Christmas

I was looking forward to Christmas for so long that I'm a little depressed it's over. It was so much fun having a little girl around. I don't know if she fully understood what was going on, but it was cute to watch her face light up at new toys. She got so spoiled! Actually, we all got spoiled. David and I got a new camera (thanks Nana and Papa) so you can expect some "high quality" pictures on the blog now :) I'm still learning how to use it, but so far I've taken a ton of pictures. I'm loving it!
New Years has never been a big deal for me, I guess I just don't really think about "the next year". However, having Gemma around has been more fun than I could have ever imagined, so I'm actually really looking forward to 2011. She's a very strong willed little girl which can make things a little challenging at times, but watching her personality develop has been fun, interesting, and amazing. She is such a blessing to David and I.

Reaching for her Nana

Who isn't happy with a cookie in hand?

Her favorite thing...chairs

Her new Noa's Ark

This is what she did most of the time we opened gifts at the Yarbrough Christmas

Not sure what to think about the Christmas tree

Enjoying her two new presents (her chair, and water bottle)

Playing with Ariya

Funny stuff

She can't walk yet, but she can do a handstand :)


Holding on for dear life

Crazy

The last couple of weeks since her birthday party have just flown by. I've been meaning to post a new entry but haven't been able to sit down long enough to actually do it.

We have had a few exciting things happen recently. Gemma got her first head wound. A mirror fell on her head, and although it didn't shatter (thankfully), it did leave a good dent. We were told to wake her up every two hours that night to make sure she was doing okay. I have to give David lots of credit for giving up his sleep and taking the 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m shifts.
That incident landed on the day we had her scheduled one year check-up, so that got postponed for a few days (10 days after her one year birthday).

Her check-up was a little traumatizing (for me). Not only did she have to get 4 shots, they also did blood work. She cried pretty hard for that part, but as soon as I picked her up she looked at the nurse and said "thank you". It was pretty cute, and made us all laugh. She also impressed everyone with how much she is talking. David and I later that day counted how many words she can say...we stopped counting at 40...I'm pretty sure she's a genius :)
At 1 year and 10 days, Gemma weighed 20 lbs 4 oz, and was 28 inches long.

David and I have realized that we are now in scary new territory as far as parenting. Gemma is such a strong willed little girl and she has recently started showing us her defiant side. It has been a little overwhelming for me trying to figure out how to handle her temper tantrums. I just hope we are on the right track, and addressing things before they get out of hand.


On a more exciting note, Gemma has started taking steps. I can't wait for her to walk, I think it's so exciting! She stands on her own pretty well but if you tell her to move at all, she just takes a nose dive to the floor. Today however, she took two intentional steps. She walked from the coffee table to the couch. It was so cute, and she totally knew she had just done something special. She immediately turned around with a huge grin on her face and started clapping.

November 2009

November 2010