Look out world...

Our sweet girl is 7 months old -- hard to believe, but so fun! She changes so much every day, and it is so fun to see her learn and take in the world around her. Of course much to Will's disappointment the world around her she is trying to take in includes his legos, animals, shoes...anything she can roll/scoot/wiggle herself to get to that is his.:)

So, I had this great picture in my head using this little wand from Nana. She loves to play with it and I just knew I could get a great picture with a caption about how she has us under her spell or something...but of course I haven't been able to get her to hold it up AND smile when I have a camera around. Instead in this one she is sidetracked once again by Will -- who she adores. I guess the caption isn't about her casting the spell, but rather that he has one on her. She LOVES him. And he loves her. And I love it. :)



Of course with the second half of the first year comes all the fun food photos! So far Bellamy loves anything and everything that we will let her eat. She is very curious right now and food is no exception. And -- I'm sure this will come as no shock to those who know her mother -- she is determined that she can do it herself! Miss Wanda says she won't let anyone touch her bottle and as soon as we introduced her to the world of finger foods she has been so adamant that she can feed herself. Georgia is of course loving it since many more attempts end up on the floor and not in Bellamy's mouth right now. :)



Beets! So delicious, such a ridiculous mess when they eat them. Of course it didn't help that she's sitting next to Will and cracking up at him in the process, which sends beet juice flying...whose idea was this again???



Look out world, here she comes!

Christmas?!?

Whoops! I guess since every time I saw the last blog post I saw a picture of Santa, I was thinking I had spent some time here talking about Christmas. Then I looked at the date of the last post and thought, Christmas?!? I didn't write about Christmas?!?

Apparently that couple of weeks was kind of a blur...we had the Christmas crud around here, which everyone except Todd caught some version of that sidelined all of us a few days at a time. Luckily it all seemed to hit either before or after the big Christmas weekend, but did fill what should have been our break with lots of visits to the doctor and extra time on the couch. Other than that, we had a fantastic holiday break filled with time with our family and friends that we love so much. It was great to have Jess and Mom in town for Christmas morning and then see all of the Tones crew in the afternoon on Christmas day!

So here's a couple of highlights...

First of all, the adorable stockings that now hang on Will and Bellamy's doors...courtesy of Miss Wanda. It's always the first Christmas gift she gives the kids at her house -- Will got one for his first Christmas and now she has made one for Bellamy. I love the stockings, but even more than that, I love that we have Miss Wanda in our life to see us through these early years with both our children. She is such a blessing!



Mr. Will in his Christmas eve finest...not the finest pic, but I waited way too long to try and get one and he was ready for some dinner and bed by the time I got a chance at him.




Along with all the Christmas excitement, our little lady turned 6 months old! I love this stage of the first year -- they start learning and growing so fast that every day is a new exciting adventure for them. She is our little joy, always quick to smile with those bright eyes. For now, she is completely infatuated with her big brother -- she lets out a squeal every time he comes into a room. Gotta remember to get that on tape for ammunition later...;)



Will was introduced to Legos this Christmas -- and is infatuated with them. See how serious he is just looking at the box? I think Todd is loving it almost as much as he is...it's giving him a nice trip down memory lane. Now if we could just get him to be a little more self sufficient in his building...right now Todd and I are getting really good at Legos right along with him!



Here he is enjoying his tent from Santa -- mommy and daddy are sure glad Santa managed to get it assembled and into the living room successfully Christmas Eve night...and that Toys R Us is open late in case of toy emergencies. Apparently one of the reindeer stepped on the original tent, but Santa managed to put a call into some special elves to hook him up and get things back on track in record time. ;)



Will checking out his new scooter from Nana and Grandpa. Again, Todd is spending a little time on memory lane on this one - we happen to have another scooter at the house, so they have been going out "scooting" together the last few weeks, which is so fun to watch. Of course on one of the scooting trips Todd actually fell on that same memory lane...but it was a great chance to teach Will that when you fall, you get up, brush yourself off, and scoot on home to ask Mom for a band-aid.



Well, that's Christmas in a nutshell. 2011 closed out exactly as it should, with our friends and family and reminders of all our blessings. Can't wait to see what 2012 has in store!