C's 1st Thanksgiving Part #3

Crosby is always impressing us with how smart she is.
Here she is in action over Thanksgiving.

Helping Auntie Elvi identify everyone in the picture.

Inviting Uncle Ross over to inform him as well.

Putting together a 4 generation picture.

Styling Karly's hair.

Teaching Ross and Karly how to properly play with her new toy.

Playing hide and go seek with Boone. C's counting...impressive huh!

Showing Papa where her feet are.

Giving the cow CPR.

Solving the worlds problems with Big Papa.

C's 1st Thanksgiving Part #2 - Cousin Love

COUSINS! Crosby loves her cousin Mollie. Mollie has so many things to teach her younger cousin. Over half of my pictures from this week were taken of these two cuties. Thanks to Grammie Fran, Aunt Karen and Auntie Leanne, these two had plenty of matching clothes! I just know these two are going to be great friends!


Sharing Papa's chair with Papa...

Just chatting....

Mollie showing off her sweet crawling skills...

FaceTiming with Great Grandma P....

Great Grandma P chatting with the girls...

The day before Thanksgiving matching outfits...Thanks Aunt Karen!

Sweet cousin love...

The little gobblers...

Thanks Auntie Lan for the sweet outfits!

Matching cat jammies...Thanks Grammie and Papa!

6 months

We have reached 6 months. Everyone says how fast the time goes by and they are SO right! These past 6 months have gone by very fast. As odd as it sounds, it feels like we just brought her home from the hospital. She is growing so fast!

Crosby had her 6 months wellness visit and here are her stats:
17 lbs 1 oz (75%)
27 3/4 inches (95%)

- We have a crazy roller on our hands.

-Love to put anything and everything in her mouth.

-Wearing size 6-9 months clothes.

-Loves bath time. The sound of the water running makes her giggle!

-Has been teething for 3+ weeks. Has little bumps, but not much else.

- Is a fan of hats!

-Likes to FaceTime and Skype with family.

-Now eats: sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, bananas, oatmeal

- Likes to suck on ice cubes and her sippy cup.

- Loves to read.

- Has rolled her way under the couch.

- Helped daddy make roll out cookies.

- She likes to sit (somewhat unassisted).

-When Skyping, she likes to grab faces.

- Sleeping from 10:30 -6 am!

- Has started waking up between 8:30 and 10 at night, just to hang out.

- Hasn't really noticed the Christmas tree.

-Helped mommy celebrate her birthday!

- Got a flu shot. :(

-Flew for her 3rd time to MN for Thanksgiving!

- Has started to drink a little bit of formula (1/3 of each bottle).

- Is very aware of who mommy and daddy are!

- Wakes up with her head in the corner of her crib quite often.

We love Crosby so much! Tim and I are so blessed to have this little girl in our lives!

Crosby's 1st Thanksgiving Part #1

We had our very first family Thanksgiving. Tim, Crosby and I got on a plane as soon as I got home from school on Friday. It was a decent flight, considering Crosby had slept a total of 2 hours all day. Took a little snoozer on the flight to MN, she looked super cute laying across our laps. She has been such a great traveler!

While in Minnesota, we were blessed to visit with so many family members. Crosby got to love on a bunch of people! Warning: This is A LOT of pictures!

Hanging with Uncle Ross - Blaze Orange and Plaid
Loving on Great Grandma Elise
Spending some sweet time with Great Auntie Elvi.
Getting fashion tips from Great Uncle Jim.
Snuggling with Great Grandma Marvel.
Learning all about motorcycles from Cousin Cody.
Getting ready for bed with Karly.
Tickling Auntie Pam.
Hanging out with Grandma Lonna.
Cuddling with Grandpa Tim.
Telling Auntie Aimee what's up.
Enjoying some chill time with Auntie Katie.
Keeping Auntie Leanne cozy and warm.
Being silly with Big Papa and Nonnie.
Giving Grammie hugs good-night.
Squeezing Papa.
Meeting mommy and daddy's friends Chris and Jena for the first time!

More Thanksgiving posts to come.....

I Wanna Help

...clean my toes.

...feed myself.

...keep you warm and snugly.

...put lotion on after bath.

Mom says that I am getting to be such a BIG helper.

Typical Night at Our House

Every other night at our house is Crosby's bath night. She loves the water! Since her very first bath time, we've used this awesome over the kitchen sink baby bath tub. She started off in the hammock as a teeny tiny infant, she quickly out grew that. Tim is usually in charge of baths, he does a fantastic job at not getting water all over her face, something that I am great at doing. Now that we've introduced solid food, this is what a typical night looks like in our house.


1. Waiting SO patiently for her sweet potatoes! She loves them!

2. A spoonful goes in and some of it comes back out.
3. She is a eager eater! She frequently hums, and turns to get more quickly!
4. Post meal bath. She is a happy bather.

5 months

5 months. 5 whole months have gone by since our sweet little Crosby entered this world. I love her so much! We did not go to the doctor this month, so no stats. She is growing!

Facts about Crosby:

-Wearing sizes 3-6 months clothes.

-Size 1 diapers still during the day, size 2 at night.

-Started eating solid food. First rice cereal (yuck), now we're on to sweet potatoes!

-Can't seem to stay on her back long, she loves to roll to her tummy.

-Loves bath time!

-Enjoys car rides, they often put her right to sleep.

-Very vocal, it's hard to keep this little girl in church. We're just not ready to put her in the nursery quite yet. Well, I'm not.

-Has a slight fear of big dogs.

-Notices everything: eyebrows, glasses, coffee cups, necklaces, hair... the list could go on and on. Basically, if you have it, she wants it.

-Anything and everything is going in her mouth.

-Still no teeth.

-When napping, she always seems to manage to make it to her tummy.

-Loves all the quality daddy/daughter time.

-Wants to help with every meal.

-Found her toes!

-Blows lots of bubbles. Sometimes at meal time...let's just say, Tim doesn't like sweet potatoes.

-She smiles all the time. She is such a happy little girl!