We have a crawler!

Hadassah started crawling with her belly off the floor shortly after Christmas. Mommy has just taken forever to upload pictures on to the blog. There is a video of her crawling at the end of the blog. I can't seem to get videos to post anywhere except for at the end.

Dassah uses a pacifier like she does a teething ring. She chews on it instead of sucking on it.

Standing up! Daddy's leg is her only support. You can tell by her face she's not too sure about it.

I gave Dassah the computer mouse and opened the paint program. Except for changing the colors for her, she "drew" a picture for Daddy.

The pretty picture Dassah drew. All the lines the same length and angle are where she hit the scroll and click buttons at the same time.

Dassah is able to pull herself up to a standing position!

My little Smiley!

More smiles.

Rista Cat doesn't realize she won't be safe up there for too much longer.

"I'm so cool."

Our little helper. Dassah tries to follow us around everywhere.

She is so happy all the time.

"I'm taking the car for a spin, Mom. Hope you don't mind."

I like seeing her smile.

Such a pretty smile.

Peeking over the edge of the couch at me. I don't know why the picture turned sideways, though.

Boxes are fun!

So messy.

"I think this is yours, Mommy."

Look at her go!

Christmas!

Christmas time! All the relatives from Sarah's side of the family came to our house for Christmas. There were 9 adults and 7 children four-years-old and under.

Dassah managed to squirm out of her pajamas like this two nights in a row.

Eating a slice of orange

Elizabeth surprised us by showing up on our doorstep! I'm so glad she could come!

Becky gave Abby and Emma princess hairstyles.

Rachel and Lexi

Emma and Kara hugging

Isaiah asks, "Why do I have a princess cup?" (I think he's actually saying it's empty)

Making candy bead necklaces
Liz decided to play with Abby and Emma's hair bows.

Kara holding her candy bead necklace.
Dassah and Lexi together

Abby helped clean off the coffee table.

How many babies can Aunt Liz hold at once?

Story time with Rachel

Kara and Emma played together on the keyboard.

All the sisters together.

Playing Apples to Apples while all the kids are down for a nap.

Story time with Papa Steve.

Brandon had some story time, too.

Look at all those presents!!!

Goofing off

Christmas dinner

Story time with Mama Lynn

Time to open presents!

Dassah opened her own presents (with a little help from Daddy).

We're about to get buried in wrapping paper!

Now it's Mommy's turn to open a present.

"Ooooh! Wrapping paper!"

Kara opening a present

Isaiah is ready to help Papa Steve build his house.

Look at these toys!

Aunt Liz received presents too, even though her arrival was a surprise.

Are all the presents opened?
Lexi playing with her new presents

Dassah received a piano for Christmas.

"What's going on here?!"

Preston found a baby to feed.

Papa Steve hugs!

The whole Puls family together

Lexi wasn't feeling good. If her Mommy couldn't hold her, she decided Aunt Liz was an okay substitute.

Dassah found a new friend.

Cuddle time with Papa Steve

Playing with the new toys

Even on Christmas you have to take a nap.

Mama Lynn is icing a cake.

Helping decorate a "Happy Birthday, Jesus" cake

Messy boy

Noah fell asleep sitting up.

Yummy! Suckers!

Playing with Uncle Preston

Abby wants to fix something!

Abby and Emma helping to roll balls to make cookies.

Playing with her new toy with Isaiah.

I thought it was cute with them both leaning the same way.

Dassah's wearing Abby's hair bow.

Wide-eyed Noah.

After Christmas, everyone had to leave and the house suddenly seemed big and quiet. Here are a few pictures from after Christmas.

Rista Cat sure puts up with a lot, just to sit on someone's lap.

Dassah is at the point where she would rather feed herself than have Mommy or Daddy feed her. She grabbed the bowl of applesauce from me and got it all over herself. Applesauce is not exactly a finger food.

A messy baby with two little teeth.

It snowed on New Year's Eve! (with wind)

Here is the snow drift Michael had to shovel through on New Years Day so we could go to church the next morning.

Jack Frost painted some pretty pictures on our window.

Cat and mouse.

Video never goes where it's supposed to. It always lands at the end of the post for some reason...

Brandon showed off how strong he was by doing push-ups with a child on his back.