Tuesday, January 10, 2012

one year old.

Wow! I can't believe our baby is one already. It seems like it was just yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital. I remember the first couple weeks and how hard they were as we were adjusting to having a newborn at home that had to be wrapped in a light blanket 24/7. She was like a little alien glowing blue.


What a joy she has been in our lives. Everybody told me that time would fly by and in the first 6 months that didn't prove to be so true. Since then time has flown. It is so fun to watch her grow and develop, to try new foods, take her first steps, and start trying to say new words. It is fun to celebrate each new milestone with her.


Here are some of the things she has been up to lately:

She loves her "dada" and talks about him all day. If I ask her to say mama she almost always says dada.

She loves to walk around and carry her toys or drink with her in at least one hand, if not both.

She signs "please" every second of the day because she is always wanting something. :)

She LOVES animals. Looking at pictures of them, making animal noises, reading stories about
them.

She can make sounds for a dog, lion, elephant, and sometimes cat, monkey and cow.

She really enjoys being outside and playing around the bench in our front yard.

Recently, she has started sitting still long enough to read books with us.

And just today she unlocked my iPhone for the first time [oh no!]

I love this little girl with her sweet smile and sassy attitude. I'm looking forward to what the next year brings and watching her grow even more.


Monday, January 9, 2012

Christmas

I know this post is super late but the last few weeks have been a bit hectic for us. The craziness started the week before Christmas when Jeff's family came out to California to celebrate Christmas with us and go to Disneyland. We had such a fun time with them while they were here and had a successful trip to Disneyland with an 11 month old, a 13 month old, 3 year old, 5 year old and 6 year old. They were amazing for our 13 hour day there.

Raegan and BG
BG and Caleb in the snow!
Laney and Kaelyn
Raegan and Daddy

After our time with the Braun side of the family we flew up to WA to be with the Hiller side. We had a wonderful time celebrating Raegan's first Christmas. We got to go to church on Christmas Eve and see lots of family we hadn't seen in a while. Here are some pictures from our time up there.


Raegan and my Grandpa love each other very much
Kendall and I with our 2nd cousins [who are like brother and sister to us] Taylor and Bailey. So fun to get together with our spouses for dinner.