More Xmas Pics

Rebekah's First Christmas!

Josh, Rebekah, and I headed out to TX for almost 2 weeks for Christmas and New Year's. We had a wondeful time with both families and loved showing off our precious little one! Josh says he's bringing a thesaurus next time so we can expand our calling of Bekah "precious" to other descriptive words, too... :) All in all, Rebekah was quite a good traveler and didn't deviate from her normal routine too much! I realized how flexible she was when we got back home and she immediately started sleeping 12 hrs at night again! She did great in Dallas and Victoria, but was awake early to greet everyone with very sweet morning smiles! Both sets of grandparents adore her and took great care of her.

My Family...my brother, Billy, his sweet wife, Becky, my parents Bill and Gayle, and us, of course.


Christmas day with my dad...


Flying in for kisses...


With my lovely mother...

In Victoria with Duncan, my in-laws' dog...


Just playin'...


With my mother-in-law, Phyllis...


With Josh's lil' sis, Sarah...


This is the Christmas dress Josh's parents bought Rebekah the day we found out she was a girl!

Love this expression!!!! (and her enormous headband ears!)

With my wonderful in-laws...

Sippy Cup & Smiles

Thought ya'll might enjoy seeing Rebekah before we head off to visit family for Christmas. A few are just cute and some are in process of eating- Rebekah has not yet mastered the old sippy cup, but is learning quickly! Frankly, she'd rather play with it, as is her preference for most things!

2 New Things

Rebekah had her first non-cereal food yesterday and today- avocado!! Seems to eat what I put in her mouth so far!


Today was a beautiful day so Rebekah enjoyed her first face-forward stroller ride!


The sad thing for both of us was not seeing each other...so, while I narrated what we were passing, Rebekah occasionally checked to make sure I was still there! She has started to do this during storytime, too- I love how she tilts her little precious face towards mine- one of the wonderful moments of being a mom!

Santa's Little Helper

Josh, Rebekah, and I attended our church's Christmas Party last night and wanted to share little Santa with you!


See- she doesn't always smile!!

...or maybe it's just drugged-up Mom!!

(I was making a ringing sound to get that smile, but just hadn't recovered yet!)

All Bundled Up!

It was 14 degrees yesterday with a dusting of snow, so Rebekah and I got all bundled up before we went out- thought she looked cute! By the way, she seems to be feeling better, but early evening is still tough for her- lots of crying and swatting at the ear....please pray for her if you think of it, especially since we'll be on a plane in less than 2 weeks for Christmas!

Ear Infection

Being the incredible observer he is, Josh noticed Rebekah swatting at her left ear and kind of wincing in discomfort...she had kind of been "off" for a couple days, but not too fussy, so we never imagined that something was wrong! Josh encouraged me to take her to the doctor, which I begrudgingly did...I always feel like a hypochondriac when I take her in because nothing is usually wrong and it feels as if someone stamped my baby girl "fussy"! Anyway, much to my chagrin, Rebekah had a very swollen ear and was not real excited to have it looked at. However, in the midst of all this, she has been sleeping 10-12 straight hours at night and taking decent naps- what a trooper!

This is Rebekah at play even though her ear hurts!



Why eat rice cereal when Mommy's knee...and my own fingers are so good?


Nothing like taking care of 2 crying babies in the nursery!

For my mom!

This one's dedicated to my mom who has been asking for pics of the 2 of us for ages!

More Solids & Other Fun Things

As you can see, Rebekah is loving the extra food! While she absolutely refused formula from a bottle, she was tricked into it by eating it with rice cereal!

Tummy Time with Dad...

Rebekah is now reaching for and eating everything in sight...


Still a sucker for Dad!

Rebekah's First Rice Cereal!

We went to Rebe's 4-month appt and got her stats- weight:

13 lbs./ 40% length: 26.5 in/off the charts!

She's doing great and could use some extra chub (don't be fooled by her meaty cheeks- those are the only fat things on her!), so we started rice cereal the day after Thanksgiving! Here's the progression...

First time in her high chair & oblivious to the coming treat!


This is not what I normally get from Mom...


You mean I'm supposed to swallow?


It's not so bad, but can I help with the spoon?


I don't know...let me think about it...


More interested in the arm and attention coming at me than at the cereal...


All right, I'm kinda getting excitd about that spoon coming at me...


It still has such a strange texture...


This bib is pretty tasty!


Really, I think I can help!