Merry Christmas!

(Baby's first real snow)

(Our tiny reindeer enjoys a carrot snack before heading to the Live Nativity to visit the other animals)

Merry Christmas! It goes without saying that 2008 has been the best year yet for Micah and I. Kelly Rhiannon is now 7 and a half months old and has just begun to crawl. She loves her rubber duckies and plays with them in and out of the bathtub. She even takes some of them on the road, whether on vacation or to Grandma's house.

Welcome newest Bairds!

Laura finally did it! She had to show off and go even longer than I did with one baby. Jonas Elijah (green hat) and Lilah Rose (yellow) were born on Tuesday! Kelly has 2 new cousins to play with!

Kelly's first cold--for real this time!

Baby and I are home sick with respective colds. She has had cold-like symptoms associated with teething, but this is the real thing. I think that her cough is keeping her from getting enough rest because she fell asleep in her high chair this morning, poor thing! We play in the bathroom a lot to get some steam therapy, but Momma is TIRED! Everytime I try to take a nap, she wakes up from hers. We need to coordinate them better! LOL! Hopefully, since we've been sick since Sunday-ish we should be getting better soon!

First Thanksgiving!

We hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving Holiday! We had our turkey day on Friday when the majority of the family could get together at Grandma and Grandpa Baird's. Colleen flew up from Virginia and Grandma Nina came from Boardman. Josh and Laura could only join us via webcam from Louisiana since Laura was due any day with the mystery twin cousins! On the menu for Kelly was sweet potatoes (her favorite!) and mashed potatoes. After dinner we cleaned her up in the bath where she was joined by her older cousins Silas and Sophie! We celebrated Sophie's first birthday on Saturday with a really fun Minnie Mouse-themed party. On Sunday we went to church with Grandma and played with Bella, Jackson and Alex after a pancake brunch. It was a great first Thanksgiving and we are thankful for the blessing of friends and family like you!

Gods and Gold-The Mayan Exhibit

Our favorite museum was the Museum of Man. Downstairs they had an awesome Mayan exhibit and we saw real crystal skulls and learned about their history. So Kelly the Museum girl may grow up to be little miss Indiana Jones!

Balboa Park

Momma and baby play peek-a-boo inthe Japanese Friendship Gardens and look at pretty koi in the fish pond.

California Dreamin'

The Baird family went on another adventure together, this time travelling cross-country by airplane to sunny San Diego, CA. Micah attended a conference for one of his specialties and did some networking about possible jobs for after residency. Baby and I explored San Diego while he was in class. We especially enjoyed Balboa Park with its many museums (the trolley driver called her "Kelly the Museum Girl")

and Japanese garden and Coronado Beach. Micah joined us for Old Town (think: Mexican Williamsburg) and the Zoo (the same trolley driver changed her nickname to "Kelly the Zoo Baby"). Kelly is a great traveller--on the plane, cabs and bus and she makes friends everywhere she goes with her big beautiful brown eyes and winning smile. We hope that she always enjoys travelling this much!