And then...Christmas in St. Louis

From Florida, we flew to St. Louis to see my parents for Christmas also. Hard to believe that was Caroline's 11th flight in her short 10 month life!! St. Louis was a little chillier than Florida, but we all had a great time. We saw Santa Claus on Main Street in St. Charles and enjoyed Christmas with Great Grandma and the rest of my family in St. Louis. We got to meet the newest addition to our family, Tim and Jill's little Olivia who was born right before Christmas.

We had a lot of family bonding time as the stomach flu struck my parent's house leaving us all under the weather for a couple of days. Once we recovered though, we were able to visit and eat some of the yummy food my parents had made. Caroline's big highlight over the Christmas holidays was that she stopped "combat" crawling and made the transition to hands and knees which means she is a very fast crawler -- up the stairs on the furniture, whatever she can find. Needless to say, we are both tired at nap time!

Christmas in Florida

Christmas started early for us this year as we traveled to Trent's parents in Delray Beach, Florida. We had a great time visiting with his parents, his sister, Tracy and their family that were in town and his brother, Tye and his family that live there. Caroline has three cousins (two of which are very close to her age!). She and Paulie wore each other out -- playing, playing, chasing and then playing some more! We took a ride on Gaga and Papa's new boat and relaxed at the beach. It was a great way to kick off the start of the Christmas holidays! Enjoy the photos!

Santa Claus Comes to Town

This past weekend, our friends Kelly and Del had a Christmas party at their house with all the kids and Santa Claus made a surprise visit. I can't say that a bunch of one year olds (give or take a couple of months) were all that excited to see a scary man with a big beard wearing a red suit, but Caroline didn't seem to mind one bit. She loved sitting on his lap (I wonder if she recognized him -- Uncle Crispin?) but she didn't cry, not even a whimper and even liked opening up the present. Enjoy the pictures!!

Nine months, 3 weeks and 2 days, and...

We finally have a tooth!! Hopefully you can see it in this picture as it hasn't broken very far out of the gums. We spent last weekend at the lighting of the tree downtown and Santa Claus made an appearance. Caroline liked the lights but could care less about the man in the red suit... give her sometime. Mommy and Caroline had matching outfits that Daddy insisted we wear out (this does not EVER happen, so don't start thinking that I am one of those moms), but my cousin Tricia gave Caroline this cute sweatsuit and I happened to have one in the same color. You get my drift. Anyway, we are looking forward to all of the fesitivities of the Christmas season. We will keep you posted!

The Things They Do...

I sometimes wish that we could just make time stand still and have Caroline stay a certain age forever. And then, she gets a little older and does some other cute thing and I would like to freeze her at that age. Well, this age is one of them. She is so expressive, curious and trying new things all the time. She says Momma all the time and I like to pretend that she is talking to me (though I am sure she isn't, though when she wants to get out of her crib, I'm not so sure she doesn't know exactly what she is doing!). She can stand up in her crib which is the cutest thing to wake up to in the morning. She is standing there banging her hands on the crib looking at us like, didn't you know I was awake in here?? It is not so funny when she is trying to take a nap and stands up to throw her binky out and screams for you to come and get it -- not a fun game! She has discovered our outside garden as well but she thinks the reflection of herself is much more interesting than all the plants. She tries to give her reflection a kiss... so cute!!

Thanksgiving was a great day as we had Aunt Laurie and Uncle Crispin over along with our neighbors, Lara and Douglass with their little one, Lily. Caroline wasn't sure about the turkey, but she loved the mashed potatoes! Enjoy the pictures!

Peek-a-Boo

It is hard to believe that Caroline is already 9 months old -- the time is flying by! Caroline loves to play peek-a-boo whether it is in her bed or behind the curtains. She also loves her little table that she can pull up to and make music -- in fact she loves anything that she can pull up to!Seems like there is a new trick everyday. Check out the video at the bottom!

Buzzing in for Halloween

I hate to brag on my own child, but she was so darn cute in her Halloween costume -- she even let the hood stay on her head for quite a while. She enjoyed chewing on the wrappers of the candy (which made the candy inside nice and soggy -- good so Mommy and Daddy won't eat it!). We had a beautiful night and got together with some friends and Caroline's friends for trick or treating. Enjoy the pictures!! So sorry that some of them are sideways -- I can't figure out how to flip them around!!