Growing too fast

Seriously. Stop the clock. She's growing up too fast. Decked out in her present from daycare Santa. Earrings, necklace, purse and not shown shoes. Diva. 

Charlie's Halloween costume

As the norm lately I'm late to the game. Here is Charlie in her Halloween costume. She ended up wanting to be a kitty and was adorable. 

She had so much fun trick or treating this year with Hunter and Mason. It's a blast to watch those kids get so amped up! Happy late Halloween and early Thanksgiving!!!

Christmas time is here!

This was the first year Charlie got to help with the tree and she loved it! She had so much fun putting the decorations on the tree although they all ended up in the same spot. :)

Only one broken ornament later and our tree was ready! Charlie promptly asks us to turn on the tree lights the second we get home. Seems she's got the holiday spirit!

So far I've only gotten 2 presents bought so I've got my work cut out for me this coming weekend!

Poor Charlie has been sick with a fever and bad cough the past 3 days or so. Hopefully she'll kick it soon. I hate seeing her so sick. Especially because I don't have any vacation in my new job yet I hate not being able to comfort her during the day. Luckily Wade's job is flexible and he's able to work from home and take care of her.

Here are some pics from our tree decorating. I'm just so blessed. I've got myself a wonderful lil family! Merry Christmas everyone!!!

~Kel

Be Thankful

I know I am. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

We've been busy lil buggers

Wow.  July is totally slipping right past me!  It feels like it should still be the middle of June.  Did I miss a month somehow?  The summer goes by way to quickly!

Well, let's try to play a little catch up!  We've been traveling.  To Des Moines, Galesburg and home again and then I took a girl's trip to the Dells.  And next week Charlie and I will be heading back down to Des Moines.  Seems like we are gone more than we are home lately and that's okay b/c it means we are busy out having fun and making the most of the summer!

So what else have we been up to?  Well, in our free time we've been:

Coloring

Playing in our tunnel, popping out the end and saying "ta-da"!

Practicing our couch gymnastics

Snuggling up on Brayden

Napping

Enjoying the lake and boating

Perfecting our "tans"

Dancing

Celebrating

Playing in our new sandbox (thanks Dada!)

Making sidewalk art

And hanging w/ the neighbors

What could be better?  We've got it pretty damn good.

Cheers!
Kel

(I'll try to get back to more regular posting, but no promises.)

Easter Recap

Modeling her new shades!

I was really looking forward to Easter w/ Charlie this year.  Granted she is still a bit too young to understand the reason behind the holiday, but that doesn't mean she's too young to get an Easter basket and go on an egg hunt!

I was so excited to see her reaction to her Easter basket and the toys and candy in it.  The night before Wade and I had placed it all out on the TV stand and filled the plastic eggs w/ some Reese's candy eggs.  When she woke up Wade got her a new diaper while I made some coffee and then waited in the living room for her to walk in.  We pointed out her basket and told her the Easter Bunny had stopped by last night and left her some treats!  Her look was more like a 'What the heck is that?' look but it was quickly followed by excitement to tear into all the eggs and basket goodies.  It was a lot of fun to watch her.

Watching the little bunny hop hop hop

Her favorite part of her basket was her new Mickey doll

Look Mommy, eggs!

Easter breakfast (please ignore the gross snot nose)

We decided to wait until after nap time to do the egg hunt so that the weather would hopefully warm up some.  The morning was just too cold!  So as soon as Charlie woke from her nap we told her that while she was sleeping we found some more goodies that the Easter Bunny had left her in our back yard!  She took off when she saw the first egg and didn't stop until she had them all in her basket!  She LOVED it!  She's an egg hunting pro!

And she's off!

Here's 2 more!

  

Mickey joined in the Easter egg hunt

Kobe and Charlie

Chilling w/ Daddy

Flying high!

We had a very nice and blessed Easter and I hope you all did too.  We really should have gone to church services but Charlie has been battling a cold (which lucky me, I now have) and her patience is nil at this moment.  I know I would have spent the majority of the service out in the lobby walking around with her fussing and I just didn't want to deal with that.  Pick your battles, right?  :)

Anyway, happy late Easter!
Kel

We Had a Wonderful Christmas!

Our Christmas couldn't have been better!  We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas as well and wish you all a happy new year!  I can't believe the year is coming to an end already!  It's gone by so fast!

Charlie must have been a VERY good little girl because she was spoiled rotten w/ all her new presents!

Charlie & Grandma B

Oh my goodness, presents everywhere!

Showing Daddy her new Elmo!

You can barely see Charlie in this pile of gifts!

Ring, ring!  Already on her new phone!

Really getting into opening the presents!

Nothing like a little bed head!

She loves her new Dora big wheel!

Yum egg casserole!

It's a wrap!

Charlie wanted to join in on the Christmas spirit and help Daddy wrap a present.  She ended up wrapping up herself instead but it was much more entertaining to watch!  What a little goof!

I can't believe Christmas will be here in a week!  I've got a shit ton of stuff to get done before then.  I may have a little freak out but hopefully I'll be able to pull it off!  So if you don't hear from me often until after the holiday it's either b/c I'm too busy or I've passed out from having an anxiety attack.  :)

xoxo~
Kel