She's Getting Faster!

Shelby is picking up speed scooting! Trying to get to her new toys. Right now, she will only scoot around on her mat. As soon as she gets to the edge she turns around. Not sure how long that will last.

Shelby's First Christmas

Shelby had a wonderful Christmas. She didn't really understand most of it including opening presents but she is enjoying her new toys from Santa and had fun visiting family.

On Christmas Eve, we went to Josh's Aunt Joanne and Uncle Anosh's house in Manchester, MA for the Palermo Christmas party. There were lots of people and we had a lot of fun. Shelby was an angel and enjoyed watching everyone.

Here are some pictures of Shelby opening presents from Santa.

Shelby trying to escape

Shelby tasting all the people on her new bus.

On Christmas Day, we headed to Nana and Papa Wallace's in Norfolk, MA. We had a fun time spending time with everyone, eating good food and opening presents. Shelby had fun playing with Ella and racing her to see who could eat the Cheerios faster.

Shelby with Papa:

Ella gave Shelby her first doll. Shelby tried out the doll's pacifer while Ella held Shelby's pacifier.

While the adults enjoyed a great Italian dinner (Thanks Nana!), Shelby and Ella raced to see who could eat more Cheerios. Shelby even tried to pull some out of Ella's hand as she was putting them in her mouth.

Both were a little tired and their Christmas outfits had been discarded by this point.

But they had fun together.

Shelby's Starting to Scoot

Shelby is starting to scoot. She does not crawl but now when she sees a toy she wants that is a few feet away she will reach for it and slowly scoot to get it. Probably won't be long before she is scooting all over the place.

Thank you Nana and Papa Wallace for Shelby's early Christmas present. Shelby loves her new chair.

We are really looking forward to Shelby's 1st Christmas. It has been a busy couple of weeks getting gifts ready and baking cookies. She has been enjoying all the action in the kitchen and tries to get involved. Usually trying to steal anything she can get her hands on, like the dishtowel. Maybe next year she can help with some cookies but this year she is keeping me company and making me laugh.

Score! Shelby Thinks her Playpen is Fun!

So I haven't been using Shelby's pack and play much. We used to use it for diaper changes but she has gotten a bit big for the changing table part of the pack and play. So I finally set it up to be used as a playpen. I thought it would be good if I have to do something quickly and want her to be somewhere safe. We tested it out and she loved it! She thinks it's a game to stand up and hold the edge. Check out a couple of pictures and a video. The video is a little shaky because I am playing peek-a-boo with her while trying to video tape her but her laugh is so cute. Shelby also loves watching the video of herself. She laughs at herself laughing in the video!



Surprise, surprise-she tries to chew on it!

She's Trouble

Shelby loves her walker. She used to just walk around in it looking around at her toys or following me and Josh. Now she is getting more curious and trying to get into stuff that she shouldn't be touching! Sometimes we will say, "Shelby, what are you doing?!". She will get excited and try to escape with whatever she can get her hands on!


Shelby pulling out her videos after she threw some clean and folded laundry on the floor.


Shelby leaving the mess behind to look for things to get in the kitchen!