Santa Baby

Christmas this year has been a much needed time of doing nothing and spending quality time with family and friends. Cooper is enjoying her first time to the northwest, although we are constantly fighting the cold, trying to keep our little thin blooded babe warm, and as a constantly cold person myself, I sometimes maybe over bundle her when we leave the house, which means she passes out in her car seat pretty much any time we go anywhere. She loves Poppa and Gigi's kitty, Zeke, and he, along with Emmie and Avery, seem to be the motivation she needed to figure out this crawling thing. She is rolling and scooting and pushing and straining all over the place, she is into everything she can get her little hands on. She can pretty easily get onto her hands and knees, but from there she has a little trouble controlling her limbs and weight, and she usually ends up in pushup position until she throws her weight in a certain direction. She also has gotten to try out a walker, which just in two weeks she has figured out how to control and she now cruises all over and is able to get into even more stuff! She cruises by the coffee table and picks stuff up, goes into the kitchen and pulls the towels off the oven, and tries to get to anyone that is paying attention to her (which is of course, most of us most of the time ;) ). As far as her first Christmas goes, she was thrilled with her stocking, pulling all kinds of interesting stuff out of this big thing, but she really wasn't too excited about the rest of the opening. We thought she would love the wrapping paper, since she loves to crinkle and rip paper, but she didn't seem to want it when we wanted her to rip it! She also had to take a nap during some of present opening, but it didn't matter since she didn't care too much about it anyway. She got some new stuffed animals and a baby and a couple books, which she has loved, but the really exciting part for her has been to be around animals and other little ones. She adores her cousins and they are so sweet to her, it is really fun to watch them. Anyway, here are a couple more pics of her in her first Christmas hat. But be warned of nudity.