Christmas Portraits

We had Adriana's Christmas Portraits done at Wal-Mart. I was very happy with how they turned out; she smiled in every shot the lady took so it was hard to pick which poses to get. The lady said she was the easiest baby shoot ever. What a poser!!!

On The Move....Well Sort Of

Derek has been eagerly trying to teach Adriana to crawl.  She is so close.....she pulls herself up onto her hands and knees and rocks back and forth all the time.  She does do an army type crawl if she really wants to get somewhere. She will make every effort to make her way to the Christmas tree, she loves playing with the skirt because it has bells on it.  She has also started to wave Bye.  She doesn't do it every time but is getting better.  This morning when we were at the Basics for Babies Breakfast she was waving at everyone who walked by including Aaron Pritchett (he didn't notice her).  It was the first time I had been to the breakfast, every other year I am in my car driving to work listening.  It was my first time seeing Paul Brandt perform, he was great!  Adriana also loved the music, she did, however, fall asleep on my lap during Paul Brandt's version of Little Drummer Boy.

Christmas Party

We hosted our 4th Annual Christmas Open House this past Sunday and it was a great success.  I thought it was going to be a lot more work having Adriana but everything worked out great!  I started my baking 2 weeks before that party and had just enough time to finish everything I wanted to bake.  Derek was a great help, he cleaned the house the day before the party while I was babysitting our niece and nephew.  Katrina spent the night on Saturday to look after Adriana in the morning so Derek and I could get everything ready.  It was in good heart but she ended up spending more time getting ready than looking after Adriana......Love you Katrina!  We had a total of 33 adults and 9 kids.  Thanks everyone for coming, it was great to see everyone before Christmas.

Busy.....Spoiled Day

She loves the camera!

Having fun in her new sleeping bag

She loves her new toy

Enjoying her new stroller

Yesterday was a very busy day for Adriana. First we went to visit Auntie Katrina in North Vancouver where she got spoiled with another new toy from Auntie and I finally found an Umbrella Stroller that I actually like. Needless to say we spent a bit of money at Jack & Lola's.

After our visit in North Van we headed to Vancouver to meet cousin Ailish and Shayla. Adriana and Shayla had an audition for a commercial. It was slightly nerve racking.....I can now understand how parents get nervous for their children. No call back but we will keep trying!

After their audition we headed over to Mountain Equipment Co-op. Adriana got an early Christmas present from Auntie Amanda and Uncle Brian....her very own sleeping bag for camping!  Thanks guys.

As you can see she was definitely spoiled today!