Ready for Santa...

I'm all ready for Santa!!! Our tree is up...
but I didn't help. I took a great nap and
Mommy and Daddy did all the work. :)
I think it looks pretty good, and it sure
is big compared to me. The "leaves" are
kind of pokey, so I don't think I'll touch
them anymore, but that ribbon sure
looks inviting...hehehe.

Starting the Season...

With cutting down our family Christmas tree. We drove and drove and drove way up in the mountains and went to the Norquist's house and cut down our tree. It was chilly cold, and that's why I look like a bear again. We cut our tree and then took some pictures...I liked looking at Sammy more than anything else, so this was the best picture. We spent the rest of the day with Nanna and Grandpa at their house decorating...well...they decorated and I slept. Everyone seemed to think I would attack the tree in their house...but I don't much care to thank you very much. I think it looks nice just as it is, so I leave it alone.

4 Generations of Women!

This is my Great-Grandma, my Mommy, me and my Grandma on Thanksgiving. I guess its not often that there are four generations living, so Mommy tries to take a picture of us all as often as she can. Sorry I didn't smile...

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

What a day! I got up early and had my breakfast and then a nap. Family started coming over at noon and we had a great time! I slept while everyone ate and then I got to come down and try my great-grandma's yams! I didn't like them, but please don't tell her. :( Then later my new Auntie Jen gave me a bottle...until I figured out she wasn't my Mommy. We watched a movie too and had pie for dessert. I finally went to bed at 8:30 and Mommy and Daddy say they "crashed" at 9:30. I think it was a good day...

Look! I'm standing!

I'm such a big girl now!!! I've been crawling for a month now, pulling up on things here and there but tonight I surprised Mommy by crawling over to the couch and pulling up on the sofa, all by myself. Now this is a special trick because the sofa isn't that easy to hold on to...so Mommy was excited for me. Ms. Laura, my daycare lady, thinks I might be walking by Christmas...we'll see...

I STILL love bath time!

When we were in Windsor...
I got to take a bath in the big bathtub all by myself. And Daddy was being silly and put the bubbles from my bubble bath on top of my head but Mommy and I had to admit it was a little funny. So Daddy grabbed the camera, and here I am!

My First Trip to Windsor!

This weekend I got to go with Mommy and Daddy to Windsor, which is north of Santa Rosa, but not quite to the redwoods (not that I know what those are yet, but oh well.) We left Friday evening after bathtime and got there in just a couple of hours and got right to bed. Then Saturday, I got up with Mommy and we let Daddy sleep a while longer. I ate, and played and then took a nap while Mommy and Daddy got to enjoy spending some time together. Then we left and went to a little country market for lunch and then some wineries. This picture was taken at Ferrari-Carrano, the winery with the best gardens. Isn't it beautiful?? (Can you see Mommy's "tail"?? Hehe! She forgot it was there!) It was rainy and cold but I know Daddy had a really good time. :) And then when we left, we got a little "lost" and made our way over to Korbel which was nice too because they had a big fireplace where I could sit with Mommy. :) Then we went back to the timeshare that Gram and Grandpapa let us stay at (Thank you!) and I got another good nap and we just spent the time together under warm blankets and in front of the fireplace. I had my Daddy and my Mommy all to myself the whole weekend!!! It was great!!

TEETH!!!!!

Holy moley people!!! You could have warned me that this wasn't going to be much fun! It all started the other day when my gums started getting really puffy, and I was drooling like a faucet, and then there was this strange sensation in my mouth...Daddy says it was called "pain", same as when they give me shots. I didn't sleep much Halloween night because it was all bothering me so much, so instead I slept alot the day after. Then Mommy was gone for a couple of days and my mouth was hurting more and more, but I was really good for Daddy and let him sleep at night. Friday night, the 2nd, I didn't let Mommy sleep much because I was getting her up every four hours to give me more Tylenol for my little teeth to stop hurting. And then finally today...there they were...two little white things in the bottom of my mouth. Amazing! Now if only I could figure out how to stop biting my own fingers and thumb and making myself cry, that would be ~really~ amazing. :)

Aaawwwwwwww Moooooooooooom!

See! This is what happens when you're in a hurry and you take my special bibs off wrong. I'm covered in sweet potatoes, but I'd much rather have my tummy full of them. Guess we just need to take our time a little more often, don't we Mommy? :) Hehehe...