Cecilia's First Christmas

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday!  Cecilia had a very busy Christmas week!  She met Santa, got lots of presents and got to meet her NJ family for the first time!  

Brunch with Santa at ZCC

Cecilia's first visit with Santa!

Family Photo

Cecilia, Kaitlyn and Sophia

Sophia smilin' big for the camera!

Blake and Mo after visiting Santa

Cecilia and her friend Clara

Cecilia met her friend Sophie for the first time!

Christmas Day

Merry Christmas Cecilia!

Santa brought me presents?!?

Cecilia's Christmas Tree

The toys Santa left Ceci for Christmas!

Cecilia's little red wagon from Nana and Grandpa Dodd!

Daddy got Cecilia her very first blue box for her first Christmas!

Checking out her new rattle!

She loves it!

Cecilia loved opening her gifts.  She tore at the paper and quickly put it in her mouth!

More clothes!  Ceci is the best dressed baby on the block!

Shootin' hoops

Cecilia and cousin Brianna

Ceci and Papaw playing with the choo-choo train

Where did the train go?

There it is!

Ceci giving Daddy a "kiss"

 

Merry Christmas!

Celebrating Blake's 3rd Birthday

Cecilia with all of her cousins (Sydney, Ceci, Blake, Sophia, Andrew, Kaitlyn & Patrick)

Sydney and Cecilia

We wish everyone a safe and happy New Year!

Cecilia's First Food & Four Month Checkup

Cecilia had her four month checkup on Saturday morning. She weighed in at a whopping 15 lbs 13 oz (87th percentile) and measured 26 inches (93 percentile).  

I was thinking over the weekend just how much Cecilia has changed since her last checkup two months ago.   She sleeps through the night and no longer needs to be swaddled.  She smiles all of the time now and we get "real" giggles out of her.  She is drooling and putting everything in her mouth now. She is such a happy baby and her personality is really shining through.

Over the weekend, Cecilia started rolling over and over and over...she won't stop!  She isn't a big fan of rolling from her stomach to her back but is really getting the hang of rolling from her back to stomach.  The days of leaving her on her activity mat unattended are coming to an end.

Tonight Cecilia ate her first real food and loved it!  Dan took plenty of pictures - these are some of our favorites!

Getting ready for the big taste test

Cecilia's first bite!

Hmmm...not sure what to think

Hey this stuff is pretty good!

Big bites!

Just goofin' around after dinner

Cecilia's First Thanksgiving

Cecilia's first Thanksgiving was such a fun day! We started the day at the Turkey Trot in Upper Arlington. It is a 5 mile race that I have been running for the past few years. It is always fun to see the families out on Thanksgiving morning. Dan and I decided to do the 2-mile Walk and Talk. Next year I will be back to the 5 mile run!

After the trot, we went to Nana and Papa Wilson's house for an early dinner. Then we traveled down to New Lexington to see Nana and Grandpa Dodd and family.

Cecilia was such a good girl! It was a big day with a lotof traveling.

Cecilia at the Turkey Trot all bundled up!

Our first family photo!

Ceci likes to sit in Papa's lap!

Cecilia's Baptism

Cecilia was baptized on November 8th at our local church, Our Lady of Mount Carmel.  After months of campaigning, it was so nice to have our family over to celebrate Ceci's big day and Dan's victory.

Our little angel!  She wore cousin Kaitlyn and Sophia's gown.  We planned to use the gown that Dan was baptized in.  It is a 100 year old gown that belonged to his Grandmother.  At the last minute we decided it was too fragile to use.  For those of you who have yet to meet Ceci, she loves to move and is constantly kicking her legs.

Cecilia and Mama before the mass. 

Getting ready for the big moment.

This is what Cecilia looked like most of the mass.  Thank goodness she is so darn cute!

Sleeping in Daddy's arms after everyone left.  What a big day for Cecilia!

 

Lil Pumpkins!

We decided that Cecilia had to have a costume for Halloween and what better than to dress her up as a pumpkin!  She and Oliver helped us hand out candy for Trick or Treat...well she mostly slept and Oliver ate a lot of leaves.  Maybe they will be more helpful next year!  

Pretty Pumpkin!

Our very own pumpkin patch!

Smiles for Daddy!

Daddy's little girl!

First Baby of the 91st!

Taking a break from the leaves!

Some more photos from the past two weeks...

Here are some more photos of Cecilia.

Cecilia fell asleep on her Activity Mat!  

Playtime is exhausting!

Tummy time on the Activity Mat!

Mommy was trying to get her to roll over some more!

Cecilia sitting in her Bumbo!

Ceci and Mommy

Ceci and Daddy

Kisses from Daddy!

Two Months Old

We have been so busy since the last post so there is much to blog!  The entire family has been busy with Dan' re-election...only three weeks left!  We appreciate everyone's support - we could not do it without our family and friends.

Cecilia turned two months old on Thursday.  She went for her checkup the next day.  She weighs 12 lbs 12 oz which is close to the 90th percentile for babies her age and is 24 inches which is exactly the 90th percentile.  The doctor was almost giddy at this!  I am breastfeeding exlusively and as any mom who is doing or has done the same, you know the relief at knowing your baby is getting enough food.

Here are her two month photos:

Our little burrito

So sweet

Pretty girl

Starting to wake up

Big stretches

Trying to figure out what Mama is doing

Awake and happy