Lanie is now starting to get formula more often and while I was at work on Saturday, Eric was thrilled to find her holding the bottle on her own. Unfortunately I forgot to warn him that our once very happy-to-be photographed daughter now enjoys staring at the camera with a frown on her face. So after a great deal of effort he got her to hold the bottle again while he quickly took a couple shots. 
The red eyebrows are the dead giveaway that she was mad just moments before.
This year for Christmas it was just our small family! We did miss the family but it was very relaxing not having to go anywhere. We did get to visit April and Kevin that afternoon and we so appreciated the Williams for letting us join in on their Christmas dinner.
Our beautiful Christmas Tree with all our fun presents! LaNea was spoiled but as they were mostly clothes, I'm very grateful. Eric was up at 7:00am ready to open presents. I made him open all of LaNea's with me before he was able to open his own.
This is how LaNea spent her Christmas morning. She didn't really care about any of the presents and didn't seem to notice when Eric tried to have her open one with him. She was just happy sitting under the animals. So much to look at.
Eric and I had a great CHristmas and got so much more than we wished for. Eric got a GPS that he was hoping for to help him navigate the Texas roads. I got a camera, Primary Pianobook, a workout step and lots of Disney movies. Life is great!
After pushing herself out of the netting (repeatedly) I decided LaNea was too big and deserved to take a bath in the tub instead. She loved it which was so fun to see. Everytime I would drip or pour water on her, her eyes would get all big and she would arch her back in surprise but never cried. When I wasn't antagonizing her, she would have the biggest smile and kick her feet happily!
This last week I got the great pleasure of having Ally come and visit me. It was very fun having her here and having someone to hang out with me during the day! Eric was good enough to help out with LaNea in the evening. As you can see, Lanie actually loves watching TV. 
My Masterpiece Gingerbread House. We actually made the gingerbread from scratch and found a few mistakes that we'll have to do better next time. But overall they turned out pretty well and apparently if you had enough frosting just about anything can stay together.
We celebrated both Eric's and Ally's birthdays while she was here. 
It was really fun having her here and I know Lanie had fun getting all the extra attention. Thanks for coming Ally
Her great attempt to suck her fingers. She switches between one, two and all.
She is still so funny! She seems to always wish to stay awake and seems to only get fussy if I try to put her to bed. She's talking a lot more and has learned how to squell. She'll now do this when she's both happy and mad which makes it quite fun to decipher between.So I know its a touch late to post but yesterday we celebrated Eric's 27th Birthday. We went to Eric's choice of restaurant (Chicken Oil, better than it sounds) and then home to games! Adam came to visit just for the occasion and we also had Ally in town as well. 
It's not what it looks like...they were lit but the camera wasn't working very well so they went out before he had a chance to blow them out. In the end, he was stuck blowing out the lighter instead of candles. Still counts.
This year for Thanksgiving, we got to head to Sacramento to spend time with our family! Everyone was together, something that isn't very easy to do.
Shauna took us out after the big family photos to just get one of our little family. LaNea was just about done by this point and yet she still managed to get some really good shots.
LaNea gwas growing so much while we were out there. She went from starting to make a noise here and there to talking for five to ten minutes straight. Even her cries have changed and when she's upset she seems to talk first before she starts to get really mad. She is also able to hold her head up so much better. She seemed to have a lot of fun hanging out with her cousins. She was always so fascinated by them and would stop crying just to watch and smile at them. 
