A New Trick

Hello all! Skylar is certainly changing all the time now. She has more teeth coming in now, and her talking is non-stop! Of course we have no idea what she's saying, but she certainly likes to tell us what's on her mind. She has really started to try and mimic what Kristin and I are saying and doing. She now will wave her hand and say bye-bye if we say it to her. She loves to raise both hands above her head when we ask her how big she is. Peek-a-boo has become a true passion in her life using any materials available to her at the time. Still no interest at all in crawling, which probably comes from watching her dad's favorite past-time of sitting in the recliner. Besides peek-a-boo, below is a video of her second favorite thing to do right now. One day she just started doing this on her own and Kristin caught it on tape.

Skylar also really likes to sit with Kristin and read books before bed. She gets very cuddly right around bed time when she's getting tired, and often sits in one of our laps and looks at a book. Although Goodnight Moon is quite a page-turner, we look forward to expanding her literary influences in the future.

All Smiles

Skylar has been a very happy girl lately. Lots of smiles and giggles and lots of fun. She's getting better at eating her 3rd foods now, less gag reflexes involved, but still no crawling! Some new things she's doing are growling, yes, growling like a lion (she sounds possessed), closing her eyes at you and making quite the strange face, which we think is for comic relief, giving hugs and kisses (with an open mouth) and peek-a-boo with a blanket. She definitely is starting to love attention and we think she's got her dad's need to try and be funny and make people laugh. Try is the key word!

New Moms

During the holidays I was able to get together with two of my best friends from high school who have recently had kids . It was fun to be able to see each other as moms now. No more running around just us girls!

Above: Dan and I with Skylar, Sarah and Steve Erickson with Evelyn (4mo.) and Sarah and Brandon Batzler with Emmanuel (19 mo) and newborn Christian (3wks).

Skylar's not so sure about this playdate.

Candids

Skylar showing off her big pink bow that she's had for awhile, but would not stay in her hair. It was so cute when she saw herself in the mirror she looked up at me with a big smile on her face.

Poor Skylar was so worn out over Christmas that she couldn't even stay awake to be burped before bed. This is how she fell asleep in Dan's arms after her bottle.

Christmas at Gigi's aka Great-Grandma Welborn-Zent

We actually were all able to get together with my family for one afternoon at my Grandma's house on the farm in IN. My brother and his family, Dan and I and my parents (who are never pictured) with my Grandma. It's impossible to get a picture with everyone looking, but it turned out not so bad.

Since Skylar is scared of men now, she would only go to the women. Here's Skylar with Aunt Amy and the only cousin younger than her, Lucy who is 6mo. As you can see, Skylar was not in the best mood that day. I think the holidays wore her out.

Great-Grandma reading to Skylar.

Christmas Morning