This Christmas was a whirlwind! My brother, sis-in-law, & nephews were in town from CO. I took the week off & we had lots of fun hanging out. We also got to hang w/ the whole big blended family which was quite entertaining. We went to the World of Coke w/ Tommy/Nickie/boys on Wednesday - it was fun. Aislynn got to show the boys all the cool stuff since it was her 3rd trip there. In the tasting zone, there's a drink called "Beverly" from Italy. It's the most disgusting thing I've ever tasted (only once, and never again)... of all people, Kaden, my 4 yr old nephew, drank it - and liked it! It was funny to watch. Nickie describes it as tasting like "ear wax" :)
Christmas Eve the crew came to the church service (awesome) and then we all gathered @ my dad's for his famous pasta dinner with other friends from church. I swear all I did was eat (or "graze") the last week.
Christmas morning, we woke up, opened stockings and our presents. Aislynn was so cute - of course she wanted to put all the wrapping paper and tissue paper in her mouth! She loved all of her stuff though. I made creamed corn & then we went to my dads.
After the whole crew came over, we had a turkey dinner, ornament exchange, and then presents. There are 11 grandkids (from 8 months to 15 yrs old) not to mention the adults... everyone opened presents at the same time (paper was flying everywhere). After a long Christmas Day, I crraaasshed - I'm still not caught up on sleep or cleaning!!!
Saturday, all the "gals" went to Sips N Strokes for some fun, and fun it WAS! We painted angel pictures, had some food & wine...
Sunday, had lunch @ dad's w/ the whole crew again, then took a family picture (all 20+ of us) Except Michael. He totally got sick Sat eve, then was wiped out completely Sunday... I thought it was swine - but there was no fever. He's on the mend now, but has had a rough few days. Then, Aislynn got a fever & has been fussy the last few days. I think it's an ear infection creeping in (round 10 of teething) she's been teething for 5 months, no teeth - and probably 1 month to go. So she's been getting some antibiotics, and her fever went away this morning.
(can you tell where Michael is supposed to go?)
After being off this past week - I enjoyed my time with her so much - I miss her when I'm at work. Every week she does something new... the last couple weeks, she does this fake/funny laugh thing, it's like a forced "ha.... ha.... ha... ha..." with spaces in between.
OH, HOW COULD I FORGET? She also said "DADA" on Monday, 12/21. The next day, she was saying "dadada dadadadada dadada dada dada" aaalllll day! It's so funny to hear her talking different. THEN... on Saturday or Sunday, she said "Mama" and sometimes says "mama mamamama mama" She's also thrown a few "baba's" and "gaga's" in there. She defintely likes her "a" vowel and is experimenting with volume levels (whispering 'dada' and using her tongue a lot more to form words). She'll turn her tongue sideways to feel around in her mouth & kinda chew on it. She's SO CUTE! :)
Another thing she's doing more, when she's hungry for baby food - she closes her mouth real tight (like she's sucking in her lips) and goes "mmmmm mmmm mmmmm" in this chanting tone.
I need to start keeping better track of her new weekly tricks. Oh, the week before last it was the hand clasp thing where she just kinda opens & closes her hand real fast like she's grabbing air. We are teaching her sign language & it kinda looks like the sign for milk, but I know she's not signing back to us yet.
So - New Years is around the corner. I'm not ready to say goodbye to 2009! What a year....
Jan: our precious Rosie girl passed away - the saddest saddest day of my life!!!!
Feb: my first baby shower & 6 year anniv!
Mar: my 2nd baby shower & finished getting baby's room ready
April: 4/8 - best day of my life! My sweet girl arrives (lots of other April bdays, including my 31st!)
May: my first Mother's day - baby starts smiling
June: Trip to CO to visit family - they got to see Aislynn for the first time
July: Return to work :( :( :(
Aug: our 6 yr wedding anniv (Aislynn starts laughing) - baby gets dedicated
Sept: trip to Canada for Aislynn to meet Canadian family 1st time
Oct: Peter/Travis visit - trip to Tampa for Misty's wedding - baby says "mama" - Michael's bday
Nov: baby's first Thanksgiving
Dec: baby starts to crawl - Tommy & fam visit - baby's first Christmas & starts to say dada & mama all the time. - we say goodbye to our awesome pastor & family :(
I'll post more pics & video later...
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