French Family Christmas

After our excitement at home, we headed over to Grandpa and Grandma's house! We spent all day there (and night too!). We read the birth of Jesus, opened presents, ate yummy food, played games, watched movies...it was a great day! Here's some of the highlights:

Kerrington with her grandpa (she loves him, especially when he's got ICE CREAM!)

Mom and I opening gifts from Vince, look at our little on-looker!

Kerrington got a jewelry box from her Uncle Vince...guess that means she needs some jewelry!

She's a good present opener....can't wait to see how she does on her first birthday!

Gettin kisses from her Uncle Aaron!

Mmmmm....tasty mashed potatoes!

Waiting on breakfast the next morning!

Tired babe.

Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! This time of year is such a fantastic time with family, friends, and remembrance of the birth of our Savior! What a better time to be thankful for all the things God has given us this past year, especially our most precious gift in Kerrington. Oh, I love that little girl...

Ours isn't quite over, we're heading to Indiana tomorrow for a week full of fun with Drew's family!

First Christmas

What a great Christmas morning we had with Kerrington! She did such a great job and had so much fun opening presents! This was her first Christmas (outside my belly) and I think she wasn't sure what to do with herself!


She got to open gifts from mommy and daddy...

And get some presents from her stocking....

See her presents from Santa...

After we told that these were from Santa...

And got to play with her newest toy! Can't believe this little girl is able to stand...next thing you know, she'll be walking!

After she got done opening her gifts, she quickly got tired and took a nap! Drew and I finished up our gifts, got ready, and headed over to Grandma and Grandpa's house for the French Family Christmas.... (that needs it's very own post!)

Tomorrow (Sunday) we're traveling to Indiana for Gigi and Papaw's Christmas! We're excited!

Happy 9 Months Kerrington!

Today we had Kerrington's 9 month check up! She got a perfectly clean bill of health and we couldn't be happier! She's just a joy in our lives and we of course couldn't imagine things without her now! We're so excited to celebrate this Christmas as a family of four (including Ollie, of course).

Here's what our girl is up to lately:

• She weighs 19lbs 9oz, 75th percentile for weight...we weren't surprised to hear that one!
• She is 27.5 inches long, 50th percentile for height
• Her head circumference in 44 inches, 50th percentile
• She is in 9-12 month clothing
• She is wearing size 3 or 4 diapers
• She is eating EVERYTHING in site. Table food is her preference now...she hasn't turned down anything we've given her!
• She is still breastfeeding! I'm so thankful for this, I hope to go til she is 1.
• She's saying 'momma', and 'dada', and some 'bbbaaabbaa's here and there, but pretty sure that doesn't mean anything. Any other thing that comes out of her mouth is a yell...our child doesn't 'talk' :)
• She has officially five teeth as of today. Her middle left, top tooth broke through on her 9 month birthday yesterday!
• She's still commando crawling! Every once in awhile she will get up on her hands and knees and rock back and forth, but no movement.
• She loves to stand now. She will stand on the side of the couch for as long as she can, she's just starting to move her little feet around.
• She loves Ollie! They're slowly becoming best friends. When she first started coming toward him, he'd bolt. Now, he just lays there and lets her crawl all over him. I see a great friendship starting!

Well, as you can see our angel is just moving right a long! In no time I'll be writing on her about her 1 year birthday...time sure does fly! We've got a busy month or so coming up. The Holidays, a trip home to Indiana, and... we're moving! Just about 5 mins away, but to a big house! God is good....that's all I can say.

We're thankful for Kerrington each and every day. She's such a blessing. God just continues to show us His goodness and faithfulness...

Look what she found...

This girl can sure get around now. Yesterday I was in her room, and she was crawling around. I heard her go into the guest bath, and knew exactly what she was going for. Ollie's bowls. She found them recently. I decided to let her go at it and she sure did! She eventually found the water, began splashing, and then lifted the bowl out of the holder (all under my supervision).
If you can't tell... she is soaked!

Mom...why did you make me stop! I was having fun!

Love this little stinker!

The Christmas Parade

Last weekend my parents and I took Kerrington to a Christmas parade. I think it was the longest parade that I've ever been to. We had fun watching all the fire trucks, and marching bands, and animals go by. It was a little chilly down here, so we had to keep Kerrington bundled. Afterward they had had a gathering in the town hall area and had snow blowing!

It's amazing to think that that's all the snow we'll probably get this year! What a difference from years past!

A visit to Santa

This past weekend we took Kerrington downtown to see Santa! I was especially excited to snap a few photos of her first glimpse of old St. Nick!


She did pretty well! When we first put her down she looked at him...


Looked at us...

The started to get a little whimper :) She never broke out into a full cry, but once she figured out she was on someone elses lap (Santa Claus or not) she wanted off! She told him everything she wanted for Christmas...I think it included lots of boxes, and wrapping paper!