Who needs Ruldolph?

Vixen and Cupid ;)

Thanksgiving

Last weekend my family came to visit (we missed you, Bethany and Grampaw & Grammaw H!) and we had an early Thanksgiving. I have so much to be thankful for this year: my entire awesome family, my amazing boyfriend and his wonderful family, my fabulous friends, and of course our beautiful, healthy baby girl! We had a great time and I'm already looking forward to seeing everyone next time! Here are some pictures from the weekend:

Brayden: "Why, hello! Have you come to take my picture?"
Lilie: "Quick! Hide your face and she'll go away."

Brayden: "What did you say?"
Lilie: "I said to put your head down and she'll stop with the camera. Trust me, I know what I'm doing."

Brayden: "Hide this face?! Are you crazy?---Cheese!"
Lilie: *Sigh* "Boys! They never listen."

Aunt Dina & Cousin Reese

Aunt Mar-Mar & Liliana

Uncle Aaron & Brayden

Brianna & Reese

Reese just got done hugging Brayden

Lilie contemplating how to free the hedgehog from the bubble

Happy girlThis is one of my favorites. They both have such guilty faces, I wonder what they were up to...

Sitting pretty

So much to report, so little time! Lilie has officially started laughing and "talking". Her laugh is, of course, the most amazing sound I've ever heard. I do have a little video of her talking that I'm hoping to be able to post soon (I just have to figure out how...) and I'm trying to capture some of that precious laughter for you. Her talking consists mostly of shrieks and coo's but the funniest thing is the faces she makes when she's having a conversation with you or one of her stuffed animals. It's like Jason said, "She thinks it doesn't matter what's coming out of her mouth as long as she's moving her mouth like yours."

She has also started rolling over, the little firecracker. She has been rolling from tummy to back for awhile now but just last week she made her first back-to-tummy roll! I hope she doesn't get mobile too fast on us...I'm just not ready for a crawler yet. As you'll see below, she's also sitting up enough on her own to be able to sit in her Bumbo. Daddy and I are thinking of graduating her to an Exersaucer soon; that's sure to be really exciting! I think she's going to love jumping up and down.

Bath time has also become one of her favorites. She L-O-V-E-S to kick and splash in the water. I think Mommy and Daddy get nearly as wet as she does.

Sorry it's been taking me awhile to update the blog, things have just been pretty busy. Here are some pictures of the princess and I'm promising video soon. Love to all!

Race car driver

Such a big girl

"Rock-On!"

*What* are you doing, Mommy?

More post-bath shots