Christmas

Santa came!

and so did Aunt Liz!!! We were so happy to see her! Lets make sure it isn't another 5 months until we see you again!

This year we had everyone over for breakfast

Margaret was in heaven! She LOVES this toy!! Her favorite thing to do this past week is to stand up! She has gotten so good at pulling up and standing on her own. Amazing how fast they learn.

She had more fun with the paper. She picked each piece out one by one.

One of her favorite things to do these days is to throw things over her shoulder!

The Alexanders stopped by and gave Margaret a matching sweater :)

After breakfast, we headed to Memo and Papa's. Margaret fell asleep in Uncle Dicks arms while Aunt Liz read to her :)

She took a long nap but woke up in time to play with lots and lots of paper!

Margaret had a great first Christmas and can not wait until next year.

After a busy day (and week with no sleep thanks to tooth 8), we all crawled into bed and fell fast asleep!

Christmas Eve

Heading to Margaret's first Christmas Eve church service at St Marks.

It was a fun service for little kids and one that we will do year after year, until she is old enough for the 5pm service. We met Courtney and Langston (we missed you Harper!), Carter, Cheryl, Memo, Papa, Dick and Megan. Margaret loved watching all the people, especially the little ones and participated in everything :)

At 6, we headed to Mimi's for dinner.

Margaret had more fun with Catherine and Richard.

We did a Chinese gift exchange and Margaret got to participate.

Off to bed so Santa can come ;)

We tried yogurt for the first time this past week. I was a lil nervous with her only being able to have soy formula but thank goodness she loved it and so did her body.

Getting excited for Santa :)

This is one of the reasons I fell in love with our house! Wish I had captured it when it was at it peaks but this year was by far the prettiest year.

Each year, Kirby and I do a gingerbread house.

Uncle John helped out so I could keep an eye not only on Margaret but on the candy. Kirby is famous for asking what each candy tastes like, even if he has tried it :)

This year was by far our best gingerbread house yet!

Memo found this dog for Margaret. It is so much fun. It sings and jumps!

They had a blast playing!

Cassidy Christmas Party

The Sunday before Christmas, we headed out to the beach for a party at the Robbins. Margaret loved playing with Isla.

Not sure she was ready for how talkative Margaret is :)

We are eagerly awaiting Santa's arrival. Even though Miss Margaret doesn't really know what is happening, we are super excited for her first Christmas. We have been waiting for this day for so long!

We are going to have the whole "Cassidy" family together this year. We haven't seen Aunt Liz since August 1 so it is going to be a wonderful weekend. She is not going to know what to think of Miss Margaret. She is crawling, walking with mommy's help, waving, talking, and smiles a lot to show her mouth full of teeth. We have been getting our 8th tooth in this week so we are off schedule. Up anywhere between 4 and 5, early and/or late morning nap, and sometimes an early and/or late afternoon, which means late to bed. I guess with it being Christmas this week it is working out staying up late but she has some BEYOND exhausted parents.

Wishing you and yours a wonderful holiday and thank you Lord for such amazing family and friends. Keep everyone safe as we are all traveling!

Off to get ready for my sweet nephew to come over. We are going to decorate our annual gingerbread house!

9 months!

I know I say this each month but where has the time gone? It seriously feels like yesterday I was posting she was 8 months old. I apologize for not being a very good blogger but between decorating for Christmas, having house guests, Christmas shopping, parties, and not to mention keeping up with a 9 month old, I haven't had a second to relax.

We went for her checkup yesterday and everything is great. Dr Kim couldn't get over how much personality she had. She smiled, talked, shared her paci and showed her a mouth full of teeth. We now have 6 teeth with a 7th popping through!! Ugh!!!

She weighed 16lbs 8oz and is 27.5 inches

We are having so much fun. Margaret loves to crawl, walk (with our help of course), wave, share her toys, play "Where is Margaret?" and "How big is Margaret?". She especially loves to talk! Mama, Dadda, Tucker (she has an interesting way of saying it but we know she is trying :)

Fun visit from the Joyners

Holly and I have grown up together since we were little. We went to elementary school, high school, college, traveled Europe and had girls 4 days apart. Unfortunately they live in Scottsdale so we do not get to see them very often but am so glad we had this fun visit.

Margaret was too excited and crashed while waiting for Miss Avery to get there.

They had more fun! I see many fun trips planned in the near future.

Santa was at TCC while they were here so we decided to go.

They were not real sure what to think

and quickly realized they would rather their mommy's hold them.

Bath time might be their most favorite time of the day. They had fun splashing and sharing the toys.

Thank you for coming Miss Avery and Aunt Hol. We had sooooo much fun and hope to see you again soon. XOXOXO