piggy-back baby...

my lil' bug helped me clean today (more like helped me burn extra calories by providing an extra 18lbs of weight on my back)...

 after some vacuuming, laundry, mopping, and counter detail, someone became less active... (about an hour-and-a-half into my cleaning spree) i took a look in the mirror and found this :-)

 

thank you ryan for the upgrade ergo carrier (she is too big for the bjorn i wore her in everyday)... however, i'm not so sure i want to tell him how much i got done in an hour-and-a-half while wearing her, he might expect that kind of productivity all the time now that its "more convenient" to wear her comfortably on my back.

scooting in rewind...

after an informal lesson in crawling from her friend Jeremy, my lil' bug decided she was determined to move like him... one minor difference in her method- she is scooting backwards... the cutest part is that she can't figure out why she is going the opposite direction from her reach.

"ummm mom... a little help here please"

christmas pictures...

Because we like to procrastinate, our christmas picture became quite the ordeal... originally we were going to start a picture tradition of taking jayme (and future lil white's) to the mission inn to see the lights and take out christmas card picture there; however, time got away from us and with ryan leaving for work in canada for 2 weeks, we are out of time and had to make do with our christmas tree as the backdrop... only one problem... we didn't have a photographer. not such a big deal when its adults or kids that can respond accordingly when you say "smile" when its time for the camera to snap a 10 second delay self portrait... with a 6 month old however, she had an agenda of her own. after 10 snaps and deer in-the-head-lights looks later, ryan opted to put her baby einstein on the computer in front of us, then we could time out her laughs/smiles with our picture... after 5 minutes spent putting the dvd in and getting it started, we realize its the lullabye dvd (no smiles, just yawns)... fast forward to 10 more snaps and a teething baby sucking on her dress, her fingers, our fingers, my hair, her shoes (she tried anyway)... we tried in vain for a couple more snaps (59 in total to be
exact)...
in the end (30 minutes later), we decided to go with a couple non-traditional pictures for this years card... maybe next year we can plan better and make sure we have someone behind the camera with the mission inn as the back drop???? here are the out-takes...

"had enough guys... and this bow needs to go"

 

First Santa Visit...

yay for no tears meeting santa for the first time! here are some pictures that highlight the day...

first time audrey and jayme met (people thought they were twins- even though they are 6 weeks apart)

waiting in a 20 minute line-even though there were only 3 people in front of us... at this point i am praying she is still all smiles by the time we get to santa

all smiles... wish we got the one of her playing with his beard curiously

30 minutes later and leaving santa... still smiles

annnnnnd pooped out after her exciting day of meeting audrey and santa for the first time