First day of Christmas

For the first day of Christmas you got your Santa slippers.

They look so cute on your feet.

First Thanksgiving Weekend

This year there are many firsts. The holiday season is here and at the start of it is Thanksgiving. Our families like to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. We get to celebrate twice as a matter of fact. Once at Uncle Dave's then we are off to grandma's. I even got you to the turkey and rice dinner so that you could also have a thanksgiving dinner.

But I think that the best part of the holiday season is that we get an extra day with Papa. We at least had one down day with him. 

It was a busy Saturday as we went to two parties that Saturday. One for Auntie Ann's 80th birthday party. 

And we also celebrated a fellow Rainbow's aqeeqa. It is funny how much attention you draw. I'd like to believe it is because everyone can sense how truly special you are.

Sweet Mookie

 A fear a parent has is introducing the family pet to the new member of the family. How will that pet react? Will they accept the baby? Will they lash out at the baby? 

This was certainly a fear for me. I know that our cats have always been very kind with visitors. But when it came to kids, Mookie always wanted the attention and Kitty wanted no part of it. The kids always wanted to play but it was too much for them and they just preferred to sleep. 

When we brought you home, the kitties sniffed you and then were fine. I am sure your cries were something they were not used to. But as you grew and made your presence in the house, Mookie became a very good friend to you. She became your pet. I know you won't remember. And you don't realize but Mookie loved you too.

                                      

But, Mookie and Kitty are old. She became very ill all of a sudden. And, I am saddened to say that last night your pet, Mookie left us to go join Lukas in the sky. I guess now you each have your pets. Mookie is surely looking for attention up there.

Walking the Dinosaur

Oh baby girl. It is incredible to see yet another beautiful milestone. It excites me to see what you are accomplishing. You just received this toy dinosaur about two and a half months ago. You didn't even pay attention to it when it was out. We have played with it a couple of times to make the music and noises chime. Papa has walked with you and you just weren't ready. And now look at you. You are on your way.

Our Mommy and Baby Vacation.

It is such a treat to share moments with you. But, this past week and a half has been amazing. I was so excited when Papa suggested that we go visit family in Florida. Although, you have been on a plane. It was a challenge to do it by myself. I don't know why I worry. You were, once again, very good on the plane. 


Oh the weather was perfect in Florida. Getting off the plane and feeling the heat felt nice since it is now getting colder here. 


You are supposed to be in the stranger danger phase and were definitely quiet around Uncle Dan. But, he won you over. You fell in love with your Auntie Carolyn. You share a face with her that since coming home you have not made. She took good care of us while we were under her watch. She took us to Disney and took most of the photos and videos. I am grateful that she loves to take pictures like she does.

I hope the bond continues to grow

And then there is Miss Danielle, your cousin. I remember the day we went to meet her at school. We were picking her up. So we walked with Auntie Carolyn to her class and waited. I saw her at her desk. She turned in our direction so I waved. She waved back or so I thought. She may have waved at Auntie Carolyn because the look of finally realizing it was us when she walked up to us was so cute. She was amazing with you. Although she had tons of homework while we were there. She tried her best to spend some time with you. My favorite day was the day we got to spend with them at Disney. Seeing her joy made me feel happy to be there. The only thing missing was Papa and Uncle Dan. 

Here are a "few" of the memories.

Conversations with Brobee

There is a show that comes on named Yo Gabba Gabba. I looked it up one day after having seen it on a play mat that your cousin, Logan had. The characters are of very bright colors and he liked them. So, why not?

You fell in love with DJ Lance Rock first. 

His "Hello friends!" will catch your attention and make you stop in your tracks no matter what you are doing at the moment.

The characters are a bit out there but if they are singing you are captivated.

 You are now doing the army crawl but have discovered that you can put yourself in a standing position. Although you have yet to discover how to get down from that position. 

You are very playful and mommy arranged your toys as if you were reading to them. One day I am sure you will arrange them yourself.

So Papa on one of his shopping trips came back with a stuffed toy of Brobee.

 Today I caught you today "talking" to Brobee in raspberries. Maybe you were asking him to help you down or maybe complaining to him that I was recording you in your hour of distress instead of helping you. I just thought it was cute.

(Pause music in the right column)

Your First Tooth.

It's been a very trying couple of weeks. Your mood has been up beat but every now and then you become cranky and antsy. We knew it was coming. We were just hoping that it would be soon so that the pain would go away. Your first screams of pain the other night were painful to us as well. Papa asked if this was going to happen every time you got a tooth. We just wanted to comfort you. So off we went at 10:30PM to find you some relief. 


Of course, the car put you to sleep and that was it for the night. The good thing is that now we are better prepared so that you won't be in too much pain.


Mommy keeps inspecting your mouth but you won't let us see anything. Mommy finally felt the tooth that has cut through. You are still refusing to show us. But, today, I caught a glimpse of it. It is a very small glimpse but there it is. Hooray! Your first tooth.