Just to let you know...

I just wanted to let you know that we have pictures of Mariel, recent ones, but they are on our 35mm camera. We're developing the film this week and will have some to put on the blog. My digital camera's battery is KAPUT! so I have to get a new one... which is part of the reason why I haven't been getting pictures on the blog lately.
We've been doing a lot of video taping too, so hopefully one weekend soon, we'll get some tapes and send out some copies!
Also, we can't wait to see Grandma and Grandpa! (Wes & Susan) They are coming out to Oregon for Mariel's first birthday, March 24! We're planning a birthday party, with the works, and I'm so excited... can't wait!

More from Sears... (this one is my FAVORITE!!)

These are quite possibly my most favorite pictures of Mariel... these were taken the weekend after Thanksgiving. She had a cold at the time, but she did so well.

Christmas 2005 ( a little late!)

We had this taken at Sears, and Mariel was SO good during the pictures! She kept wanting to stick her hands in her mouth ( she was teething pretty heavily) and so if you look closely on some of these pictures you'll see a little 'sheen' to Mariel's hands! :)

Monthly Update

Hi everyone, just an update! Was talking to my grandma tonight and realized that again, it's been a months since I've updated the blog. Where does the time go? I go to work each day, come home, Mariel naps, I clean house, Eric comes home from work, we have dinner, Mariel plays and then takes a bath and goes to bed, then Eric and I catch up on the day with a little chat or watch some TV and relax, then boom@!#! It's bedtime (9:00) and I have to get up at 5:45 and start it all over again. Weekend comes and it's full of getting all the things done that we couldn't do in during the week! Wow, it's crazy how time flies by.
Mariel is now 10 months old and on New Years Day... actually that morning, she started CRAWLING!! At last! Now she's a machine filled with Energizer batteries and does nothing but play, crawl, play, crawl, stand up ... oops! fell on her bottom... and then crawling off to another toy again. She's becoming little miss independence too. Eating foods on her own, and learning how to use the sippy cup. She's saying words like "done" and "da da" and such too! She knows where "noses" and "eyes" and "toes" are... it's awesome!

Anyway, to the good stuff, I wasn't going to show these until after everyone got their pictures but Oma hasn't seen a Mariel update or picture in quite awhile now so I don't want to hold out any longer. So to all family back at home... you're Christmas gifts are coming and extremely late, and these pictures will just give you a hint at what you're getting! Enjoy!!!!