More Christmas pics...

Bath time with Mama
Twas the night before Christmas with Daddy on Christmas Eve

Wearing hats with Daddy
My sleeping angel

First Haircut

6 month check up and shots

Yesterday, Lia had her 6 month check up with Dr. Taylor. She is 25 3/4 inches long and weighs 14 lbs 5.6 oz. She had to get her next round of vaccinations plus a flu shot, so 4 shots and one oral vaccine. She did really good and was able to calm down pretty quickly after it was over. She fell fast asleep on the ride home. She was worn out!
Here are some things Lia is doing at 6 months:

-Having 4 bottles per day, averaging about 22 oz. of formula per day
-Eating rice cereal and fruit for breakfast
-Eating veggies for dinner
-She dislikes carrots and green beans, she prefers squash and peas. She also likes bananas and applesauce.
-She used a sippy cup for the first time this week and did good drinking a couple oz of "juice" which is mostly just water with a splash of apple juice in it
-She sits up all by herself now!
-She loves to play in her exersaucer. She likes to bang things and plays more with toys that make some kind of noise.
-She loves her Baby Neptune dvd and laughs every time the turtle puppet comes on the screen.
-She learned some new sounds and tries to blow bubbles with her tongue.
-She doesn't mind tummy time now. She has started to try to put her legs underneath her like you would in the crawling position, so I guess that will happen soon.
-She is drooling like CRAZY! Dr. Taylor said to expect her first tooth pretty soon.
-She goes to swimming lessons once a week and likes the water.
-She goes to bed at 7:00 pm and sleeps until about 6:30 am.
-She takes 2 or 3 naps a day, either 2 long naps (1 1/2 - 2 1/2 hrs) or 3 shorter naps (45 min to an hr)
-She gets really excited when Daddy gets home from work and gives him her biggest smiles!
-She still loves Miller and Gus. She likes it when Miller licks her, and she put Gus' tail in mouth the other day (yuck!)

Lia never fails to amaze us every day, and we are continually grateful for the gift God has given us in such a beautiful, happy, and loving daughter!

Miller...

hanging out behind the drapes. lol!!!

More swim class pics...

Swimming lessons!

Today was our first day of swimming lessons. We will go every Wednesday at 4:00 from now until June, so 21 classes. The class is me and Lia and Keri and Sage and is taught by Miss Anna. Both kids seemed to enjoy their first class, and I think as they get older it will be great that they are comfortable in the water and know the basic skills, especially since we both have pools at home. You can never be too careful!! Today we learned how to kick kick kick on our backs and tummies, hold on to the side, get from the water up onto the mat and back into the water, and how to get back up on the stairs if we fall in. Here is a short video from the class:

Happy New Year!! Cabo 2010

The plane ride down

Landing in Cabo

Keri got matching shirts for the kids, adorable!
All ready to go swimming!
First time in the pool
Hurry up with breakfast so I can go play outside with the boys!
Watching Baby Neptune with Sage
Getting a hug from sweet Colt
Fun in the bath
Playing on the bed, our last morning in Cabo
The trip home
It was an amazing trip and we had the best time ever! Thanks again Ryan and Keri for inviting us to go. I know it will be a vacation we never forget!!!