New Teeth!

Quinn got her first tooth right before we left to New Mexico for Christmas vacation. It is on the bottom and is so cute! Yesterday we noticed another one coming in right next to it. So now she'll have two bottom teeth- adorable!

This picture really cracks me up- her hair is so messy, and she has a little scratch that she gave herself on her nose- the life of an active baby!

Mmmmm...Good

Quinn is quite the little eater now! She really likes to feed herself now and really only lets us feed her applesauce and bananas. Feeding herself has become an activity to Quinn now and she can sit for 3o minutes picking up and eating her food. She is also drinking out of a cup without a lid- which is quite the achievement since up until now she refused to drink out of a bottle or sippy cup. Here are some pictures that Jaime took today as she gobbled up her ham and cheese for dinner.

Christmas in New Mexico

We had a great time in New Mexico for Christmas! Quinn was able to see many of her cousins and had a great time playing with all of them. Here are some pictures of our visit:

Olivia was reading abook to Quinn. :)
Quinn and Olivia have matching jammies! My Mom had fun giving Quinn a bath too (notice her shirt is wet- Quinn is a a squirmer in the tub!).
Quinn was so entertained by Andrew! She was trying to pull up on him here.
Goofy kids!
Olivia's masterpiece- and made from scratch with help from Grandma!
On a walk with Grandma and the kids.
Andrew sure did know how to make Quinn laugh!
Allison and Jacque came to visit. Quinn was more interested in looking at Jacque than looking at the camera. :)
Papa Gene and Grandma Juanita
Quinn and cousin Troy!
Bo, Quinn, and Troy
Quinn and Aunt Elissa
This was so funny- Troy was pushing Quinn on his little car!
Boxes are more fun than any other toy!

Well that really was like a million pictures but we had so much fun we had to show it all!

Playing Catch-Up

Okay- it has been far too long since I've last posted anything so I'm going to try and do some updating right now. Things were so crazy before Christmas that I seriously felt like a chicken with it's head cut off. These were all of the things we had going on before Christmas: our house was on the market so keeping it clean for all of our showings was quite the task, I felt like I had a billion outfits to sew for Petite Pineapples (I'm not complaining about this since it really helped us buy Christmas gifts for everybody), I was trying to pack Quinn and I for our two week long visit to New Mexico, and to top it all of I got a nasty infection called Mastitis the day we were having our Open House. I won't go in to details about what Mastitis is- you can probably Google that one if you don't know what it is.

So anyway, here are some pictures of our Christmas celebration that we had with Jaime's parents before we left for New Mexico. Yes, Quinn is still in her pajamas because that is the day I came down with the infection which is equivalent to having the flu and I really had no energy to even get her dressed. She had such a great time opening up her gifts from her Papa James and Mama Rose that evening!

Here is Quinn's leopard coat from Mama Rose and Papa James- too cute!!

SOLD!

We decided to put our house on the market about a week ago to try and take advantage of the historic low interest rates that are available now. We had it on the market for seven days when we received our first offer! We are blessed to say the least. The race is on now to find a new home- and by the end of January too! We may not have a home by the end of January, and we're okay with that. If we have to set up camp in an apartment or extended stay until we find a home we like, we'll do it. We're thinking about Cedar Park or Leander area right now. Maybe Georgetown- I think that the commute back and forth from work would really start to wear on Jaime though. We also have a pretty tall order as to what we're looking for in a new home- hey why not?-we're going to be living there for quite a long time! I know that I will be a little sad when we're all packed up and ready to move out. This was our very first home- and we really do love it. If we can find one like it but bigger, we'll be very happy. We'll keep you posted!

New Camera!

Jaime came home yesterday with a new camera for my Christmas gift-I know it is early but he wanted to give it to me so that I can snap some pictures this weekend when we celebrate Christmas with his parents. We'll be in New Mexico for Christmas this year so that's why we're celebrating early here in Austin. I've been wanting a good camera since before Quinn was here and am so excited that I finally have one to capture all of her fun little moments! I had so much fun playing around with it today and here's a look at what my little model gave me...

Baby It's Cold Outside...

Brrrrr.... It has been pretty darn cold and wet here in Austin lately. Although Jaime and I are used to much colder temps and snow, being that we're from NewMexico, we're freezing our hineys off here! We got some light snow on Friday that really only lasted about 30 mintues and didn't even stick. Here is Quinn as we were headed to the grocery store that day. She kept staring at her mittens- I think she was trying to figure out where her fingers went!