eating

try and guess what the first food was that vera put in her mouth and purposely and willingly swallowed. no not rice cereal, oatmeal, peas, carrots, applesauce, or any other of the millions of baby foods, fruit and vegetables we have attempted to feed her. a piece of meatball. yes, a MEATBALL. I guess we have a carnivore of a daughter. i was thinking of offering her up a lamb shank next ;)

snow day

today was actually the first snow that vera went out in (other than being carried to the car in her carseat in other snow we've gotten so far this year). she reminded me of the little boy in christmas story!

swim class

vera started taking swim classes at the Y. we're having fun splashing around

playtime....

sans clothes...

at grandma's house

these pictures are actually from a few weeks ago... at grandma's birthday dinner

working on some art projects

we started some art projects intended to be christmas presents... but we never actually finished them. soon, soon....

nyc

we went to nyc right after christmas for a day. somehow vera didn't make it in to very many pictures...

here we are on the brooklyn bridge....

and here we are at the famous grimaldi's pizza. see that long line of people? we got to jump to the front of the line b/c the owners are awesome, and didn't think vera should have to stand outside in the cold. and the pizza was excellent!

playing with nellie

for reasons unbeknownst to us, vera and nellie have really hit it off. yes, the same nellie that jumps on our grownup guests just seems to know to be extra sweet and careful with the little one. and vera loooooves pulling on her long fur.

nellie does sneak in a few dog kisses every now and then. (gross!)

christmas at grandma and grandpa's

next up for christmas posts - visiting grandma and grandpa T.

the cousins got matching tinkerbell dresses...

some family poses


and vera loooooves flying :)

christmas at great-grandma's

vera slept pretty much the whole time we were here. aunt S took a few pictures right before we were getting to leave (i had already packed my camera)

christmas at nana and grandpa's

these are pictures from nana's house. our second christmas post... a few more to come still