The Christmas Cold...

Still living of course!

WE had a wonderful visit with my entire family in Seattle this past week for Christmas! Unfortunately with that came the Christmas Cold....that was past from one brother to the next to the husband and the worst.....the baby! So Mikayla now has the most snot I've ever seen from a child but luckily this is her first real "sickness" so we have been very blessed. So Mom has also not gotten any sleep and I will write and share our trip pictures when I have a little more time. WE hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas and are getting ready for a New and hopefully not to adventurous Year!

December is going by so quickly. WE are off to the USA again next week for Christmas so I want to share our fun couple of weeks so far in December.

Mikayla is now 7 months old and we still can't believe she is this big! She is such a happy baby most of the time that we are very lucky and blessed to have this little angel in our lives! She is still teething so her occasional crying is not so bad. Corrina and Addie have become Mikayla's new excitement so she gets so happy when she sees them both! I have to say she is a little more excited to touch and be around Addie...I think because he is smaller than her....but sadly enough she also doesn't understand what "gentle" means so Addie being the cranky moody dog he is only will sit close enough to get a light tap from Mikayla. On the other hand Mikayla is a little more shy around Corrina...but Corrina seems to understand that Mikayla wants to pet her so she is all about the attention (go figure!) So this also means that Mikayla gets the random Italian Paw...luckily Daddy or Mommy are always there to catch the paw before it does any damage. All three of us went to a baby Christmas Party hosted by another family that was in our Maternity Class. There are 7 ladies that Mikayla and Mommy have hung out with and so we thought it would be fun to see how grown up all the babies were. Of course Mikayla wanted nothing to do with the change of environment and let Mommy and Daddy know this for the first 15 minutes of being at our friends house. But once she settled down she saw Santa for the first time....that lasted about 20 seconds...then of course back to Mommy.

It has been quite cold since we've been back here in Calgary and our house never seems to be warm enough (to Mikayla and Mommy!)

Mikayla has somehow gotten hooked on the Jazz as well (Gee I wonder why?) but she supposedly is good luck because she was born during the Finals last season. Lucky for Daddy- Mikayla doesn't mind watching the games....Not so sure of Football though (Uncle Paul still thinks she is a Ute fan....even if they didn't win this year!)

Well off to another week of fun....please keep in touch and email....or send Pict's of your cute families too! Happy Holidays!

I can't forget the most important news of this week....Mikayla is sitting up on her own now! She had her first "ouchy boo-boo" today though because she is like a little tippys cup and fell forward because she hasn't figured out that her hands can catch her yet...but no bruises yet...just a very upset Mikayla for about 10 mins....poor little thing!

Daddy Graduated!!!!!!

I thought that Jonathan deserved a separate post of his graduation because we are so proud of him. The past 3 years here in Calgary Jonathan has worked full time and gone to school full time to finish his degree! He is one of the few up here in Calgary that has attempted both at the same time.....and have a marriage! So we were very excited to go to his graduation ceremony in November.

Mikayla and Julie went to Seattle at the very end of October....since then they have taken two trips and have only been home a few short weeks. Mommy is now getting time to get some pictures up so here is the month in review...
Julie & Mikayla in Seattle

Grandma, Mommy, Brad, & of course the "happy" baby

happy "Nakie" girl!

Grandma & Grandpa w/ Mikayla

Uncle Ryan was Mikayla's favorite!

Mikayla all bundled up for a nice morning walk.

Happy girl before eating!

Yummy Bananas and Carrots!

Look Daddy I'm standing on my own!

I have a new hair bow too!

Peas are also Mikaylas favorite!

Mikayla now has two "Teefers" and has a little drool rash

I think she wants the camera (this was taken yesterday)

Hummm yummy!

So Mikayla has now taken two round trip plane rides... eaten vegetables, fruits and turkey... and is starting to want to sit up on her own! She is so much fun. Jonathan and I had the best laugh with her the other night and the little stinker was laughing because we were. So a good laugh session did all three of us some belly exercise! She is getting so big so quick...so I'll try and be better about getting things updated on here. I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving. Now onto December!