New Year... New Hat

Marlow sporting her new "Harper the Hoot Owl Hat"!  Get yours at Etsy! Thank you Alice!

iPhone catch up!

I have no idea how to catch up on all the fun in December, especially since I didn't pull out the camera much.  However, I did get some iPhone photos!

We spent lot of days walking to the park with Bella to enjoy the cool breeze.

 We went to check out some Little Gym classes in our area.

We took some Christmas photos

Put up the tree

and other fun decorations.

Marlow's Christmas

I'm back!  I think my early New Year's resolution was to spend less time on the computer, but as much as I loved more time having fun and enjoying every treasured moment I'm really missing sharing my Marlow updates.

She's only days away from 10 months.

She's now mastered clapping!  She claps to her favorite songs like Pat-a-Cake and especially to show when she likes a certain food.  I think it's her signal that she's happy.  She's a complete parrot and keeps trying her best to say water.  The girl can't get enough of her water.  She also loves to fake cough.  If someone nearby coughs she thinks they're playing with her and just has to join in.  Crawling is down and she's been taking giant steps with some assistance.

We had the best time getting ready for Christmas and pulling out all the decorations.  I think she's going to love Christmas just like her momma.  We spent lots of time with family and friends this month.  I can't believe how fast it's flown by. 

Christmas Eve with Grandma and Grandpa C

Christmas morning at our house

Christmas Day at my hubby's grandma.  There was quite a story on Christmas Day.  I had the most beautiful emerald green dress for her to wear that day.  As we left the house let's just say we had to turn around the car and wash the carseat before we could leave.  Marlow had to throw on what was packed in her diaper bag to make due.... but she didn't miss a thing!

Marlow update

I blink and boom our daughter is creeping up to 9 months. THREE months away from her first birthday.

Amazing.

My little sweetie continues to bring so much joy and excitement everyday. The most common reaction to Marlow is, "She's such a little lady." Which means she will refuse dresses as soon as she speak...or sooner. 

She's been exploring new foods like waffles, cheese, flax, kiwi... I'm beginning to run out of new things to try. Mostly, she just wants whatever is on our plates so that's pretty easy.

Still no crawling but the girl can roll, scoot, and stand. Yes stand. I think she may just skip crawling all together.

Her new "tricks" include rocking on her Tigger, recognizing her favorite songs and my absolute favorite.... staying clean while eating! Our playdate mommies find this her most impressive talent yet.
She also managed to sputter out the word book. So dada, mama and now book is her new vocabulary.

This is Marlow's first Christmas and although she loves new goodies I think she's going to go bananas over all the wrapping paper.

Speaking of Christmas... here are some photos we choosing from for our Christmas card.  Oh I love those little cheeks!!