Gia is already becoming more interested in toys than in people.  She loves to bounce on your knee, playing riding the pony Macaroni.  She does love her mommy better than any toy though.

Isn’t this outfit so cute? I think it will probably be about the last time she can wear it as she is about to get too big. I love it though. My friend Lori Potter gave it to me at the baby shower we had at Jennifer’s. Sooooo in fashion!

I know that these are not very Thanksgiving-y pictures but Giada spent most of the holiday asleep in our bedroom as she was only a few weeks old. We had the whole Cullivan family at out house for dinner, which was really nice as we don’t all get together too often. Everyone contributed food, some of the highlights being my Aunt Marilyn’s homemade ice cream and My Uncle Pat bringing a Petit Jean ham from Arkansas. All of the food was delicious. Brad’s brother, his wife Vicki and their son Evan, one of 2 cousin’s on the Palmer side, all came up from Houston to enjoy the weekend. Giada’s other cousin Marshall and his wife came and stayed upstairs at Ann’s. We played our traditional family card game of 31 and had a great time!

Baby announcements – What you didn’t get one? Well don’t get upset, no one else did either because we never managed to get them out. What we DID manage to do is have our good friends Brian and Amanda Jackson (We call them Brimanda) come over and take baby picture announcement photos. They both have incredible design minds and Brian is pretty amazing with a camera. We had purchased a few tulips for the occasion but then had the bright idea to pick some of the beautiful roses growing in our own garden. As you can see, they are gorgeous fat and yellow. We had posed Giada with the flowers for about 10 shots, then suddenly Amanda whipped her out of her basket so fast we all were standing there with our mouths open. She said, “A bee! A bee!” and darned if a big  ole fat bumblebee didn’t stagger out of the middle of the rose tight next to Giada’s face.  Almost heart attack 817…

I don’t think Giada’s first full immersion could have been more traumatic for her than it was for us. Both Brad and I were holding on to this teeny-tiny wriggling thing trying to wash her for the first time and we both almost had heart attacks.

After this experience we thought, “Really, how dirty could she be?” Consequently, baths afterwards were few and far between.

It is hard to believe that I have pretty much learned all that I know about keeping this kid alive in these books. The best, I think, was what to expect when you’re expecting. I remember when I was a kid I had “Where Do Babies Come From?” Book that had illustrations and a purple colver. I think What to Expect When You’re Expecting was the next most imformative. 🙂

I scoured the name books for weeks on end. Both brad and I were pretty postive we were having a boy and had a 3 page list of boy names picked out. We were surprised when We heard it was going to be a girl and took a hiatus from the books for awhile. As you can tell from one of my first posts, it didn’t take long to get back into the name game.

I Like to Eat!

I like to eat whith my arm draped across Mommy and the other arm under my head. I usually will wiggle into this postion no matter how Mommy arranges the football hold. Look how much hair I have!