11 months old

How can Delaney be 11 months old already? There is no way that she can be a year next month! She has been doing great and is such a character. Although, she did wake up with a cold this morning which means I should probably be getting one soon too. We went to the zoo again this weekend and an old friend of Dan's from high school, Anjel, was able to come with us and meet Delaney. This is how we actually got a picture of all three of us at the zoo (below). As for Delaney, she is into everything and we constantly have to keep an eye on her. She does new things every day it seems and had Dan and I laughing so hard this morning both our stomachs hurt. She is so very close to saying "kitty" which we knew would be her next word after "Mama" and "Dada". She is dancing at the moment to some music playing on the TV. That's about it for us right now.

World's best spit bubble blower.

This last Friday, I did fishy face to her and this is what I got in return. I don't know where she learned it, but now she does it all the time. It is the cutest thing!

Little giggly girl.

Helping with dishes, which usually involves grabbing whatever we have just put in the dishwasher and trying to take it back out. She loves getting to help shut the dishwasher door.

Sooo big!

We never get enough of those big blue eyes.

Showing some attitude.

More zoo pics

We took another trip to the zoo this weekend. Delaney has not been sleeping well the past few weeks and we were hoping a couple of hours in the fresh air might help (which it did a little last night). It was very cold, but the sun was shining and it was a beautiful morning to get outside. Dan's schedule has been messed up by the snow and flooding so it was nice to actually get out with all three of us.

We had to spend some time feeding the goats since that is Delaney's favorite part. She was giggling so hard when they would touch her hand. I love this grin.

Checking out the sea otters

Some January randoms

I haven't gotten to post much, but we haven't had too much going on. Delaney looks like a little warrior at the moment with all of her boo-boos. She smacked her cheek on the edge of the changing table and has a big bruise and then the next day when I picked her up from daycare, she had a big red mark on her forehead and a little cut on her nose. She learned the hard way that you can't crawl and push a bus at the same time. Poor little thing is learning that getting around is hard. She is pulling herself up on everything, so we know it is only the beginning of the bumps and bruises. She is pretty tough about it though.

We went out to dinner on the 14th for my stepmom Kim's birthday. We had a great time and Delaney loves her Auntie Maddie. Happy Birthday Kim!

Riding her little pony. She got the pony for Christmas and could barely sit on it and within a few days was rocking on it all by herself. It plays a little song (which is forever stuck in our heads) and she won't rock unless the song is playing. Thanks Andy and Nancy, she loves it.

Daddy and Delaney playing

Crazy girl

My mom brought over a whole bunch of my wedding stuff including my veil. Delaney had fun playing with it so we tried it on. Now, she won't wear one again for many, many, many, MANY years.

This is the new I'm-going-to-squeeze-whatever-is-in-my-hand-into-a-million-pieces face. In this case, it was chicken.

The hair after pigtails.

Another new tooth

The day after Christmas, Delaney got another tooth. So that is two teeth in two weeks. (Notice the t-shirt - you can't see it, but underneath the beaver it says "Teething". Thanks Karen! It fits perfectly right now!). If you click on the picture, you can get a little glimpse of the teeth.

Some random Christmas pics!

We had a great Christmas. We spent time with family and ate good food. Delaney had a good time, although I think she got a little overwhelmed at times. We are so grateful for everything that we all received, especially Delaney. She is having a great time playing with her new toys and we really needed all her new clothes since she just keeps sprouting up. She had a little developmental spurt right before Christmas and starting crawling (not just her version of crawling that she had been doing) and now there is no stopping her. She is all over the place now. She is also pulling herself up on everything and is becoming more vocal every day. We hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Christmas evening at Grandma Charlene's house.

Keeping an eye on things outside with Grandpa McGuire

Opening a present with Dad on Christmas morning.

Helping with the Christmas baking. Well, just licking the spoon to make sure it would taste ok. And don't worry, no raw eggs in fudge.

Poor Rudolph never stood a chance. He will just have to fly without a nose.

This is Delaney's first Advent calendar. I have had one every year, so she needed to have one for her first Christmas. She had a lot of fun chewing on it. We wound up not even opening it until after Christmas because she had too much fun playing with it (and it was safer in the wrapper).

Playing under the Christmas tree. We were pretty lucky. Delaney liked the tree, but she really didn't mess with it too much. She would occasionally crawl up and touch it, but she really wasn't that interested.

A Christmas carol from Delaney

This is Delaney helping me sing Deck the Halls. Merry Christmas!

Fun in the snow...take 2.

Well, this time we made sure Delaney was well rested and we tried the snow again. This time was much more of a success. Thursday we went out and pretty much just sat in it. All was fun until she did a face plant in the snow. We were done after that. It was starting to snow really hard then anyways, so it was a good time to go in. Friday we were able to spend a little more time out there and went for a little walk in the neighborhood. Unfortunately, Dan didn't get to participate in any of this. He left for work at 3 am on Thursday and had a route in Bellevue. They didn't get there until 2 pm. 405 was a standstill and for anyone who watched the news, that was the road they were telling people to stay off of. He wound up having to spend the night in a hotel up there and finished the route today. He finally got home around 6 pm tonight. We are glad he is home safe and sound. Since there is no chance of the snow going away anytime soon, at least he will be able to play outside tomorrow with us. Delaney's snowsuit is coming in handy sooner than we even expected. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Bell!

And this was what it looked like about 5 minutes after we came in the house. Brrrrrr!

And even more snow to play in on Friday!

Trying to slide down our little tiny hill in front.