With the new year now upon us, I wanted to share a few fun moments from the end of 2008.
Clara's crib activities now include sitting...
...and standing.
Clara's crib activities now include sitting...
...and standing.
Her preferred eating technique is now the four-fingered stuff.
She prefers a full-sized glass to a sippy cup, with mixed results.
"Hey Mom, I did it all by myself!"
Practicing walking (with a hand-hold) is a favorite. Pants optional.
After Thanksgiving we traveled to Exeter to mourn the loss of my Aunt Janet, an exceedingly kind, gentle and thoughtful woman.
While there, we were warmly welcomed into the home of my dear old friend Adam and his family. Here he is with his daughter Melea, who is a very good role model for "Baby Clara."
We also had great visits with Great-Gramps...
...and Papa. Clara had a great time at Papa's ranch, and probably thought she was at the zoo, with so many animals to watch.
She thought the cows were a little noisy,
but was a BIG fan of the horses.
It was a very special day.
Back in San Diego, we had some great visits from old UPS pals. Brian and Kate were staying in town for over a month, which made for lots of good meals together, and Nick joined us for the spectacle that is December nights.
Clara was glad to meet Susan
and Alex.
And then there was the Christmas tree.
Clara's relationship with this stately symbol of Christmas spirit began as one of hushed amazement and quiet admiration.
Soon, however, most of our visits to the 7-foot tower of bright lights and irresistibly baby-sized toys began to look something like:
We also celebrated San Diego-style at the Wild Animal Park's Festival of Lights. For the uninitiated, this involves strolling around the park after-hours to view Christmas light displays shaped like animals, and a blacklight puppet show, all of which were big hits.
All in all it was a pretty busy December, which left one little monkey very tuckered out.
All in all it was a pretty busy December, which left one little monkey very tuckered out.
Stay tuned for more Christmas pictures from snowy Iowa, and New Year's pictures from our New Year's Eve extravaganza (I'll give you a hint: it involved London's fireworks on Youtube at 7pm...)
If you've made it through this whole rambling post... Happy New Year!! Peace, joy and love to you, and I hope we'll all be together soon.
5 comments:
Such a cute sleepy monkey! I love the grabby hands towards the tree - perfect. : )
So sweet! Carter sleeps up on his knees like that too and it just cracks me up! Glad you guys enjoyed your holidays! Our new years eve was wild as well...ahhhh the life with a baby.
My favorite picture was the four-fingered stuff. Haha. Happy New Year!
i made it. And out fireworks extravaganza in florida was also at 7:30 pm. Bedtime for most citizens after that I guess!
These are all super cute. I only have one question: Down coats in San Diego? Really? What are you going to do when you have to move somewhere that is actually cold? Just jokin'!
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