December & Christmas

First picture with our new camera!  

Heading out for a walk on a cold December day.

Cyndal is quite the messy eater sometimes but she sure has a lot of fun! 

With Grandma on Christmas Eve.

With Aunt Leslie on Christmas Eve.

The four girls on Christmas Eve at the Brown's.

With Great Grandma Vaught.

Cyndal found a dog toy amongst the presents! 

Playing with Grandma's mirror.

Opening presents on Christmas Eve with the Browns.  Cyndal loved the tissue paper and ribbon the best! 

After an evening costume change, Cyndal opened more presents with Mommy.  She got a baby doll from Grandma and Grandpa! 

Christmas morning- banana pancakes with Mommy and Daddy. Cyndal LOVED them! 

Opening presents with Mommy and Daddy Christmas morning.

Little Crawler

Cyndal likes to crawl inside her toy box.

Cyndal says "Dada"...well, not exactly, but close!  

Cyndal waves "hi!"

Very excited for tubby time!  (Notice her try to  pull off her diaper and crawl into the tub!)

November- on the move!!

Cyndal now sits in highchairs at restaurants and grocery shopping carts.  

Loungin' in the pool.

These pictures are from our Maui trip.  Cyndal loved playing in the pool in her floatie!  One part of the pool was really shallow, and she was able to cruise around in her floatie like a walker.  She had a great time strolling around in her stroller and waving to people walking by.  Aloha! 

When we got back from Hawaii, it was all about getting back into routine (and Pacific time zone!)  After her first nap home, I came in to her room to find her STANDING in her crib (first time pulling herself up to stand).  

Cyndal is now eating rice crackers.  Yum yum! 

Climbing the stairs- this little girl is on the move!  She now pulls herself up to stand all the time.  

Thanksgiving at the Zinn's house.  Great grandpa used his classic "puppet on the head" trick to make Cyndal giggle! 

Family picture at Thanksgiving

Hmmm...is anyone looking?  Nope! I'm free to pull out all my toys! 

Busted!! 

Helping Mommy put up the tree the day after Thanksgiving. 

Oooh pretty tree!  

Santa's little helper! 

Halloween!

Reading her new book from Nana.

This is how I found Cyndal sleeping in her crib when I checked on her in the middle of the night. 

Visiting Nana at her work on Halloween.

The best picture I could get of the two of them in costume.  This was right before Cyndal lunged at Poca and Poca ran away, scared.

Taking a picture of Cyndal and Poca together, in costume, is like herding cats! 

October! 6 1/2 months old

Cyndal and I went to Bill's Berry Farm in Grandview with Hollie and Noah Baker.  We met up with Jani, Reagan, and Marshall Andrews.  While there we picked apples, went on a hay ride, and picked pumpkins at the pumpkin patch!  AND we ate amazing homemade pumpkin doughnuts. Cyndal was great in the front pack- just rode around with Mommy and looked at all the stuff! Fun times.

Happy girl after breakfast!

Although Cyndal isn't quite crawling yet, she gets most motivated when she tries to reach her little buddy, Poca!  Cyndal will scoot and roll in order to get to Poca- it's pretty adorable.  (You'll notice Poca has a shirt and baby sock on because she had surgery and we're trying to keep her from scratching her wound.)