5 Top Toys in a 6 month old's life

Jeremy and I delight in watching Shae make new discoveries as she grows and changes. She has a collection of toys and gear that she spends a great deal of her time with and I have been able to get a few blog worthy pictures!

When she's not in her swing...

...she can usually be found rolling in her play pen...

... or jumping in her Johnny Jump Up...

...and when her legs get tired she likes to check out her farm animals in her ExerSaucer...

...and eventually a girl just needs to relax on the floor!

New Year- New Hair!

In the spirit of the new year I decided to change up my hair- or maybe my mother told me to wait until after family pictures and the holidays!

Christmas 2008 in Review

We had a wonderful time celebrating Christmas with so many family and friends this Holiday season! We still have one more gathering to go! I thought I would go ahead and post a few photos of Shae's first Christmas and other highlights of the season.

Shae's second cousin, Tucker, spent a good part of the evening holding Shae at Farr Family Christmas! He was very sad when we had to leave, and take her with us!

When the boys weren't playing pitch, they were playing pool!

Shae was much more interested in the packages than we expected, but of course the paper went straight to her mouth once she got it in her hands!

One of her new favorite toys is her Vtech Laptop!

Christmas day we spent in Topeka with Dale's side of the family, it was great to see a few people that we don't get to meet up with very often!

Dale's Aunt Jeanette from Texas was so thrilled to get to spend time with Shae.

Dale's cousin, Penny, gave Shae pink John Deere boots!

Christmas Eve we spent with Angel's family in Hiawatha and Shae was definitely the main attraction!

Granny thinks her little girl is pretty special!

We didn't make it out to Denver this year to be with my mom's family but we look forward to the trip next year!

Mmm Good!

We thought we would try rice cereal this week and it turned out that she loves it! She gets excited about sitting in the big girl seat and even tries to use the spoon herself! She's yet to master the sippy cup, but let's not grow up too fast!

It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas!

Thanksgiving weekend we went to our local Christmas Tree farm and chose our own Christmas tree. It's so much fun starting some of our own family traditions with Shae this year! We got the tree decorated that night and the stockings up too! I have most of the shopping done and lots of gifts under the tree already. We're getting really excited about seeing family again in just a couple weeks!

Time to Give Thanks!

We have a lot to be grateful for this fall with being in good health and being surrounded by family and friends. This post is a little after the fact but our hearts remain grateful. We were able to spend Thanksgiving day with both sides of our families and had a great time of visiting, games of cards, and of course plenty of food!
Shae and I spent a few minutes outside before the weather turned and I was able to get a few "fall" pictures of her.

Better than a tent!

Last week was the annual elk hunt in Creede, Colorado and Jeremy and I took Shae and went with his parents, my dad and brothers and a couple family friends. Some of us stayed in a cabin while the rest of the group stayed in a cold tent! We had a great week four-wheeling in the mountains and hanging out in the cabin! Take a look at some of the shots we got from the week.