Buckets and Babies

So Kayla for some reason thinks that this popcorn tin we have is a great place to sit and relax. She is so funny about it. She will climb in and then watch a little TV like it's a recliner or something. She was being so silly with it too because she would work really hard to get into it then would climb out and do it all over again. I got some on video that I just had to share.

Next is the baby part. No I am not pregnant sorry but we have to get Graydon through school first. Kayla got a baby doll for Christmas which she loves so much!! Well my Mom had kept the baby cradle my Grandpa had made me when I was a little girl and we pulled it out. Kayla loves it! She loves having me wrap her babies in a blanket and putting them to bed. It's very cute!

Merry Christmas and lots of snow!!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas, we sure did. Kayla was the star of the show of course. She had no idea when she woke up that it was any different but when we went down stairs she said,"OH WOW!" Now trying to get her to eat breakfast after that was difficult but she got some then proceeded to explore her stocking. She got a baby doll and stroller which is now her favorite toy. She was in awe over putting it's binkie in and out and pushing it around while the rest of us opened presents. Kayla also got a nice big panda bear chair from her Uncles which she loves. After opening presents we made the trek up to Centerville to be with Graydon's family. She and her cousins had lots of fun playing and being silly.




















So this was a really white Christmas for us in South Jordan. We took Kayla outside to play and the snow banks were taller than she is!! She thought it was pretty cool and kept saying "nooooo", that would be how she says Snow.

Kayla with Santa

Well we had our ward Christmas party this morning and of course Santa came. Kayla was just fine looking at him from a distance but the second she got close, well take a look at the picture and you can tell what Kayla thought of Santa. I thought it would be fun to put the picture from last year next to this year to see how much she has grown. So Merry Christmas all!

Zoo Lights and Animal Noises

So I was really excited when we went to the Zoo on Friday night. They have pretty cool Christmas lights and Kayla loves lights and animals. So it was of course freezing cold but the wind stopped for a little bit while we were inside so it turned out to be bearable. Kayla really seemed to enjoy looking at the lights and would point out the ones she wanted to get closer to. But her favorite part of the night was the monkeys. They have this really cool part where you are at the trees level so that you are right where the monkeys are. She loved watching them run around and play. So I took the chance to teacher what monkey's say and we haven't heard much else since. She literally fell asleep making the monkey noise. It was really cute.So I got video of all the animal noises Kayla knows, there is the monkey, the elephant, the cat and she makes a fishy face too.

Falling Leaves and Painting and Christmas Trees

So since a lot has happened since the last time I blogged I will break this into three parts.

Part One: Falling Leaves
Since the leaves have been falling of course we needed to clean them up. And with Kayla little jobs that wouldn't take that long take much longer. Well she is starting to really get into wanting to help me with cleaning and just daily chores. So my Mom decided to let her help rake the leaves outside.














She was very excited and really enjoyed trying to rake the leaves but her favorite was riding in the wheel barrel with all the leaves.














Then my Dad was working on fixing a tire so she had to go help him. Let me tell you she is Grandpa's little shadow. She would do anything for Grandpa. That was a fun day for us.














Part Two: Painting

So Kayla absolutely loves to paint. She knows where her paints are and will ask me all the time to get them out for her. Well it's fun watching her paint and here are some pictures of her painting.







































Part Three: Christmas Tree Hunting

So every year my Dad's side of the family goes Christmas Tree hunting up by Strawberry the day after Thanksgiving. It's always lots of fun, and we are always cold and sometimes there is no snow but it's fun. Well this year there was snow, YEAH, and Kayla got her first taste of snow. Well she was a little frustrated with her outfit. If you have ever watched a Christmas story you remember the little boy that was so bundled up that he couldn't even put his arms down. Well Kayla kind of reminded me of that. We put her in a sled and she couldn't bend at the waist so she just laid down in the sled.



















Then she wanted to go over to the hill where the kids where sliding down it and it was very funny to watch her walk over there.






















Well then she saw Grandpa riding the four wheelers so of course she wanted to try them out and she loved them. She will do well in this family. So when we get our tree all decorated I will post a picture of the lovely tree we cut down after having to hike up the mountain to find it. It was a fun day and Kayla did pretty good for how cold it was.

Hospital Pictures

A while ago I wrote about Kayla's hospital stay. Well I finally got the pictures off of Graydon's phone and here they are. It was really sad but she was so cute. Pushing her IV stand up and down the hall. There is no way to keep that girl in one room. Sorry the pictures aren't the best, remember they are uploaded from a phone camera.

Happy Halloween and Moving

So Halloween was way fun!! Kayla was Little Red Riding Hood and the cutest one ever!!! Kayla wasn't so sure about getting dressed up and all the weird looking people when we took her to daycare. They had a parade kind of like they do at the elementary schools around her but for the little kids. But then she really got into it because she got to follow the other kids through the center and be the center of attention. Plus when they were done they got a cookie. Then we took her down to South Jordan to visit my family and go trick or treating. We thought that we might get a few houses in before she got tired of it but man were we wrong. She was helping Grandma pass out candy and then decided to follow the kids to the next house. Then she would take the candy from the people at the door put it in her bucket and she was off to the next house. We got so much candy it's ridiculous!! I couldn't believe how she took to trick or treating, she loved it. Plus it helped that it was in the 70's for Halloween so we didn't have to worry about coats and hiding her costume. It was really fun.

Then the next day we moved. Yep moved back into my parents house to save money. Graydon is applying for the Rad tech program and when he gets in he won't be able to work so we are trying to pay off a bunch of stuff before we have to live off my income and student loans. So I just wanted to thank the many people who helped and got us moved really quickly and smoothly.