a closer look at 2010

so my mama and i have been sitting around today in our slippers and drinking coffee contemplating our past year....

it has been a pretty big year for me... i mean i was born... so let's start with that....

it was a pretty big event...

this is my first picture ever...

September is the month to be born in. i was born two days after my daddy's birthday and i look forward to celebrating with him each year. a whopping 9 lbs. and 13oz. and 23in long! -my parents love

 every ounce and inch of me :)

my first little friend -my cousin Levi... we are two days apart

ok let's see... this is my first halloween.

i'm dressed as a ballerina and my first "trick-or-treating" was to my Nanna and Papa's house. :) i'm told i was supposed to get some candy and i never saw it! Dad! Excuse me did YOU have to wear a tutu!?

this is my family and my first pumpkin carved by my daddy...

this is my very first bathtime...

 i was kinda freaked out at first but now that i know what happens i think bathtime is AWESOME!

Warm, splashy water? i mean doesn't get any better than this...

This was my favorite hobby this last year... snoozin' :)

my first swimming experience....um yeah not like a bath....too cold for me...

my parents couldn't get over how adorable i looked in this little swimsuit that used to be my mama's.

was she really as tiny as i am now? and will i be all grown up like her one day?

and of course my first christmas :)

i am also told that i went to my first concert ever that my mama played music in...

 i don't remember this....

                                                                        i must have fallen asleep...

so there you have it...my first year. 2010. my list of achievements would include:

-smiling

-giggling

-holding my head up

-cooing

-sleeping all night (sometimes)

and my goals for 2011:

-GAIN weight

-grow some hair

-roll over

-say my first word

-potty trained (whatever that means- mama added this one)

                                                                        AND...............discover the big world beyond my treehouse

my first christmas.

my. FIRST. christmas!

i don't really understand what this christmas thing is all about but it seems to be very important.  all i know is that i felt great amounts of love and joy.  i know that my parents will tell me more about it as i get older because it has to be more than just a feeling and more than the gifts and sparkles... something about a baby.(ok. i know about babies. i mean i kinda am one.)

a very special baby and a very special gift...

my very first christmas surrounded me with all the people that love me. i'm coming to find out that i love them very much too. in all their craziness. 

apparently we spend christmas eve with my mama's family.

after a very special meal that always includes my nanna's delicious tortellini soup(don't really know how delicious it really is yet...but i'm told it is quite good)

 my family adorns hats and coats to drive to the christmas eve service.



Nanna and I- this is my special christmas dress.



this is my mama's most treasured part of christmas.

 a small quiet group singing "silent night, holy night" behind the glow of candles.

 the true meaning of christmas.

 the celebration of the birth of God's only son-who came to earth to endure pain and temptation...all for us.

we then headed back to my nanna and papa's house to open gifts and spend time laughing and enjoying each other's company. 





i didn't get this joke- but it was very funny to everyone else

 

christmas morning back home in our "treehouse" apartment.

we then spent christmas day at gramma and grandpa's house.

Grandpa and i

Gramma and i

 my crazy cousins. :)



my fellow baldie... :)



Merry Christmas!

the beginning.

life is happening fast.

 my very firsts are happening and will soon be gone...

i am starting this blog so that my friends and family can experience these moments with me and rejoice in the fact that God has given me life and love and the ability to enjoy Him from this moment forward...

so this is how my story begins...

first there was this girl...

                                                                                                                           ...and she met this guy...

....AND they fell in love. sigh. :)

...and then they got married...

               ...now two and a half years later i come into the picture...

they stinkin love me more than i even know right now...

my little world grows so much each day and i am using all my senses to discover the many wonderful things it holds... so three months of life behind me already... whew it has been quite a journey... what can possibly be in store for me? i can only wonder...