Cecilia's First Trip

Cecilia and I flew to Utah for a week to spend some time with my sisters and adorable nieces and nephews. It was such a fun trip but went by way too fast. Cecilia did great on the plane and loved the flight. She is already proving to be a great traveler- granted it was only a little over an hour flight. We had a great time staying at Julie's house and loved having Sara and Henry join us. Thanks to both Julie and Sara for being such great hostesses and running us all around. We had fun just hanging out with the kids, having lunch with Tricia, Alyson & Aunt Lynette, dinner with a great friend I hadn't seen in a long time, Age, Cecilia meeting her great-grandparents Cook, and running around a bit. I really wish I lived closer to my sisters. I'm so grateful for the close relationship I have with them. I really hope Cecilia gets a sister one day. We sure missed Davey while we were gone but he received photo messages about every other hour. :) Here are a few photos that Sara took. I only had the camera on my iphone but being with Julie and Sara, I was bound to get some wonderful shots to document our trip. I will post again with photos from Julie's camera.
Cecilia was in heaven being with her cousins. It was fun to see her come alive when she was around them. She started "talking" and squealing so much more while we were up in UT. She is growing up way too quickly- though she is still my itty bitty girl. Julie and Sara were surprised at how small she still is. She is so dainty but apparently the photos make her look a lot more grown up (according to Julie and Sara.) I love this little girl so much. It was so much fun to see how sweet Eleanor, Amelia, Henry and Jude were with her. Eleanor and Amelia loved holding her. Henry loved giving Cecilia loves by resting his head on her chest and pushing her around in the kid's play stroller. Jude loved to grab onto her hand when we would lay them next to each other. It was a lot of fun seeing them all interact. Cecilia is one lucky girl to have so many cousins- most of which are here locally.

Cecilia Meets Santa

Santa visited our home this morning to meet little Cecilia!

Happy Birthday, Mimi

Cecilia is one lucky girl to have her Mimi live so close by. Mimi calls me sometimes and asks Cecilia to come over so she can just love on her. Cecilia loves her Mimi! My mom is the only one that can get the baby to sleep in a second. Davey is the second best at getting her to sleep. This baby girl loves to fight her sleep but once she is asleep, she is totally out. Ever since Cecilia was born, she has been extremely alert and loves to look around and really study people's faces. She is such a serious little girl-it cracks us up. She loves to laugh in her sleep. She woke me up this morning laughing. I can honestly say that she has not cried in the night since we brought her home from the hospital. If she is hungry in the night, she will make loud sucking noises but won't cry. The last two nights she only woke up once to eat at 4:00 am. Let's pray this continues.
Anyway, back to Mimi- she is what you would call a Baby Whisperer. She really does have the magic touch with babies. Today is her 65th birthday and we love her so much!

The Christmas Spider

This holiday season has been so much fun with our little Cecilia. It has been exciting starting a few traditions with her. I took this particular tradition from Julie and her family. A few years ago my mom and Elyse made these adorable Christmas Spider ornaments and Julie and John have had the fun tradition of having the Christmas Spider bring their kids Christmas pajamas. They read the "Cobweb Christmas" and once they find the spider on the tree they can open their present from the spider and it is always pajamas. Of course Cecilia had no idea what was going on but we had a great time.

My Cutie Pie is One Month

I can't believe my little sweetie is over a month old. Here are some adorable photos that her dad took of her. We are head over hills in love with this little girl.

Family Photos

Elyse was so kind to take some family photos for us. These were taken when Cecilia was 2 weeks old. I can't believe she is now 3 weeks old. Time is passing by so quickly. We are still completely smitten with our little lady. She is such a good baby and sleeps well in the night- just waking us up to eat. She is already starting to smile at us. I can't imagine life without her.

Our Sweet Little Devil

Of course Cecilia's dad insisted on dressing her up for the ASU vs. U of A football game. Too bad ASU lost. Cece and I stayed home and watched the game on tv with our friends- Kristin, Audrey, Allie & Aaron while Davey went with his family and best friend Matt.