Family & Friends

I am finally getting to our Christmas vacation pictures :) It took us about 5 days to drive to my parents but we stopped to see family and an old friend of mine along the way. Ada got to finally meet her second cousin Elianna while we stayed in Sacramento. Elianna is such a beautiful, happy girl and it was so nice to spend a day with her and my cousins.

We then stopped in Fresno to visit an old friend of mine, Wendy, and meet her two adorable boys for the first time. It was good to see her again, although it was a very short visit.

Ada’s 1st Birthday Party

On Saturday we celebrated Ada’s first birthday with close to 40 friends (& Grandma Cindy) and it was great! Lots of babies, kids, and adults moving about in our house. Ada seemed to have a pretty good time even though she wasn’t feeling 100%. Thanks to everyone who came out and wished her a happy birthday!

I also had a little too much fun decorating & baking for her girly theme :)

Now that the party is over, I will be spending some time catching up from our 3 week Christmas vacation to California & Arizona.

Some (but not all) of the cute babies there.

Top row: Noah, Abby, Khloe. Bottom row:  Aria, Linnea & Audrey

Happy 1st Birthday!

Our little Ada turned a year old today. It’s hard to believe she changed from a tiny 8lb immobile infant to a walking, talking little person in only 12 months. God has truly blessed us with a beautiful, joyful, and fun loving little girl! Here’s to many more wonderful years sweet pea!

Her gift from us was Gyffy the giraffe, an inflatable bouncing animal which she will get more use from when she is older :)

46 & 47 Weeks

46 weeks: Grandma Cindy brought Bryden up with her to babysit Ada for our Logos Christmas party. Ada and Bryden had a lot of fun, especially with the hats Grandma bought them.

47 weeks: I decided to let Ada play with the ornaments for a few minutes (I had the tree blocked off with our couch).  She loved the bells and stuffed animals the best.

11 Months

Ada is getting closer to walking every day. She can stand and will even take a step towards something until she realizes she is not holding on.

She is also such a little ham when we go shopping. Ada (usually) loves to smile, wave and scream with delight at people. She is very entertaining :)

Santa Baby

Our friend’s Dad was playing Santa in a nearby town so we thought it would be fun to get some pictures with Ada and her friend Noah. Poor baby, Ada did not like Santa very much. Noah did fine since he knew it was his Grandpa.

Ada was rather funny. She would cry, stop crying to look back at Santa as if to see if he were still there, see him and then proceed to cry some more. She did this a few times repeatedly.

I guess we needed the classic crying baby on Santa’s lap picture :)

Christmas Tree

We have a tradition every year of picking out trees with our friends who live right across the street.  Marla, Breanna and Dylan always make for a fun adventure as we get matching trees, though we get a shorter one and they get a taller one. This year we went with a bluish tinted Noble Fir, they both are very pretty :)

I am a little sad this was our last year with the Explorer, but we love our new Pilot!

42, 43, 44 & 45 Weeks

42 weeks: In Seattle for her Uncle Keith & Auntie Samantha’s wedding. She loved sharing in their special weekend.

43 weeks: The bear snow suit was getting a little snug, so I needed a picture before it was too late.

44 weeks: Spent Thanksgiving with our friends the Bensens. Ada had started to wave (& want things) by reaching and moving all her fingers at once.

45 weeks: Ada loves to browse through magazines and catalogs :)