Startin' Early!

At least we know she is ours! She really likes "reading" her books. This one happens to read to her. The board books she has are more like teethers right now, but she does pick them over other toys.

Viva Papa!

Waiting for the Pope to arrive...
He is passing us in the Pope-mobile!

He turned around here and gave a short wave, but we didn't get a good shot of that...someone's head was in the way.

Here is a picture from CUA's webpage:

Where's the baby?

Oh, there she is!
So big!
And cute!

Oh the warm weather!

Just chillin' in my ride.

With my cool-guy glasses on.

A ride on the swing - a first, not too fast!

Again, no need for toys!

Ok, so I can't figure out how to rotate it, but you get the idea. This bag was hanging behind the door in the office, and she went at it like this for about 20 minutes. Then she found the door stop that is spring-like, and kept hitting it to make it bounce. Of course, when I picked her up, I found out that she also found the dust bunnies back in the corner, so I guess I will have to clean up better in the office!

Who needs toys...

...when you have mommy's slippers?

Just being cute - rolling around on the floor.

An Assortment

Aunt Lori (GAL) came for a quick visit...

During her nap, she must have moved the blanket and kicked up her dress, then passed out again!

Who's in the mirror?

Playing with John Thomas after brunch on Saturday.

They were playing 'tug-of-war' with a coffee holder.

Indian Sounds

Bubble Bath

Here is our first bubble bath. Daddy put the bubbles in before Rose got in, she thought it was great fun. As you can see she loves her bath time with Daddy.

(ps - in case you are wondering why I have been posting so much lately...I have a lot of pics I want to share, I just forget to put them up in a timely manner, so here they are!)

Adventures at the Amish Market

From left to right/top to bottom: Jaclyn, Michelle, Gabrielle, me, Rose, Dan Jr., John Thomas, and John Henry. We had just gotten into the market and finished an en masse nursing session. It was pretty crazy looking with three stroller and 5 kids. But we had fun!

Working on Sitting Up

Almost there!

Starting to fall over...

Showing off her baby legs...doesn't she look like she belongs in an 80's dance video?

Happy Easter!

Friends

We went to the Lloyd's for dinner the other night and Rose and Helena sat on Annie's lap for this shot. Helena is almost exactly a year older than Rose. Can you imagine Rose being this big?

This is Rose's friend, John Thomas, from church. He is a month older than her, but is much bigger! They like to grab at each other, it is pretty funny to watch.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We went to a St. Patty's Day dinner party at our church on Saturday night. It was lots of fun and Rose was the center of attention. She wore shamrock baby legs Nana made from some women's socks (great for diaper changes!) and a green dress from her GG Mom-mom. We were all matching, so I had someone take our picture.

Playing

She likes to grab things and shake them. Then throw them. So we have started attaching her toys to her with one of those pacifier holders. This rattle she can't seem to shake loose as easily.

Trying it out

I borrowed a baby carrier to see if Rose and I liked it. Here she is seeing if the back position is good. Since we have been using it, she likes to hang out in the front position (and fall asleep!).

Sleep tight

After falling asleep on me, I had to put her down so I could get the door. She generally sleeps on her back, but will stay asleep longer on her stomach. She just tucked her legs up and under. How cute!

My little jail bird

Baby Gap?

For some reason this shot reminds me of recent Baby Gap commercials, with the denim in the background and Rose wearing only white cotton...anyone else? Besides that, she was just too darn cute in just her onesie not to take the picture.

Old Time Style...

Doesn't this hat we got her (since she has outgrown all her baby hats) look like a 1920's flapper style hat? Now all she needs is a little flapper dress and she is set! Had to take it in sepia...

Mommy's Favorite Outfit

I love this outfit. I saw the shirt on a clearance rack and had to have it, even though she would outgrow it before she was able to wear it w/o a onesie underneath. Then I had to find pants to match. The shirt has gold thread through it, and little zoo animals parading across the front.

St. Valentine's Day

Not sure if you can see them or not, but her shirt has hearts on it! Not hard to dress a baby girl in pink for V-day.

No explanation needed

Pretty in Blue

Another camera specialty. BW with one color - blue. Gotta love it.

Mom's playing with the camera...

So I couldn't resist taking pictures of Rose these last couple of days. But I thought I would mix it up a little and try some of the cool settings on my camera. Here are the results.

Too lazy to hold it with her hands, Rose decided to just chew on this rattle. This would be the shot that got me started taking pictures.

This is a cool color accent featur that will make everything black and white except for the color you pick. Pretty neat huh? I am going to try it with pink soon.

A black and white shot in our new jeans. How cute are baby jeans?

A little belly time - she really doesn't like it, but she is getting better.