Thanksgiving at Ma & Pa Lap's

Our family switches off Thanksgiving and Christmas between Texas and California. This year Thanksgiving was with the Lapachets. We had so much fun seeing family and friends. We spent Christmas Day at my Aunt and Uncles in Elk Grove and the following day with my mom's side at our house. What this equates to is two awesome and huge meals back to back plus left overs so lots of eating.

Kendall had the best time playing with Uncle Jon and Aunt Lou, dancing with Pa Lap and snuggling with Ma Lap..oh and I can't forget the star of the show Jon's beloved dog Mac who Kendall can't stop talking about. It's always so great to see my girlfriends and their kiddos and catch up on what's new in Livable Lovable Lodi!

I didn't get any photos from Thanksgiving on my camera so below are pictures from a trip to the mall. Kendall's ride in the Mickey Mouse car, pictures from the park where we visited often. I tried several times to upload two videos but I couldn't get them to post.

More Things Pumpkin and Random

Here are some additional photos of things we've been up to.
-Troy and I carved some Jack-O-Lanterns this year. We were quit pleased how they turned out.
-Kendall was given a few hand me downs from one of her friends, Sarah. She is modeling the purple hat of Sarah's. Now all we can talk about his her friend, "Shar-a".

-We went with two other families to the Arboretum the weekend of Halloween and had a great time. We got some family photos, Kendall and Troy got some photo ops in the Princess Castle, and Kendall liked petting the goats.
We got some more pictures of the kids in front of the pumpkin houses and in Cinderella's carriage which is drawn by beautiful horses made out of bushes...it is the Arboretum!

-Those pictures are of me at 20 week. We need to take more photos as I'm now 24 weeks. I had another doctors appointment yesterday. Baby Girl is doing great and I feel good except that my stomach is starting to hurt from everything growing and stretching. In a month (28 weeks), we go in for another sonogram to see how big she is and then I get to do the oh so fun glucose test!

All Things Pumpkin

We are getting into the Fall Spirt now that it's beginning to feel like fall here in Texas....FINALLY not a million degrees. Kendall's playgroup had a costume party this past Monday and all the kids dressed up. Kendall was a ballerina. I thought she looked so cute with her little bun..so grown up it scared me...and Troy :-)

Then Wednesday Kendall and I went with some of our friends from Bible Study Fellowship to the Big Orange Pumpkin Farm. We had such a great time feeding the cows, sheep and goats, picking out pumpkins, riding the hayride, and picnicing on the farm. Kendall liked the animals the best and kept telling me what each animal was and the sounds they made. I think it's funny that she calls pumpkins "papas".

This past Sunday, Kendall blew my mind. I've been planning to purchase some number books and number bath blocks to practice with since I really have focused on letters with her. She loves to point out all the letters she sees everywhere; this tends to make our grocery trips longer but oh well. Ok so I was cooking dinner as she sat a few feet away and I heard her pointing to the numbers on her camera and saying what each one was up to 10! I started cheering/screaming as I had no idea she could count to 10. Kids are amazing!

Kendall Turns 2!

Our baby has become a big girl, though she often will tell you otherwise. Who's in the mirror I'll ask her as we star at our reflections and her response is "Ten-dal, Baby!" On October 10th, Kendall celebrated her second birthday. We had a party for her at a local park. My parents, brother and sister in-law where in town which was awesome. It was so nice getting friends and family together for some fun and food and pleasant weather. Kendall had a great time at the park playing her friends and Uncle Jon. It was a nice 'bug themed' party!













Opening presents after the party