8 Months Old Already!

I have been slacking off a little with updates lately so am going to attempt to recap what has been going on the past month. First of all, Journee is 8 months old already which we can't believe! We are already starting to think about her 1st birthday party which will be right around the corner.
Journee is sitting up now and started doing that about a month ago, along with rolling over back and forth. We suppose we now have crawling to look forward in the near future. Journee is growing like crazy and at her appointment 2 weeks ago, she was 15 lbs, 9 oz but she has definitely put on some lbs since then!
Her hair has been growing quite a bit too and is is finally long enough for a barrette which mom is very excited about because now dad has no excuse for not putting an accessory in her hair when he is watching her! :)

We had to show off a picture of her with her first barrette

First Christmas

Christmas was particularly special this year because it was Journee's first Christmas! Billy had to work on Christmas day but he was able to get Christmas Eve off and we spent the morning together as a family and then went over to Grandpa and Grandma Lawe's house.
Grandma Judy came for a visit days prior and Journee had a lot of fun spending time with her as well.

We just love our Christmas Cutie!

Journee was so excited when Daddy got home to open gifts with her on Christmas Eve!

She appears to be pleased with her gifts

Journee was showing off on the piano for her aunts and uncle!