6 months old!

It is not so easy to get a picture of Kinsley and her bear anymore...

Instead of just sitting there...

She likes to eat it!!!

This is the best I could do!

Merry Christmas!

Brady and her nieces

Cookies and Milk for Santa (Carrots for his Reindeer too!)

Ella and Kinsley on Christmas Eve

Patiently waiting to open gifts

Ella's own "laptop"

Brady helping Kinsley open her Vermont Moose

We had such a wonderful Christmas!  The snow we got the weekend before Christmas stayed around to give us the first white Christmas in Virginia I have ever experienced!  Brady and Dave were able to make it home for a week and Ella really got into Christmas this year...she even sat on Santa's lap...twice!!!  Kinsley really liked all the lights, but unfortunately she was sick on Christmas Day and really not herself.  We spent a lot of time with family and friends...and that is what made it all so special!

Snow Fun!!!

Day 1 in the snow!

Kinsley's 2 minutes out in the cold

Sam, Ella, and Eli having tons of fun in the snow!

Sled Ride with Eli

Rolling Down the Hill

Making Snow Angels

It is very unusual for us to get snow in December, especially the 8-10 inches that we got this weekend!  In fact, I don't ever remember getting any substantial snowfall before Christmas.  Ella has been out playing in it for the last two days.  Kinsley went out for a couple minutes with mommy on Saturday to take a couple of pictures of Ella and daddy, but she wasn't fond of the cold wind!

5 Months Old

Well, another month has passed and Kinsley is now 5 months old.  She is eating cereal and baby food like a champ and almost sitting up on her own (I don't think she is ever going to roll over though!).

It's beginning to look a bit like Christmas....

Four Months Old!

Cereal Face

 Kinsley loves her exersaucer!

Posing for her 4 month picture!

It is hard to believe, but another month has flown by!  Kinsley is trying really hard to sit up.  She does not like laying back in a bouncy seat, highchair, or car seat...she is always trying to sit instead.  She seems to be very close to rolling over too but hasn't quite figured it out yet.  She had her first ceral and seems to like it.  She doesn't like to wait between spoonfuls though...she is a bit impatient.  She is still a very happy baby and really only cries when she is hungry or overtired. 

Busy...

Life has been very busy lately....I guess that is not going to change for a number of years....

Ella had a great Halloween.  She loved all the activities that lead up to it too.  We went to Trunk or Treat at a friend's church, carved pumpkins, went to a Halloween party, she had a party at school, and of course we went trick or treating on Halloween night!  She was the most beautiful witch I have ever seen and Kinsley was the cutest cow ever!

Kinsley was baptized last weekend.  She did great during the service and we had a wonderful celebration afterwards at our house.  We had a lot of friends and family around us to help us celebrate the blessed occassion!