:00. She is just the sweetest thing ever!

Spitting up last month, sneezing this month. I wonder what I'll catch on camera next month!

"Enough pictures already!"

Kooper finally got to meet her

Sam on Thanksgiving ready to eat!

In her outfit I made her

Albany Christmas Parade - Charlie Brown Christmas

Schroeder

Me, Woodstock, Rerun & Schroeder

Halloween and other pictures

At the boy's soccer awards program

Sitting in her (or Sam's) Bumbo for the first time. She's still got a little growing to do!

"Will you please stop taking my picture so I can go to sleep!?!"

I love watching babies sleep. She started out like this.........

and ended up like this. So sweet!!!

Slowly but Surely

Update - Some of you probably read my "vent" last week before I removed it, but for those that didn't, I'll sum it up. I took Tara to the dr. last Monday, she only weighed 7 lbs, 10 oz. which is only 1 oz. bigger than her birth weight at over a month old. I took her back a week later and she weighed 8 lbs. Thankfully everything is fine, she's just a tiny little thing and a slow "grower". So here's a few pictures. I'll post our Halloween pictures as soon as I find my camera! :)

I had to share this one - You've got to be quick to catch this on camera!

Ready to go to Grandmother's

Darn baby acne!

Kamryn & Tara - 1 month

Hanging out at the office with Mom - I'm pretty sure she likes it like this!