Kaitlin loves her two big trees downstairs. She loved them so much, I thought she should have her own.
Of course I had to get her a girly, pink Christmas tree! And to no surprise, she was so excited about it and began styling it right away!
It was so wonderful that she took a bit out of it at one point so I guess you could say it looked good enough to eat! Kaitlin just loves her little pink Charlie Brown Christmas Tree!
Kaitlin has been playing with her Little People Nativity non stop for the past few days! It is one of our favorite decorations and it is such a special way to teach children about the true reason we celebrate Christmas.
Since the Nativity has approximately 734 different pieces I got a box for all the pieces neatly to be put away to reduce clutter or a foot hazard. (It does not feel good to step on these Little People!) We were cleaning up for the day and I told Kaitlin to put the Little People in the box.
She climbed right in the box! I guess I need to be more specific with my direction!
We’ve been singing “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” and showing Kaitlin cartoon pictures of Santa so that when the time came, she wouldn’t be afraid. Well, that didn’t quite work out this morning. I believe we would’ve been fine but Santa tried to take over, and it was down hill from there. She wanted nothing to do with him.
So, we went to Chickfila for breakfast and look who was there …
SANTA COW!!!!!!!!!!!! Kaitlin was very, very interested. She was so excited she could barely contain herself. It’s like she had seen a celebrity!
Kaitlin RAN to see Santa cow and gave him a HUGE hug!
She even sat in his lap to take a picture. Who needs Santa Claus when you have Santa Cow?!?!
Aunt Rachel brought a special visitor to our house when she came to visit us. She brought our family a very special elf!
We are so excited to start this new tradition with Kaitlin but we thought she wouldn’t really understand this year.
She LOVED the elf!! We underestimated the amount of love she would have for Elf and jumped right in reading his book!
He is in a different place every morning SO first thing when we get up we run around the house to find him. Then he gets a big hug and kiss. Thanks Aunt Rachel for such a fun tradition for our family.
What a difference one year makes in the life of a toddler. Here’s Kaitlin last year playing with Aunt Rachel …
And here’s the 2010 version … taller, a lot more hair, and a whole lot more energy! (Kaitlin, not Aunt Rachel)
We look forward to Thanksgiving every year. It’s the one time of the year where our family gets together wherever we live since Kory normally works on or through the holiday. The tradition moved from Virginia to Northwest Arkansas for the first time this year and Kaitlin was sooooooo happy to her family when they arrived that she dropped everything she was doing!
She gave everyone a big hug to let them know how happy she was to see them at her house!
Kaitlin ran & played all night with Gigi,Didi and Aunt Rachel . She definitely ready for go night-night by bed time!
Kaitlin also had a great time with her Cool Aunt Rachel. They read books together …
And then the next night they read more books …
And then Kaitlin conned her into playing Farm! Here’s Kaitlin trying to pull Aunt Rachel through the barn door with her …
She was really proud of herself! Thanks Aunt Rachel for the turkey bow!! It is super cute!
And I just can’t resist this one. I bought her a new bow for Thanksgiving. It was kind of a “big girl” bow … maybe a little too big … Who’s hair bow is too big for them????
“Mine is Mama!!!!”"
I couldn’t resist. Hahaha! Thanks to our wonderful family for coming to visit us again this year for Thanksgiving. We love you all and can’t wait for Christmas at Gigi’s & Kiki’s houses!
Kaitlin is so excited about Thanksgiving week !!! We added this turkey to our fall décor and Kaitlin found her new best friend !! Everyday she goes and talks to him and kisses him. Mr. Turkey is very popular and I am afraid he will be missed when he gets put in the attic. I have been trying to find a Santa her height to replace this cute turkey but no luck yet!
Kaitlin has her eye on Mr. Turkey! Don’t try hiding!
So excited to see Aunt Rachel, Gigi, and GDaddy!!
We are so thankful for our little girl and such a wonderful family!
Kaitlin has never been a good sleeper!! EVER!! She was not a good sleeper when she came home from the hospital and it was always a struggle. We would spend hours preparing to put her down and as soon as we laid her down she would wake up. Parenting is not easy!! I would hold her for naps or drive around for hours!! First time parenting mistake! Thankfully Aunt Gina had nap boot camp and we have been taking one nap a day for 6 months now. What a blessing naptime is…thank goodness never knew what I was missing. So naps have been off for at least a week no nap, short nap, falling asleep in the car nap, not a good situation. I was worried we were going to drop our afternoon nap so frantically I called Gina. She was very calm and suggested a few things. Well 2 days in a row we have napped for 3 hours!!! This is the outfit we were wearing yesterday and I washed it last night and it was magic again today. I will wash the outfit every night if it means a 3 hour nap!! Thanks Aunt Gina for the advice and the cutest outfit! It must be magic!!
Working on our ballet moves!!
Everyone is happy after a 3 hour nap!!
I totally forgot to send out we moved cards so now I am worried we won’t get ANY Christmas cards this year because no one knows where we live!( Email me and I can send you my new address make my fear not come true!!!)
So my grand plan was to take an early picture and get our cards out Thanksgiving week and all would be right!! Good plan that did not happen!!
I just registered for 50 FREE Christmas Cards from Shutterfly. If you have a blog - click on this link and fill out the information: Shutterfly. Then - Shutterfly will send you a code for your 50 free cards! I ordered our cards last year from Shutterfly and they we so cute. So - when I saw this giveaway - it was perfect timing! I hope to take our " Official Christmas Card Photo" this weekend so I can order my cards before Thanksgiving. The cards will get out sometime and all will be merry and bright!!
Here are my 3 favorites:
So easy for Free cards!!
Now all I need is a happy girl to sit still, smile and a cute idea!! Not easy!!
Happy Thursday!!
Kaitlin slept in this morning until almost 7:30!! We are almost back on our normal schedule and that is an hour later than any day last week. Thanks to such a gloomy, rainy start to the day we woke happy and took some pictures on our way to Bible Study! Notice how patiently she is waiting for her milk. Kory taught her how to close the refrigerator and it is now a highlight of her day. It is the small things that make her SO happy!
They kept asking her in the nursery where her zebra was and she would just grin and point to her tummy! She was so proud of herself! She is now very aware of her clothes and what she is wearing. Could be drama very soon but not now!!
We played hide and go seek after naptime. This is her very favorite game she has played since she was tiny with Gigi and GDaddy. Kaitlin is the best finder. Not so much the best hider yet!She needs to find a better hiding place or she knows I am not a very good finder.
Such a fun day with my zebra girl!
