Friday, January 4, 2013

Kaylee Update

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAKaylee is growing up like a weed. She loves all kinds of cartoon movies. She hasn't picked a favorite yet which makes it nice for me because there is a bit more variety in what is on. She loves all princesses and trains and mario. She is still a big reader. Running and of course jumping are still her favorite. She is talking like no other and is getting better at expressing her emotions in words rather than screaming like a banshee but still has a long way to go with her temper. She is a sweetie, when her toys get hurt or if someone gets hurt most of the time she will have to give them a kiss to make it better. She is starting to sing in sacrament which is the funniest thing ever. She just kind of makes noise and occasionally will hold out a word that she has heard. She likes to dance. She is getting a sense of style. She hates jeans right now. She will wear pants but prefers dresses. And she like to wear shoes.

She knows all the colors quite well, she know a ton of animals and most of their sounds, she can even count a little. Most of the time when counting one through nine she does it correctly but can't seem to remember ten. Now when she goes to count objects she mixes up five and six and then when she gets corrected she makes even more mistakes but she's not too bad. We are now working on the alphabet and shapes. I'm still debating on whether or not to send her to one or two years of preschool. I'm leaning towards just one because school is not super desirable.

She likes everyone to be good. Like in movies and books she doesn't like when character are called bad or mean. The Grinch is always good in her mind. And a really sad one is Pete from Mickey Mouse. See on the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Pete is her favorite and he isn't really mean and bad like his old self. He is more like a rambunctious kid who is learning. Well on the movie Mickey Mouse Once Upon a Christmas Pete is quite mean actually and it makes her cry to see him be bad. She says he's not bad he's good. So we stopped watching that movie this season.

Like with Pete she likes not the main character. Well I really shouldn't say she doesn't like because she really does like Mickey and Minnie, but her favorite is Pete. Her favorite from Toy Story 3 is Lots So and from Peanuts its a tie between the most popular Snoopy and Schroeder. But again in all reality I don't think there is a character that she doesn't like, it just makes me laugh at some of the characters she favors. If I were to list actually all of her favorite characters is would be like a mile long.

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Left Over Pictures from of Kaylee the Season

Lost in thought


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Happy to be with Conner


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Stylin


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Jammin on the guitar


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A complete outfit that she picked out herself.


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Watching movies with grandma


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Bundled up to see the lights


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Snow Time

It has snowed a ton this year and Kaylee absolutely loves it. She likes to stomp around in it and throw it. She got a little sled for Christmas and she was excited to use it.


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Being pulled around by dad is super fun.


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Playing in the snow couldn't be more fun.


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Left Over Pictures of Conner from the Season

Abe says Conner looks like Al Capon is this outfit.


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Picture with his Great Grandma


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Hanging out with dad at the hotel


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Tummy Time


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Happy little guy


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My little boxer


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Naked wee babby


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As Kaylee would say Santa Conner


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Christmas 2012

We had a what I would call a very lovely Christmas Eve dinner. We had our usual steak and stuff but this year we add honey garlic glazed shrimp to the menu. Bryce found a recipe online and made it.  Abe and him grilled it with the steaks. They turned out exceptionally.


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Kaylee picking out the cookies for Santa.


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Dressed in stripes like his sister for Christmas Eve.


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Kaylee sees the presents for the first time. She was a little disappointed that Santa himself wasn't there like when he came to the Christmas party but she got over that pretty fast.


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The tree and stockings


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Going through the stockings


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Opening some presents.


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This is what Conner did the whole time we all were opening presents.


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Kaylee was a good girl this year and got a few presents. She liked everything she got which is always nice. In fact it seems like our whole family was good this year because Bryce got the gun he wanted and Nykol got her very own iPad which rendered her speechless. I would say that Christmas was a nice affair this year and not just because of the presents. There was fun and love and awesomeness all around this year. Now here is a video of Kaylee playing with one of her toys.


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Salt Lake Trip 2012

We went to Salt Lake again to look at the lights on temple square. Things were a little rocky in the beginning, but it ended up not being too bad and Kaylee was thrilled which makes up for the not so great parts. In fact when Kaylee got in the hotel room and looked out the window it actually took her breathe away. She like the window in our room and by the elevator.


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Kaylee waiting for the elevator.


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I can't for the life of me remember what they would have been looking at but its kind of cute.


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Conner getting dressed up warm to go look at the lights. And so many people thought he was adorable. I don't think I have been present with anyone who has received more compliments than he did that night.


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Family pictures


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Bryce all cute with Conner


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Kaylee really enjoyed the lights, however, the fountain at City Creek Mall simple enthralled her. They were her favorite and she always got excited to pass by them. There were some the would make little white mounds and she would call them ghostes because there were more than one. Sadly I don't have a picture of the fountain but here are the lights.


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Chillin out in our pajamas afterward. Kaylee felt so big to be holding Conner. It's not something that is usually allowed.


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Christmas Tree

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So this year we went with a live tree. All growing up we had a live tree until my mom moved to Utah. They started using my grandma's fake tree. And this was the last Christmas for Bryce before his mission and growing up. So I got a real tree for old times sake. We had to wait longer than I would have liked to get our tree and so when we went to get the lights for it the only ones left at the store were the ones you see on the tree. I'm not a big fan of the blue mixed in (on it's own would be better or just red and green) but what are you going to do.  It ended up being really nice. Abe put the lights on and we all decorated it with some of the normal ornaments and Bryce's Swedish straw ones. We may even do it again next year because its easier than a fake one.

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