wren at swimming class

practicing eating/sensory experience

mmmmmmmmmm.miso soup.

big girl baths.

pretty much outgrown her little blue tub, but not quite big enough to sit in the big one without sliding all over. luckily her mama loves baths and takes them with her often. she loves splashing in the tub!

9 months!

we are behind on her updates. again. i think we are done moving though, for a couple years, and the holidays are over...so things are calmer and we are settling into a perfect pace together. wren is 9 months now and so much fun. she is standing on her own, without any support, but has yet to take those first steps. she is extremely talkative, and kinda screechy. she loves to scream. or sing? maybe its singing...she is eating more and more foods everyday, but she still loves mama milk best. she is also a fan of apples, sweet potatoes, trying mom and dads soups (miso!! yum!), banana, breads, pickles, and i dont know what else. anything we will let her try she will. she loves the kitties and i think she says "kitty". she definitely knows when we are talking about them and makes special noises and chases after them. she doesnt sleep much. during the day or at night. she goes to bed around 8:30 or 9, sometimes later. she gets up around 7...so that doesnt seem like much to me. i am lucky if she takes a nap. usually its a car nap, but if we are home all day she fights sleep forever. she loves playing with her friends, her monkey in a box, her baby, her stacking blocks, and play cups and dishes. she also loves cords and outlets, which is very annoying. she started swimming lessons, a gift from santa, but we put them on hold until april. it has been too cold to go over to woodbury at 6pm and swim and get back into a freezing car. she loves the water though and i think the lessons will be fun when we start again.

you can also keep up with wren on her other blog:

http://www.wrensfriends.blogspot.com/

rock the cradle

here are some pics and a little video of wren at the baby disco at rock the cradle. rtc is an event hosted by the current with free music activities for families. the baby disco was really fun, and funny. it made me excited for the wedding dances wren will be at this spring/summer for erin and tresse's weddings!

Inaugaration Celebration.

Christmas Photos

When Wren Met Santa...

Wren sat on Santa's lap last Sunday. Didn't quite go as well as we'd hoped. We waited in line for an hour, then Wren decided to puke on herself right before the picture, then she refused to put her tongue back in her mouth for the first few shots on Santa’s lap, only to have the camera batteries die before I could get a good photo...

tubby at the farm

Wren's Halloween

Wren's first Halloween and she was a darling little giraffe. We thought a giraffe was appropriate since her favorite toy is her "sophie giraffe" and she loves to see the giraffes at the zoo. She went to visit Great Grandma and Grandpa Larson, but they weren't home. Then she saw Great Granny and Grandpa Neubauer, who put applesauce and baby bananas in her goody bag. She visited Grandma and Grandpa Schmidt and Grandma and Grandpa Neubauer, too. It was a busy evening for a little giraffe. She held up pretty well, although she rubbed off her facepaint and was a little cranky with all the in and out of the car.