At the Apple Orchard

It was a perfect fall day for the orchard!

Finally...A video of Varrah Walking

Well now that she is running....here is a video of her walking. She has been getting better and better and falling on her toosh less since about a week into her tenth month.

Pictures by Krista

Thank you Krista, they are amazing as always!
In the second to last picture, Varrah is kissing a framed picture of herself. She kisses pictures of babies all the time. We think it is funny that she doesn't realize that her favorite baby to kiss is herself.

New Shoes

We got her new shoes...ones she can walk around in comfortably. I don't know, how do you know if they are good supportive shoes or not? They seem ok, they stay on her feet and they are cute, so we went with them :) She looks like such a big girl in this picture! Where did our tiny little baby go??

She Loves Her Blankies

Just For Fun

I took some pictures of Varrah outside since it was a nice day. All she really wanted to do was eat leaves and rocks...oh well. Babies will be babies!

4 Amazing Years

Even though I was "bridal tagged" to put pictures up of our wedding day awhile ago by the fabulous Mrs. Quist, I thought I would wait until our anniversary. Today is our 4 year wedding anniversary! And even though this is a blog dedicated to baby Varrah, she wouldn't be here if it wasn't for this day. I could go on and on about how much I love David and how important he is to me, but I will spare you all and say that these four years have been the best years of my life and I am so thankful for all that we have as a family. Lastly, I want to thank everyone again for being there four years ago to celebrate our day with us.

Shopping for a New Car Seat

We went out last Sunday to find Varrah a big girl car seat since she has out grown her newborn one. We went to Babies R Us and Baby USA to find one. Varrah had the most fun at Baby USA since there were more things to play with. They have "nursery like set-ups" there and we just went around putting Varrah in different scenes and taking pictures. She liked the Bumbo Seat the best, we never got one for her, so she thought it was pretty cool. We did end up buying a new car seat for her that day and she loves it...she gets excited every time we put her in the car. It must be much nicer being able to look out the front window of the car facing the same way mommy and daddy are. We like it better because we can see her more easily.

Walk & Roll

Last night Varrah decided that it was time to really walk. For about the last month she has been taking 4 or 5 steps and then calling it quits, but last night she stood up and started trucking across the room. For the rest of the night up to her bed time she continued to show us that she enjoyed walking, with chirps of excitement and flails of her arms.

As if that wasn't a big enough accomplishment for one night, she also came to the conclusion that doing somersaults was fun :) While sitting on the couch with Erika she propped herself on her arms and somersaulted over. After doing it once she looked up at Mommy with a big smile and did it again, and again. At this rate she should be doing back flips by Christmas.

We didn't get a chance to capture some video to post, but we will so check back :D

Hmmm...

Varrah decided that it was a good idea to put herself into her toy box and sit for awhile...it was priceless.

New Pictures

Sorry for such a long gap since our last updates! Not much is new over here. Varrah is doing great! She is almost walking all by herself. She has already taken her first official first steps (3 to be exact) that was about a week ago. But still, she likes to hold on to our hands for security. She is almost 10 months...can you believe it!? We can't :)

Fun in the Pool

Auntie Krista and Uncle Jeff bought Varrah a pool for her to play in. She had a lot of fun splashing around. She turned into a little prune before we took her out.

Our Baby Mozart

Varrah was having a good time playing the piano at Grandma Skrove's house.

Toy Box

I found Varrah with one leg in her toy box. Trying to get her toys out with her toes maybe??

Her New and Favorite Trick...

New Pictures