Thursday, December 13, 2012

Getting Ready for Christmas

We put our tree up the weekend after Thanksgiving.  Jolie loves to look at it!




She went to visit Santa at the mall, but was not impressed.  She is very uncertain of strangers right now, even nice ones that bring presents. 


Jolie has a couple of Christmas outfits that I love, and I am making sure to get lots of wear out of them this month!  This is my favorite one, and it's even better because her little friend, Aubree, has it too!

Aren't they cute?? Hard to get a picture of, but very cute!

 
Most of the pictures we took looked like this.  The girls just couldn't keep their hands off each other!


We have our first of six family Christmas celebrations this weekend.  You'll be seeing lots of Christmas pictures from us!

Ten Months

Jolie turned ten months last week.  I cannot believe that we are approaching her first birthday!  It has been the fastest ten months of my life!


Jolie happened to be ten months on Mommy's birthday :)

Jolie definitely keeps us laughing right now!  She gets sillier everyday.  She loves to laugh and make others laugh!  She has enjoyed fake coughing/laughing for months, but has recently started using her fake laugh as a tool to get the attention of strangers.  Jolie will often "laugh" while we are in line to check out at the store or at a restaurant until someone around her makes eye contact with her...then she turns on the charm and flirts.  Jolie's new favorite things to say are "wassat?" (what's that/) and "whosat?" (who's that?)  She points at things and people and says "Wassat? Wassat?" over and over.  She especially loves pictures and we can't go down the hall without looking and pointing at the pictures and asking who they all are.  Jolie also says "uh uh" (uh oh) while dropping her cup or toys.  This has become one of her favorite mealtime games. 

She is still a great eater and is eating mostly finger foods.  She loves most fruit, especially bananas, blueberries, and pears.  Her favorite food is vanilla wafers!  When we get the box out of the cabinet she starts dancing in her chair and squealing with excitement.  It's pretty cute! 


Jolie crawls everywhere and is getting very fast.  She loves to be chased and giggles as she hurries away from us.  She gets into EVERYTHING and loves to try to go places she is not allowed.  She wants to get in the bathroom so badly and gets mad when we shut the door and spoil her fun.  She pulls up on all our furniture and can cruise along the edge of the couch or her crib. 

Cole and I are so excited about her first Christmas!