pumkin princess...

We had a good thanksgiving with my parents and Uncle and his two kids. My Cousin Shawn has a girlfriend that is deaf, and i got to practice or remember all my sign from college that I took, with her. It was fun, i was surprised how fast it returned. Arwyn started eating pumkin and she even tasted avocado when I had lunch with Glenda , who leads the women's ministries at our church. She is currently sleeping through the night. Its been going on 2 nights that she has gone the first 7 hours without waking and crying.

Last night Josiah and I went to the Kings game ( we got free tickets from a friends boss). Alicia and Joe in our bible study watched her, and we went to Bucadibeppo. We had lots f yummy garlic, in fact we are still tasting it. Our seats at the game where about 6 rows form the court. That was really cool. And the game was actually pretty exiting too, they were neck and neck the whole way and then in the last 2 sec the Kings made the winning basket 104 -102. When we returned to our little punkin eater we heard that she held her bottle all by herself ( first-time). She even got big kisses on the face by their dog "Boss", who is a black lab mix. That was her first doggy encounter. It was fun for Joe and Alicia to watch her cause they are expecting their first in march. And Josiah and I enjoyed our night out alone.

Arwyn has mastered her rolling over on her tummy, her tantrums, and her new noise that is more like a screech.

Sleeping through the night!

Well... not yet! But we started working on it three nights ago and we are almost there! Its not as hard as I thought it would be and my visoion of restfullness is becoming clearer.

Today While I was making cookies with a little neighbor girl, Arwyn kept rolling over repeatedly. She usually does it maybe once or twice, but she did it about 7 or 8 times. She turned back on her back 2x but the rest of thetime she needed help. But she is practicing hard!

Can you believe shortening goes bad... but there is no expiration date on it?! We ruined 2 batches of cookies till we figured out what it was. I still have the nasty taste in my mouth, after eating a few good peanut butter cookies and some soda! YuK!

bullrushes

baby moses? nooooo. its arwyn in a field in tahoe

suitcase

this was my vacation bed. Do you like it? in a month or so i wont be able to fit...

mommy and me

a lady and a hipee? we chill out in the reeds cabin at tohoe

2nd week of vacation

family photo at black sands beach

bundled up

Daddy and i on the black sands beach of the north coast... a bit to bright for me if you couldnt tell!

see my dimple?

boppy is good for more than just eating!

head up!

look at me lookin at you!

different view

arwyn demonstrating the victory of the roll

giggles

its fun to try and roll over on my tummy!

my first solid meal

This is how its done! A few weeks ago Arwyn had her first solid food... here it is documented! She laughed when i modeled how to open up.

October vacation drive

isnt this so picturesque?

more brightness! 

fall colors near tahoe .. on our 2nd week of vacation 

teeth? what teeth?

Her hand is always in her mouth these days. It's just so much better than a pacifier!

just the 3 of us

our family at church

4 and a half months ago...

I came into the world! Don't I look so cuddly?

The interesting thing about this picture is that moms think it is so precious and non moms think its disgusting. My very first thought when she came out- "she doesn't look like either one of us!"
the very first thing out of my mouth- " there really was a baby in there!"

Now... it is so obvious to Josiah and I how much she looks like both of us. Everyone has their opinion but of course parents know best! When she is sleeping she looks like Josiah, and when someone is holding her and i am across the room i glance over and think "Wow! what a mini-me!"

Arwyn's latest skillz...

things i have mastered:

- grabbing daddys goatee
- grabbing and holding my pacifier and trying to put it in my mouth
- ...while holding my foot
- grabbing things in general
- whispering
- growling
- talking up a storm when both parents are present
- crunches
- shaking my head "no" really fast
- diving backwards and veiwing the world upside down
- talking with my fist in my mouth
- running constant commentary while others talk to me
......

i'm on my way to sitting up all by myself!

hike

Josiah climbs mt. Lassen w/ guys in our bible study in september

arial view

Isnt she the cutest?

http://searsportrait.com

we just got arwyn's 4 month photos ( a little late) but you can go to this website and enter the online session id : 41538a100579312 and enter the online session password: TFM3P3WF2. You should be able to view the proofs and for the first 48 hours you can purchase a sheet of pics for only 7.99 after that its 14.99. Last time i checked they hadnt posted it yet so i am guessing the 48 hours starts after they post it. enjoy!

Back in September...

We went to the beach for my 25th birthday. Although the weather was gloomy it really was nice! It was arwyns first beach experience and i am glad that she slept through most of it ( probably cause she was so tightly bundled) because she wont remember how all the pesky seagulls wanted to eat her. Another successful "potential traumatic experience" denied1;)

A new home already

Well as wonderful as the other site was i found an even better one! Hopefully this one will support my preferences:) enjoy...