Crazy Weather of 2012 and Ruby Mae is 6 Months Old!

 The Great Snow Storm Of 2012.  Martin Luther King Jr weekend gave us a dusting of snow.  It lasted until the afternoon, but Bailey and Abby enjoyed it.

 Abby was so funny because she just kind of walked around the back yard not sure what to do with the snow.  Now its flooding in Salem and some parts of Silverton.  We have has some crazy weather lately!

Today Ruby Mae is 6 months old!  I can't believe it.

 She is about 14 pounds and 12 oz
25.5 inches long
and her head is 42cm around.  Everything is average and normal.

She loves to eat her food.  I started giving her a few of the baby puffs that melt in your mouth.  She is a little young yet, but loves them.  She has a hard time picking them up by herself, but she is practicing.  Yesterday she ate a cracker, with my supervision of course!

 She loves to play on the floor with her toys.  She is not sitting up by herself yet, but with our boppy pillow her balance is improving.  She is moves around a ton on the floor.

 Ruby is such a happy baby!  We are blessed to have her in our lives.

Christmas 2011

 Of all the years, we totally over did for Christmas this year.  However, it was so much fun for us, and you only have little girls once.  As you can see Santa was very good to the girls this year.  Ruby's gift from Santa was an inflatable duck bath tub that quacks.  She loves it! Ruby pretty much slept through our Christmas morning.  I wasn't about to wake her up.  I don't know....is that bad??  She woke up once Abby was done opening presents.  Then we sat down and Abby helped her open hers.  YES I DID WRAP THEM!  Daniel thought it was kind of silly.  :)

 As you know Abby is really into farms, cowboys and John Wayne.  Santa know just what to get her.  A horse that she drags around the house all the time.  She actually sits on the thing and watches John Wayne.  Crazy kid!

 Abby was also outfitted with official John Wayne gear!

 ....and of course every cow girl needs a tea cart!

 Abby is into Strawberry Shortcake this year.  Its so weird to think that she likes the same things I did.  I had Strawberry Shortcake toys too.  Oh how different they looked back then!  Daniel's parents got her this cool little house.  She sits in her room and puts the house together with all the food and accessories.

 Colin got an awesome workbench from Grandma and Grandpa Brown.  This is Auntie Katie making sure the gear fits her too!

 Ruby loved her new toys.  This is a toy Grandpa Brown picked out for her and she loves it!

 Yes, you are seeing palm trees.  My mom is from Southern California and this is her Christmas tree.  She tends to miss the desert this time of year.  I think its a new trend that could take off....maybe.

 Ruby loved opening a few presents with Auntie Kyla.  She was actually ripping off the paper!  She is so smart!

 Abby and Ashlynn both got these Madame Alexander dolls.  They are so cool.  They came with the name Sarah, but Abby calls her "Baby Allie."

 Ruby also got a Madame Alexander doll.  She loves to drool all over it.  Papa Lee did a great job picking this one out.

Our Christmas was so much fun.  We always enjoy the time spent with family.  It was the Donovan's first official Christmas as residents in Oregon so that was fun too.