Thanksgiving

For our little Angela's first Thanksgiving, we will be heading out to Livingston, Montana to visit my Godfather. When I was little I couldn't comprehend the idea of Godfather so I always called him my Uncle God, the name stuck and now he is Angela's Great Uncle God. Angela hasn't met him yet and they have both only seen pictures of each other so I am extremely excited for this adventure. We will be leaving on Wednesday night as soon as Tyler gets off work so that Angela can sleep the whole ride and it won't be such a hassle of a trip. Tyler's birthday is the day after Thanksgiving so we will be celebrating that in Livingston as well. When we return home I hope to have pictures of my Uncle's beautiful cabin, Angela enjoying her Thanksgiving feast of solids and maybe a few pictures of the birthday boy if he lets me. I hope all your Thanksgiving festivities go well and are celebrated with those you love the most.

So Big!

I can't believe how quickly Angela is growing. She will be turning five months old on Wednesday and although she has not hit some of her milestones that she should be, she has surpassed others. Angela is now weighing 21.5 pounds, and she is 27.5 inches long. We needed to buy a new car seat as she has outgrown her original one. We are going to need to bring in her high chair for feedings because her legs are getting so thick that they don't fit nicely in her Bumbo seat anymore. She is not wanting to roll over because she refuses to let me put her down for longer than a diaper change and five minutes of play. She loves playing in her jumper that her Auntie Cammie bought for her and she loves to walk a little bit with help. She is starting to stand up while holding on to things, but that is only certain objects, such as her crib.

Tyler and I have decided that we needed to break the habit of rocking or bouncing her to sleep and get her more into the habit of falling asleep on her own. We started last Saturday, by just laying her in our bed and lying with her so she knew that we were there but it was okay for her to go to sleep on her own. She is falling asleep like this just find now and when we will continue to do it this way until the Thanksgiving holiday is done, then we will transition to just sitting beside her bed while she sleeps on her own.

For a present we have purchased a Fighting Sioux Cheerleader outfit and although it was precious on her, it fit her already and we were looking for it to fit her in February. What a dilemma we have had these past few weeks of buying outfits, Angela already fitting in them and having to exchange then two or three times. Let's hope it doesn't continue this way for a long time!

Old Photos

Wow, I promise I will get better. I can't believe how busy I have been now that Angela is down to taking only two (three if I am lucky) naps a day. I just found the cord to the camera to upload all 300+ pictures I have of her, here are just a few that I thought I would share with you all.

Jake and Angela after the baptism.

Angela in her baptismal gown that I wore when I was baptized as well as all my aunts, my mother and most of my girl cousins.

Angela in her "Yoda" position

Angela hanging out with daddy.

Angela's halloween costume. She was Manon Rheaume, the only female to play in the NHL and she was a goalie for the Tampa Bay Lightening.

I promise I will get better at taking pictures and updating all of you. Today here in Richardton it is overcast and 43 degrees. Angela and I went for a walk, we played a bunch and now she is napping. Hopefully we will be more eventful so that we can share with you all.