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Merry Christmas

A few more photos of Noemie's first Christmas. She sure was busy with all the roles she has played! I was so relieved her little dress still fit as I bought it a few months ago before I realised she was a tad taller than the average 8-1/2 month old. She was very smiley all day and so well behaved during lunch. She got some lovely gifts as well despite the fact she was more interested in the wrapping paper more than the gift! I'm almost frightened to think of the amount of stuff we will be getting for her when she understands Christmas. Kirk and I were both restrained this year as we figured she doesn't get it anyway. I got a gorgeous Gucci handbag from Kirk, a cashmere cardigan/jacket from my MIL and some spending money from my folks. Kirk and I aren't going to be getting stuff for each other from Noemie until she is old enough to go with each of us to pick something out herself. Otherwise, it's like we're just getting each other another gift, lol.

We're all pretty tired now so will just relax the next week or so until Kirk goes back to work. I'm hoping to get a few bits organised around the house while Kirk is home to play with Noemie. I'm writing my list of New Year's Resolutions and hope I manage to at least keep up with a few of them for more than a week, lol.

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas no matter what you were doing :)

{Baby} Rudolph

Baby Rudolph stopped by our house today for some carrots and other treats. Baby Rudolph has been very busy delivering toys all over the world with Santa and the other reindeer. Hopefully Santa will bring something nice for Noemie tomorrow!

Tonight she will get her first set of Christmas pajamas. But that's a gift from me. We will of course take photos!

Blogging Baby and then some

Just in case anyone is in doubt, Noemie usually updates her own blog. I'm just standing in today as she is otherwise occupied with shaking her rattle and jumping up and down.

We took her to the park over the weekend (it's about a 5 minute walk from our house) and put her on the swing. She seemed to really enjoy it and had no fear when we pushed pretty hard. We then tried her on the slide (it's only a short one and not too high off the ground) with one of us at the top and the other at the bottom. Once we realised she wasn't going to fall out sideways I stepped back to take photos. In other news, no further teeth just yet and otherwise she is just as sweet and happy as always. She does hate the cold weather though, especially the windy days when the cold hits her in the face. Must remember to use the rain/wind cover from now on when it's windy. Will leave you with some photos.

So busy!

I've been so busy lately with things in general that I've haven't had much time for blogging. I did manage a better pic of Noemie's 2 bottom teeth today though as she shows them proudly when she smiles. It's funny as everyone she smiles at on our walks (pretty much smiles at anyone and everyone) people comment on her little teeth. I seriously love that she is so smiley and that everyone is always commenting on what a gorgeous and happy baby she is. On a totally superficial level, I was dreading that she wouldn't be too cute (other than to us). Or that she would be grumpy all the time. Or that she would rarely smile. I needn't have worried!

We had a busy day yesterday as we drove up to visit my parents for lunch. I dragged her to Homebase with me so we could get some tree ornaments as we had like 15 hanging on a 6ft tree which was embarrassing. My parents went with and bought them all so that was cool. Noemie picked out the tree topper by actually pointing to the one she wanted when I held them both up in front of her. Of course it was pink! After lunch we left to come home and Noemie fell asleep minutes after we started driving. Being the bad Mommy that I am, I stopped at Hobbycraft 20 minutes later so I could buy a cutting mat for my fabric cutting. So, I had to wake her up as I didn't think leaving her in the car would go over too well. She was all smiles though, looking around at everything. Needless to say she passed out early last night. She did really well though and seems to travel ok. Just babbles to herself and sings in the backseat. I'll have to take her on more outings than just the walks we do everyday.

Not long now until her first Christmas!

Just a quick hi to Daddy

Will be back later with a proper post. N needs her lunch!

We have teeth!!!

Woo hoo! Noemie has got 2 teeth now. So ok they aren't fully out but they are at least through the gums! Kirk said he felt a tooth yesterday and so I stuck my finger in her mouth and felt a sharp edge as well. She was happy enough all day but last night was a different story. 7pm she goes to bed, screams and cries for a while so we let her play in her jumperoo a bit more in case she's just not tired (she napped well during the day). She gets sleepy so back to bed. Hour and a half later she starts howling. Kirk cuddled her for a while and she was sleepy again so he put her back in her cotbed with some milk and that was it. Passed out. We figured she'd be up again a few times through the night but the next time she woke up was 7:45am. We knew she was teething and this morning we both saw 1 tooth. Of course I had to stick my fingers in her mouth again to get a close up photo and much to my surprise found 2 teeth. No wonder she was so unhappy. Here's hoping that tonight is easier as I'm on my own. How cute though... I'm going to get a baby toothbrush today when we go out along with baby toothpaste. Must take care of her teeth to avoid any work being required in the future as she'll need to take antibiotics before any major dental work.

Rolling over and over and over

We moved the coffee table out of the way so Noemie would have more rolling space. Kirk decided today that she needs to spend as much time as possible on the floor, on her tummy, so she crawls soon. Easy for him to want that as he's not the one who has to chase her around during the week! I am happy having her not be able to crawl for another month or so... I still need to tidy up the rest of the living room so she doesn't hurt herself! Considering we never had to kitty proof the house it's a bummer we have to baby proof! Sorry about how dark the video is. We're having typical December weather here: dark, gloomy and wet.