Presents and such...

Last weekend we hosted a Christmas party with G's family. It was great to see everyone again, unfortunately the snow cut the festivities short.
Here K is with her cousin Emm@ chillin' out on the couch waiting for presents.

K playing around with Aunt C.

K woke up Christmas morning to lots of great gifts from Santa. He must have known she was really wanting some books, bath tub paints and Abby Cadabby in Wonderland DVD! Of course there was more as well...


And of course what would be a trip to see M's family without a picture of K and N0ra together on the couch?!?

After Christmas, we headed down to Indy. We caught up with some friends and their kids got Guitar Hero for Wii and K had to jump in on the fun!



Here are some more fun pictures of K from the past week...

A long, relaxing bath... 2 year old style!

After the exhausting performance, the princess needed to come home and take a long relaxing bath.

Who needs words when you have a bell??

Oh, what a sight to see! Tonight was K's big Christmas program at preschool. She had a blast and you can see for yourself here...


K is very fond of her amazing teacher. She has so much patience with these little balls of energy! Miss Kristene did a fabulous job getting these little guys ready for the big performance!

Holiday Spirit Performance!

Here K is doing another one of her performances at Grandma and Papa's. She is standing on a stool and just watch what happens when grandma tries to step in! She definitely has the Holiday Spirit in her!

Calling the baby~

Wednesday M had an OB appointment. K really enjoys going with because she gets a sticker at the end. And believe me, she knows exactly where the sticker drawer is and helps herself when the time comes.
During the appointment the Dr listens to the heartbeat of the baby and K always gets excited to hear the baby "talk" to her. This past visit as the Dr was listening to the heartbeat, K goes "oh, baby call" and pulled her play phone out of her bag. She then proceeded to act as if she was talking to the baby. It was a RIOT!! We were all laughing!
That night she was trying to get G to listen to the baby with her Dr kit. K climbed up on a tote that was upstairs from Christmas decorations and lifted her shirt so that her belly was exposed. She kept saying "call baby?" Luckily I got a photo! Too stinkin' cute!

Around the house...

Last Friday Kayker's preschool had a Parent's Night Out, so G and M took advantage of it! We had a wonderful dinner and did some scouting for Santa. K had a great time and brought home an ornament for the tree and a giant cookie she decorated. It ended up being a late night for her by the time she settled down Friday night to go to bed, so much of Saturday looked like this:

She lounged around the house while G and M tried to get things together for the Christmas party and get things done around the house. Once and a while she would come to life to let us know she needed a drink or something to nibble on!
In the process of putting away things and going through totes in the basement we found a large tote of her toys and several totes of clothes that had been misplaced (the movers kinda did their own system of stacking and sorting- what did we expect?). In that large tote was her one man band set and she took no time to bust that out and parade around the house! It's so fun to watch her! She has grown so much and she more and more creative each day!

What a week!

Last week threw a HUGE curve ball our way.
Sunday morning at the wee hour of 4 a.m M woke up in excruciating pain. Thought maybe a muscle was pulled or laid wrong...oh no! Instantly got sick and woke G up and begged him to rub my back. After no avail, called the doc and she urged us to go to the ER immediately. So we reluctantly woke Kaykers up, with no other choice. At the ER they pumped M with pain meds that were safe for the baby and after an ultrasound of the kidneys determined that there were 4 stones fighting for evacuation. Being that M's blood pressure was at the least, out of control, they admitted and M stayed there for three days. Kaykers went to M's parent's house for the week so that G could still go to work while M was just sitting in the hospital waiting for the inevitable. MISERABLE!!
Thursday instead of heading up to WI we headed south to see Kaykers for the holiday. We couldn't imagine not being with her on Thanksgiving since she is the biggest thing in our lives! M's whole family met at her sister's and it was great to see N0ra again as well.
Friday G took M to Wicked! It was her belated birthday gift. One word: INCREDIBLE!
When we got back that night we took Kaykers to see Santa! She was so thrilled to see the big man in flesh!
There were dozens of Christmas trees all decorated there too which has become one of her favorite things to point out! She is just beside herself with all the holiday decor!
Saturday M and her sisters went up to the Chriskindlmarket in Chicago. All the handmade ornaments, winter decorations, European food and candy as well as clothing was amazing to all take in! We bought some ornaments, sweater for the girls and M picked up G some chocolate. He loves European Chocolate. While M was out having some fun, G was changing the brake pads and routers on the car. He started BEFORE we left and was still at it when we got home. Apparently there was a bit of a battle getting some of the routers out. Noetheless, we now have amazing stopping capability in that bad boy!
Saturday night we headed home and Gma L came over for the night. We had a good time and Kaykers was in her prime entertainment mode. Thanks again for dinner! :)
Sunday we headed up to see Great Grandma M. Kaykers was still in performance mode and entertained us all! She found a Burger King Crown that said "The Winner" and put it on as well as rang a bell and tried singing Jingle Bells. It was so funny! She also would hold Great Gma's hand while G pushed her chair!
Too stinkin' cute!

We hope you had a good week and enjoy the holiday season!