10 Months!

McNeill's little personality is still amazing me. She is so much fun (and funny). She has had RSV and an ear infection this month. I am so tired of her being sick!! Hopefully there are healthier months ahead.

McNeill has started doing some new tricks this month. She loves feeding Drew and me some of her snacks. Sometimes she lets us have it and sometimes she takes it back. She has started washing her baby doll's face (and mine). Drew took her to the pediatrician the other day and he said she got out a wipe and started washing her baby's face. We thought that it must have been an accident. Well, later that night she washed her baby dolls face again with a wipe and then mine! I guess I wipe her face off too much?!?!?

She is very laid back and has this goofy grin thing going on...love those little feet propped up on the highchair.



Not sure if you can tell what is going on in this picture or not. McNeill has started sleeping on her back more with her hands up behind her head. Well, she has a tutu on in this picture (thanks Analise!). Anyway, this picture just makes me laugh. She looks like a worn out chubby little princess.



McNeill has gotten to where she really loves books. It is so sweet seeing her turn the pages. She still loves all her toys, especially baby dolls. She will "love the baby" and just grin. Precious. Our goal this next month is getting her to like her sippy cup more. We have tried several different brands and all she really does is just play with it. She thinks it is a new teething toy. So, we'll see how that goes. Let me know if you have any tricks. This may not make sense without seeing it but she has started holding her bottle so strange. She has been doing the one handed thing for a while now but now she holds it underhanded.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Once again this post is over due. We enjoyed having Drew off from school for a few weeks. McNeill's first Christmas was so wonderful. Sorry for the picture overload!!

We first had Christmas at Ninny and PawPaw's. McNeill got to open her presents first and Tommy got jealous. It was so funny. You can tell how excited he was to get his Charlie Brown. McNeill was mesmerized by all the wrapping paper, boxes and gifts. I think she touched every gift in the room. It was such a blessing to get to visit with Ninny and PawPaw and all Drew's family.





We spent Christmas Eve Eve with Drew's parents and woke up for Santa the next morning with them. McNeill's favorite gift was her own Tico (Tico is Barry's siberian huskey). This morning I asked her where Tico was and she went and got him.



On Christmas Eve we did Santa with my family. Mom always cooks a great dinner! I wish I would have taken a picture of Kent's remote controlled shark I got him. It was hilarious! I took it to WalMart to get blown up and I got the craziest looks. Check it out... http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11562289&CAWELAID=882887841





After church on Sunday we went to Craig and Deneille's for breakfast. We watched a movie and napped that afternoon and then went back to my mom's for Christmas with the Tyler's and Dunn's that night.




We came back to Bham Christmas night to relax a little with just our family. We didn't get McNeill much for Christmas (thanks to the Axon's and our families!). Her gifts from us were an oversized stuffed animal, a chair from PB and the book Night Night Birmingham. I love how she is looking at her bunny in this picture!!



I wanted to try and get a picture of her in her Uggs (thanks Nana!). At first she hated them, she kept pulling them off and refused to stand up in them. Note the wet spot on her toe (she was trying to eat them). Her Uggs have finally grown on her and she will wear them. Thank goodness because she sure looks cute in them!!



As I was packing up the Christmas decorations I realized I never got a picture of Mc's stocking...love it!




Drew's birthday was the 27th. His family got us a night at Ross Bridge and dinner there. They came down to keep Mc while we went and stayed there. Below is a picture of her playing on her rocking sheep.



We loaded up to the beach with the Flatt's and Harris's for New Year's. It was such a nice, relaxing get away (they probably didn't feel that way with a crazy 10 month old getting into everything!). FYI- I was not abusive to my husband...it was our little girl who clawed him. McNeill was not a huge fan of the sand. Not sure if it was because the sand was a little cold or because she was disappointed in the way it tasted. Anyway, you can tell by the below pictures that she was not impressed. And, this was the first annual polar bear plunge for Drew and Blake.