Merry Christmas!!

We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family and to have our precious little girl. She is the best gift this year...our little angel. God bless you this Christmas!

Suprise!

i hope Daddy likes it...

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

I think it's too early!

Hope you had a great day, Sweetheart!

Aaralyn surprised us when she was playing with my water cup (yes...I was using it during "happy hour" to keep her happy before dinner) and she starting drinking from it! Wasn't expecting that...

Saturday's Outing

We are having such a great time!! Scotland is a beautiful country and our time with the Mabrys has been wonderful!!
We visited a botanic garden on Saturday. It was BEAUTIFUL!! The leaves are starting to change to their fall colors and the flowers were pretty. Here are some pictures...





Here is the cutest baby in Scotland...

Alanna calls Aaralyn "Baby Air-mim" SO CUTE!

Donny leaves tomorrow morning to head back to the States. We are glad we are able to stay an extra week...but he will be missed!

Beautiful Day in Sterling

My friend Hope is a amazing photographer. She took some pics of Aaralyn and posted them on her blog. Check them out. They are great!

We spent the day at Sterling. It was a really cute town with a beautiful castle. Here are some pictures of the day.

Scotland!!

We have been in Scotland since Saturday. The plane ride went VERY WELL!! Better than we had expected. Aaralyn slept (for the most part) on the plane and those around us said they were really impressed with how well she did on her first day of flying (we were impressed, too!!)
So, Baby Einstein videos are great...Aaralyn loves them and she watched one during our lay-over in Newark.

After a pretty rough 2 days of jet lag with Aaralyn, we got out and explored the Highlands. Although it was chilly and rainy (quite normal for Scotland, I am told) we visited the castle Dunstaffnage. I wish I could tell you more about the castle. It was too late in the day to get to go inside, so we were only able to explore the outside. I will say, even from the outside, it was beautiful!!!







More to come soon!

First Foods

Yep...that's right. Our little one is eating solids (well, if you call soupy rice cereal a solid!!) She has really improved her eating skills in the past week and now is actually getting some in her belly.

The pep talk

She's excited

The first bite

Not so sure about this

"Open wide!"

All done!

A Day to Remember...

I actually have a lot of things to catch up on, but this one couldn't wait...
It was Aaralyn's first visit to Chick-fil-a!!
Donny took us on a family outing and we ate some good, no...GREAT...chicken sandwiches. Too bad Aaralyn couldn't enjoy the taste, only the smells. But soon, I'm sure, she will be eating right beside us!






(I can't figure out how to turn that one around...sorry, just turn your head to the left...or tilt your screen to the right..whichever one works best for you.)
More updates soon...

Sit! Stay!

Our little girl is sitting up!! Which opens up a whole new world of possibilities for taking pictures!! Enjoy these...












Isn't she beautiful?!?
I promise to post again soon!

Rolls, Teeth and Toes

The past few weeks have been so eventful. Aaralyn has recently learned how to turn all the way over (from her back to her belly and then to her back again) which has given me a small taste of what crawling is going to be like! After a week of hard work, on Saturday and Sunday she "cut" her first two teeth! Kinda strange to think that I will never see that toothless grin again. This past weekend she also discovered that she could grab her feet...which is really adorable. I took some pics of these wonderful milestones that I would like to share.




(you can click on the image to get a good look at those pearly whites!)