More fascinating sounds by Baby Ruby in her 3rd month. It just never gets old!
Author: Carrie
Two Months
We’re a little late, but better than never … Ruby is two months old! It’s been a big month, she helped mommy and daddy host a fantastic Christmas Eve, she had a blast on her first Christmas Day, she rang in the New Year by giving Sae-be to her Halmoni & Harubuji and … she got even CUTER than she was already! Now she “talks” to us all the time by making the most adorable cooing sounds you’ve ever heard, and she definitely recognizes both mommy and daddy’s voices. She’s growing and thriving, and Ed & I fall in love with her more each day.
Ruby’s current stats (as of 1/6 at her 2-month well baby appointment):
11 lbs., 6 oz. and 23 in. long
(This puts her right at the 50th percentile, which her doctor says is just perfect!)
Current likes:
Standing up (well, trying to at least)
Bath time!
Hanging out on the changing table
Playing on the activity mat
Current dislikes:
Getting put in the car seat (still)
Getting out of the bath tub
Notable events:
First long car trip to Bakersfield for Mason’s 1st Birthday
Christmas and New Years
First shots! She got 3 – such a trooper, she didn’t cry until the last one
Another fun thing she’s started to do is actually put one foot in front of the other and “walking”.
At just two months, it’s proof she’s going to be genius, right? :)
Music Mixes for 2010
To wrap up 2010, Ed & Carrie both made music compilations. We came from very different points of view this year – Ed discovered a lot of new stuff he loved, and came up with a solid comp of favorites. Carrie was pretty disenchanted and bored with the whiny indie rock that was so popular this year, and after resigning herself to the fact that she couldn’t just burn the entire Arcade Fire and Broken Bells albums in one comp, she went a different direction! (Also – just wondering: What’s with every indie band having some sort of nature/animal themed name? Deerhunter, Deerhoof, Antler Motel, whatever …)
So, please feel free to download our mixes. Have anything you’d suggest? Leave a comment here!
>>Click to download “Ed’s 10 in 10”
Track list:
1. Jardin Du Luxembourg – The Ghost of a Saber Toothed Tiger
2. Time of the Assassins – Charlotte Gainsbourg
3. Swim – Surfer Blood
4. Girl in Love – Smith Westerns
5. We Used to Wait – The Arcade Fire
6. Tighten Up – The Black Keys
7. On the Vista (feat. Mos Def) – BlakRoq
8. Stylo (feat. Mos Def & Bobby Womack) – Gorillaz
9. Something in the Way – Best Coast
10. It’s Working – MGMT
Click to download Carrie’s “Forget 2010!”
Old late-70s/early 80s punk and new wave sounded really good to me this year, so this comp was intended to reintroduce and re-familiarize you with some greats from that time. You may have heard them all before, but now you have them all in one place!
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Christmas Day 2010
After a wonderful Christmas Eve celebration with the Kim family, Christmas Day started out with just the three of us at home in the morning. Ruby had a few presents under the tree that she opened up with Daddy. Maybe she didn’t quite know what was going on, but that’s okay … we had fun watching her!
Since she loves being in her crib so much, we decided to get her a mobile. She is really into it! She loves the little animals and the soothing songs it plays …
She got lots of nice presents … including an awesome retro milk truck from The Shriers, Kitty Cat pajamas from Ed’s co-worker, Alice … and this super cute hat from Kristen!
This year, Ed and I set a $25 limit for ourselves. I got him a t-shirt from the LBC local spot, Joe Jost’s. They have Shiner Bock on tap there and Ed likes to order “The Special”. I figured I couldn’t go wrong with a t-shirt so he could represent! :)
Ed surprised me with a gift card to Golden Spoon … my favorite frozen yogurt ever!
After we unwrapped our gifts, it was time to head over to my parents house for the festivities at The Facey’s. We all have handmade stockings made by my dad, and this year – Ruby got hers, too! It turned out amazing. I love the poinsettias …
Ruby was happy to see her Grandma & Papaw …
And the three Kims got a rare photo all together in front of their Christmas Tree!
After the presents were unwrapped, Ruby modeled her special Christmas dress sent to her all the way from England from Joanne!
It was a beautiful day spent with family. Check out Dad’s blog for more pics of The Facey’s on Christmas Day!
Kim Family Christmas Eve 2010
Ask us a year ago if we would’ve thought that we’d be celebrating Christmas Eve in a new house with a new baby, and we probably wouldn’t have believed it! This has been quite a year, and that made this year’s Christmas Eve dinner even more special.
As usual, we were hosting Ed’s mom, dad, aunt and uncle for dinner. We even have a dining room now! We set our modern table in our signature red and white stripes, and for this year’s place settings I decided to do sugar cookie stars in red and green.
Also new for this year, I made a roast …
I loaded up an oven bag with potatoes, carrots and onions and cooked it for about 2.5 hours.
I did it!
The candles were lit and we waited for our guests to arrive.
Even Ruby got dressed up in her special Christmas Eve dress from Halmoni!
Tonight’s dinner consisted of Ed’s mom’s amazing spinach salad with pomegranate, cranberry, blueberry and almonds … My roast with potatoes and carrots, wild rice, roasted brussel sprouts and mushrooms, and Ed’s aunt brought the cake for dessert!
Even though we didn’t exchange gifts this year, the grandparents couldn’t resist buying a little something for Ruby. Harabuji bought Ruby two sets of pajamas, and Halmoni bought Ruby a special animal print dress since she was born in the year of the Tiger!
After everyone left, it was time for Ed to read Ruby ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. Grandma & Papaw Facey bought us our own copy of the book so we could start the tradition of reading it to her before bedtime each Christmas Eve like my dad did for me!
This Christmas Eve was a wonderful night spent with our family in our new home. It just can’t get any better than that! Stay tuned for part two tomorrow! :)