Stairs

Carly was playing by the stairs the other night and so I turned her around and showed her how to go down them. Ever since she's obsessed with them and she can go up and down without any help.

It's Fun to Be 1!

I cannot believe little baby Carly is already one! The time has flown by. She's still really easy going, and has the sweetest little personality. She absolutely loves hot dogs, in fact besides mom and dad, hot dog was her first word. Just recently we've noticed that she misses Adrian when she's not around. Sometimes (more like most of the time), Adrian wants to stay at my mom's and keep playing instead of going home with Shawn and Carly. When we get home Carly squeals for Adrian's attention. She still only has the two bottom teeth, but I'm sure the others aren't far behind since she's constantly drooling and always has a runny nose. She stopped nursing a week ago and is doing really good with the sippy cups that Adrian uses.

We had a houseful over for cake and ice-cream. For some odd reason I attempted baking a cake the night before and it didn't exactly work out, so we settled for cheesecake instead. Carly had her own cake all to herself, and I was sure she would dive right in and gulp it down, but she just played in it and licked the frosting a little bit.

I had told Adrian she could help Carly open her presents. Adrian opened the first one and said "Oh cute! My new clothes!" Oops. She got spoiled with tons of cute little outfits to wear this spring.

January

I've never been a fan of January, the excitement of Christmas is long gone, but it's too cold and miserable outside to do much of anything. It's definitely a recipe for bored kids! Thankfully they've got a bunch of new toys to keep them somewhat entertained.

Adrian started going to primary and so far she loves it. At first she was a little confused because she thought she was going to nursery that day, but once she saw all the other kids she sat right down. Her teachers say she's an angel in class, but I'm not too sure about that. She's in this phase right now where she insists on wearing a "princess" dress everywhere. I'm trying to ween Carly from nursing now, and so far we're about halfway there. I never actually thought I'd make it a whole year, but she wouldn't take anything else so I guess I didn't have much say. I should probably be a little bit sad because it means she's growing up, but I can't wait. It's a little nerve wracking knowing you can't go anywhere or do anything without the little one in tow. She's stood up by herself a few times, but when she realizes she's not holding onto anything she sits right down. It's probably only a matter of time before she attempts her first step. She's our little climber, she's always into everything within reach and seems to have no fear. I can't imagine how much fun we'll have when she's running around!

Christmas 2009

Christmas was so much fun this year with the girls. It's funny how much different it is now from when we were younger. Instead of being excited to wake up in the morning and open presents from Santa Clause, you stay up all night getting everything ready being so excited to see the kids' reactions.

The holiday season is a bit hectic trying to make it to all of the family parties, but it's definitely worth it! The girls got to sit on Santa's lap twice this year, once with my side of the family and once with Shawn's. Adrian refuses to sit with Santa without one of us with her, but she was so excited to open up the surprise that he gave her both times. Carly was a little curious the first time and didn't cry at all, but the second time she had to have me sit with her.

Christmas Eve my great grandma has lunch at her house and then each family shares a talent, story, or a game with everyone. Before we leave we have our own little nativity scene. Adrian dressed up as an angel this year, but I forgot to get pictures of it.

We also started a new tradition this year with Shawn's family. We all met up at the cemetery to visit Garrett's new headstone, lit candles and shared memories.

My Grandma and Grandpa Wood do their gift exchange on Christmas Eve so we headed over to one last party for the night. Adrian got a Zhu Zhu Pet (a robot hamster). She just wanted to cuddle with it but unfortunately it has wheels at the bottom that make it move and it munched up her hair. We ended up giving her a quick haircut since it wouldn't come undone.

Christmas morning Adrian ran into our bedroom to wake us up. This year Santa brought her a play kitchen. She spent the rest of the day making everyone cookies. Carly got a toy to help her learn to walk on her own. We spent the rest of the day with our families.

Milestones

Carly's officially crawling : 9/13/09

Adrian makes it the whole week without wetting the bed: 10/15/09

Carly's cruising around the furniture: 11/1/09

Adrian's first real haircut: 11/9/09

Carly's first tooth: 11/18/09

Carly stands without support (for just a second): 12/2/09

Carly's second and third tooth: 12/6/09