Christmas Shenanigans

Well, I thought I would give y'all the run-down of our little Christmas this year. I had to work because the holiday fell on a weekend, so my family decided to come up here and hang out with Mr C. and Viv so they wouldn't get lonely. Also, then when I got off of work I could speed home sooner to hang out. My mom actually headed up on Thursday evening because she was so excited she just couldn't stay away any longer. She also has her own "room" now. So I think that she feels as though our house is her little bed and breakfast. She calls it "the Grandma room", and is constantly bringing up items from her house to add to the room. Actually, one of my Christmas presents, was actually a new lamp for her room, ha. Anyway, the point is she came on Thursday, and the rest of the crew headed up on Friday. We had planned to go to Christmas Eve church at our church up here at 7. So at about 5:30 I decided to check my email just to double check the times for church and of course it started at 6!!! I must have been emotional because of all the Christmas spirit or something because when I realized the mistake I made I promptly teared up. Oh brother! Well luckily they had another service at 11, but that unfortunately was too late for the babe and myself. So we took a rain check while the rest of the fam attended. I guess it all worked out because we ended up opening presents before church on Christmas Eve, but I was still slightly devastated, Christmas Eve church is just the best, (can you tell I'm not over it?).
Okay, the rest of the weekend was basically spent eating snacks, playing games, and relaxing.
Auntie K with Vivian

My little girlie and I.

Uncle Ted (as he calls himself) with Viv

After the weekend festivities we packed up and headed out late Monday night for O-town. We left at Vivian's bedtime thinking that she would hopefully sleep the whole way and then just hop into bed once we got there. Well the plan worked pretty well. Our travels went great, she slept the whole time. However, after we got there she went to sleep, but then woke up an hour later. Needless to say this was right after we had been letting her cry it out at home, and had gotten on a decent schedule. Well, I figured she was just uncomfortable in her new surroundings. Next night the same thing happened, only worse. She was up almost every hour! All night I couldn't figure out what the problem was. Turns out I looked in her mouth the next morning and she was getting in 4 top teeth. Well that explained it. For the rest of the trip she was fine during the day, but the nights were worse then when she was an infant. Zero sleep :) So on that note, we still really did have a good time showing her off to the family during the day, and Chris and I got naps here and there. Everything is just a phase, right? :)
Viv got a snow suit, we thought it was pretty cute, she was not a fan.

She loves hanging out with her uncle Travister

Oh, hello parenthood, so this is what it looks like to have 1 hour of sleep, no shower, and no makeup. Man we look gross, ha!

Oh a few more presents.


First Family Christmas.

seven months

Funny that I am posting Vivian's 7 month pics on her 8 month birthday :) Well people, your just going to have to take what I give ya. Here is the list of things Vivian could do at 7 months.
* She can crawl
* She eats three small meals a day
* She weighs 17 pounds
* She's getting in four top teeth
* She is obsessed with things she can't have, (aren't we all) like the remote, cell phone. This baby, she just loves the electronics.
She also had a very good Christmas with my family at our house, then right after Christmas we headed off for a road trip to Omaha. While on this trip she started cutting four teeth on the top. So to combine that with being in a new environment she was not a happy camper. But we made it through and it was really great to see the Omaha fam.

Vivian is 6 Months

I am truly sorry if I have turned into a disappointment on this blog :( Bear with me as I will still try to post here and there as I can. I know that everyone always says it, but where the heck has the time gone! I can't believe little Vivian is 6, almost 7 months old! She is growing like a weed! A few things to note about life around our house right now:
- Chris currently has the stomach flu and is sick in bed
- I have been sick a bagillion times this year, no joke! I don't know if pregnancy/childbirth just took it out of me or what, but if I am exposed to any tiny little germ I seem to catch it. Which really gets on my nerves because I'm usually never sick!
- Vivian just got over her second cold! She is a trooper. 2 weeks exactly and she fought it right off. (Maybe she is stealing all of my immunity :)
- The dogs are still here and kicking, although sometimes I want to kick them, ha :) It really is true though after you have a baby you really don't care about them any more, which is just sad...
- I am anxiously awaiting our Christmas cards to come so I can hopefully send them before Christmas!!! Please USPS bring me something good today!
- I have been trying to get Christmas shopping done, which is way harder then I thought it would be. Vivian is actually really good in stores, but I am lacking the motivation to go out myself and shop. I would much rather sit on the couch and watch Ellen :)
- Speaking of Ellen, I am addicted! She is having her 12 days of giveaways these past weeks, and man oh man do I wish I could win that stuff! I enter every day online :)
- Vivian still is not sleeping though the night. I kept making excuses the past 3 months about why I should wake up and let her nurse ( She has a cold, she's going through a growth spurt, she's getting teeth, blah blah blah), but I've finally ran out of excuses and so we are letting her cry it out this week. I am not a fan :(
- Vivian can almost crawl! She rocks back and forth on all fours and picks her hand up, but doesn't know where to put it at. Too Cute!
- I am thankful for my Bestie Melissa! Thanks to her I have been watching some great flicks lately! I certainly can't remember the last time I have been to the theatre. So after the baby is in bed we have been hitting up blockbuster! We watched Despicable Me last night and we all loved it! Nothing like a good flick.
- Vivian has starting eating 3 meals a day. I keep meaning to make her homemade baby food but haven't gotten around to it, so I keep buying Gerber. Any tips on that?
- We joined a small group at our church and we love it! I am so thankful for something during the week since we both work on Sundays.
- Speaking of Sundays, we might be making a few adjustments to our work schedules, so please pray for us that everything will work out. More on that later hopefully, if everything works out.
- We had a splendid Thanksgiving with both some Wardy's and Yoder's in house. It was a great time, and maybe sometime I'll post some pictures, but don't hold me too it.
- Vivian is the cutest, happiest, best, baby ever ( most of the time :) So here are some 6 month photos, which is why ya'll check this blog anyway, right?




* We had to start putting the sign behind Vivian because she grabs it now and wants to eat it :)

hello 5 months

I know I am a tad late on this post, but here it is anyway :) Vivian is 5 and a half months old. However, I did take these photos right at 5 months. She is growing so fast and changes a little bit every day!
Some of her latest accomplishments are:
-Rolling from front to back, and back to front
-Laughing hysterically at Daddy's funny faces
-Playing patty-cake
-Sleeping a little better through the night
-Eating some baby food
-Taking three naps a day
She also has two teeth in! She starting getting these at about 3.5 months, which I think was why she was sleeping so poorly through most of month 4. She is thankfully starting to adjust more to them now. She is a generally a really good, happy baby and we just love her to pieces. I am starting to wonder what I blogged about before I had a child :) It really is all about her now, and I wouldn't have it any other way. These 5 month photos were pretty funny! She kept trying to eat the leaves, it was cracking Chris and I up.


Oh, hello leaf.

I'm going to eat you now...

yummm...





Geesh Dad stop kissing me.

My first time climbing the tree.

Photo of the Day

A Day at the Park

A couple weeks ago Vivian had her first trip to the park! Okay, I'll admit it was more for her parents enjoyment, but I think she still had fun. We started out with a walk on one of the trails. That lasted about 14 minutes until we realized we need to invest in a jogging/outdoor stroller. Our poor little indoor stroller was not a fan of the gravel-ly trails. In the mean time Vivian fell asleep so we headed back to the main park.
Vivian and I on the walk

Vivian and Daddy on the walk

Vivian asleep after the walk

Vivian's first time on the swings

Again with Dad, isn't this precious? I think so.

And last but not least what is a trip to the park without some sliding goodness? All in all it was a very successful first trip to the park and I'm sure we will be back probably a million times in the future.

3 and 4 months

I've started taking Vivian's photo every month on the same day with a poster listing her newest accomplishments. Unfortunately, I missed months 1 and 2, but thats okay. Here are months 3 and 4 :) I can't get enough of this little girlie!

3 MONTHS



4 MONTHS