Baby's first Christmas

This was such a fun Christmas for us. Even though Paisley isn't old enough to understand I think she had a blast. She of course loved playing with the wrapping paper and everyone spoiled her! It was so much fun for Lorin and I to have a new member in our little family to share Christmas with.

Christmas Eve


My uncle surprised Lorin with a crown for his present. Lorin kind of figured his present would be a joke so before he opened it he told everyone that my uncle told him he had to share whatever was in it with him. So he kind of got him back. Lorin wore it with pride.


Paisley got a tickle me Elmo for Christmas. She was a little scared of it at first but she is slowly warming up to it. It still startles her when he sits up.


Christmas day
This is Paisley with her new pony from Grandma and Grandpa Jones. This pony is so cute. It talks and sings a song. Paisley has figured out that if she bounces it makes it rock. She loves it!


Lorin and I bought paisley a cute little stroller to help her learn how to walk. I thought it would take her a while to figure it out but she is walking all over the place with it.


Paisley was having fun watching her dad and cousins play Indiana Jones

Paisley got a kick out of this singing Alvin the chipmunk doll.

Staring at her cousin Nea. Can you tell that she likes her?

A couple of days after Christmas me, Tasha, Rachael, Stephanie, and Jocelyn met up for lunch. It was so fun to catch up with everyone! Sarah was in Cali for Christmas so she wasn't there. We missed you Sarah!

Why did we take this road?

My cousin Traci got married. When it was time to go down to the wedding there was a lot of snow on the ground but it had stopped snowing and blowing. So I got Paisley all dressed up and went to Idaho Falls for the wedding. Lorin met me down there and Paisley and I went with Hailey. After the wedding the wind and the snow picked up and we were driving home in a horrible blizzard! We couldn't see a thing and I was so worried about having Paisley in the car. There were so many people sliding off the highway so we decided to exit and take a side road (even though my mom made us promise that we wouldn't take this side road because it always drifts over). We almost made it to our house and got stuck in a drift. When Hailey opened the door to her jeep the snow was up to her door! Lorin ran down the road to help us and some nice snow machiners went and got a truck to pull us out. From now on we are going to listen to our mom!



We got a little bored waiting for some help so we decided to take some pictures.


The heros!

Paisley's new pictures. And Cody is home!

I took Paisley last week to get new pictures taken for Chritmas. She is crawling all over the place so I thougth that it was going to be a little rough to get her to sit still. But she was so good. The photographer pulled out the camera and she starting posing. I was so happy with how they turned out.














Cody has been at boot camp for the military and military job training. We have missed him so much! He finally made it home last night. The base that he is on right now shuts down for two weeks during Christmas. He brought back the cutest little army teddy bear for Paisley. We are so happy to have some time with him. Welcome home Cody.

Santa

I didn't really have any plans to take Paisley to sit on Santa's lap this year for obvious reasons.....She can't talk to tell him what she wants. But we were shopping in the mall the other day and there was Santa sitting in his chair with no line to go see him. So I couldn't resist. I decided that I really needed a picture of her on his lap. I thought that she would scream when we left her sitting there on some strange looking man's lap but she was actually pretty amazed with him. She just kept staring at him then looking at us, then staring at him and looking at us. I could see it in her eyes. She just wanted to get a hold of that beard and pull on it. But we snapped our two pictures that we were allowed and grabbed her off his lap just as she was reaching for it. Lucky Santa. We almost blew his cover!

She's crawling!

Paisley has just learned how to crawl! I thought it would take her forever to learn because of how much she is held (we live with grandma & grandpa). But as soon as she figured out she could get on her hands and knees she was crawling soon after. Now she is all over the place! It's time to baby proof the house. She is into everything she can get to. She still moves pretty slow but I have a feeling that won't last for long. She is just growing way too fast. Everyone told me to cherish every moment because "they grow so fast". I wish they were wrong. But at the same time it is so fun to watch her learn and grow. She is such a fun and happy baby and Lorin & I are just loving her to death. There is nothing better in life than being a parent!

She has also learned how to stand herself up to this laundry basket. Then it slides across the carpet and she takes little steps to follow it. It's so cute!

This is Paisley sitting in her new little chair. It has some fun toys on it so it is a good little distraction when mom needs to get some stuff done. It get's a tricky sometimes trying to feed her in the chair because she would rather suck on the toys than put the spoon in her mouth.

These pictures are from Paisley's first Thanksgiving.



The day after Thanksgiving we went to our nephew Jesse's basketball game then out to dinner at Olive Garden. Paisley sat in a big girl high chair and she loved the alfredo sauce.


This is just a picture of Paisley and her Papa Jones with his horse.