Georgia Kate is 5 months old!

Georgia Kate turned 5 months old yesterday!  We love this precious baby girl so so much.

Look… a SMILE!

It has been really fun to see her sweet personality come out more this month.  I wouldn't have necessarily said this the first few months of her life, but I think she is overall a pretty laid back baby.  She is still sooo snuggly and loves being held.  I love seeing her smile when she sees her daddy walk in  from work.  She has a shy smile that I love.  She smiles and then blinks really slowly.  I also love her rosy cheeks!  Her hair is starting to come in a little more and I'm thinking it's going to have some curl!  I hope so! She loves to be tickled under her neck and arms!  It's usually what makes her laugh the most.   She has used the jumperoo a few times!  Such a big girl!  Her feet barely touch the ground, but she is still able to jump a little bit.

We haven't started solids yet, but have been putting a little bit of baby oatmeal in the bottle she gets before bed with Daddy.  I started that in hopes that she would sleep better at night, but I'm not sure it's working because she is still waking up every 2-3 hours.  What's a growing girl to do? ;) She is in 6-9 month clothes and even a few 12 months!  Lately, she seems to take a good morning nap and usually a pretty good afternoon nap with a couple of quick "on the go" snoozes in between somewhere.

Georgia Kate, we are so thankful that you are ours!  You make our family so happy! 

 She found her feet and Mommy forgot the bloomers! :)

Christmas Card + Outtakes

One of my favorite things about December is Christmas cards!!! It's so much fun to check the mail each day.  It's so special to see your friends' families grow and change throughout the years.  Throughout my pregnancy, I always thought Georgia Kate was a boy.  However, any time I would picture my Christmas card for this year (because it's normal to do that months in advance, right?), there was always a sweet baby girl in a smocked dress and a bow sitting next to Reid. :)  

My parents took our pictures for us again this year.  Mumsie created two beautiful outfits for Reid and Georgia Kate!  Thank you so much, Mumsie!!! 

Picture taking this year was quite the adventure.  Our normally very photogenic little boy was just NOT having it at first.  We waited to get the kids dressed until after we got out of the car so their clothes wouldn't get wrinkled.  Well, Reid wanted absolutely nothing to do with his adorable toy soldier longall.  He was screaming so loud and throwing such a tantrum that all of the other families taking pictures (it's a popular location) were staring at us.  We were off to a great start! ;)  Thank goodness for digital cameras.  For every semi-good picture we got, there were about 50 not so good ones! 

Exhibit A - It's so hard being a two year old.  

I've decided two things.  It's nearly impossible to get a good picture with two children and I always hate how my hair looks in Christmas card pictures.  

Here are a few outtakes of our little photo shoot...

They both look so thrilled.  

Finally giving us a "smile"...

These are a few sweet ones that didn't make it on the card...

Little Stinker… This innocent face makes it hard to imagine the ridiculous fit he had at the beginning.  

Here's the final product!  Merry Christmas from our family to yours!!!

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Despite the look, Georgia Kate enjoyed her first time swinging in the backyard!  

Reid was THRILLED when he realized that this wrapping paper roll could be used as a baton (is that what it's called?) when marching around to Aggie band music.  He takes his marching very seriously.  Love him so much.  

One's bow can never be too big.  

Playing with pretend snow!  

Me: "Reid, where is your truck going?"

R: "He's going to Chick-fwa to get a diet coke!"

Silly girl...

This activity tested my control freak-ness like no other.  We were making cinnamon ornaments for our tree and instead of using the straw to poke holes for the ribbon, he decided to poke holes all over the ornaments!!  Eeeek!  I somehow managed to remain calm. ;)

We don't have very many pictures of both of us with Georgia Kate, so we snapped one the other night!

Love our girl!

Ho Ho Ho!

My friend Allison's mom started a fun tradition last year!  She hosts a breakfast with Santa at her house for all of our high school friends, our kids, and the grandparents!  Reid ran away from Santa at the breakfast, but we did get Georgia's first official Santa picture.

I LOVE this picture!

We went to Bass Pro Shop earlier this week for the sake of tradition.  Reid kept saying, "No see Santa" the whole way there.  I wasn't planning on being in the picture, but Santa said he only holds one child at a time and he picked the happy one. :) I guess they can get away with that since it's free.  

Bless his heart...

Ho Ho Ho!

I couldn't resist.

I think these elf yourself videos are hysterical!  If you have a toddler, you must make one of your family.  It will provide lots of entertainment, trust me! :) 

A few observations…

1.  When hair is not in the picture and we are all wearing the same clothes, I feel like Reid and Georgia look SO much alike.  It is also even more obvious how much they look like their daddy!  

2.  This video is made even more hilarious by Georgia Kate's unimpressed face.  

3.  Seeing a baby dance is highly entertaining!  

Enjoy!

Oh Christmas Tree

This was our first Christmas in the new house!  It was fun to decorate a new place.  Reid has been SO excited about all of the Christmas decorations.  Last year he was clueless, so it's been really fun.  The first couple of mornings after we decorated, he would say, "Christmas is downstairs!" as soon as he woke up.  We decorated the tree after Georgia went to sleep one night.  Chris and I enjoyed that special time with Reid.  After he put each ornament on he said, "That's a great spot!!" He was really proud. :) 

One tradition I started when Reid was born is getting an "Old World Christmas" ornament for him each year.  I try to make it something that represents him from that year.  The plan is to give the kids their collection when they get married one day.  Tear… ;(

Reid was sooo excited about his fire truck ornament this year!  

Georgia Kate got a baby shoe.  Reid got the same blue one for his first Christmas.  

I am also trying to make an ornament with each of them every year (at least while they are little).  I copied these from Pinterest of course! 

Georgia Kate's mistle toes

 Reid's snowmen handprint

I just love these pictures of him waiting to turn on the lights and seeing the finished tree.

When we were looking at houses and saw this house for the first time, I was so excited because it has the PERFECT spot for a Christmas tree!  That's important when finding a house! ;) I may tone down the mesh next year.  There was too much mesh and not enough space for ornaments!  I also want to add garland to the stairs maybe next year.  

Reid loves the snow village this year!

I smile every time I look at our mantle.  Seeing those two sweet stockings on the right reminds me every day how blessed we are!  

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Jammies!

We love Christmas jammies!