Christmas Holiday Vacation

We had such a nice holiday visiting my family in California. We got to see both my dad's and mom's sides of the family...my mom hosted both Christmas Eve and Day...she's insane. We got to spend two weekends with Jon and Lou which was awesome and spend time with my Grandma (my mom's mom). Uncle Jon taught Kendall how to pick her nose so a big thanks for that...don't you just love brothers. They are never up to any good. Then my dad taught K how to hit the wall and say "Boom". I have no idea why but she loves to do it and is still up to it here in Texas.

We got to visit with my girlfriends and their hubbies. We played this fun dice game...it was especially fun because Troy & I won approximately $40 in one dollar bills. We never win so it was real exciting. We also got all the kiddos together for two play dates; it's always so fun to see how they all have changed in just a few months. Troy and I spent our first night away from Kendall since she was born; we stayed at lovely Wine & Roses hotel for a little R&R. We were also able to met up for dinner with the Horton Family, our dear friends from D.C. and their baby, Isaac. We spent 3 days in the mountains at our family cabin. Troy and I went skiing which we had not been able to do in 2 years. We had a great time and the weather was beautiful.

What a wonderful Christmas Holiday Vacation!

Park Time with Friends

Just before we headed out for the holidays to our respective families, my girlfriend Karrie and her two sweeties, Sophia 3 and Jacob 15 months, met K and I at the park. This was not just any park. This is the meca of parks for young kids. They have four different play areas all of which have swings, slides, forts, and things you can ride; each area gets progressively more advanced. Since it was 70 plus degrees that day, everyone else 4 and under decided they should go to this park also. Oh well we had a great time even if there were a lot of us.


Watch me swing!

I mean really, who doesn't love swings!

Sophia in the big swing

Jacob...trying to swing higher than the girls.

I'm riding a BEE!


Karrie trying to rangle Jacob and Kendall in the tube.

Sike I'm headed the other way!

Hi Sophia!

Karrie pinning the kids down so they don't fall off while I have the easy job of taking the photo.

Driving the green wagon.

The green wagon has two steering wheels...how does that work?!?!

Since it was only 4:30pm when we finished at the park, K and I decided to go over to the Karrie's house and continue our play time...since we knew our hubbies wouldn't get off work for several hours. Whenever we do that, one of them always comes home early. This time it was mine; he remembered we had church...I forgot and had to rush home!


Kendall goofing off wearing Sophia's shades.

You guys are so silly!

Thanks for a great time M Family; let's do it again soon.

Busy as a Bee

Now that Kendall is an independent woman, she is busy as a little bee. She is curious about everything and could not be a more of a social butterfly like her father. K loves to be outside so I try to get her out at least once a day...weather permitting. We have to wave at every car, tree, dog, walker, bird, squirrel, and who knows what else as it goes by. If it's dogs or people, we have to go over and see them, but then when they get close I have to hold her in order for Kendall to interact with them. This interaction often consists of jibber jabber and several rounds of peek-a-boo; Kendall's FAVORITE game.

Another thing we love to do is hunt for squirrels and airplanes. I'm amazed at how good she is at spotting them; great eyesight thank goodness. Yesterday, we played catch with a tennis ball and blew bubbles. Bubbles is the new word she has added to her vocabulary. Currently, she is saying Dada, Mama, Uh-Oh, Baby, Bubbles, Weeeeeeee, and Bubba. Bubba is really her go-to word for everything she can't call by name. She calls both the dust-buster and vacuum Bubba every time we visit them in the closet...which is several times daily.

Troy and I could not resist buying K her own play kitchen for Christmas. We set it up and let her play with it early. The kitchen is growing on her more each day, but she LOVED the box it came in immediately. We made it into a fort for Kendall and her puppy dog, Violet, to play in. I put an LED light/candle in the box so they could see each other.




And I know you are probably thinking, Holy Smokes Sarah, does your kid always have to wear a bow in her hair. Even in her pj's really? And my answer is yes...her hair is too long so it gets in her eyes and I don't want to cut it yet so the bow is necessary. Many times when K realizes it's in her hair she will pull it out and either stick it in her mouth, throw it on the ground or hand it to me. The times I can convince her to keep it in I do so by saying "Pretty bow, pretty"; she then pats the bow and is off about her business. Cute kid!