Too cute for words....

Maybe I am bias, but my heart

smiles each time I see this little grin.

Day at the zoo...

Last Thursday, Jon and I took Kayla to the San Antonio zoo. Kayla had so much fun. She wanted to see every animal and wanted to climb into each of the exhibits in order to get closer to the animals. At each of the exhibits, Kayla would imitate the animals (as loud as she could).

Several of the exhibits required us dragging her away. The monkeys and rhinos were definitely her favorite. The snakes also intrigued Kayla (and her Daddy). After three hours of walking around, we were all ready to go. Once we got into into the car, Kayla was out before we even drove out of the parking lot. I really thought she would be out for at least on hour. No, as soon as we stopped to get some ice cream she was up and licking her lips (that is my little girl).

Mommy, I can imitate an elephant!

Look at me!

Oh! Monkeys!


Wow!

I am a big girl now...

Kayla is becoming more and more independant. I caught her this weekend trying to dress herself. Actually, after several tries, she suceeded and got her pants and shirt on by herself. WOW!!! I was amazed and a little sad.

Can you believe that our little giftl is 20 months today. Were has the time gone. I was looking through her pictures and I am amazed at how much she has changed from the first day I saw her.

*Kayla is talking more and more.

*She is becoming more and more stubborn with each passing day. She wants to do eveything herself and if you try and help she gets upset.

*She loves to cuddle and give hugs. Every morning the two of us lay on the couch cuddled in our blanket and watch The Wiggles while we drink our "pink" milk.

*Kayla loves to get dirty. She enjoys digging in the dirt and throwing sand in her hair, on to everyone else and onto the carpet in the house.

*Her favorite book is Goodnight Moon. I think she has it memorized (I know I do).

Cookie Monster...

Kayla loves Nutter Butters and milk!!! (Like father like daughter!)

I love my Aspen...

Kayla melts my heart everyday with her loving personality. She absolutely loves giving Aspen and Bo hugs. Actually, she enjoys giving hugs, or what she calls "ugs", to anything...her stuff animals and even the animals on tv.

My little clean freak...

I really dont know where Kayla picks up some of her habits. The other night, Kayla decided to take her crayons and draw on the kitchen tile. It was late and my sciatic nerve was causing me problems, so I decided to leave it for tomorrow. The next morning as I was preparing breakfast, I looked down to see Kayla cleaning her kichen floor drawings up with some of her wipes that she grabbed out of her backpack. As I reached for my camara, she looked up and informed me that she "help Mommy." My heart Kayla has picked up is a my obsession with picking up the house before we go to bed. Each night I tell Kayla to give Daddy a kiss and hug, she runs over to her Daddy and gives him a kiss and hug.

Then she runs over to Aspen and Bo and gives each one of them a kiss and hug. As we venture to the stairs, Kayla picks up her toys and anything else she sees that is out of place. It has been really helpful. However, I wonder if she does this to postpone bedtime or if she really wants to help pick up. Either way, I love watching her get excited when she sees something out of place and run to put it up. Finally once every little piece of fuzz or toy is picked up (normally 5-10 minutes later), we make it to the stairs to go to bed.

The past weekend...

The weather was beautiful this weekend. Kayla and I decided to venture out to the park Saturday. While at the park, she would point everything out to me..."Dog, plane, trash, rock, BIG rock" and on and on. After nearly two hours at the park, I had to still pry Kayla away from the slides.

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