Baby Baller

Many people have mentioned that Quinn's going to be a basketball player when they predict her future hobbies. Well why not? She's tall and it was her very own father who sank the winning basket against the FIJIs in 2002 for the Fraternity Intramural Championships. (Rah-Rah Bon-Ton to that!) Plus we've got high school b-ball star and DG sister Jessica Berger to show her how to be athletic, but still girly. (Very important, you know.)

Well tonight she's showing that those predictions might very well be correct, as she just loves her new ball from Santa. (Strawberry-scented I might add!) Perhaps we have a future Lady Jayhawk on our hands!

Here she is warming up her ball-handling skills...

And catching a pass...

Here she's ready to throw the ball back to a teammate...

And now grabbing the loose ball!

I must note that tonight's practice uniform is courtesy of Great-Grandma Connie (onesie with attached tutu) and Grandma Nan & Grandpa Thumper (BABY LEGS!).

Quinn's First Christmas!

Okay so I lied. I did not frequently update the blog over Christmas. My sincere apologies! However in my defense we were quite busy and I did get pics up on Facebook, so that's gotta count for something.

Now that that's out of the way, Quinn had a lovely first Christmas! Christmas Eve was very long and busy, but Christmas day was a wonderful time in Alexandria. Quinn received her gifts from Santa Christmas morning and then opened her gifts from us and Grandma & Grandpa. We also were able to see some our Alexandria "family." We visited both the Sieves and the Herzogs and had a wonderful time catching up with their families.

Christmas night we had Nancy's famous prime rib (generally a Christmas Eve tradition, but it worked perfectly on Christmas day too) and Quinn even got to try out some sweet potatoes!

Here's our girl getting ready for the Christmas festivities:

She was so excited to play with all the fun stuff Santa left! Books, toys and Jayhawk gear, hooray!

This is one of my favorites from the weekend. She loved chewing on the ribbon on her Christmas Day outfit!

Mom, Dad & Quinnie! Our family of three made it a very special Christmas!

She loved eating the wrapping paper off her presents! Luckily Dad was there to help!

Spending time with Grandpa Gary and Grandma Nan is what made the weekend so special! She is so lucky to have such wonderful grandparents in both Minnesota and Kansas!
And speaking of Kansas, Quinn's Christmas isn't over yet! We get to see Papa, GG, Uncle E and AUNT DANI this weekend! Hooray for family time! (Quinn hasn't seen her auntie since she was two weeks old, so she is very excited! She also gets to meet Allen and the infamous Chevy!)

We hope your Christmas was just as merry as Quinn's! Lots of love to you all!

Minnesota Christmas

We're up in Alexandria for the holiday, and I know there are a lot of Kansans missing our little Q, so I'm going to do my best to update the blog for ya'll.

Quinn is loving spending time with her Grandma Nan and Grandpa Gary. Here's Miss Quinn Marie cuddling with Grandpa.

Luckily it's nice and warm inside, because it sure is cold up here! No reports of any more crawling yet, but we'll be sure to keep you posted!

She Crawled!

There are a few things in life that take your breath away. Watching this is one of them:

At six months and 1 week, little Quinn crawled for the first time. I'm so glad Morgan caught it on video! I am a very proud mama. (Now to start thinking about baby-proofing that wine rack!)

New Friends and New Moves

Last night was a night of impromptu fun. We had some brews to finish from our party last weekend, so we invited some people over for kid-friendly fun. We were fortunate to have three new parent couples join us and two of them brought their adorable little ones!

Here's Jay with Quinn's new friend Jackson Gregg. He's just over three weeks old and is just precious. He's got stylin' hair and looks that let us know he's going to be a heartbreaker. (Just as long as it's not Quinn's!)

Little seven-week old Alivia Grefe also joined the party! This adorable little girl is already full of personality and we know she & Quinn will be the best of friends (and DG legacies!). Here she is hanging under the activity gym. Can't tell if she looks like her mom or dad, but either way, she's super cute!

Annabel Koopmans was bonding with her grandparents, so she couldn't make the soiree. But luckily we got her adorable birth announcement to hang on the fridge!

And what about Miss Quinn Marie?

Well, she's decided that sitting isn't enough for her, so now she's working on crawling! Here's a clip of her progress.

I'm not sure if we're ready for her to be scootin' all around the house, but either way, it's exciting watching her try!

Reading is Fun!

We read Quinn lots of books. Some board books, some story books and at least half a dozen books a day. So far Quinn seems to really enjoy the stories we tell her and the fun pictures on the pages. But there's one book that stands above the rest that elicits smiles and squeals at every reading. It's an intricate story-line about the commonalities of rainforest animals and the human race. Intense stuff, I'm tellin' ya.

Rock Chalk Baby

Today was the first KU game Quinn has been able to watch. (The others that have been televised so far have been past her bedtime!) So she was so excited to get decked out in her KU dress to cheer on her favorite team!

Check out these adorable Jayhawk bloomers!

Here she is waiting patiently for the game to start.

Rock Chalk everyone!