Early Christmas...

Last weekend, one of our Christmas presents for Kayla was delivered. Jon could not wait until Christmas, so...up it went. Kayla had a great time climbing up the slide and sliding down. Kayla was not sure about jumping at first. But once, Mommy an Bo showed her it was fun, there was no stopping her.

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Enjoy and Merry Christmas!!!!

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At 18 months old Kayla....

Loves to dance (linebacker shuffle)!

Loves to jump!

Climbs, climbs, and climbs some more.

Enjoys going on lawn mower rides with Daddy.

Knows that there is a baby in Mommy's belly.

Favorite food is broccoli,steak and mac and cheese.

It is amazing how much she has grown in just the past month. She is becoming such a wonderful helper around the house. I say it is wonderful but it can be annoying at the same time. She wants to unload and even start the dish washer all the time (even when the dishes are dirty). Several times I have checked the one cabinet that she can get into to and have found that our little girl decided to unload some of the dishes from the dishwasher. Sweeping the kitchen floor...well that waits until nap or bed time, otherwise, I have a little helper wanting to sweep by herself.

Kayla's sleeping habits are definitely from her daddy (stay up late and sleep in). At 9:30p.m, it is a struggle to get Kayla to bed. If I would let her, she would stay up all night. In the morning, 9:30 is her normal wake up time. Some days, she sleeps until 10am. Wow, this is nice for my morning routine.

Lets go....

I thought I had another 15 years....

Where does time go....

Our little girl is 17 months today. WOW!!! I can not believe how time has past us by. It feels like just yesterday Jon and I were bringing her home from the hospital. It has been so amazing watching her develop. Her personality seems to come out more and more each day. She loves helping me out with the house work. She gets so excited when it is time to vacuum. I tell her to pick up her toys so we can vacuum. She squeals with delight and then begins to attempt picking up her toys. At night, she will stand next to the dogs while they eat their supper waiting in suspense for them to finish. Once they have cleaned their plates, she will pick up the plates (paper plates) and throw them away. Afterwards, she runs into the living room clapping her hands. Of course every now and then she tries to throw away non-trash items (like her tennis shoes). Laundry. Well you can see by the picture on how she likes to help. Kayla also has a very mischievous personality. Today, I caught her army crawling very slowly towards the dogie door. Normally she bolts to the door and tries to get out before I can say "no!" I guess she thought I would not see her. Climbing. Well we definitely have a little monkey on our hands. She has learned how to crawl up the pantry shelves. I turned around the other day and there she was standing on the bottom shelve and pulling items of the shelves above her. I about freaked out. The funniest thing (I probably should not laugh) is when I give Kayla my stern look. Instead of boughing down, Kayla decides to give me the look back. I try to not laugh but it is hard.

No Longer Just Mommy's.

Well, it is official. Kayla loves Sonic's cherry limeade. I have found that cherry limeades help with my nausea. So everyday, I venture to Sonic for a cherry limeade. I use to order a medium. However, I only get to drink half of it, since my little vulture insist on having her half. So, now we order a Route 44.

It is so cute, every time she takes the first drink, she makes the same face. You would think that she does not like the taste. Tha is not the case...she keeps drinking and drinking.

Happy Halloween!!!

Kayla's had an uneventful Halloween night since our day was packed with a Halloween party at the library and then a small get together with some of our little friends afterwards. So, to say the least, Kayla was exhausted. Instead of trick or treating, we opted for Luby's and some good ol' macaroni and cheese.

Kayla looked adorable in her clown outfit. She actually did good with keeping the hat on and not pulling the pom-poms off of her shoes.

It is amazing how much she has changed from last year. Last Halloween, Kayla was dressed up as a little pink poodle and wasn't crawling and definitely was not going down slides like she is now. Amazing how fast our little ones grow up.