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Modeling Mommy

Kayli is starting to copy me more and more. It is funny how she seeks attention from Dad but wants to quietly watch and copy what I do and is interested in how I sit, stand or in this case lay and she is even very interested in what I wear. If I wear my boots she refuses to wear anything but her boots too:)

Birthday Celebration

Kayli's best friend came over to celebrate her birthday on Saturday night. They had a blast. They really play so well together:) Thanks Megan and Randy for spending the evening with us to celebrate Kayli's birthday!

Growing Up

I don't know why it is so amazing to me each day to realize Kayli is growing into her own little person with her own likes and dislikes, but each day I am just amazed all over again at how she is growing up! Earlier this week we were discussing what we were going to have for lunch and she took the jelly out of the refrigerator so I said 'Oh, peanut butter and jelly'. But then she also grabbed the hot fudge and I tried to put it back since hot fudge does not go on peanut butter and jelly, but no she really wanted that hot fudge. So as I'm making her sandwich I ask to make sure that she actually wants the hot fudge on her sandwich and she says yes and starts to giggle and kick in excitement that I am putting hot fudge on top of the peanut butter. We then go to the table and she eats the entire thing in record time! Who knew! Toddlers have very creative (or strange) ideas on food I'm learning.

Another trip to the Zoo

We had great weather one weekend back in November and we decided to spend the afternoon at the Dallas zoo. This was Kayli's best trip so far to the zoo. She really seemed to be into watching the animals and was able to walk on her own which I think helped her stay interested.

Look at that picture! I don't even see my little baby, just a grown up little girl:)

Halloween Pictures

For Halloween this year we went over to Megan and Randy's. Megan had plenty of candy for all of the kids and made some great cupcakes! Kayli was a pumpkin princess:)

Baylor Homecoming (Post 2)

My mom was able to join us for the parade. Maybe we will have 3 generations of Baylor girls?? We will just have to wait and see:)

Here is Kayli with her Aunt Jenny and Aunt Amy. You'll also see above her Aunt Jenny showing her how to eat a donut. I think that this was her first donut. She was instantly interested in the chocolate:) A bit later in the morning she ran to her Aunt Amy after being scared by a chicken in the parade that tried to talk to her. She loved the chicken until he got too close and started talking:) It was pretty funny and luckily for her her Aunt Amy was near by for comfort.

Baylor Homecoming

So after a bit of a rough start with these two (a bit of fusing and competition) they became the best of friends. How cute are they!

Kayli and I drove down to Waco on the Friday of Baylor's homecoming weekend to have a slumber party with Amy and her girls. We then got up very early on Saturday to go to the Baylor parade. Luckily Jenny decided to go to the parade at the last minute so her Dad got there very early to reserve us a great spot along the parade route. Thanks Jim!!Here you can see that Kayli finally figured out how this parade thing works:) She was most excited when there were horses.
Of course she did quickly figure out that complete strangers were throwing her candy so that also made the parade experience a huge hit. Does this picture make it look like she was on a complete sugar overload? She is covered with the sugar from her donut and I think eating candy and holding so much candy in her little hands that it is falling out:)
Look at all of those future Baylor Bears:) Luckily Amy works for Baylor, I think the rest of use may need to consider a second job:)

How old does Kayli look here? I think she looks so grown up! This was another day that I got her to sit still long enough to do pigtails. I think I may need some advice on how to get a little girl to one sit still long enough to fix her hair and two to not pull out whatever I just put in her hair. Any thoughts?

Go Cowboys

Brad and I were able to go to the a Cowboy Football game a few weeks ago thanks to a great birthday gift from his parents! We went to the Cowboys vs. Atlanta game so it was a great game. The stadium is amazing!

The screen is so ridiculously big that it was almost hard to watch the live game. We found ourselves constantly just staring at the massive TV screen in front of us. We can't wait until Kayli is old enough to enjoy a game. She is already a big football fan. She loves to cheer during the game saying GO! and then she says 'Uh Oh' whenever someone gets tackled:)

Aunt Erin's Visit to Dallas

Erin drove up to Dallas for a weekend. Kayli and I took her to the Arboretum to see the pumpkins. It was nice to have her up for a visit. Thanks Erin also for the cute clothes and you're welcome anytime!

Pigtails and Peek-A-Boo

These are pictures from the very first day that I pulled Kayli's hair up into pigtails. As you kow I'm running about 6 weeks behind so this was from September 10th. It was a challenge to get her to get still long enough to do it, bbut I bribed her with her favorite cartoon 'Jack's Big Music Show'. My other challenge now is to keep her from tearing them out!

Kayli's Favorite Game

This is a favorite game of Kayli's. I think once she realized I was recording her, she decided to show off a bit:) She knows exactly which drawer her game sits in and will go to the drawer and say 'gam' 'gam' (misspelled on purpose to give you an idea of how she says it).

Brad's Birthday

So as you know I'm about a month behind so no, we did not celebrate Brad's birthday late, I'm just late posting the pictures. Kayli and I ordered Brad's favorite cake from Central Market (German Chocolate) for his birthday party. We also decorated the house but somehow I didn't get pictures of any of that, oh well. Kayli was really excited about the cake. She kept stealing the icing as Brad was trying to take our picture with the cake:)

We also went out for a walk around the neighborhood. Kayli is getting so big and independent. We rarely use the stroller anymore because she wants to walk herself. She can say walk now and out so that is all I hear if I do put her in a stroller.

Star Wars

Brad and I went shopping at H&M in Washington DC in this past August. Brad found this Start Wars t-shirt and wanted to get it for Kayli. I'm fairly certain that we found it in the boys section, but it is purple so that is at least a little girly, right?

The Dallas World Aquarium

The Dallas World Aquarium in West End is one of our favorite places. Brad and I have been going there at least once every year since we were first married. We finally took Kayli for the first time last month. It was really crowded because we went on a Saturday just before school was starting but we still had such a wonderful time. Kayli really enjoyed seeing all of the animals and practiced saying bird the entire morning:) The website for the Aquarium is below if anyone is interested in more information.

http://www.dwazoo.com/d/

Kayli's First Boat Ride

A few weeks ago, we were invited along with Rose and Darrel to their friends lake house for the weekend. We had such a great time and they (Rose and Darrel's friends) even had their grandson there for the weekend. He is 20-months old so he and Kayli were perfect little playmates.

It was really fun taking Kayli on the boat. She was not happy about having to wear a life jacket, but once she cried a bit and figured out that she wasn't going to win that battle she settled down and began enjoying the boat and looking out at the water.

Here she is on the way home. She was out like a light in about 5 minutes:)

Another Trip to the Zoo

Susie joined Kayli and I on a trip to the zoo about 3 weeks ago. It was hot so we ended up spending the majority of our time in the Children's Zoo at the little water park area they have. Luckily I had brought Kayli's swimsuit and a swim diaper. She loved it! I did try to take a picture with her, but she was not interested in being held or in staying in one spot for long so this is about the best I got.

Happy Half Birthday!

I got this idea from our wonderful community group leaders in San Antonio and thought it was so cute that we would have to do it for Kayli. They celebrated half birthdays for both of their sons each year. On their half birthday, they get half of a birthday card, half a cake and a very small gift. So last August 7th was Kayli's half birthday and we planned to celebrate with a little party at home. I mentioned our new tradition to Megan at coffee that morning so she jumped in to help. She made the cutest little cupcakes that were half white icing and half chocolate icing. We had such a fun time!

You can see in the picture below Kayli is trying really hard to give Connor a hug and he is trying equally as hard to get away:)

So as many of you know Kayli loves shoes! She has started trying to wear our shoes lately. This was one afternoon that we were waiting for Brad to get home from work and she was playing with his shoes that were left out. You will see the dogs run into the other room because Brad got home and then Kayli quickly figures out why they ran by:) You can hear her say 'Daddy' if you listen closely. It is really tough to get them to talk on camera at this age.