Kaylie & Her Highchair

Disney with her bestie

The last few days

Kaylie & her bestie Avery.

They light up when they see each other

& just have a great time together.

Last night Kaylie had Avery giggling for the first time,

it was great!

Kaylie wanted to have a sleep-over but party pooper Haley said no!

goofing off &

copying each other

Dylan & Devin doing manly things

with Tinkerbell!

So proud!

Cousins
I wish I could have gotten a better

picture....

maybe next time!

Cousin love

with the blue tint from the TV

Trey's first smile!

So precious!!

Hair Cut

First Hair Cut

First Date

Trey and his future wife, Alana, at In-n-Out.

Aren't they cute!

Little Mommy

While I was feeding Trey

Kaylie came over

sat on the couch next to me
lifted up her shirt

said, "eat" and

'fed' tinkerbell

** ** ** **

we spent too much time laughing

and wern't able to get to the camera quick

enough to get a great picture-

but you get the idea!

Happy Birthday

Sporting their brother/sister shirts

Kaylie is the proud BIG sister to her

brother that is

1 month old!

How did that happen?!!!

Learning

A project of Devin's while he's home to help

me is to teach Kaylie her

numbers, letters, shapes, and colors.

He does "school" with her daily.

It's pretty cute!

Potty Training

Potty Training day #1

was very cute (just look at those legs!)

& VERY wet (all over my floors)....

but not successful.

There is always tomorrow, right?!

Trey's first bath

He hated mostly

every minute of it!

Kiddos

Rain Rain

What did you during the rainy week last week?

Devin BBQed...

and Kaylie & Daddy made

their own indoor playground!

Trey Stephen Whitsell

8 lbs 8 oz 21 inches

one BIG bundle of love

(BIG for me, I know they come much bigger!)

He is a cuddle bug like no other. Kaylie never snuggled like he does!

When we brought Trey home Kaylie was sick so the only
way she could hold him was if she wore a mask.
She was very good about wearing the mask-
she really loves her brother!
She was so sick... she really only wanted to sit on the
couch with ALL her babies- she was so funny!

Kaylie loves Trey & is a great big sister!

Our little guy!

We are settling into being a family of 4 nicely!

Mostly because Devin is home for a month...

so thankful for that!

The Mess....

Reason #1 why I miss

the morning nap!

Monkey See....Monkey Do....

She makes me laugh!

"ho ho ho"

Every year Santa comes to my parents neighborhood

and brings all the kids a present.

I really enjoyed this as a kid

and love that we started the tradition with Kaylie.

Kaylie got a Dr. kit this year....

she LOVES it

she gives her babies and family members

a daily check up!

The grandmas and us

Maybe the last family of 3 photo we take......

Baby Weight

This post is a little self-indulgent,

but where else can I brag a bit?

:)

When I was pregnant with Kaylie I used it

as an opportunity to eat whatever

I wanted whenever I wanted to and

ended up gaining +40 lbs.

I could never get rid of all the baby weight.
This time around I knew things had to be

different. I have been working very hard to

keep up my walking every day

and limit my dessert to once (or three) times

a week.

I have been very proud of myself.

So far, with about 4 weeks to go I have

only gained 14 lbs.

Which is perfect, because my goal was 20.

I'm hoping that means getting back to pre-Kaylie

weight will be a little more possible!

I think this is from 34 weeks, but the latest

picture in the computer...

I guess I haven't downloaded pictures

from the last few weeks.

Last week Kaylie wanted to have her belly

picture taken too. It was so cute how she

was trying to be just like mamma!

Rainy Days....

Earlier this week we finally got some rain!

When I was working, I hated rainy days....

now, I love them.

We spent the day....

making a gingerbread house

..a little disappointed with how it

turned out...

the icing was a little runnier then we

expected, oh well!

Took a quick bathroom break

Right now we are playing a game,

she likes the "treat" too much &

calls wolf at least once a day.

But hey, she's on the toilet & I don't change

poopy diapers anymore!!

I had Minestrone soup cooking in my crock pot all day.

Devin liked it, I wasn't sold.

(the picture was pre noodles, and extra veggies)

Devin hung the fire place...ha ha....

YEARS ago Devin made this for me

and my roommates to hang our stockings on

in our apartment.

I kept it & hung it in my classroom

Wasn't willing to throw it away....

not sure what made him hang it up, but

it's sorta fun since we don't have a real

fire place yet.

We made Christmas sugar cookes too, but I

didn't take any pictures of that process.

I even put on my rain boots (yea!!!!) :)

and ran some errands.

I just had to get out in that rain!

It is SO fun to play in the rain

with rain boots on!

Christmas Photo Tour

I LOVE decorating for Christmas-

I long for the day after Thanksgiving

not for shopping, but for decorating!

Then I get to enjoy it all for over a month- until

the first of January!

Here is a photo tour of most of our home

at Christmas.... I'd love to see yours.

This adorable snowman greets visitors-

my dad made him years ago, I just

love him!

Our table ready for a dinner party
tonight!

A dear friend gave me the table runner last year
and I just adore it since it matches our
polka-dot theme. How did she know!!
Another dear friend gave us boxes full of
holiday books. I added them to our
Christmas books and we read a Christmas
story a day. What a fun tradition we
started this year!
We aren't ready for Advent yet,
so we do an Advent Calendar and it
is perfect for Kaylie.
She loves opening the doors and finding
something inside to put "by Ho Ho Ho"
Who says ornaments are only for the
Christmas tree?
I love these in my hurricans!!
So much color and fun in every room!
A terrible picture of the wreath,
but Devin made the bow!

Plate & cup for cookies and milk for Santa.

My favorite nativity scene.

My grandpa made it & it

doubles as a puzzle.

(a puzzle I can NEVER put together & always have to

ask Devin or a brother to do it for me!)

Half our mantle

More mantle, a collection in

progress.

Stockings hung by the fire with care.

(just minus the fire...maybe one day!)

Our tree (duh) I wish I was better at

taking pictures because the picture

just does not do it justice....

Ribbon hung, waiting for Christmas cards

Bakers rack in the kitchen.

I would love to see your home all decorated...

Please share!!