Lazy morning with Dagny

"Kiss me RIGHT here!"

 Dagny makes so many silly faces :)

 And she is such a happy girl!

 She is drooling alot lately.

 And puts everything in her mouth, including her feet!

She looks so much like her daddy!

But she is definitely a momma's girl :)

Christmas recap!

My favorite ornament, ever, thus far :)

and here is Dagny

She is saying---"my first Christmas and THIS is all I get?!"

 just kidding!!

 She loves it!!!!

She is having so much fun discovering her new toys and how to interact with them :)

 Here is Dags with her Oma, Tina, Greg's mom.  

 Our Christmas tree this year worked out fabulously.  We were able to score this awesome 7 ft prelit tree at target.  It was the only one left and it was the display model and it was already marked off 40%!! I think we paid like, $40 total for it. Noice :)
This is also the first picture where the oddly shaped and very misplaced purple eggplant christmas ornament makes its debut.  Can you spot it? Call me immature, but I think its funny.

And here we are, all happy and cheery on Christmas morn with Dags.  She, of course, was delighted with the Knoell side of the family being over and getting tons of hugs and kisses :)
 

She doesn't have the whole, smile on 3, thing down yet.  We are working on it :)

 Presents from "Santa" this year, included lots and lots of books to read along with a Dr Seuss doll and Dr Seuss books.  Dagny loved it!

The 3 Knoell boys opening their brand new Garmin GPSs.  Can't you just FEEL the excitement?

The awesome Fossil watch from Tina and Eddie.  Thank you , i love it :)

Em, got a sweet little clutch, super cute.
And good ol' Opa Eddie with his musical Christmas Pluto to add
 to his collection :)

Her very first Christmas hat, courtesy of sweet Tia Dez :)

 She was sooooooooo happy to see nana and dez that she could barely sleep!!

 All she wanted to do was laugh at her Tia Dez :)

 Look at those little eyebrows and that happy little smile!

 

Dagny had a really wonderful Christmas thanks to all of her loving family. We are all so thankful for her and love her so, so much.  

And last but not least, here is our Valenzuela side family Christmas pic.  We put the FUN back in dysFUNctional.  Boy, I sure do love these people, with all my heart. :)

 Another shot of our tree and that questionable, dangling ornament. :)

 Here it is again, in yo face!!

 And here is my favorite shot of me and my sweet, SWEET Baby D on our very first Christmas together, sans the obnoxious/slightly offensive looking ornament, lol.

We're Baaaaaaaaaack!

 First of all, Happy New Year everybody :)  We will start you off with a few shots of the many faces of Sweet Baby Dagny.

 She cracks me up with all the sweet, silly faces she makes :)

 She likes to watch me stick my tongue out at here and she will try to do it too!

 One of her fits of excitement :)

She is such a little sweetie pie:)

 The 6 th of this month Dagny turned 4 months old. She had her 4 month shots and that's a picture of her waiting to get her shots.  She did really well, cried a little but stopped right away.  She was a little fussy that first day, but other than that she was awesome, as usual.  Here are her 4 month stats.  She is weighing in at a whopping 13.8lbs and she is still a lanky little lady at an impressive 25 1/2 inches!! Her head is on the larger side, which i knew, because all of her cute head bands are too tight for her!  lol
She is growing like a champ, still eating well, and is a great sleeper.  She will go down at around 8pm and sleep till 5 or 6.  We change her, feed her, and she goes right back to sleep for another few hours.  I'm not complaining :)

This is a cute shot of Dags sleeping in the little sling I have for her.  I took her Ikea in this thing and she loved it! Ikea is huge and she was awake the whole time, just lookin around and being super curious.  :)

 And lastly, here is my little cutie with her daddy's grin :)

This is the "I just tooted" face.  Haha

More posts to come this week. You can look for a Christmas recap, some news on Dagny's new discoveries, of course lots and lots of pictures, and some random ramblings of mine--including some exciting family news! Can't wait to share it all with you :)

Merry Christmas!!

First of all, have you guys seen THIS ?? It is hilarious!!

Second of all, Greg, Dagny and I hope that you all have yourselves a merry little Christmas!! Greg has two weeks off from work and we are looking forward to visiting with family and enjoying Dagny's very first Christmas together!!!

And third of all, thank you to everyone who has voted for Dagny's picture.  I feel like I have been bombarding ppl, asking them to vote for Dags!! She is currently in 67th place, but I aint no quitter! Voting ends on Christmas Day, so if you're not too sick of voting yet, please do again :) HERE is the link. 

again, Merry Christmas everybody!!!! :) LOVE, the Knoells <3

Birthday Shenanigans!!!

I know, this is not the best picture but i love it, cuz it has all the people i love in it!!! I love more people, of course, but on my bday im thankful that some friends and my sisters came out with  me to celebrate.  Usually for my bday, I sulk, feel sorry for myself, and just become generally depressed.  Don't ask me why, I just do, ok?!! :) But not this year!! Nope, this year I turned 30.  This year I had Dagny.  This year was different, I didn't care if anybody forgot my bday---because this year, it's not about me anymore.  It's about Dags, everything is!!! And I am thankful for another year of life because this one is sure to be a great one, now that Dags is here!
Tuesday the 13th was my actual bday and Greg and I went out to the Keg for dinner while Nani dearest and Dad watched Dagny. I must say, i love that place.  I get the Creole chicken everytime. Delish!  I also had a glass of Pinot Grigio!! yummy....The plan for the nite was to go see a movie after dinner, but in true new parent style, we cut the date short because we both missed Dagny. :) 
Saturday nite I booked a room at a hotel downtown, the Clarendon.   It was kind of a last minute thing, but my friends Jayne and Johnnie were able to come out and have dinner with us.  Then Mateo and Emilie showed.  Then Normie and Melissa.  And then Dez and Miri showed up!!! There was a nice sky deck up on the rooftop of the Clarendon and it was fun goin up there and hanging out, even though it was really cold.  I didnt get too many pics that nite but I am happy with what we got :)

I am cursed with a lazy eye and at this weird angle it is blatantly obvious.... great!  But Jayne looks awesome, as usual! :)

 Mathew and Emilie, thanks for coming out guys, twas good to see you as always.  Emilie is that last of our bunch to turn 30 at the end of the month!!

 Greg and Johnnie------gearing up for an epic nite!! :)

I like how Emilie has a tasty beverage in each hand!! Go Em!!

 The hotel was decorated in MCM style---midcentury modern.  And all those who know me know that it was exactly my cup of tea!  I was trying to figure our how i could fit that lamp into my purse and i loved the sidetables too.  The best part was seeing some chairs in their lobby that are exactly like some that i scored at a thrift shop for super cheap.  I secretly want to be an interior designer and specialize in mcm design.  I missed my calling.
Anyways, we had lots of fun, i finally danced and sweat my bootie off, and I'm officially 30. Life is good.  :)

on a side note, if you haven't already, would you please go HERE and cast your vote for sweet Dagny?  You can vote once a day every day this week from your computer and your phone! It is easy and quick and we would love to win.  Thanks everyone!! :)

More Dagny

I can't help but not just absolutely adore this pretty little baby face!!  Her skin is so porcelain-y. My baby doll :)

And take a look at these big ol' blue eyes........

Dagny is wearing a shirt that Miranda painted on at one of my baby showers.  It's a little cat face with big blue eyes.  Jayne (wonder woman) had everybody draw or write something on onesies and bibs and then I chose my favorites. Everybody did really cute stuff and they all deserve honorable mention, but we can only have one winner. Here is a sample of her handiwork :)

 Miranda is a total ARTIST.  She was able to go to Coney Island this summer and study at their sideshow banner painting class.  She worked with Marie Roberts who, apparently, is THE best around, and Marie said that Miri has talent (which we already knew, but now it's official! haha). Anyways, she is good and here is a picture of me with the artist and a piece of her upcoming 2012 Babywear line, jk, it was the winning onesie!

 On a side note, if anyone needs a banner painted, you can commission Mir to paint one for you. 

 I'm telling you, she is good, Oh....and her artist name is Mia Valentine, love it!

I had a good bday weekend, more on that later, but now it's off to work for me :(