1st visit with Santa!

Grandma Rasmussen took Ariya to visit Santa for the first time on 12/23/10. She was in a great mood, kept the line entertained and took a very cute picture!

Ariya's First Christmas

Ariya had her first Christmas party today at daycare. She got all dressed up and had a fun time!

We have a very busy weekend - pictures with Santa, Christopher's birthday AND Christmas Eve fun with the Gargano's followed up with Christmas Dinner with the Sweeney's.

9 Month Check-up Stats

Ariya had her 9 month well-baby check up on December 13th. This was 2 days after one of the worst blizzards in over 20 years. We spent the weekend snowed in & got ready for our first family Christmas. The tree (apptly named Stu) is up and decorated and cookies were made.

9 month Stats:

Weight - 19 lbs, 11 oz (67th percentile)

Height - 29 1/2 inches (97 th percentile)

6 Teeth - 4 on bottom, 2 on top

Eats 3 meals a day (baby food, finger food and bottles)

Loves juice, sweet peas, and pears

Baby Tricks:
Sitting up by herself, crawing with gusto, babbling (mamma, dadda, babababa, looooo, etc), lots of mimicing mommy with the "Dinner Dance", Indian howl, and clapping. Ari loves to explore but also really enjoys some alone time in her gated play area in the living room. She has all her friends in one spot, can still see mommy & daddy but no one trips over her! Win - Win.