Caroline Has Her First Tooth

Caroline's first tooth broke through on Thursday the 27th of December. What a milestone! It is her bottom front tooth on the right side - the other one will be coming through any day. It looks so cute - it is still just a little showing through but it will grow in. Once it is showing more I will take a picture and post.

She continues to grow and develop every day. She is sitting up so well, picking things up and putting them in her mouth - the little puffs that are made for babies to eat. It is so cute when she gets one in her fingers and puts it in her mouth. I also bought her first training sippy cup and she is doing well with that. No crawling yet but I'm sure that is coming soon. Each day is a new and joyous day.

This has been the best holiday season - I can't imagine my life without her. She is so amazing and brings me so much love and joy.

I HAD A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS - 1ST CHRISTMAS

Look at my BIG present
Caroline, Grandpa, Grandma Kathy & cousin Kylie

Santa, mommy, and Caroline

A little scared of Santa

My new pink ball

My new hat

Glendale Glitters - XMas lights

Glenadale Glitters with mommy & the Topeka Girls - Kelleen & Kyndra

Caroline had a very merry first Christmas. Everyone came to our house on Christmas Eve for dinner and gifts. We had a surprising visit from Santa Claus. Caroline was not so sure about that unless mommy was close by.

Christmas morning came early and Grandma, Aunt Amy, and Uncle Brian were here to celebrate. Caroline opened her gifts on Christmas morning. She got lots of neat toys and cute clothes. She got a Radio Flyer wagon from Grandma and Aunt Amy - she can't wait to use that when it warms up.

We went to Grandpa's on Christmas Day for our traditional dinner of Swedish meatballs, potatoes, lefse, etc - it was yummy. Caroline ate lots of potatoes and creamed corn - she loved it.

Here are some pictures from our first Christmas.

What a gift she is!

She is getting so big!

Happy Girl
Sitting Pretty

So big!

Oops, falling over

Sitting with my blocks

Look at me sitting by myself

Just went to the doctor this morning and Caroline is 17 1/4 pounds and 29 1/4 inches long. That is a lot of growth since October 1st (Gotcha Day). I now completly understand why people keep having babies, they grow so fast. Don't worry, I'm not ready for another one yet.......

She is also sitting up - she has been doing it with support for about a week but now she can do it all on her own. Here are some pictures. She can sit for a pretty long time but eventually she will fall over. She also wants to stand - of course with support but her legs are getting so strong.

I can't believe how much I love this child. Each day I love her more. She is so amazing and keeps me laughing and smiling all day long. I can't wait to play with her at the end of each work day - I miss her so much during the day.

We are getting ready for Christmas. She has been such a good girl so Santa will certainly be stopping at our house. My girlfriend Kyndra will be in town this weekend from Denver to meet Caroline so we are going to go to the mall to get her picture taken with Santa. I also had a photographer over this past weekend for Christmas pics (some posted).

Enjoy the new pictures.

xoxo,

Gretch