New Tradition

So we didn't quite make it until Christmas morning. lol We decided that we are going to start our own family christmas tradition. We are going to let Alaina open one gift a night for the whole week leading to christmas morning and then christmas morning will still be her stocking and gifts from santa. So we started last night :?P Daddy and I opened one last night too :?) She's going to be the coolest kid in school being allowed to open a present every night lol. We just can't wait once we know they are all under the tree. Brandon and I decided to each buy presents for Alaina and both be surprised when we help her open them. So here are a few pics of our first night with our new tradition

Alaina wanted to eat the paper as soon as she pulled it off :)

Mommy got her a soft play phone with sound and Daddy got her Baby Einstein Learning Cards

Half a year old!

I can't believe my little baby is not a little baby anymore! She is a big baby on the go, rolling everywhere and getting her skills down for crawling. She now has 2 teeth too! She's going to keep me busy from now on that's for sure, I need another set of eyes. I was just telling Brandon the other day that I will be back to work tomorrow, at least that's what it feels like, time is going by so fast :?( Daddy has been teaching her things, the one day she decided to do as daddy and stick her tongue out and blow. She can do high five and we are working on waving bye bye.
Well Alaina had her 6 month Dr. appt today and she now weighs 12 lbs 15 oz and is just over 26" long. She had two more shots today too and I swear she is the toughest little girl ever~ she cried for litterally 2 seconds. She's still a bit small for her age so we go back in two months to check her growth pattern, she's happy so he just wants to see her progress. She has had 4 different veggies so far and carrots are her least favourite, (basically chokes on them, lol) and sweet potato seems to be number one. Now we are just eagerly awaiting christmas morning! Those of you that know us well it is very hard for us to wait, we already discussed having our christmas tonight lol. But I want Alaina to start of right so I'm doing my best to hold off lol

Happy Birthday Grandma Pat!!

We hope you have a great day!! We look forward to seeing you on Sunday!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ~ WE LOVE YOU LOTS AND LOTS! 'Hugs & Kisses'

Santa, Is that wheelly you?

I don't know if you guys have seen it or not, but Alaina loves the Leons commercial with the little girl talking to Santa. She always stops whatever she's doing and watches it. It's cute. So today we took her to the mall and had her first picture taken with Santa! She was perfect as usual :?) We couldn't decide so here's the two we got :?P We also took her to see the Dresden Santa Claus parade for the first time tonight, it was soo cold and the parade had big gaps so we only stuck around for half of it. She liked all the colours though, next year will be more fun with her.

Girl's Christmas

Well this was Alaina's first girl's christmas party with me. Every year the girl's from highschool get together and have a great time. Here's our group pic with all the new baby girls! Mataya DeCook was there too but unable to be in the pic. Hard to believe 6 years ago when we started our annual party we were all single and just starting to settle down, now almost all of us are married and have kids!

Alaina's First Christmas Pics

Well I must pat myself on the back, I am getting good at this photography thing! It only takes me 200 pics until I feel like a got a few good ones but hey. I end up with alot of good ones once I load them and edit some :?) She was a bit difficult this time taking them, she was rolling non stop! And with Daddy having his shoulder in a sling, I was pretty much on my own again. Good thing she's a good baby and has patience with me :?P Here are a few of my favourites. Enjoy!!