Our first Christmas with Cadence was great. Santa was very generous this year...Cadence had been a good girl! We were able to celebrate Christmas on 3 separate occasions - once in Hamilton with Danny's family on Christmas Eve, at home with Mommy and Daddy Christmas morning, and then at my parents' house. Please enjoy the pictures below...sorry for the delay! Christmas time is usually hectic, but when you throw a baby in the mix, it's a whole other story! We are looking forward to what the new year brings. Our family is very blessed and couldn't be happier.

Here is Cadence in her outfit from Mom's friend, Nancy. I've never been a huge fan of headbands on bald babies, but I've got to admit, it's pretty darn cute!

Cadence with Nanny Carpenter

Cadence playing with Great-Grandpa Carpenter

Cadence with her cousins! They already adore her...she'll be lucky to be able to play with them one day!

We could've saved a lot of money on gifts and just gave Cadence wrapping paper!

We had fun putting bows on Cadence's head :)

Cadence with Mamaw Schuerman

Family pic

Lily with 2 bald babies!

Too cute for words...

Let me open it!

The horse says...

She laughs at her sing-a-ma-jig!

Christmas at Grandma and Poppa's house

First baby doll

Guess who this gift is from!

Daddy and Cadence

Playing the drums on Poppa's head!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

On Saturday, Danny, Cadence, and I went to Oakland Nurseries. Even though we weren't buying a real tree, we had a good time! They had an ice sculpter, popcorn and chili, and lots of neat sights! Cadence got to sit on Santa's lap! She was such a good girl!

The Grinch, Cindy Lou Who, and Max were there too!

6 Months Old!

Hard to believe our baby girl is half of a year old! She's becoming such a big girl. She has her 6 month check up this week...we're already dreading the shots! She's pulling herself up, sitting up in short spurts, babbling more, and sleeping through the night! She's working on fruits right now - her favorite is apples!

Here she is showing off her new earrings - pearls for June! Danny held her on his lap while two employees at Sweet and Sassy pierced her ears. He had to hold her head back while they counted to three! She screamed for a little bit and squeezed out some tears, but she was a trooper! After Danny distracted her with some toys on a shelf, she was fine. Everything's healing well and she's totally cute!

6 month pic!

Daddy venturing to make homemade baby food...peas, carrots, and green beans! We don't think Cadence is a huge fan. She likes go gag & yell when we try to feed them to her! We don't think we can get it to be the same consistency as Gerber. Oh well, we tried!

Sitting up!

Baby Genius

So basically Cadence is a genius...she's already singing and saying, "Mama." Ha! After her morning bottle last weekend, she had a lot to say!