Owen Eats! Sort of ...

Owen had his first taste of food. For awhile we thought he would be well into his 6th month before even showing interest until one day, he got angry watching us eat. After a few days I realized he wanted something too. So....on New Year's Eve, we tried some rice cereal. He had fun playing with it, ate a little, got most of it on his face and probably enjoyed playing with the spoon more than actually eating but it was a step. What a cutie!

Christmas

We had a fantastic (though dizzily busy) Christmas. We spent Christmas Eve with my mom's family at a large family gathering where we all got our pictures taken with Santa (for Maya this was time #7). Maya walked right up all by herself and got onto Santa's lap. I guess that's the key....wear them down. Desensitize? We made cookies to leave for Santa too on Christmas Eve and Maya loved that she got to put the icing on all by herself. She was a bit tired by the time we got home from our family gathering so she wouldn't smile, but was excited to see that Santa had eaten them. Maya was a lucky girl and got an awesome Barbie house from Santa. It is so big that I think we need to build an addition, lol. Owen got several gifts but loved this mirror toy that was actually a last minute purchase when we realized he hadn't received but 2 gifts. Oops! Good purchase though!

Santa Beards

As part of our 24 days of Christmas we made an old school craft: cotton ball Santa beards. Maya loved this one!

New Tradition

We decided to try out a few new things this year in trying to find some fun family traditions. We found one we all loved! We went on a Santa brunch boat cruise on Lake Washington. So fun! Great food, carolers, Santa, a craft room and lots of room to roam. So much fun!