Merry Christmas, everyone!
Our beautiful family had a wonderfully cozy Christmas morning together. Tay woke up around 4am, but we coaxed her back to sleep for a while and finally woke up with her around 6am. We lazed around in the bed with her and took some funny pictures...:)
She was only pretending to sleep here in this photo...
She was up and playful only seconds later...
Jeff's the one who had a hard time waking up. Tay was so ready to get to the presents...:)
We started the morning by taking a family photo by the tree and then we proceeded to open the presents. Tay enjoyed helping tear the wrapping paper off, but didn't have much interest in the presents themselves...at least not for any length of time.
I made some "breakfast grains" with blueberries (off of weelicious.com) for Jeff and me, and Tay just had some frozen blueberries to chew on in her mesh teether (which stained her little chin blue...).
Jeff also made his fabulous cheesecake today and I made some chocolate chocolate chunk cookies. Very chocolatey...
Tay's getting so good at pulling up and standing without holding on to anything. Her balance gets better every day. I'm worried that she might start walking very soon...early walkers tend to fall much more, so I want to avoid that as much as possible...that precious little head of hers...I don't want her to bang it up any more than absolutely necessary. She's also gotten quite efficient at crawling. She can make her way around the house with no problem.
She also has started pointing at things she wants and trying to call out for it...mostly just ooo's and mmm's, but it's so adorable when I'm feeding her lunch and she points at her sippy cup and goes "ooo, ooo" because she wants a sip of water. :) I love her so much! It's amazing how quickly she is developing and growing...it seems like just yesterday when she could only lie there and coo. I LOVE how interactive she is, and Jeff's really getting a kick out of the fact that every morning when she wakes up, she points and him and goes "ba-ba" or "da-da" and flashes her beautiful two-tooth grin at him...:)
Every day is more and more exciting and I only wish I could spend every moment with her so as not to miss a thing...
Merry Christmas! Hope your holidays are filled with joy and love!
Love,
Rosa, Jeff, and Shingil
