Getting ready for Christmas

David helped wrap the gifts for Christmas! He liked being part of the action.

David visits Santa!

Santa came to the Williams Mullen law office downtown! David really enjoyed his visit with Santa. He didn't mind when Santa held him. He was the youngest baby there. All my coworkers enjoyed seeing him and thought he was cute. Santa brought David a Christmas book.

Christmas Is Coming!

We are excited about David's first Christmas! We got the tree up and hung the stockings. We have the lighted reindeer outside and the lights in our windows. We posed for some Christmas pictures, which were more difficult than we anticipated to get everyone looking good! David loves looking at the Christmas tree lights and decorations. He likes to grab at the ornaments with bells on them.

Visit from Aunt K

Aunt K came for a visit when she was in Raleigh for her birthday weekend! She and David played with his toys and had a good time. David is wearing his cute Peter Rabbit outfit that she gave him!

Play time!

David still loves grabbing at the toys on his playmat and kicking. He is also beginning to enjoy the Exersaucer - watching all the sounds and lights!

First Cold, Snowy Weekend

We are learning how to use our new camera and have been taking some test shots to practice. David loves to babble now - he likes to say "goo" and "gloo" and make a sound that sounds like he's rolling his tongue! He drools more and blows a lot of bubbles, which are signs he is developing! We are on the lookout for signs of teething since that could happen anytime now (most of the time though between 4 -7 months). We repeat "mama" and "dada" to him a lot to see which he'll say first! He likes to have us walk him around the house and look at things. He is very alert and looks around, and he grabs his little arm around our shoulder for support - its really cute! We got our Christmas tree up this weekend and the rest of the decorations (reindeer outside, lights in windows, stockings, etc). Pics to come! Snow pics are also below!

David's first snow!

We got the first snow of the season on Dec. 4, which is early for Raleigh! The snow fell in big, wet flakes and was pretty to look at for most of the day. We had about an inch. Most of it melted overnight and early the next day. David liked seeing the snowflakes fall from the warmth of his stroller and blanket!