Winter '08 Update!

I thought it was time to give an update. Life is movin' along at a pretty quick pace, so I guess it is important to add in these little updates whenever I can. This winter season has been a lot of fun for us. Kayah is at that stage where she's literally learning something new every day. She's either saying a new word, making a new funny face, dancing a cute new dance step, etc. Here are some of her most recent accomplishments...She can make the animal sounds of the following animals; dog/puppy, kitty, cow, sheep, snake, and monster...She can say "Chris" (which sounds like "Tris") (chris is the guy i've been seeing since june) I'm working on getting Kayah to say Dyllon & Nolan. (those are chris' two boys)...She likes to tell Momma "Nnnoo"(even when she means yes)...She spins herself in circles to Ring-Around-The-Rosie...She swings her hips back and forth, rolls her hands in circles, bops up and down, and throws her hands in the air when she's dancing (chris is trying to teach her the sprinkler)...She can, for the most part, successfully locate her eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hair, belly, butt, legs, and toes...Whenever she sees someone wearing a band-aid she says, "Owww"...She can almost say "One" and hold up one finger if you ask her how old she is...She colors with crayons on paper, on Mom's coffee table, and in the bathtub (all but one of those is okay)...She says, "Jesus" and points him out every time she sees him on a cross...and I could keep going because, like I said, she is literally doing something new every day, but you get the picture.

Kayah helped me put up the Christmas decorations this year. I didn't know that even little ones who have never really been exposed to the excitement of the holidays can still be filled with the Christmas Spirit!! I got out those Christmas decorations and let me tell you...that little girl was the most hyper I've ever seen her. There are pictures in the first slideshow below of her climbing on top of the tree box, bouncing up and down. She also "helped" me place all the branches of the tree. It was a lot of fun. I doubt she will be as much help with putting it all away, though...hmmm...

Kayah also had her first adventure with sledding. Chris took Kayah and his little one, Nolan, out sledding one day in Lincoln. They LOVED it! There are pictures of that in the first slideshow below, too.



Now, this second slideshow is all Christmas! From Christmas Eve at the Amen's, Christmas morning at home with Santa's gifts with Mommy & Chris, Christmas Day at Gma & Gpa J's house, to the day after Christmas at Great Gma & Gpa Pete's house, you'll find all the Kayah excitement you can handle! She was a lot of fun with opening presents. She wanted to be in the middle of it all. Sometimes she would get hung up on a particular gift and not really care that she had more stuff to open, but usually she'd refocus and go back to ripping paper. I think she had fun. :) The holidays are definitely amazing after having a little one of your own, that's for sure! Check out all of the joy in the slideshow below...oh! And you'll have to see how much Kayah LOVED visiting Santa! It's a classic!