Catching Up

We are a bit behind on the blog. We've been busy playing with Christine, celbrating Christmas, and taking a trip to Utah. But now that Jeff is starting his rotations at the hospital it's just me a Christine here at home. So hopefully I can get caught up on the happenings around here.

Our Funny Little Girl

I think little Christine has been spending a little too much time with GiGi.

"What?!?" Christine says.

Well the other day after GiGi left I put Christine down on her play mat, and when I looked back down I saw that her wrist had gotten caught in one of the plastic rings. She wasn't fussing about though, which I thought was strange.

Not wanting any neighbor's to look in and think that I cuff my kid to her play area, I pulled her arm out of the ring, and then resumed studying. A few minutes later I look down and...

She's got it on her wrist again!!

She seemed to be saying, "I'm going to wear a bracelet like GiGi, if you like it or not Dad!"

She is my funny little girl!

Still Alive

Yes, I know you have all been worried that the colic killed us all. But, we are still alive.

Christine has a great "social smile" now, and it just melts my heart.

She's babbling now and more interactive. She also is spitting up more.

Christine is sleeping GREAT! She slept through the night for the first time last week! I think it bodes well for the future. Typically she wakes up once in the middle of the night, usually around 2 or 3am to eat and then goes right back to sleep. Her colic, though, is still bad. Most evenings are filled with LOTS of crying.

We are still sane because Janie (Jeff's mom) comes over at least once a week so I get a shower at least once a week! And at the beginning of November my mom flew out to see us again!! She stayed for a whole week. We loved having the help, and Christine loved being held all day.

Carving Pumpkins

A few days before Halloween we carved pumpkins with our friends the Bradleys. They blogged about our pumpkin carving adventure here. Katie is a better photographer than myself so you should go check out the pictures she took that night.

The Bradleys have twin boys, and Christine has a crush on both of them. Dash immediately began trying to woo Christine with his charming eyes...

But then Liam made a move, and Dash was shocked that his eyes had failed him. Don't worry Dash, Christine was just playing hard to get.

See she only has eyes for you!

The pumpkin carving that night is a bit embarrassing to talk about.

I was inspired this year by the picture in the bottom, center.

And this was as far as I got.

Instead of carving, I held my colicy baby (1 more month until she outgrows it, I hope). I thought I would finish the pumpkin later but we kept the pumpkin outside our door and now the entire inside of the pumpkin is covered in mold. Not quite sure why, humidity perhaps?

Jeff, however, was much more successful. Sadly, we never took pictures of his pumpkin lit up because we never lit our pumpkins! ha ha this is what having a baby does to you!

Our Halloween

With a new baby, I wasn't sure if we would even celebrate Halloween this year, but somehow we managed to find a little time to put together a costume for Christine and pull out our capes from last year to wear to our ward Trunk or Treat. After the Trunk or Treat we tried to go to a Baylor party so Jeff's med school buddies could meet Christine, but by that time she woke up from her nap and evenings are the worst time of day for her colic. Nobody likes screaming babies so we turned around and went home.

Christine went as a baked potato.

I think she makes an ADORABLE baked potato.