before Christmas 2009

Danielle's first big-girl bath (she didn't like it):

Daddy wanted to take this photo of Mama getting christened during Danielle's last sink tub bath:

Danielle trying to figure out the tree:


Danielle trying to figure out her Christmas pjs from Grandpa Ray:


Danielle having fun with Santa (even though he was grumpy):

Grandpa Ray's visit

Grandpa Ray came to visit the first weekend in December. Here are some photos of him and Danielle, and one of her playing with Mama and Daddy's new present, a video baby monitor. Well, one of her playing with the box anyways.:)

Danielle eats finger foods

Here's Danielle's first try at finger foods :)

Danielle opens her present!

Here's Danielle's second try at opening a present. The first time all she did was eat the paper :) I think she's got the hang of it now! Thank you MamaLinda for the gift!!

Standing Up!

Sitting Up

Danielle has decided to sit up finally! She has been propping herself up for the past few weeks on one arm, but hasn't wanted to make the effort to sit up all the way until now.  She also got her two bottom teeth in the weekend before Thanksgiving.  She waited for a few weeks after she started crawling to really get moving around, but now she is everywhere and starting to get into things.  I bought a kiddie corral so that she can crawl around and play and not get hurt.  It looks a little like a mini plastic prison in the pictures, but she seems to like it, as she can play and still see me.  Here are some pictures from the past week or three.