We were so excited to play in the snow. But, 30 inches is not all it's cracked up to be. I spent a lot of time and energy to get Malaya up a hill just to find out that instead of the sled cruising down the hill, it just sunk in the snow. Then I spent more time and energy to drag her back down the hill. After that, we just stayed on the driveway.

Bittersweet

Jolie is trying to walk!!! Jolie just turned 9 months old and she really wants to walk. The other night Sean and I decided to have her "walk" between us. She stood for several seconds, bounced up and down 3 times, stood a little bit more, and then crashed. It was cute!! I'll try to get video soon.

Apparently Jolie does not like carrots.

Jolie is trying so hard to crawl. She gets up on her hands and knees and rocks. She makes a "V" shape by putting her hands and feet on the rug and pushing her bottom up in the air. And last night she started getting in the crawling position and jumping up and down. She'll get the hang of it soon.

And when she really wants to get somewhere, she rolls or army crawls.

Aquarium trip

Ready for the aquarium...baby on board.

DECEMBER 2009

Jolie happily chews on a fake bottle, but that little bugger would never drink from a real one.



Hmmmm, fishing in the nude? Why not!?


What a cute shopper!

Thanks Keeg and Mel for the cute hat!

December 2009

Jolie loves to clap. It is soooooo cute!




Such a girl!

"Who's driving this thing?"

Notice Malaya trying to hold "Jolie's baby" AND open presents. She was afraid Jolie would take it if she put it down.

Did you know you could ride a horse AND talk on the phone?

December 2009

Christmas day was so much fun! Jolie didn't have much interest in opening presents. She just had fun watching Malaya. Malaya didn't quite get the idea that all of the presents were for her. She was just happy to ride her horse and crawl in her tent. And once she started opening gifts, she just wanted to play.

Jolie loves to suck on Malaya's baby dolls. So a few weeks before Christmas we were talking about what toys Santa should bring, and we agreed that Santa should bring Jolie a baby doll of her own. The theory sounded good, but when Jolie's doll was opened Malaya claimed it as her own. She ran into her tent and said "Remember....share". Then she started going upstairs to introduce it to her other babies and put it to sleep in her cradle. Needless to say, Jolie as not seen that baby since. Malaya calls it "Jolie's baby", but that's as close as Jolie as come to it.

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