11 Months and more Christmas spirit...

Can you believe that just a year ago, I was pouring my heart out to this blog about being terrified about having a c-section?? And now here I am, with this beautiful 11 month old baby, and I can't imagine what my life was really like before her. She is such an amazing little girl. We are still not quite walking yet, but she is getting oh so close! I am not sure I'm ready to have her walking away from me just yet ;)
I am really looking forward to Christmas this year! Even more so than previous years :)
There's no denying that Christmas is my absolute favorite holiday. I get crazy in a good way around this time of year!

Sadly, my family will not be making it back to Nebraska for the holiday yet again this year :( Liz's husband Josh is getting deployed right around Christmas, if not the actual day, and we cannot let her be by herself during this hard time, so mom and dad will be staying with her for Christmas. While I am sad about all of them not making it here, I am a little excited about Sophie's very first Christmas being with just the 3 of us, our little family. I want it to be perfect, even though I know perfect doens't exist lol, and I know she doesn't understand what's going on yet.  But in my mind, it will be a perfect day :)

 

 I was playing around with Sophie and our camera the other night and captured some fun amazing pictures! Some of the idea I got from Pinterest...imagine that lol. This black and white one is so beautiful...it looks like something you'd see in a magazine.

 Here she is playing with some lights I put out for her...safely playing I might add. I made sure she didn't put them in her mouth or hold onto a bulb for very long.

 But just watching the wonder on her face, is another reason why I love this holiday so much.

 

 This is not her first encounter with Santa, and she was more interested in the "real" guy than this stuffed version. More than once after this was taken, she would throw him down and crawl away lol.

Ugh, My baby is just getting too big. I wish I could stop time just for a little while longer. She is so fun right now, even though some of that fun is slightly naughty lol. We are learning patience, and the word "no" is said alot around our house right now. I just love watching what new things she learns and how she listens to me when I'm talking to her and how she tries to respond back in her baby babble.  This kid is going to do great things <3