Getting Ready for the Super Bowl

Trouble!

Moves and Grooves

Ari has officially become mobile. She doesn't crawl, she scoots.

10 Months

10 MONTHS!!! Ari is getting to the point where she can move around, just not in the traditional ways. Instead of crawling she rotates and hops around while sitting cross legged. She knows what she wants and how to make a point. Her sleeping has improved greatly and she only wakes up a couple times a night now. Usually she wakes up because she is in a sitting position and can't figure out how to lay back down. The other night I walked in while she was whining to find her fast asleep with her back in the corner of her crib. She knew something wasn't right, but it wasn't bad enough to wake her up. I put her back down and she slept right through it.

Here's her 10 month pic taken on her 10 month birthday this time.



She got herself worked in between the recliner and love seat the other day and had fun banging her shoulders against the two pieces of furniture.



We're getting closer to the elusive crawl though. She can stay on her tummy for a little bit longer now and moves backwards instead of forwards, but we're getting closer.



And it is always great to catch a little nap when you can. This was after a night when Daddy's chest was hurting and he didn't sleep very well. Ari is good at making him feel better.

Slacker Parents

Ari turned nine months on December 16 and we are just now posting about it. And, we didn't even take a picture of her on her nine month day. We're slackers, I know. But it is a pretty cute picture and it definitely sums up our nearly 10 month old baby girl. She's turning into a little wrecking crew, but a ton of fun to play with. It's so neat to watch her learn and grow every day!

Christmas Continued

This post is a little late...sorry!

Christmas Eve pictures, look at that precious little outfit!






On Christmas morning we attempted to get the three girls together to take a picture in their Christmas pjs. This picture about sums it up.
We got one picture taken with them all sitting down. Ari and Kara don't look amused.
Arianna liked to play with the ornaments on the tree.





and all the Christmas excitement knocked her out.

Ari Stands

Excuse the baby nudity.

Poor Tree

While we were away enjoying a great Christmas the snow kept falling at home. When we got home this is what we were greeted with. Lots of tree limbs on the ground and another foot or two of snow. We have been getting a little worried about the tree because there had been a few limbs that fell during some not so windy wind storms. It looked like a wedge was cut out of the tree branches.







Here's a picture of the insane amount of snow covering our town. I had to shovel my way into the driveway the other day.