Tooth!

Leia hit a major milestone on Christmas and got her first tooth. It is still working it's way through the gums and though she won't let me feel around much I bet the second bottom tooth will arrive shortly. Once it has popped through completely I will pry open her jaw for a picture (documentation has a price). For now it is just a blurry pink bump. Hope your holidays were less painful than Leia's!

Pine Cones and Goats

Kate has come a long way this holiday season figuring out what the heck is going on. The neighbors put up a big Christmas light display including reindeer. Kate thought they were goats, she is well informed now. When we got our Christmas tree the tree people wrapped it in netting. Kate thought it looked like a pine cone and kept asking what we were doing with it.

You can see why she thought it was a pinecone.

On with the first ornament.

Helping dad with the lights.

Helping daddy with the up high ornaments.

Leia participating in the ornament fun.

Kate has also learned to sing Jingle Bells and part of Jingle Bell Rock. Her two advent calendars have been a BIG hit and nothing beats seeing Christmas lights every night. We went to a big Christmas light display a few nights ago and will be going to another one tomorrow night. Both kids love the warming glowing warming glow of the pretty lights =)

10 Months Old

Leia is soooo close to being 1 year old it is scary. She turned 10 Months a few days ago and has been having a great month. She is still a cuddly kid but she loves her independence. She has started climbing on everything and is toying with the stairs. When she is in a really goofy mood she makes the best scrunchy face. One of her favorite games is mimicking Kate. They do a lot of squealing and can get pretty loud. It's fun to watch Leia learn how to play and interact with Kate. I anticipate a lot more squealing (happy and mad!) in our future.

Holiday Treats

Kate helped me do a little baking this week. When the cookies were done she wanted to continue her work in the kitchen so I set her up with some ingredients and let her mix away. Her favorite part was adding sprinkles and them picking them out one by one to eat them.





To entertain herself while we cooked Leia did some rhythm work using all the boxes she could reach. She'll either grow up to be a drummer or a demolition expert. Either way she was quite pleased with herself.