Santa Claus

In case you haven't noticed.... I LOVE PICTURES!!! So, we took Alyssa to have her pictures made with Santa for her first Christmas. We did these at Parkkonen Photography in Taylors. Again, I narrowed it down to my favorite picks.

6 month photo shoot

We had her pictures made when she was 6 months. Here are some of my favorites. (And we took over 200, so yes, I did only put my favorites!) We had these done at Sight & Sound in Union, Amanda Ferguson always does such a good job accommodating to our individual needs, likes, and personalities.

PICTURES

Here are the pictures as promised!

My pretty 4 month old!

First trip to the mountains

getting our ears pierced at 4 months


She did soooo good!



my 5 month old



too cool for school






our first Halloween





green beans are good!


our first Christmas

Hello Stranger

Wow, has it really been that long? I guess you can say working full time at the hospital and as a mommy really take up a lot of my time!! Just ask my husband, poor thing hasn't had a home cooked meal in MONTHS!! I just don't have the time. There's always laundry waiting to be done, dishes stacked in the sink, and toys all over the place. I'm up at 5:00 to get me and Alyssa ready, don't get off work till 6:00, come home, feed me, feed Aly, take my shower, give Aly her bath, then it's just about our bedtime! Whew! I'm exhausted just thinking about it.

Well, let's catch up shall we?

Alyssa is now 7 months old. She is sitting by herself, rolling over by herself, and scooting (backwards). She has her first tooth, she's eating baby food, and she's just growing up way too fast! She will be getting tubes in her ears on Jan. 11 because we've had 5 ear infections and 2 busted ear drums. No fun!! Her Daddy and I also went on a cruise in December for our 3 year anniversary and left Alyssa with her grandparents. My first time away and it was to another country!! That one was rough but we all survived!

I'll try to post some pictures later. Right now, I have to go fold towels.

Only one more week till I start back to work. Where did the time GO????? It feels like she was just born last week! Time is flying by, and I know it's only going to get worse the older she gets. I wish I could bottle her up and keep her this small forever!

Beach

We took our first beach trip! It was definitely a different experience for me and Keith. We were so used to waking up, spending all day on the beach, then doing whatever we felt like at the moment in the evenings (out to eat, putt putt, arcade, driving around, etc). You can't exactly do that with a baby! We had to plan our times out for when someone else could watch Aly. Mama and Daddy both were a huge help with this, but we still were not used to planning. Also, I started getting headaches again. I had gone two whole weeks without a single headache and got one on the way down to the beach. I was miserable!! So we spent our week trying to plan around Aly and my headaches.... but we did have fun, just learning to do things as parents and not just a couple. I can't wait till Aly is big enough to actually enjoy it: playing in the sand, getting in the pool, I wanna see how she reacts to the ocean! Soon!!