Sunday, January 8, 2012

One month already?!?!

It's almost impossible to think that a month ago we were checked into a hospital room, surrounded by our families, and eagerly awaiting Grace's arrival. She didn't even have a name yet! (as of 5:30pm, 12/8/11)

This month has been filled with so much joy, love, and learning. We enjoyed holidays with the Cairns and Turner families, visits from extended family and friends who are like family, and love and best wishes from family and friends from miles away.

Grace has seemingly grown before our eyes, and Mark and I marvel at how much she is learning and changing already. (We already miss her as a "newborn"!) She is tracking our voices, focusing on our faces, and making new noises and facial expressions. She is also sleeping more at night and alert more during the day, much to mama's delight!

Here are a few shots from our "photo shoot" this afternoon! Happy one-month birthday, little love!


Did you know?!?! I'm one-month today!

Silly Daddy with that big camera! 
yawn...

I love looking at my pom-pom mobile...

so smiley!

snuggling with Snuffles

Hi, mama!

so big!

I love to stretch my legs...

=)


Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Photo update

More mobile photos of our little sweetie pie! 

Our best Christmas gift.

This holiday season was upon us much quicker than we anticipated, and it's over before we even realized! Our new family of three was so blessed to see both sides of our family during these special weeks, and we tried to capture as many precious moments on film as possible. Here is a "quick" look at Christmas and New Year's with the Cairns family!



Eleanor, our very own Christmas kitty! (She is SLOWLY adapting to life as a big sister, aka no longer the center of our universe...)

Mimi came to visit!

2 VERY proud and adoring great grandparents.

Mommy had a mini photo shoot, trying to get the perfect Christmas photo... still lots to learn about photographing babies, though =)



Our family in the Walnut Room at the State Street Macy's (old Marshall Fields building)


The best present under our tree!


Christmas morning

With Grandma Cairns on Christmas morning!

Mama and Daddy in tears as Grandma C reads Christmas cards to Gracie.


Turner family Christmas- guess who was the center of attention?!?!

All the kids focused on Grace- card games forgotten ;)

Nona giving Grace her NYE dinner

NYE 2011

Nona and Papa Turner, after an AMAZING NYE dinner

Happy New Year!!!! Love, the Cairns family.