Here Comes Santa Claus

Last night was our annual Christmas party, so we were all decked out in the Christmas spirit. Quinn has met Santa Claus down in Topeka (and we're anxiously awaiting those photos!), but the Santa from last night was even better because it was Daddy! We're lucky that Q isn't scared of the big bearded guy (someone must have tipped her off to the whole present thing), so we had lots of fun showing her off with Santa.

And while Quinn might look a lot like her daddy, she does have a few traits of mom's. For better or for worse, one of those traits is not wanting to miss out on the action. And with the visit from Papa & GG, all the party preparations and then everyone at the house, Quinn only had a ONE hour nap all day yesterday. Want proof that our little girl was sleepy? Check out these rosy cheeks:

(Oh and yes, that is our little munchkin sitting all by herself! woo hoo!)

Making Progress

I know I've said it before, but Quinn is getting reeeally close to mastering this sitting business. She did alright in our photoshoot with Amy Allen today, but she did even better tonight. Sitting pretty for about a minute or so now!

btw, the photo session was great today! Can't wait to see how it turns out!

Picture Day!

Today is a big day for Quinn: her sixth month photoshoot with the one and only Amy Allen (the best darn photographer in town in case you're not in-the-know). We've got some adorable outfits and backdrops planned for our little cutie-patootie, so hopefully she'll be in great spirits this afternoon.

Papa Dave says Quinn is more photographed that Kate Middleton. Whatever the case, I took a few pics of her this morning to gear her up for the camera. Luckily our little one is not camera shy! (Show pony, anyone?)

Here she is practicing her "Yes, I'm listening" pose:

And this is her "Look how awesome I am" pose:

And we end with her "I'm just hanging out being cute" pose:

Hopefully we'll have some awesome shots of our little Quinn Marie to share with you soon!

Dinner-time Giggles

It's been a few days since we've gotten laughs out of Quinn (poor thing has just been too miserable), but tonight at dinner we really got her giggling. Unfortunately we didn't catch all the big belly laughs on video, but it's still pretty cute. (btw, don't try and figure out what noise I'm making. I was trying to imitate Jay's noises that really had her going. I had to take over while he grabbed the camera.)

Deck the Halls

Today we decorated Quinn's first Christmas tree! And to commemorate the occasion we decked her out in her adorably cute Christmas tree outfit from GG. Well it's a good thing Quinn was dressed to the nines, because other than the outfit, today just wasn't her day.

Those four teeth coming in were giving her a ton of pain and our poor little girl just wasn't herself today. She even wasn't eating! (Shocking from our child, I know.) But even though she wasn't super cheery, she still was a good sport and helped us decorate the tree. Thank goodness for the Baby Bjorn!

Here are mommy's cord helpers as we put on the lights:

And Quinn after a nap helping Daddy hang the ornaments:

Putting on all those ornaments can sure wear a girl out! (And dad too!)

Our finished product!

Quinn with mommy in front of the pretty tree. And see that adorable outfit? Thanks GG!

The Quinn Report: Weekend Edition

Oh it's been a busy week for our little Quinn Marie. First news to report is that our little girl officially has six, count 'em SIX teeth. Four new ones all in the past week and Quinn has been a trooper through it all.

But getting all those teeth at once, has brought on a fever for our little girl. No need to worry, just a low-grade temp every now and then, but we put a cold washcloth on her head for a couple of minutes to help it go away. Here's proof that she can grin and bear it!

Today we braved the windchill to pick out our Christmas tree and then played inside with Q. Here she is showing off her bottom teeth.

And as if getting four teeth in one week weren't enough, the little one is also trying to master this sitting thing. Here she is sitting all by herself!

We're still working at sitting for more than 30 seconds or so, so stayed tuned for pictures (or videos!) of more sitting fun and Quinn in front of her first Christmas tree. In the meantime, happy Saturday from Quinn Marie!

All Quinn wants for Christmas is her two front teeth

Quinn's Christmas might be coming early! As reported earlier, she already has her top left tooth and that top right one might have broke through today (she won't let me look!). And Santa might be especially good to her because there might even be more little teeth coming through up top. Like I said, she won't let me get a good look, but from what I can see we're either getting more than two teeth or she'll be going to the orthodontist earlier than we thought!

Either way, she's still been a pretty happy baby through all the pain. It just means even more stuff goes in her mouth. The latest victim: Goodnight Moon.