Christmas 2010

Our first Christmas as a family.

Dad holds the tiny elf.

Grandma Shirley takes a turn.

It's always a good time at The Ranch. You never know what to expect.

Twin lambs born Christmas Eve. Here they are just hours old.

And here's my sister's beautiful tree. Next year we're getting this branch-y kind (which I hear is an east coast thing).

Christmas day consisted of lots of snuggles in our pajamas.

And of course presents!

Now I'm ready to take professional looking pictures day or night.

Her Favorite Spot

Aunt E Visits

We had a great visit with Aunt E. First we visited the Christmas tree farm.

And with her help we even managed to get the tree up and decorated.

She held Isabelle a lot which helped me get some stuff done.

She even sang Christmas carols to her.

And being the seasoned parent that she is she could hold the baby and play with her new toy phone.

I think it's love.

Riding in the Car

Elisabeth drove us to my 6-week postpartum doctor's appointment and babysat Isabelle in the parking lot. Thanks again!

Sweet Dreams

She smiles and laughs but mostly in her sleep. For now anyway.

Dutch Baby

She's really using her eyes so much better these days. She loves it when Dad walks her around the house so she can look at everything. She especially likes to look at the CD case. Ha!

Here she is taking a nap in the kitchen. How cute is she with her booty up in the air?

On Saturday I wanted to cook breakfast, Frank was still sleeping and Isabelle wanted to be held so we improvised.

I made a Dutch Baby which I thought tasted like a thick crepe.

And on Sunday we dressed Isabelle in her little elf outfit and took our first trip to Grandma Shirley's house.

Day Out

Yesterday Isabelle had her one month check up. Since I'm still a little leery of going out alone with her my mom and Peggy offered to come along. After the doctor's appointment (which she passed with flying colors!) we...

...took her to her first restaurant. She slept in her car seat through most of it but then wanted mom to hold her. After lunch we did some Christmas shopping at the mall where she slept the entire time in her Baby Bjorn. She's such a good baby and we're having a lot of fun getting to know her. We've learned that she does not like to sleep on her back and would rather sleep on her tummy but where she'd like to sleep most of all is lying on someone's chest.

And everyone likes to sleep on Dad!