11 MONTHS OLD!

My little girl is one month shy of being a One-Year-Old! I can't believe she's been in our lives that long already! She finally cut two bottom teeth and is really good at pulling herself up to furniture. She's not walking yet, but has stood on her own for a few seconds at a time and is getting close to making the big step toward walking. She has learned her first word, which is "bye-bye" while waving. She is a happy little girl (except when she's tired or hungry which is why her eyes are red and watery in these photos!). She LOVES her mommy (or, just NEEDS her mommy.) I know that's a little bias since I AM her mommy, but ask anyone... she's a momma's girl through and through!

Another month has FLOWN by and my baby girl is now ten months old! She had her first and hopefully last experience being sick enough to go to the emergency room! She was running a pretty high fever for three days. I did everything the doctor told me to do to help the symptoms and keep fluids in her, but Sunday morning rolled around and she wouldn't keep anything down so we whisked her away to the hospital. The poor little thing had to suffer through three different pokes to find a good place for an IV and to draw blood (one spot they tried was in her head!). Then, they had to get an X-ray of her lungs and she was pinned down in a tube for that. They had to stick tubes up her nose and suck out mucus. She screamed the whole time and I cried. I'm so thankful for modern day technology though. They were able to get fluids pumped back into her and got her feeling good enough to keep some medicine down. I'm sooo glad to say that she is back to her wide-eyed happy little self.

My Little Miss Shayna is NINE MONTHS OLD today!!! She's growing so fast. She's crawling like a champ, can wave "bye-bye", likes to stick out her tongue every time she see's herself in a mirror, likes to scrunch her nose and make sniffing noises when she hears us sniffing and every time she see's her Uncle Cade (she associates that with him for some reason!). She LOVES it when Mommy reads to her. She sits calmly on my lap and turns the pages all by herself. She loves to play with the remote control and our cell phones. She is a GREAT eater. She eats carrots, peas, squash, sweet potatoes, pears, bananas and rice cereal. She is still nursing and that, I would say is her FAVORITE thing to do. I don't know how I'm going to wean her by the time she's a year old, but she certainly can't nurse forever!! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this little sweetheart!!

Okay, I'm pretty late with this post, but I have to post a few pictures and just say how WONDERFUL Christmas was this year. Having a little one of my own made it just that much more special. She had no clue what was going on, but it was fun to watch her little face as she tasted SUGAR for the first time and opened up (with help) gifts from her aunt Coley and aunt Katie.

Shayna turned eight months old yesterday! I love you little stinker!

FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH SANTA CLAUSE!

Ooooh.... crunchy noisy toy!
Whoa!! who in the heck is THAT!!!
Mommy!!! Get me outta here!!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Thanksgiving Day. Watching "Muppets Christmas Carol" after dinner. It's tradition!
Look at all those Yummy desserts! Sugar cookies, Egg Nog Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Apple Pie and a big huge Custard dish Nicole made.
Gettin' ready to eat!
Brad carving the turkey.
Katie, Garrett and Davis going crazy on the Veggie Tray!

Shayna turned SEVEN months old on the 13th! I can't say enough about how time is just flying by. I love this little rug-rat - she's so much fun.

Shayna was a darling little angel for Halloween. We had a blast at Aunt Coley and Uncle Cade's new house. Nicole and I stayed up to the wee hours of the morning decorating witch cupcakes and making other yummy deserts for the party. Thanks for such a great time guys!!

Family Picture

Shayna is six months old today! I can't believe it!!

We visited Grandma and Grandpa's house this week. Shayna had a good time with her Aunt Katie and Uncle Garrett as you can see in this photo.

This is what happens when Momma's not looking...

We got home from church and I gave Shayna to Brad so I could go to the
bathroom. I took a little TOO long and when I opened the door, this is what I saw.... (She's all dressed up in little boy Texas Longhorn clothes!)

Shayna's five month picture. She turned five months on the 13th!

Coley and Shayna playing at the reunion.

Aunt Coley and Mommy with Shayna at the Edward's Family reunion this past week.

We just got back from a two week stay at my mother's and grandparent's home in St. George. We had a fun time at the reunion during that time. Shayna and her cousin Ryder LOVED playing together. It was Shayna's first airplane ride there and back. She did sooo good. I was so proud of her.

She sat up today without Mommy holding her to keep her from falling over! She loves to get to her toes and play with them. It's so fun watching her grow and discover new things.

Shayna is four months old (as of the 13th)! Time is flying by so fast. We had to take pictures today instead of on the 13th because we've been so dang busy the past few days. I just LOVE this little rascal!

We are at Coley and Cade's house again (they're gonna get sick of us!). While Nicole was at work, Cade and I went out and bought Shayna her first toy. We put her in it this morning and she seemed to really like it. It's so fun to watch her learn new things.

Shayna getting a bath in Aunt Coley's bathroom sink tonight. She LOVES bathtime so much!!!

Daddy and Shayna taking a little stroll.

Grandma Sharee sent this little outfit to Shayna. It's so cute and fit her perfect. Thanks Grandma!

Mommy and Shayna

I don't have very many pictures of me and my little girl together, so Nicole decided that we needed to take some! Shayna was a little distracted, but she's still looks fweakin' cute!

3 months old!!

Here's baby Shayna at three months old. It's crazy how much she's changed in just one month!

Shayna and I got to visit Aunt Nicole and Uncle Cade for the week while Brad had to be out of town for his internship. We had a lot of fun!

I finally got a hold of my mom's camera and downloaded one of the photos from my baby shower. It was so good to have all of my close friends there. Thank you again for such a great day girls!!!

Daddy trying to teach her how to work the playstation controller. Wishful thinking Daddy, hehehe!

Shayna and Aunt Katie - oh how precious!!

At Grandma and Grandpa's on the 4th of July playing with a little play-mat "thingy" (I don't know what they're called) She was actually batting her little hands at it.