Stanoch Christmas

Christmas - Part 1
We hit the road Thursday the 23rd and headed for Wadsworth to meet up with Kim, Jeff, and cousin Bryaden at grandma and grandpa Stanoch's house for our 1st of 3 celebrations. We made great time and Paige was a good car baby. We all had planned to treat Christmas Eve day as our Christmas however, Pete's boss had other plans so we opened gifts on Thursday night. Big bummer that Pete had to work Friday but at least Brayden and Paige had all day to play with their new toys before we headed toVigalia (Christmas Eve dinner) with the extended family. We decided to drive home that night so Paige could sleep in the car and we could be in Lafayette Christmas morning. We left Ohio at 9pm and made it to our house at 2am. This would have worked a little better if Paige hadn't decided she was happy and awake until 4am.

The paper was too much fun

sharing cousins

Brayden!

reading my new book

A December to remember

I can't believe I've been MIA for the entire month of December. I'm not even going to try and post about all of the excitement but I will try to recap. A few highlights from the month included making cookies with Mimi, meeting Santa, play group with Noah and his friends, a Christmas photo shoot, visiting with old friends, 3 Christmas parties, and 4 days of family Christmas gifts. Paige had a wonderful 1st Christmas. We are thankful to have such great friends and family to share her with :)  Here are some pictures from the month...be on the lookout for future posts Stanoch Family Christmas, Webb Family Christmas, and Christmas at Our House.



"Christmas" pictures

 You can find the rest of our "Christmas" pictures here http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AZNWzJqzatmTmg 

Santa woke me up



play time with Daddy & Carlie



trying to help out daddy's Browns



Happy to have lots of new toys!

5 Months

Time for the real stuff! We've tried cereal for the past couple of weeks with no luck however, she's had sweet potatoes 2 days in a row now and seems to be enjoying them. She hasn't really gotten the hang of things yet but we are on our way. My dad just can't wait until she can sit on the couch and eat snacks with him. She's up to 16.9 lbs, doing great, and just so much fun to have around! Here are some of the latest pictures.

Thanksgiving Weekend

So much to be thankful for! Wednesday night we headed up to Lafayette where we stayed at my grandparents house and then moved over to my uncles on Thanksgiving day for the Webb Family Thanksgiving We enjoyed a great meal and lots of family time. My sister made it in safely from Florida to join our family, my parents, grandparents, Doug, Carla, Kaitlyn and Carla's parents.

"Everyone is Thankful for me!"



look at my turkey shirt Sara made me

 Friday was the Stanoch Family Thanksgiving at our house. Paige decided to put on a show and roll over for the 1st time in front of Brian's parents, Kim, Jeff, and Brayden.

play time with cousin Brayden

Saturday, was the wedding of one of my sisters best friends, Jessica. We all had a great time at a beautiful wedding.

Sunday was a day of rest and recovery.

Overall an amazing weekend and a great way to celebrate Paige's 1st Thanksgiving. 

Milwaukee

Last Friday we headed to Milwaukee for Brian's college roommates wedding. Brian was an usher so he needed to be at the church by 4pm for the rehearsal. We were up bright and early for a quick visit with Betsy who happened to be in town the weekend we were headed out...good thing she will be back for a few days over Thanksgiving. My mom went with us to watch Paige during the wedding (no kids allowed). I skipped the rehearsal so mom, Paige and I could have a little fun. We had dinner and a few beers at the Milwaukee Ale House. Saturday morning we all headed to the pool for Paige's first swim! She seemed to enjoy the water and the other kids.

ready for the pool



We stayed right in the heart of downtown which was neat and allowed for a short walk to lunch before heading to the wedding. Congrats to Heather and Aaron! Everything was beautiful.

Sunday, we stopped in Wrigleyville for lunch at Goose Island and a quick drive down Lake Shore Drive.

Daddy, Paige & Ernie Banks outside Wrigley field



4 Month Report

 

Paige is doing great and growing like crazy. She's up to 15lbs 14oz (87%) and 25.75 inches (90%) with her head size in the 95th percentile. She has been a great sleeper, has good head control, smiling, laughing  (a little), babbling, swatting at her toys, chewing on her hands and toys, and drooling all over.

Halloween

Paige had a great 1st Halloween! We made ghost cards by tracing her foot and crispy treats in the shape of pumpkins (fruity pebbles), bats (coco crispys), and ghosts. Saturday was the annual Griffith party and bon-fire; Paige was very interested in the fire. Sunday was Trick-or-Treating with dinner at Mimi and Grandpas. Here are the pictures everyone has been asking for.