New Year's Eve!

We spent New Year's with my family and we had a great time and yummy food. We had cheese fondue and ribs (from Texas Roadhouse) and then played games, Rock Band, and stayed up way too late! Gigi loved playing with her cousins and she especially loved the little toy room at Evan & Kelly's house.

Gigi's 1st Christmas

We went to Utah for the holidays so we could spend time with both of our families. It was our first Christmas with Gigi and it was a memorable one. Gigi and I flew in a week before Christmas and stayed a week after so we could spend more time with everyone. The Saturday before Christmas my mom and sisters all went to the Nutcracker. I was happy that I finally got to attend this yearly tradition!

Santa came by on Christmas Even and Gigi wouldn't take her eyes off him.

Merry Christmas

Buddy Talk

A few days after Thanksgiving Gigi said her first word. It wasn't Mama or Dada...it was BUDDY!!! She just loves that little dog! She now points to everything and says Buddy. Since then, she has also learned how to say Dada. When I prompt her to say Mama she just shakes her head back & forth!

Thanksgiving

We decided to go out for Thanksgiving since we had just moved here. We got all dressed up and went to Urban Farmer Restaurant. It's a cute little local place that was serving a 3 course menu and the food was great! Plus, a bonus for me was no dishes! ;) 

Road Trip to Portland

For our drive to Portland we decided to make road trip out of it. We stopped by San Luis Obispo, drove up the PCH to Big Sur, and spent a day in San Francisco.

First stop was Bubble Gum Alley in San Luis Obispo, where Buddy tried to eat the old bubble gum. Adam and I both had to add a piece of gum, I had to be careful to only touch my gum when sticking it on the wall!

Next stop was San Francisco. We took the boat to Alcatraz and went on the prison tour which was surprisingly very good and interesting. 

Then we visited Ghirardelli square and got our free square of chocolate! We saw a store named 'Gigi + Rose' so of course we had to check it out.

We also went on a ride on the trolley to chinatown and had a really good lunch. And of course we had to drive down Lombard street. And on our way out of town we drove over the Golden Gate Bridge.

The only run-in was outside of Shasta Lake, CA. We were stopped on the road for 4 1/2 hours! Ugh, it was painful and we still aren't sure why we were stopped for that long. After all that we finally made it to Portland and are still settling in and trying to get used to the wet weather!

Nine Months Old (Gigi's Monthly Photo)

Gigi turned nine months old on November 19th. Here are her monthly stats:

Height: 26 1/2 inches; 10th percentile

Weight: 15 lbs; 5th percentile

Head: 43 1/4 cm; 20th percentile

Gigi loves music and whenever she hears it she bounces up and down and shakes her head back and forth. She is quite a little dancer! She has also started to feed herself which makes it much easier on me come mealtime. Gigi also loves shoes. Whenever she sees them laying around she makes a beeline for them. Uh oh, is this a sign of things to come?!