The Holidays Are Here!

I can't believe the holidays are here already this year. I know every year I say the same thing...but this year its even more unbelievable for some reason. The past year has flown by, especially the past almost 7 months and what a great year it has been! We headed home (Omak) for Thanksgiving to spend time with family and friends. It was really nice. Now just around the corner we have Christmas! This year is the year I'm going to finally be ahead of schedule. Our inside decorations are up, most of the Christmas shopping is done and soon enough we will get to kick back, relax and enjoy the rest of the holiday season. Capri is doing great! She remains easy-going, happy and extra cuddly these days. We are absolutely loving this stage. She laughs, smiles, coos, and is really showing her character. She is also becoming very mobile! No crawling yet but so very close! She is able to get places fairly fast by way of rolling, scooting and crawling backwards. She has discovered the Christmas tree lights and the present that Ryan so kindly placed under the tree for me before we left for Thanksgiving (yes that's right, our decorations were up before we left for Thanksgiving)...against the rules I know! I'm not sure if it is an empty wrapped box or if there is something in it but I know either way that it has been placed there to test my will power to not peek...he thinks its really funny! So will power I will have! Meanwhile, as I'm minding my manners, Capri has taken quite an interest in the package and has been slowly tearing little pieces of paper off each day, chewing on the box and poking holes in the top with her fingers. I certainly can't deprive my child of exploring new things so if something happens to appear and unveil itself to me, I suppose I'm helpless. ;-) Well I know I will be updating the blog more this month so stay tuned! In the meantime, I've attached a few photos of Capri. She is growing like a weed! Happy Holidays to all!

6 months

5 1/2 months

6 months

Capri's First Halloween

Happy Fall! I've uploaded some photos of Capri in her 1st Halloween costume and a couple from last week. She was a "Whimsical Dragonfly." She didn't seem to mind the costume too much so we had her wear it quite a bit on Saturday. We dressed her up for the annual neighborhood Halloween parade and then left it on for a few more viewings. Enjoy!

All is well!

I know, I know, I've managed to fall behind again on my updates so let me start by saying, all is well! We are all doing good! Work is busy for both Ryan and I, Capri is doing really well at daycare the three days she is there. She continues to be pretty easy going and extra happy. She has discovered her voice and enjoys listening to herself. We just took our first flight with her this past weekend. We headed down to California for Lysandra & Luke's engagement party. It was a great trip and Capri did exceptionally well on the flight there and back. :-) Here are a few pictures and a couple videos of her recently.

First family flight

Capri in her jumperoo

Capri and Ryan

Capri and her bunny

Capri in her jumperoo

Hiccups

Little Giggles

Capri started to giggle! We were playing the other night and she let out her first giggle. Ryan was able to get some of it on video, which I've attached below. We also had her 3 month (really closer to 4 month) pictures taken. She enjoyed her mini photoshoot. Here are some of the proofs. Oh yes and you'll notice one of the pictures she has her finger in her mouth. This is just one of many that she was nawing on her hands/fingers. With the help of some friends and family we've figured out that she is beginning the teething stage!

Little Giggles

Little Miss Smiley

As summer begins to wind down, I'm hopeful that I'll be able to update the blog a little more often than once a month. There are so many little changes in such a short period of time with Capri. She is growing like a weed, smiling like crazy and has discovered her hands and is better able to coordinate grasping her toys, blankets, binkies, and oh yeah my face. I've learned that not only do we clip her little fingernails for her own protection but it is now for ours and anyone else holding her as she tackled my nose last night and there was one little sharp fingernail in there somewhere that I missed. Ouch! I can't get over how much and how fast she is growing. From one day to the next it seems like she is either longer or feels heavier or doing something new that she wasn't doing the day before. She is still really enjoying her "school" and Ryan and I continue to be busy at work and home. Boating season has been a longer one this year, beginning in May and its looking like it will go well into September. As much as I said when I was pregnant that we would likely have a lighter boating season this year, I think we've probably been out more than any other summer...go figure! ;-) I've posted some pictures of Capri below. She is such a happy baby, smiling a lot. We are just waiting for her to start laughing as I think she is getting pretty close to belting out some belly laughs. I hope this finds everyone in good health and enjoying their summer.

Capri loving her new jumperoo toy

Aunt Misha meets Capri!


Uncle Jarrett meets Capri!

Smiling for the camera

A little supervised tummy time on the couch!

Capri and Dad watching T.V.

Getting ready to go to breakfast w/Mom & Dad

Back to work and off to "school"

We made it! Last week was my first week back to work and Capri's first week at Daycare (aka: "school"). We all adjusted well and didn't seem to skip a beat. Capri is really enjoying her new friends and teachers at school. She has been sleeping really well at night, averaging at least 6-7 hours, which has been great! This past weekend we made a quick trip to Omak to visit family and Capri slept the entire way there (4+ hours) and all of the way back! It was so nice! Here are some new photos!

Going on 2 hours of napping after daycare tonight

Cousin Claire (left) and Capri (right) - this past weekend

First day of school!

Capri's crib at school

How could you say no to this face?

Happy Birthday Ryan!

It was Ryan's 32nd birthday yesterday! Happy Birthday Ryan! We love you! :-) He took the day off of work and we had a nice and relaxing day together at home and we even got out and ran some errands, visited Capri's daycare and topped our day off with a late evening run to Cold Stone for some "Apple Pie A La Cold Stone" ice cream! Yes, this is the life of the birthday boy with a newborn...hahaha. Next year we'll have some party planning to do for the double 3 birthday!

This past weekend we couldn't have asked for nicer weather. We were out boating Thursday evening, all day on Friday and Saturday and a quick but really nice morning run on Sunday. The air temperature was perfect and the water felt great! I'm back to wakeboarding again. I'm feeling less aggressive than last summer but I'll work my way back up I'm sure.

Capri is well on her way to becoming the princess of boating. She seems to be a happy little boater. She is growing like a weed and has just started to smile and coo intentionally, which is really fun to see. She has her next doctor's appointment this Thursday so I'm sure we'll have some new stats on her growth.

Time has just flown these past two months. It's hard to believe. I return to work next week and Capri starts her new schedule at daycare. When we visited yesterday, they already had her crib all ready to go with her name tag on it. I'll try to snap a picture when I'm in again this week to post. She will be their youngest in the infant room. They are very excited for her arrival and I know she will enjoy the staff and her new daycare friends. :-)

Here are some of the latest pictures...

The Boat Princess

So sleepy after bath time
Preparing for the sunny day ahead

Even with the sunglasses its hard to miss the belly

Hanging out on the couch like a big girl

Nap time with Mom

Capri and Dad

Another day of boating

Time's a flyin!

Wow how time flies! People always tell you this before you have kids and now I'm hearing it all of the time now that we have Capri and while she isn't graduating high school tomorrow, she is already 1 month as of yesterday! I can hardly believe how fast this past month has gone...

We are all doing great at Stewart Little's house! She is getting us trained to be on her schedule these days, which hasn't been too painful so far but that may be up for debate once I head back to work. She is happy, healthy and growing like a weed! What more can we ask for? :-) Last Friday I took her to the Overlake Women's Center to be weighed and she weighed in at 9lbs 15oz! Her little belly is growing and so is her double chin. Ahhhh, if only we found growing bellies and double chins, not to mention cellulite as cute on adults as we do babies...hehehe.

The last weekend of May we headed home, to Omak, to meet our new niece, Claire, see the boys and family! The great grandparents got to meet Capri, which was really fun to see! It was a great trip! Capri slept all of the way to Cashmere on the way there and then again until we got to Omak. We took lots of pictures while we were home.

Along with us adapting to Capri's schedule, she has also adapted to our summer routine of boating. She loves it! In just a matter of a few years, we'll be looking for a little wakeboard for her! :-)

I've posted pictures below!

Photos!

Ryan & Capri Boating
(this is the first father-daughter day on the lake)

Capri sporting her fancy sunglasses

Me & Capri

Capri's mini photo shoot

You, Me & Capri (hehehe)

Capri & Claire

The Cousins

(Corbin holding Claire & Camden holding Capri)

Capri's little feet

Capri & Claire

Camden holding Capri

The boys tackling Ryan

Corbin & Capri

Me & Tanya holding the girls

Capri's crazy hair after bath

Ryan, Capri & I on our first boat outing

Capri's first boat outing