3 months old!!

At the time I took this pic, she was yelling "Hey! I am 3 months old!!!"

Belle dressed up for our Christmas Party

I think she's smiling because she is plotting how to eat my gingerbread house

All bundled up and ready to go out into the cold. Auntie Steph and Uncle Mikey found this awesome hat for Belle-I love it! So cute.

A lot has been going on here at the Delaney house, we have been getting ready for Christmas by shopping, baking, and wrapping, along with spending time with family and friends. Anabelle has been busy as usual playing, eating, and sleeping. She is become more and more active everyday. She now actively plays with toys, trying to reach out for them, shaking them and putting them in

her mouth. It is very fun to watch. Often when I try to get out the camera she becomes distracted by the camera and stops playing. In the following video, I stayed far away on the couch and just zoomed in to catch her in action playing and just smiling away at her toys.

We also have ventured out into the cold weather to take some walks. We have a wonderful thing called the bundle me for when she is in the car seat, it's like a polar fleece sleeping bag that zips around her whole car seat-wonderful!

But she also has a big fluffy snow suit for when we just go out in her stroller. It is one size too big, but I was worried she would grow out of the smaller size before March which is probably when she'll be able to stop wearing it. Anyway it is pretty funny to see her in the snow suit.

Since Thanksgiving Anabelle has also started a new sleeping schedule. She is now putting herself to sleep, which means that at night we lay her down in her crib and she cries for a few minutes and then falls asleep-all by herself. No more rocking her to sleep, tiptoeing to the crib and praying she doesn't wake up when you lay her down. She tends to sleep around 11 hours without waking up, which I think is amazing at this age. The during the day she takes a few baby naps, and usually one big 2-3 hour nap. I do realize how lucky I am to have a baby who sleeps well. Here Daddy is spending some quality time with Anabelle before bedtime.

Finally here is some video from yesterday, Anabelle turned 3 months old, and we were hanging out on the floor.

This weekend is a busy one, Anabelle and I are meeting my mom downtown to go to Macy's and see Santa, then we are going to the Christkindle Market in Daley Plaza, something we love to do every year; we'll see how Anabelle likes it. Then on Saturday evening, we are going to dinner to celebrate Lexi's birthday!! Hope you all have a great weekend, I am sure I'll have pics from the weekend on Monday.