Christmas in Bowling Green 2008

Ruby checking out the Christmas Tree at Grandma and Grandpa Laffin's

Brian and Me

Ruby trying out her new telephone. We had to show her how it works since she has never seen a phone like this before.

Brian and Ruby with her new puppy from Great Aunt Mary.

Laffin Family Christmas

Ruby took no time to warm up to Grandma and Granpa during this trip. Grandma had the right idea with the slinky.

John was in charge of keeping Ruby away from the dangerous fireplace while we opened gifts.

The aftermath.

Christmas 08

Ruby modeling Mamaw's new hat and scarf. Scroll down to see more pictures from our Faith Family Christmas.

Christmas with the Faith's

We spent Christmas Eve at my parents house with my sister's family. Here are a few highlights:

Ruby getting a snack before opening gifts

like my new shoes?

This picture is classic. My sister and nephew when they thought they won thousands of dollars with the lottery ticket my husband gave them. Unfortunately a few seconds later they found out it was fake.

You know you are growing up when you are excited about the blender you get for Christmas

Merry Christmas...a look back

Ruby celebrating Christmas in 2007

More reunion

Ruby sporting her Naegeli family reunion shirt and eating some ice cream with Grandma

Ruby and her second cousin Joaquin hanging out before they said goodbye.

Naegeli Family Reunion in California

We were able to get together with Brian's moms side of the family while we were in Souther California. Here is the whole Naegeli family (minus one cousin) with matching shirts and all.

A few updates

Brian won a gift card to Best Buy at his company Christmas party and we are now proud owners of a brand new laptop

Thanks to my friend Kathleen I made this awesome bean soup. I recommend it but not to vegetarians.
*I used some really great turkey bacon that I found at Trader Joe's over the weekend
*I didn't use as much cilantro as they called for either


As of this week Ruby has added a few new words and sounds to her vocabulary "ights" (lights); "a-a-a-a" (baaa...sheep sound); "ahhhhh" (roar...lion sound); "sheet" (seat); papaw; mamaw; and shoe


This weekend a couple of friends and I worked on some homemade Christmas gifts. Thanks to some tips from women at my church we made a chocolate body scrub.

A day at the beach...

Here are a few more California pictures for your enjoyment. Figured they would be nice for those of us that live in cold climate areas.


Brian, Ruby and Connie (Grandma Laffin) checking out the beautiful ocean

Brian working his way through the rocks with Ruby

Sharon, John, Bill and some random guy climbing the rocks

Mama and Ruby checking out the sand

December Birthdays

Happy Birthday to Grandpa Laffin today! We will be seeing soon and hope you have a nice day!

Ruby's cousin Holden also had a birthday this month on the 11th and turned 2 years old. Happy Birthday Holden!

Rock Star

Our little rock star playing with some shades this week. Joanna, if you are reading this...yes, those are Alex's glasses. :)

What is going on in Laffin Land?

Well, we finally have a new/old computer. Our friend Cori gave us her old one so now i can resume my blogging a little more regularly. Thanks to Cori!


Brian survived an ugly lay off at his work last week. They laid off 21 people and we were so very thankful that God had mercy on our family and Brian still has a job.

Ruby went to her 15 month check up last week and is in the 50th percentile for weight and 25th percentile for height. This is pretty crazy since she was not even on the charts at 8 months because she was so small. She loves to eat so I guess that is paying off.

I don't have any pictures to post right now but soon I will.

Walking

Ruby is now walking more than crawling. She is actually not really crawling much at all. Here is a video from about a month ago when she was first getting the hang of it.

ruby walking

Thanksgiving 08

We spent our Thanksgiving with Brian's family this year. We had a nice time watching Ruby walking everywhere, taking walks with the dogs, playing some games and of course eating turkey.

Ruby with her Grandpa before our walk to the creek

Ruby and her Daddy walking to the creek...taking a moment for a picture

Brian and his brother John with the dogs (Abby and Luna)

Ruby...possibly a future in the medical field?

Old Friends

During our stay in California we got to have dinner with my old friend from college Shari and her husband and son. It was so wonderful seeing the Kirkpatrick's and having the kids and the husbands meet for the first time.

The Kirkpatrick's

The Laffin's

Me and Shari with Ruby and Hunter who were both getting pretty tired

Happy Thanksgiving

We are currently in Western Kentucky celebrating Thanksgiving with Brian's parents. Here are, however, more pictures from California. These were taken at San Clemente Beach...wish we were there now.

Ruby with Grandma and Grandpa

Ruby with her Grandpa next to the train tracks