Thursday, December 31, 2009

December

Yea! Tree's up!

Trax ride!

Temple Square


Don't open that present! No, Kaia did not understand the concept of waiting until Christmas to open presents. She opened two presents - both of which I simply taped back up instead of re-wrapping because I was so sick of wrapping! The few people I told that story to suggested I wait until Christmas to put out wrapped presents - hello! It's part of the Christmas decor!



Kaia and Max. Kaia felt very maternal around Max, trying to help by giving him her lamb, blankey, and of course, helping him with his binkie. She knows how important that is!

Kaia's lamby! She decided that he needed a diaper on. My friend Becca Batt gave her this lamb, and she loves it more than anything else. She must sleep with it every night and begs to take it with her everywhere she goes. It washes up very nicely, thank goodness.

Friday, December 25, 2009

Christmas Eve

Yes, this is what Kaia's meals usually consist of. Nothing can be mixed together (no potato casserole, no pomegranate salad), no meat unless it's plain chicken (not even chicken nuggets).

Prime rib! Let the holiday eating begin!

Tanner, Caden, Kaia and Gage broke out in a spontaneous performance of Jingle Bells during Christmas Even dinner. Kaia can be quite the performer. Large groups are ok. One on one with strangers - not ok.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Thanksgiving Weekend

Kaia loves to lick the whip cream beater!

Kaia and Caden

The Zoo. One of Brian's co-workers told him that their family goes to the zoo on the day after Thanksgiving every year. We thought that was a great idea since we're not much for Black Friday shopping. It was a great day - not too cold, and not too crowded!



Bowling. Kaia loves bowling - she loves cheering for everyone and had a great time carrying her own ball.

But she loved the nachos most of all.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Halloween

We decided to go all out this year, so we dressed up! I even went trick-or-treating looking like this. It was hilarious to see our neighbor's reactions. Most didn't even recognize me. Others were like, "Wow, you really went all out!" But it was a ton of fun. We had some family over and partied! Kaia loved trick or treating. She just followed her cousin's leads and caught on really quickly that if you go up to the door you get candy! She was so tired by the time we circled the neighborhood, but when we came home she cried because she wanted to keep trick-or-treating!

Our cuddly dalmatian!

50's couple (Jana & Gary), Batman (Tanner) and Cowboy (Gage) - sorry, not a great photo.

The Chef (Chris), The Witch (Becca) and Bumble Bee (Caden)

Wayne's World - Wayne (Sarah) and Garth (Jeremy)

50's girl (Mom) and "Scary" - as Kaia would say (Dad)

Kitty (Peggy), Dan and Doctor (Theresa)

Partied a little too hard.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

We love fall!

I think we have a future biker on our hands.





Kaia loved the princess carriage.

And she loves slides! The bigger the better.

And she loves jumping!

The girl loves pumpkins. Everywhere we go, she says, "Mommy, I see pumkins!"

"It's heavy!"

Drivin' with dad.