9 months

Really? 9 months! Where does the time go!

Boy do I love this goober! She is such a fun baby.. honestly I don't know how we got so lucky!

-She still love love loves bath time as you can tell.

-She is walking with her walker all over the place (still no crawling yet.. I think she may just go straight to walking who knows tho)

-She has finally got picking up food and putting it into her mouth down (don't know why that took so long... everything else goes straight to her mouth when she picks it up)

-Starting to get a little bit better with stranger danger (its more the shy turn away smile now)

-Still growing like a weed

-Sleeps 8-8:30pm to 8:30-9am with 2 FABULOUS naps during the day

-Loves her Grandma's & Grandpa's

-Looooves watching her cousins run around and play (probably dying to start running around with them)

-Loves saying dada and mama (don't think she knows she's saying our names but hey its cute)

-Still no teeth but I still like to blame her cranky days on teething :)

stats:

weight: 20.2 lbs 70%

length: 30 inches 98%

Head Circumference: 18.5 inches 99%

first christmas

Our first CHRISTMAS with the three of us was

so wonderful and so busy!

Berklee did not like the fact that I wanted a picture first thing when she woke up haha

We were able to have a Christmas morning just our family and then we headed up to my families for brunch/talking to Elder Winegar/games/presents and then headed to Jesse's grandparents to have Christmas with his side!

It is definitely true what they say about Christmas being more fun when you have kids. Berklee absolutely loved the wrapping paper and she could have torn that apart all day long and be totally content!

Being able to be with both our families was great and we are so grateful to both our parents that are there to support and love us! We got lots of fun things but one of the most amazing gifts I got was from my mom, she had taken time to get pictures of Berklee, me, her, my grandma, my great grandma and my great great grandma around the time we were 20 (except for Berklee of course) and get them in this amazing picture frame. It is so cool to see all of my grandmas and mom around my same age!

We were also able to spend time with our extended family at Christmas parties which are always fun and such a great time to see each other. I didn't take lots of pictures at most Christmas parties but I was able to get a few pictures of the game we played with my mom's side.

Ever heard of Minute to Win It? Well we've played a few games with just my family but we decided this year to have my mom's whole side of the family join in. It was so much fun for the kids AND adults!

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Twiners!

My brother Cade and sister in law Tiffany gave birth to my beautiful niece and nephew on 12/10/10!

They were born at 23 weeks and 5 days.. 16 weeks and 2 days early!

Baby boy Crew came first and weighed in at 1 lb 9 oz followed by sweet baby girl Tessa at 1 lb 4 oz. Cade told us Crew yelled at them after he was delivered and was trying to breath on his own. :) They were able to get breathing tubes in both and they say Tessa is a little feisty one and keeps trying to breath on her own even though they are doing it for her! (relax little girl) They are thee most perfect little babies I have ever seen! Every little thing about them is just amazing. What a miracle they are. They still have a long fight ahead of them and we just pray that they will keep fighting!

We are praying for them and their parents! It is a very difficult time for everyone!

We love you twiners, welcome to our amazing loving family! Everyone loves you so much!

Crew Cade Winegar

Tessa Winegar

i just gotta say...

i love this girl!

her latest most favorite thing is...

walking!

yes, you read it right, walking!!

that is all and I mean all she wants to do the moment she wakes up until its time to take her nap and then back to walking when she wakes up and the cycle goes on and on and on until its time for bed at 8:30 and both mom and dad are exhausted! :)

I love seeing her face the second she pops up off the ground, its an immediate grin from ear to ear! We wanted to get a little video of when we walk with her and then set her down because she usually starts crying and holding her arms up for us to come give her our fingers but its hilarious in this video because she just goes straight to her next favorite thing...

patty cake!

she has started moving her arms/hands up and down when we sing patty cake to her and then she's recently puts her arms clear above her head for when we sing "throw it in the oven for baby and me".

I have just loved watching Berklee learn new things, she is such a smart little thing! And again I am just so grateful for my amazing husband, he works so hard for us so that I am able to be home with our sweet girl! Being a mom is the best!

elf yourself

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/HcRB4kK60ykDjt4D

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This is a little late... but better late than never I guess!

Berklee is 7 months old!

I have absolutely enjoy every second with this girl.

I love seeing her smiling face every morning.

I love seeing her grow.

I love watching her learn new things.

I love watching her face when she's concentrating so hard on doing something.

I love watching her little hands and fingers grab things.

I love watching her try so very hard to crawl.

I love seeing her different expressions

I love watching her when her daddy walks in the door.

I love when she gives us kisses, wide open mouth and everything.

I love that she loves food.

I love that she loves her family.

I love when she sleeps.

I love her laugh.

I love her cry.

I love her.

Sometimes I wish we had a way to understand what is going on in baby's minds. Like when I watch Berklee stare at something and you can just see that the wheels are turning inside but I just wonder what exactly she is thinking. I just hope that she knows how much me and Jesse love her. Every night when I put her to bed I look at her and wonder what I ever did without her. I am so grateful for my little family and am so so grateful for how hard Jesse works for our family so that I am able to stay home with my little girl.

Some fun things Berklee has learned and done over the past month:

-Learned to give kisses (I still need to get a pic of this)

-says da da da da da

-turns round and round and round on her tummy

-still rolls around constantly

-will be sitting and wants to get to her tummy so she just face plants it (with no tears usually)

-loves visiting the cute baby in the mirror and giving her kisses

-still loves her very loud high pitched voice

-she's learned to fall asleep without getting rocked to sleep (hallelujah)

-learned that she is getting a boy and a girl cousin from her Aunt Tiff and Uncle Cade

-learned to do funny noises.. I don't know exactly how to put them in words cuz they're not words so you'll just have to watch the video :)

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It takes about a minute into it before she does her trick :)

Not the best video but you'll be able to hear a little of Berklee saying da da da da with a little bit of come get me screams! :)

Visiting the very cute baby in the mirror

Cade and Tiff cutting into the cakes to find that its a boy and a girl!