{ 2009 }

Happy New Year!

{ Eisley Smiles }

Do you like the new Swedish look to my blog? I do.

Eisley's personality is starting to come out, more than ever. We can't really say exactly who she'll be, but we definitely know some things about her.

Eisley is cheery. She smiles at anyone and anything. Recently I noticed her smiling at a cashier at a store when I was checking out. I didn't think he would notice, nor did he seem the type to care about babies. But when he noticed her smiling at him, he started in on the baby talk and was utterly charmed by her full fledged grin at him.

Eisley is tolerant. No matter what sort of unpleasant thing we're doing to her, from clipping her nails to bathing her to accidentally bumping her head - the child takes everything in stride and gets over things quickly.

Eisley loves singing. I sing to her all the time, and she always has the same reaction. When I start singing to her Eisley stops whatever she's doing and whips her head towards me, then she watches me with the biggest, goofiest grin while I croon to her. As my career as a soloist, Eisley is my biggest fan.

Eisley is strong. She's been ahead of schedule on all of her physical milestones. She especially loves "marching" when she's standing on her feet. She would stand all day if we let her...

Eisley is a good eater. I cringed when I gave her that first bottle of formula, expecting a dramatic reaction like, "Hey! This is not what I eat!" But she didn't even seem to notice it was different. Eisley wolfed it down like nobunnies bidness.

Eisley is easy going. She's okay with being toted around the house while I do laundry and chores, she's just happy to watch. And when I take her out? She usually sleeps that time away, but if she happens to wake up, she just browses with her eyes. The only time I've ever had her sass me is when her bottle is taken away before she's ready to give it up. This little girl can raise quite a fuss when she wants to! Gets that from her momma, I guess...

So there. These things are the first signs of her personality. We have yet to see who this little girl will become, but she's giving away hints. I quite like her.

{ Miss Eisley's 1st Christmas }

... can best be expressed via slide show:

Eisley's 1st Christmas

{ Love, Actually, Is All Around }

Do you know what my very favorite Christmas movie is? No, it's not Scrooged, A Christmas Story, or Elf - although those are all great ones. It's Love, Actually. I freaking LOVE Love, Actually.

I watched it the other day {probably for the 20th time} and I swear I love this movie more each time I see it. It's got an amazing cast with my very favorite actors (Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant, COLIN FIRTH, Emma Thompson, Bill Nighy, Kiera Knightley...) and the stories in it are just lovely.

If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend renting it for the Christmas season this year. Here's a couple of my favorite clips - but beware, they are *SPOILERS* - so if you haven't seen it, just watch the last video which is the trailer (and does not do the movie justice).

Raspy Voiced Baby

Today we gave Eisley some rice cereal (after getting the go ahead from her doctor) and she made really funny noises during her first feeding.

Raspy Eisley


She's a funny kid...

This past weekend we had Justin's company Christmas party, which was really nice and YUMMY. We went to a Tuscan grill restaurant called Brio and it was SO good. We won gift cards. Fun. Mine was $100 for Ticketmaster.

And Sunday was Nutcracker! It was even better than the last time I went. The CO Ballet does an INCREDIBLE job. It was so fun to get out for the holidays. Mom even gave me an early Christmas present, which I love, but that's all I can say...

Piggy Pie got an early Christmas present from my mom too! A tea party themed exersaucer. She loves it!