Eight Months! (How did that happen?

Baby Carrie turned the ripe old age of eight months this weekend. To celebrate, here's a little retrospective:
Day One:

One month:

Two months:

Three months:

Four months:

Five months:

Six months:

Seven months:

And yesterday, at eight months:

One year is coming up (way too) fast!

"It's the Barky Dog Puppet Show"

I think Tommy's favorite thing about his baby sister is the built-in audience. Like the other night, when Tommy invented the Barky Dog Puppet Show (complete with theme song).

"It's Baby's First Christmas"

We spent Baby Carrie's first Christmas at home in Sacramento. Tommy and Carrie had so much fun!

Here's a few pictures of the kids opening presents:

Here's Tommy doing the all-important "is this for me?" check:

Baby Carrie got into the action helping Mama open her presents:

Later in the day there was a race through the house - Baby Carrie on her new Winnie the Pooh airplane, and Tommy on his new scooter: