Things going on in life

Since I last wrote, Kiki turned two. I cannot believe she is two already. The last two years since her birth have flown by way too quickly. She had a great birthday with lots of gifts from her friends and family. She loves to open gifts and to spend time with people. I think time with a child is the best gift you can give a child. She loves when people are around and she can show off for them. She cracks us up.





She has a big year ahead of her since she turned two and is going to be a big sister in a few months. She is really excited about the baby right now. I am not sure if that will still be the case when she has to share mommy and daddy with the baby. That may be a time when she is not as thrilled with her new role in life (big sister).

Her language skills and abilities have really expanded over the past few months. She started tumbling class in January and loves it. She loves to try all the cool toys out and exercise. She will be going back to swimming soon, but tumbling was a nice break. I think she is looking forward to swimming again, because she has been pulling out all of her bathing suits and dressing her dolls up in them. SO CUTE.


Besides Kiki, Z and I celebrated our five year anniversary. WOW time really does go by fast. We have been together much longer, but the five years of marriage have had their ups and downs and mainly their ups. Along with Kiki's birthday, our anniversary, and the holidays- our dog M also hit a milestone. She turned ten in January. I am amazed how quickly it has gone by. I got her when she was only six months old, so the past nine in a half years have really just flown by.




Well that is our life up to date. I hope everyone is doing great.

Christmas Day!

Kiki had a great Christmas this year. She really got into the whole Santa thing and really loved all the presents under the tree. She was so excited Christmas morning when she came downstairs and saw all of the gifts and realized they were not all for her. She was so happy to open gifts and to watch us and the dog open our gifts.

Kiki and daddy checking out the tree!

I LOVE CHRISTMAS!!!

LOOK AT ALL MY GIFTS!!! WHAT?! There are more over there? This day is GREAT!!!

She also got to spend Christmas day with her grandparents, cousins, and aunt and uncle. She was so happy about being able to get gifts and see everyone. Christmas was quite a success this year. =)

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

December

I cannot believe Christmas is over already. December flew by since we were so busy with activities with Kiki. She had quite an action packed December with meeting Santa twice, making Christmas cookies, playing with cousins, and shopping with mommy and daddy. She was quite the busy little girl.

In the beginning of December we took her on a train ride with Santa. She loved the train ride, loved the scenery, but was a little freaked out about Santa until he gave her chocolate. The chocolate made them fast friends. The train ride was really great and something I will definitely do again with her. A few weekends after the train ride she had the opportunity to meet Santa again and have breakfast with him. Not only did she have breakfast with Santa, but she also had both sets of grandparents there with her to share in the memories. She absolutely loved all the attention and really enjoyed Santa that time. We all had a lot of fun at the breakfast and the food was fantastic.

Besides the Santa events she made Christmas cookies and also spent a lot of time shopping for her parents, dog, cousins, aunts and uncles, and grandparents. She does love to shop. What she loved more then the shopping were the people and decorations all around. She was fascinated with all of the lights this year. I have to say, this December was a lot of fun. She really embraced the holiday season.

She really loved the preparations for Christmas this year!!!

I know this is late!

I have been meaning to add these pictures in for awhile, but I keep forgetting. Back in October Z, my sister, brother-in-law, and father got to celebrate the big win for the Phillies at the WORLD SERIES GAME. Z had a blast even though he had to spend one night sitting it the rain before he got to go back for the BIG WIN!!! Of course he says it was all WORTH IT, and he loved being at the game/s. So here are the pics of the game.

Pics from Kiki's swim classes

I wrote two previous entries about Kiki's swim classes. She really loved the classes. We have taken a break for the winter months because she hates having her hair dried, and I cannot have her leave with a wet head. We will sign her up again in the spring. By then she will move up a class and the activities will be different. She will enjoy that.

I am posting some pics of Kiki and her daddy in the pool. They really loved spending the quality time together and still do a lot of the activities together outside the pool. They are really cute together.

P.S. Ignore the date on the pics. My camera is old and keeps changing the date.

A Pet Peeve of Mine

I just need to vent about Christmas music starting the day after Halloween. I mean, come on now, we haven't even celebrated Thanksgiving. Give me a break! By the time Christmas comes around, I will be sick of the music. Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas, and I love Christmas music. It is my favorite holiday; however, I also really like Thanksgiving. I would like to celebrate Thanksgiving before the Christmas holiday begins.
Now, some may say just don't listen to those particular stations. I do agree, but when I am flipping through the stations and I hear a song I like it is hard to keep flipping. I love Christmas music, which means sometimes it is hard to keep going past a song I really enjoy. My saving grace is that Kiki loves her Sesame Street cd and is insistent on listening to it when she is in the car. Usually this particular cd would not be seen as a "saving grace", but for now it stops me from flipping to the Christmas music.

Thanks for letting me vent.

More Halloween

On Halloween I picked Kiki up from daycare early and we came home and made pumpkin and bat cookies. She had so much fun using the cookie cutters and making the cookies. She was cracking me up. She kept smiling at all of her creations and rolling the dough back up and starting all over again. After many remakes I was finally able to get them into the oven. She loved eating them as much as she loved making them. The cutest thing was when her daddy got home and she got to share her cookies with him. She loved his enthusiasm over her creations. She is so cute!!