Smith Family Blog: December 2010

Sunday, December 26, 2010

11 Months Old

Our little princess turned 11 months old on Christmas day.

We have been quite busy lately so I apologize for the lag in posts... again! Mom and dad took a mini vacation a few weeks back and Grandma Ruth came and watched me, we had lots of Christmas parties and we celebrated my 1st real Christmas too.

New this month:

New words - Up, Hot & Duck (I can even identify a duck... at least the rubber kind ;)
Dancing - I am a dancing machine! I mostly twirl around with one hand on my hip and the other straight out in front of me (video to come), but sometimes I like to pace/run and then stomp my feet to the music.
Kisses - I love to give Mommy & Daddy kisses! Especially in the morning when they let me crawl in to bed with them.
I know what teeth are and I love to point Mom & Dad's when they say "teeth".
I love to climb! I figured out how to climb up on the mantel of the fireplace and when Dad lets me, I like to jump off in a belly flop type fashion on to a pile of blankets.
Kicking a ball - I am definitely destined to be a soccer player, I love to kick balls and toys.

Here are some pictures:

Taking a spin in my new Cozy Coupe. I love it! Thanks Auntie Kim

Gotta keep an eye on me... I'm sneaky and get it to all kinds of trouble... hehe!

All dressed up for Mom & Dad's holiday party

All Mom's UMD girls (& Jenny:)

Mom & Dad at the Christmas party

Pig Latin Polka in my Piggy PJs - Watch out for my dance moves!

SANTA!!!

Christmas Eve Smiles!

Wrapping presents with Mom - Giggles!

Jingle Bells

I loved opening presents... I also loved climbing on the boxes!

Daddy's slippers

My new Radio Flyer wagon... can't wait for summer!

Let's mow

I loved the gift & the box it came in :)

Family Christmas Picture

While this isn't my best performance of unwrapping gifts it's all Mom managed to get on tape. Apparently she needs some lessons on how to use a video camera.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Cabo!

So after not traveling for fun over a year, we finally got the chance to get away and we headed to Mexico for a very short, but amazing vacation to Cabo San Lucas. We left very early Thursday, December 9th and arrived in MX around 11am. We stayed at the Cappel Padregal and it was one of the nicest hotel we have every stayed at. They had an Escalade pick us up from the airport and our driver was great. We stopped along the way for some cold cervezas for the road and headed to Cabo. Once at the hotel we were given drinks and taken to our suite with our very own infinity pool. Since Josh forgot swim trunks we took a taxi and headed out for some authentic shrimp and fish tacos and to find a swim suit. For dinner we dinned at one of the hotels very nice restaurants and went to bed a little on the early side. The next day we got up, had one of the best buffet breakfasts and headed to the pool for some sun and cocktails. Later in the afternoon we looked behind us to see John Legend and his girlfriend lounging by the pool. We had chips, quac and some tasty civiche along with a few more drinks and called it a day. We decided to get out of the sun and head back to our room where we hopped in our private pool. A few minutes later we heard a knock at the door and room service was bringing us chips, quac and beers. That night we got dressed and headed to the evening happy hour at the hotel bar and then out for sushi at Nik San. Saturday we had breakfast and another round of pool time. This time not only John Legend showed up, but his backup singers and some members of the Roots. That night we were going to the John Legend concert at our hotel. We went down for drinks and dinner around 6:30/7 and decided we should grab some good seats as it was first come, first serve. After a little finagling we got a two person couch that was almost exactly 1st row center stage. We grabbed a bottle of bubbly and watched as John Legend and The Roots performed along with Joss Stone. It was amazing!! The next day we had breakfast, packed up and headed back to MN just missing the 10th biggest snowstorm ever on record. We both fell in love with the hotel and Cabo and cannot wait to return!

Our hotel room balcony with infinity pool

Lounging at the pool

Drinks at the pool

Happy Hour

View from our hotel balcony - John Legend rehearsing

John Legend

Joss Stone & The Roots

John Legend

The Roots

Joss Stone

Monday, December 6, 2010

42, 43 & 44 Weeks

As you can tell we are a little behind these days. Mommy went back to work full-time a few weeks ago and there have been all kinds of fun actives for the Holidays!