Tamsin and Daphne

Tamsin loves the cats! She shrieks and chases them whenever she sees them. The feeling is not mutual.

Thanksgiving weekend

Here's Tamsin this morning helping me get photos on the computer. She's such a ham as soon as I get out the camera!

The photos are all on facebook. Here's a video of Tamsin having a great time with a bin of toys, her grandmother, and two new friends:

Tickle Monster!

Tamsin is definitely ticklish. She even giggles when you pretend to tickle her!

Gimme 5! pt. 2

Here's the video!

Gimme 5!

Tamsin learned how to do a high five! She thinks it's so funny. She puts her hand out to touch mine and then just starts giggling. I'll try to get a video of it soon!

Halloween Kitty

I was away for a conference and missed Halloween (and I missed Tamsin!) so she's wearing her costume today. I told her to say "meow!" and she kept looking for our cats.

Tamsin on the farm Pt. 2

Here are some of the many pictures from today at Byler's farm. Sorry some of them are sideways. It was the perfect day for a visit to a farm! It's taking forever to upload these, so if you want to see more, they're on facebook!

Tamsin on the farm

A couple weekends ago we went on a local farm tour with Mom, Esther and Jesse. Tamsin got to see alpacas and cows and had lots of fun. Today, we went to Byler's farm with Kathy and Blake and the twins. They have animals, apples, and a hayride out to the pumpkin patch. Tamsin enjoyed it all, but she especially loved the pumpkins! We got so many pictures there is no way I could post them all, but here are some highlights, first from the farm tour:

Recent pics and video

Here we are trying out the back hold with the B'eco. Works pretty well, and it makes laundry a bit easier.
Tamsin has a big girl car seat! Here she is trying it out in the house.


Here she is in the dress Aunt Esther got her... I think for Christmas last year!

Here's before dinner...

And after! I don't know if you can tell, but she has squash mashed into her eyelashes!
And here's a video of her waiting patiently in her chair while I got dinner ready.

Tamsin standing up

Here is the first video from the new camera. Not bad considering how dark it was!

My birthday

I had a fun birthday today with a trip to the park and dinner at the Melting Pot! We took pictures in the park and so I had to post some of the highlights. There are so many cute ones!

I have to explain this one. She has her two bottom front teeth, so she keeps sticking her tongue out to try to figure out what's there.

More milestones... already!

So Tamsin is crawling now, has two teeth, and last night I went into her room and she was standing in her crib! I can't believe how quickly this is happening, and I don't quite know how Mike and I will keep up! We have lots of babyproofing to do.

Tamsin and I went shopping at Babies R Us yesterday and I put her in the cart seat for the first time. She did really well, though she was very quiet the whole time, just looking around and taking it all in.

I'm excited that my birthday present this year is a new digital camera. Mostly I wanted it for the video, since our old one doesn't have sound. I can't wait for it to get here so I can get all of these new things on video!

It's official...

Tamsin is now crawling and about to get two teeth! The bottom two are little white ridges and I'm sure they'll poke through any day now. And she is mobile! She's really good at honing in on whatever is nearby that she can't have and then making a beeline for it. She also enjoys eating her food, especially if I let her hold the spoon. Oh, and banging her spoon on the tray is fun, too.

Fun Weekend!

I don't even know where to start with all the updates for this week! Leah and Joel's baby Evaleigh Miriam was born Friday morning! Tamsin has a cousin! Holly and Gramma are here for the weekend. We're having such a great time, and Tamsin is really enjoying all of the company and attention. She starting to crawl for real now - she actually moves forward! At the same time she's also starting to pull herself up on things (well, on me, mostly). We are in so much trouble. I have a million pictures, so I'll try to post just the highlights. Happy Labor Day weekend!

Recent pics - Tamsin is 6 months old!

I just cleared my camera again and found a lot of cute pics! The one of me in the mirror is blurry, but I wanted to show how the sling works now that Tamsin is older. I still use it to get her to sleep sometimes, but now her feet stick out! The last picture shows why it can be challenging to get a good picture. She doesn't stop moving!!