Nana is here!

We picked Mom up on New Year's Day from the Charlotte airport. She flew in for Kaelyn's birthday party on Saturday. We went to the Cheesecake Factory after that and it was delicious!! =) We are so excited to have Mom here! She is going to stay for 2 weeks so she can keep Kaelyn for us while we go on our cruise to the Bahamas!!! YAY! Love you Mom!

 

 

 

 

Christmas 2008

We had a wonderful Christmas and hope you did as well! My in-laws were here with us from FL on Christmas morning for the first time! Skyler woke up and was ready to see what Santa left, and Kae was fast asleep. hehe She didn't keep us waiting too long though...I think everyone was up around 7:45am, although Kaelyn was still groggy.
I popped some cinnamon rolls in the oven to get us started. =) Yum.
Skyler was excited to show Kae the playhouse Santa left her but somehow Kaelyn heard Santa was in that playhouse (lol) and did not want to go inside! We explained he was already gone and then she was fine, and boy does she LOVE that playhouse. **Santa got that on super clearance last year :) Skyler had been wanting a Baby Blue electric guitar, and I guess Santa was listening. She was super excited when she opened it up! The girls were blessed with lots of other great gifts including clothes, baby dolls, mp3 players, purses, etc. And so were we! =) I was very excited to get my webcam so we could do a video call with my family in Michigan Christmas morning!! Kaelyn thought this was so cool and is always asking to talk to Nan and Pop on the "puter". :) And of course I'm super excited about mine and Brian's gift to each other... cruise to the Bahamas leaving Jan. 7th! YAY! In this upcoming year we hope to have another child, but before we even go there I reeeaally need to get away! Being here without family can really be tough sometimes! We are thankful my mom is flying in to celebrate Kae's birthday and can stay longer to keep her for us. :) We are super blessed and look forward to ringing in a new year soon!

 

 

 

 

Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Wishes from the reindeer who got away! =)

 

Merry Christmas from Kaelyn

Here are a few pics of the treasures Kaelyn made for us at school. Tooo precious! I love them, best gifts ever! =)

 

 

 

Kae's Christmas Party!!

Today I went to Kaelyn's Christmas party at school! They had lots of fun munching on goodies and opening presents! Kaelyn got a cute Santa from Ms. Cindy that says "Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas" and other cute gifts from her friends and teachers. :) The last picture cracks me uuuupp!!!

 

 

 

 

My Girl Likes to Potty!

Between today and last night Kaelyn went peepee in her potty 3 times!! We are sooo proud of her! She is in that frustrating stage where she says she has to go potty all the time and we take her and she just plays, but we have been trying to hang in there and take her everytime she says (AHHHH!! lol) and today it really paid off! She was SO excited and proud of herself! We sing Big Girls Go PeePee in the Potty...hehe. I got a little clip of Kaelyn singing it. She likes to dance to it too, but didn't do a lot of dancing in this clip... too focused on getting those m&m's! =)

Somebody's Got a Birthday Around the Corner...

It's Kaelyn! She will be 2 on January 4th and I can't believe how fast the time has flown by! I originally turned on the camera to get her saying when her birthday is, and then she turned into a drama queen... pretty funny! hehe