Monkey Shake

We have so many pictures from Christmas, but I think I'll just wait till we get home on Sunday to organize them and put them up.
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We are going on a little "babymoon" tonight to a local resort. We will only stay one night but it will be the first time I've left K for more than a few hours! I know she'll have a ball at Noni and Papa's house, but it's definitely hard to leave her!
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Here's a little video from T's IPhone of K this morning and her new monkey shake. This was the first time she's done this...she just ran into the middle of the living room, said, "I'm a monkey!" and started shaking it. :)



What a goof ball.

Our Little Angel

K got to be in the church Christmas special this year! The adults actually put on a full length play with a choir and everything, so the kids just got up and did some songs dressed up all cute on Sunday morning.

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At first all she did was suck her thumb.

But then she spotted her fan club: Grandma, Grandpa, Noni, Papa, Daddy, Mommy, and Uncle Sean

And even though she didn't sing a note, I thought she was pretty darn cute! :)

We used the video camera, and I'm sure there is a technical way to do this, but my only answer was to play the video on the tv and then video that with my camera...so this is really poor quality, but here is a glimpse of K's debut. I went up close to take a picture of her...you can tell when she spots me. :)

In other news: we spent the weekend (and part of the week) baking cookies for all the departments that report to Tyson directly, which happens to be nine. We made five different kinds of cookies, and I think they all turned out pretty well. Here they are waiting for the last batch of Russian tea cakes. He took them to work today and said the one in his department only had about five cookies left by the end of the day so I guess they were a hit.

And for the not so positive: it was my turn for the flu I guess. K had it first, then T later that week, and last night it hit me. I think we had a different strain than K did though. She had a high fever for three days. T and I just couldn't keep anything down, no fever. I am feeling a lot better, but definitely not good yet.

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Most of my improvement is due to the fact that I have a wonderful mother who canceled her plans and spent the entire day at my house, taking care of K while I slept, tidying up my messy house, and even making us chicken noodle soup and rolls from scratch! What a mom! We really appreciated it and I think it definitely helped me get better quicker. Thanks mom!

Let It Snow!

The last two winters were the #1 and #2 worst winters since the 1920's and this year we have hardly had any snow at all! I've really been hoping we would at least get a little so we could have a white Christmas and this week it finally arrived.

Unfortunately we didn't get much and about half of it has melted already, but I'm crossing my fingers for a little bit more before Christmas day!

K is constantly asking me if we can go out and "walk in the snow". I really need to bundle her up in her snowsuit and let her go play but I've been too lazy. :) I just grabbed these pictures on the way to the car the other day.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

P.S. Grandma knitted the hat and scarf, aren't they too cute?!?

A Shopping We Will Go

We had a shopping weekend! I'm not really sure why since we've been done with our Christmas shopping for a while now, but maybe it's more fun when you don't actually have a list of things to buy. :) I think the real reason is b/c I have a husband who actually likes to shop...not in a girly way...he just (like me) loves to find a good deal and has fun hanging out with his girls while wandering around stores. :)

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We went shopping on Friday night, Saturday morning, and again last night. That doesn't sound like too big of a deal, but when it takes us 45 min. just to get into town to do shopping, it is a little extravagant. We had a lot of fun though, and it was so nice to spend time together without having to worry about working on the house or doing projects.

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I guess our love for shopping is what prompts K to play "shopping" every day. She gets herself dressed up: gets a purse or bag, gets her dolls in her stroller and takes them shopping. She usually finds a piece of paper, scribbles on it and says, "I go shopping with my list."

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I had to get a picture of this outfit. It was still in her drawer b/c she has never grown into the skirt (as you can see it is hanging down past her little purple undies there) even though it had a onesie with it that she got too tall for long ago. She added the hat, her purse, and a lovely pair of Daddy's white socks (I'm assuming dirty ones b/c I don't think she knows what drawer he keeps them in and probably just found them on the floor).

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What better ensemble to go shopping in?

Hope you are all having fun working on your own lists!

Happy Christmas shopping!

Baby "S"

My mom came over and took some pictures for our Christmas card yesterday. She did such a great job that I wished I could find a card with room for about six pictures, but I was only able to use three so I'll give you a sneak preview of a couple that didn't make the cut.

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I love this one, but I choose to go with a vertical family shot instead.

K loves to give her sister hugs and kisses.

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We have been "finding" shapes wherever we go, ie - a piece of pizza, "It a ti-angle!" So a few days ago she looked at me and said, "Mommy! Your tummy a cir-tle!" :)

We have officially decided on a baby name (the same one I've told a lot of you - ask me if you haven't heard and would like to know!) so here is a picture of "Mommy, Daddy, and Baby S"!

Thanks for taking the cute pictures Mom! Hopefully I'll have my Christmas cards out soon!

P.S. K is all recovered from her bout with the flu and so far T and I are still healthy...it's nice to be back to normal!

A Stick Up

Question: What do you get when you give a book of Christmas stickers to a toddler?

Answer: A sticker covered toddler and dog.

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"Uh, a little help here please?"

I am trying to figure out where or when we were exposed to the flu, but on Monday afternoon K got really whiny and before I knew it she had a fever.
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We are on day three and she's still riding the flu roller coaster. She'll be fine one minute: happy and itching to get up and play, and the next minute she'll start whining, want into my lap, and conk out within minutes to wake up with a raging fever again.
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I also learned something very important today. "My tummy's angry" really means, "Watch out I'm gonna lose my breakfast!" At least she's saying something to warn me now, as the first few "episodes" were just a funny look on the face and then a BIG mess followed by, "I spit, Mama".
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Oh the joys of motherhood. Thankfully she is napping right now so I can have a break. On the one hand it's kind of nice when she is sick b/c she gets really cuddly and actually slows down her lighting fast movements for once, but on the other hand it's also nice to have five minutes together without a little person hanging, sitting, or pulling on you. :)
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We're hoping she gets better soon...and that we don't get it too!

New Car and a Happy Birthday!

Our new car is here! T had to go out of town this past week so when he found this car in Salt Lake City he just changed his plane ticket to go there instead of to come home on Friday. We got his Dad a ticket to go down there too and they drove it home Friday evening and Saturday. This car was about $3,000 cheaper coming from Salt Lake than we could have gotten it here. For some reason they are in high demand here.

I absolutely LOVE it! It feels nearly as roomy as a van inside but it drives like a car! It is especially nice and big after my little car. No more climbing into the back of the car just to get K buckled. I just have to stand there and snap her in. The power locks and windows and cruise control are going to be my favorite features, I can already tell. I've never had a car with those things before, but I can definitely get used to them pretty quick. :)

It was also Noni's birthday on Saturday and it was so fun for us all to be able to fit in one car to ride to the restaurant! I got a great picture of K and Noni and Papa during the birthday dinner.

Then it was back to their house for cake...

...and of course presents!

Happy Birthday Noni! And Auntie Heather and Pawpaw too! We hope you all had wonderful birthdays!

Sugar Sugar

Okay, I admit it: we are terrible parents! This would be a picture of our 2 1/2 year old daughter eating a chocolate Christmas-sprinkle covered donut from Krispy Kreme. The reason it is so dark is b/c it was 8:30. P.M. Half an hour past her bedtime and we are in town (45 min. from home) letting her eat a donut that is half the size of her face.

And we know what comes next. The last time we let her eat too much sugar was at our baby shower a few weekends ago. Too much frosting + toddler + the need to get groceries = LOUD singing of "GOD MADE ME, GOD MADE ME, I'M SO HAPPY GOD MADE ME" all the way through the food aisles at Walmart. Thankfully she gets really HAPPY as well as hyper, and is SO funny. Yeah, we really shouldn't let her have sugar anymore...especially at night.

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And for the record, she ate every bite of that gigantic donut. I asked her if she was going to eat it all and T taught her to say, "I'm sure gonna try!"

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And she did.

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P.S. T is out of town this week so we'll be at the Grandparents. And he is making a detour on his flight home to purchase our brand new (well, used) car, so I should have pictures on Sunday! Yippee!