Small Steps

Mylie is getting closer and closer each day to becoming a walking girl. She took her first steps around her 1st birthday in November, but has been taking her time otherwise. The attached video is quick, so watch closely to see her take off!

"What the heck?"

If Mylie could speak, that is exactly the sentence she would have said many times this week. For months now, Mylie has had free reign of the kitchen cabinets. I have had to pull the disinfectant spray from her little hands too many times recently, so David installed the baby locks on the cabinet doors. She has caught on now and has resorted to opening and closing the warming drawer of the stove. However, there is nothing interesting in it and me being 6 months pregnant, I'm not too into cooking these days, so the drawer never gets warm.

David and his college roommates used to have a phrase for those preventing fun from happening (most of the time it was me) and I'm sure Mylie has thought this phrase often this week: "Fun Haters."

Christmas 2007

Christmas is great every year, but it was especially wonderful this year with Mylie excited about boxes, wrapping paper and bows...and sometimes the nice gifts inside them.

We had our little Christmas at home before we packed up the car and headed back to NM for the holidays.

David got me and "the girls" the most adorable book...The Daring Book for Girls. We have lots of adventures ahead of us!

Mylie is playing the drums with her new music kit from her dad.

Christmas Eve Communion with David's family...

We spend Christmas Eve at my mom's house. Here's Mylie being goofy before opening presents from Grami and GranDan.

And Christmas morning at Grandpa Dobbs's house. These were the boxes she thoroughly enjoyed.

We spent Christmas day afternoon with David's parents (not sure where the camera was but we have LOTS of video) and then headed to Pagosa Springs, CO at the end of the week with David's family for New Year's. David has been going to this lodge with his family and his parents best friends, the Russell's, for many, many years. He has lots of memories at that lodge and I know he was thrilled to take Mylie up and include her in some of the most fun times in his life.




Mylie says, "So this is how you make me all those quilts!"
We went ice skating on the pond in Pagosa with Mylie's Uncle Mike.


Happy New Year!!!
The long drive home...

Despite the extremely cold weather in ABQ and in Pagosa, we had such a great time seeing our family. We know next year will be so much fun as Mylie gets older and becomes more excited about Christmas and we are also excited to have another little girl joining our family. We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!