Christmas pictures 2013

Christmas always seems like a great time to get some family pics taken, not only for a Christmas card but also some last pictures of our little family before the new year.  Getting pictures taken with two little ones is definitely interesting and not an easy task but our friend and photographer Kim with Modern Bebe always gets some great shots for us to cherish.  Here are some of our favorites from this years shoot :)

And I couldn't help but do a little comparing last years pictures to this years, how much they change!!!! 

Christmas 2012

Christmas 2013

Anxiously anticipating Sterling's arrival

Sterling 2013

November 2013

Most of my recent posts have included pictures from November but there were a couple of things that got left out!

These first ones are of  Brian and Brayden helping load the truck with food from our community food drive.  We love that Brayden was able to be a part of this and think its so important that he learns to be compassionate and giving as he grows up.

We celebrated Grandpa's birthday November 10 :)

Lately Brayden has been sleeping with a lot of babies!  This picture doesn't even show half of them!

Dylan's choo-choo

"You're Iron Man Sterling" (while hitting her on the head with a piece of paper…)

Dylan's Bday Party

Oh my gosh I love all babies in a onesie but  especially  my sweet 2 1/2 year old boy!

 We got away for a weekend in Fredericksburg with great friends while GaGa and PaPa took care of the kids.  Our first time to leave our sweet S and they both did great!  I wish I had a group pic but didn't get one!:(

And this about sums it up…we don't get out much anymore, lol!!!!

Sweet Sterling girl at 9 months

I know I am a couple weeks late but it we have had a crazy December so far!  AND Sterling is one of the reasons I have been so busy, can you tell from the pictures?!  Baby girl is so active and just will not sit still.  Here is what Sterling is  up to at 9 months:

*She is still crawling everywhere and when she sees something she wants she crawls at furious speeds!
*She is pulling up on anything and anyone who will let her

*Sweet girl puts everything and I mean everything in her mouth!  She will find the tiniest crumb on the floor and it automatically goes to her mouth which drives me nuts with the vacuuming!!!
*She recently started standing unassisted and it seems like daily she is doing it for longer and longer periods of time and then she'll just plop down to her bottom and crawl on to the next thing
*She loves to walk holding both of our hands.  Won't be long till our baby is walking!
*Sterling is so so so sweet!  She is such a little baby doll and is just all smiles all the time :)

*She has going up the stairs down (which is a little scary) and is working on going downstairs practicing in the playroom where there are just two stairs and it doesn't hurt too bad when she falls
*Girlfriend is still obsessed with Brayden, watches him, copies him, and chases after him which most of the time is not welcomed by our buddy ("no ster-wing" "I don't want her to touch me!!!")
*She is really loving eating her solids these days and especially likes feeding herself any little foods I give her

*Sterling loves any little toys she can put in her mouth and also likes any toys that makes noise or light up.  She also likes big things that she can push around and walk behind.  She still likes playing with balls and chasing them all around the house and under furniture too.

She loves pushing this thing around, Brayden did when he was her age too :)

*We kept our friends dog over Thanksgiving and Sterling thought he was her new toy!  She seriously did this all day everyday when he was here.  She also liked crawling over him back and forth over and over again.  He is seriously the best dog though and never even budged when she pulled his hair or crawled on top of him!  Here are some pics of Sterling and sweet Bexar

Such a sweetie and getting more fun everyday!!!  We are so excited to spend her first Christmas with her :)