New Christmas Stockings

From L to R: Mom, Mary-Brenna, Katie and Dad

This year, Mom and I decided that the family needed updated Christmas stockings.  For quite a few years now we have had a mismatched collection of stockings.  Some store bought and some homemade.  So this year we found fabric that we loved and decided to give the family a cohesive collection of stockings for our holiday celebrations.  I am really excited about these, I think they turned out really well.

Michael's Stocking

New Jammie Pants

Enjoying a good book.

Grandma made Mary-Brenna a precious new pair of jammie pants.  They are so adorable.  I just had to post some pictures of Mary-Brenna wearing them for the first time.  Grandma, these jammies are so fun!  I also had to add some really sweet pictures of Mary-Brenna just being cute!

Grandma these jammies are awesome!

That was silly Grandma!

Cheese!

Hi Momma!

Nothing but smiles!

Posing pretty for the camera.

A Family of Moose Comes for a Visit

Momma and Baby #1

 Today a family of moose came and visited our house.  A mom and a set of twins.  Our sweet dog Zoe was not at all happy with our visitors.  She was barking up a storm.  The mom and one of the babies walked right up to mom's flower boxes from the summer and munched on the remains of her violas.  A little while later, after the mom and baby had traveled back to the backyard, another little one came up to the front of the house.  The poor little baby went the wrong way to get to mom at first.  But, after wandering around our neighbors yard, the baby wandered back over and found mom.  They are currently laying down in our backyard, trying to stay warm in this crazy cold weather.  Here is a video and a few pictures of our very large visitors.

Momma and Baby heading to the backyard.

Baby #2

Baby #2 heading off in the wrong direction.

Momma and Baby #1 eating in the backyard.

Stretching to get those branches up high.

All three united at last.

Taking a rest in the backyard.

Looking Back a Year

November 6, 2010

It is so hard to believe that I have been the mother of such a beautiful baby girl for a whole year now.  I love the posts that share pictures of how babies have grown in a year so I decided to do one of my own.  Here is a look at how Mary-Brenna has changed this past year.
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December 6, 2010

January 6, 2011

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April 6, 2011

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June 6, 2011

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October 6, 2011

November 6, 2011

It has been a wonderful first year as a mommy and I am looking forward to see what the next year brings.

Squeeky Shoes

Here is a quick video of Mary-Brenna walking in her squeaky shoes that she received from Mikki.  Thanks so much Mikki, these shoes are awesome!  She loves making them squeak when she walks.

Mary-Brenna is WALKING!!!

 

Here is the promised video of my little girl walking!  She is not so little anymore.

Side note, the pants are purposely pulled up as high as they can go. (1) Super funny looking! and (2) She trips on the legs otherwise.

Belated Picture Update Part 2

So, I have been a total slacker.  I feel like I have been so busy as of late.  My brother and Oma came up to Alaska for a visit, which was awesome!  And Mary-Brenna has been growing like crazy.  She is now walking (video to come soon).  I am so glad she waited till Michael and Oma were here to see her walk for the first time by herself.  My little girl is getting so big so fast!  I cannot believe that she is almost one!  As for me, apart from having the pleasure of watching my daughter grow, I have been working a lot.  Such is the life of a substitute teacher (well teachers in general).  I have truly been blessed with consistent work, and am hoping that being so busy might lead to a full time job in the future (maybe next school year).  So enough chatter, here are the pictures I promised!

 Mary-Brenna enjoyed checking out the bear rug at Russ and Carmen's house!

 At Auntie Jay's new house Mary-Brenna practiced her drumming skills on Jay's bowls!  

So much fun!

 Here is the look right after a bath trying to get lotion out of the hair.  The troll!

 Living life with a lot of boy cousins means playing with light sabers!

 So happy to have Papa home!

 Playing a silly game with her toes and Papa!

 Playing outside with her Oma.

 Walking around the yard with Grandma.

 Oooh, trucks!

 Fun in Talkeetna, AK with Uncle Michael!

Laughing after a fun filled day!

Picture Update Part 1

I have a ton of pictures that I have uploaded to my computer, but sadly not all of them are edited.  Here is a very belated update, but a cute one none the less.