9 months!

Paizley is 9 months today. We just went to the Dr and her stats are:

Weight: 18lbs 12oz 50%

Height: 28 1/4in 85%

Head: 45cm 75%

I sure thought her head was getting bigger and it has! But I guess in comparison to her other stats its normal. She is still so tall! Hopefully she isn’t taller then me till she is at least 14 or 15. But I doubt that will happen she will probably be as tall as me when shes 12. She is doing great with everything, just that darn reflux wont go away!! It has been causing her to have a really bad dry cough at night so we need to try and tilt her mattress up so she isn’t laying flat and the Dr says it should help. We tried to get a cute picture of her today. They didn’t really work out!She does look darn cute here but it was too bright to open her pretty eyes! So we tried on a stool. . .But she was scared. . .So we moved outside.  And that is how she feels about the grass! It was her first time on the grass and she isn’t a fan haha! Poor thing. Maybe she will like it when it is greener. And please get  here soon I am DYING to get out and play with her. I tired taking some self portraits of us after the Dr and of course a cute one of Paiz and I look hideous! But I had to share anyway. . Always wanting to crawl away!

  Anyway, here are the new things that have happened this month-

• She got 1 more tooth, so that puts her at 7. She has the 4 top then 2 bottom middle and one on the side.
• She learned to sit up from her stomach.
• Crawling! I did already post about this but I can’t believe how good she is getting at it. Its funny if she is going to sit soon she will crawl with one leg like walking and the other one crawling. Kinda confusing haha but its cute!
• Pulling up to standing, she does this A LOT in her crib.
• We have told her to wave a few times and she will but other times she won’t- so we arent sure if she knows what shes doing yet but its for sure cute when she does it!
• She has realized she can lower her voice and when she does she sounds like Steve Urkel haha it is soo funny. I need to get it on video.
• She has started to get really shy when unfamiliar people talk to her. She use to cry when they did but now she will just burry her head into whoever is holding her. Its nice to get some cuddling from her once in a while :)
• We have been showing her some simple sign language for a while and she does more now! Its so cute. Hopefully she will learn others soon so we can communicate.
• She has began to do the death roll when we change her bum. She is fine laying there but once the diaper is unhooked and she feels a breeze its like she just wants to be free! She will roll right over and sit up. Then crawl away.
• Continues to grow more hair and was able to have a a lil pony and wear clips! :)
• Continues to jabber lots and lots and is saying more sounds often.

Here are some other pics from the last month- Gave up on feeding her since she refused so we let her go at it. Being a big (little) girl at dinner. Cousin McCade feeding her all by himself. She loved it it was so so cute! Doing the diaper change death roll haha Bubble Beard Sweet sleeping girl This outfit she is wearing is the first one Kevin and I picked out for her. It is soo cute but every attempt I have made to get a picture of her in it hasn’t worked! Next time. . Drool much?!

Out for lunch with mom and dad. Getting ready to go shoppin with mama!

The Peanut and her food!

If there was one thing Paizley could eat, and only one thing, it would be yogurt melts. She loves these things soooooo much. She would eat an entire bag in one sitting if we let her! As a matter of fact she has had an entire bag in one day. She has loved these since the first time she tried them about 3 months ago. About a month ago she learned how to pick them out instead of the ordinary fruit puffs. Its so funny we have tried to trick her by changing hands but she still gets the yogurt melt first. Even when they are mixed in with other things she still eats all the yogurt melts then moves on to the other food. Shes lovin it!

And as of the last week or two if there was one thing she never had to eat it would be her veggies! But just the pureed baby food kind. She has loved the independence of feeding herself the last couple months. And lately she DOES NOT want to eat the veggies! Of course she loves all the fruits. But with the veggies all we usually see is a mouth that seems to be sewn shut. So tonight after I had gotten her to eat almost half a jar of green beans (it took LOTS of singing and me acting silly, she would smile and id shove it in!) I decided I was sick of fighting her and she could experiment feeding herself. Here is what happened-First off- she decided she needed a bow!! I guess she must think that since she always has a bow or flower in her hair haha. Next she put some pretty bracelets on her wrists! Silly girl. . Its a good thing bathtime is right after dinner! She sure was happy about getting messy though! :) And look at all those teeth! Rarr! haha

Crawling!

A little over a week ago Paizley finally figured out how to crawl! She had been in the crawling position for probably 6 weeks now and would just rock back and forth. We knew she could do it but she just wasn’t quite there yet. We were so proud of her when she finally did it on Jan 29. What motivated her was trying to get lilys bone! haha This was a few days after she started but she is coming to get me! So happy! Crawling right INTO the camera haha

She is soo flippin cute when she crawls and she is getting SUPER fast! Today I was by the front door with the camera and Kevin would put her almost in the kitchen (its prob a good 30 feet away) and she was just bookin it to me! He did this at least 10 times and she would just keep coming trying to get me, the camera, and my purse. We love seeing her crawl and discovering new things! Everyone said oh you don’t want her to crawl she will just be into everything. I always thought they were kinda dumb because I knew she would enjoy the freedom and wouldnt just sit there and whine, so it would actually be a tad bit easier. And I was right! It isn’t really much harder since there isn’t a ton of things that can hurt her. We just keep and eye on her and take away the things that could. It is so fun seeing her discover new things and how happy she is doing it! These next pics are all from tonight! Isnt her outfit so dang cute? Comin to get me! We had so much fun playing tonight! She had a blast, lots of giggles and smiles were involved. I love this little girl to pieces.

Our 3rd Anniversary

February 3rd Kevin and I celebrated our third year of marriage and our fourth year of dating. :) The day started out with me not having to get out of bed and Kevin getting up with Paiz to feed her breakfast :) It was such a nice start to the day! I think I slept in until 1030! Then when Paiz and I were up while I was getting both of us ready for the day Kev went to the store. I was REALLY hoping he came home with flowers because I am a sucker for them! Well of course he didn’t disappoint. I came downstairs and saw these beautiful things on the counter!

Aren’t they pretty? Well I love them! So we had really wanted to go somewhere for our anniversary but with a baby its hard and we feel guilty leaving her! So we dropped her off at my moms and decided to go see the lovely bones. NOT A GOOD IDEA. That is a HORRIBLE show, we just felt depressed and like we wasted our time. It was a disturbing show, I would not recommend it to anyone! So that kind of sucked but I was glad we at least got to get away! A date means so much once you have a baby! On our way to the movie. .

After we went to the cheesecake factory! Yum we love that place! We shared the fried macaroni cheese balls (a must try if you have never had them) and the crispy chicken costoletta. Mmm thats the best! And I swear just the one entree is enough to feed 3 adults, thats why we shared! And we had some red velvet cheesecake to end it. It was pretty good too, but my favorite is still the banana creme. We did a little shopping at fashion place, of course getting Paiz some new clothes. Then we went to pick her up. Its so funny but we were sooo excited to get her! We always miss her soo much, even if it is just a few hours. I just do not understand how some parents can leave there kids for leisure things all the time, it drives us nuts! But maybe that will change when we have more. :)At dinner! 

I just want Kevin to know HOW MUCH I LOVE HIM! He really is the best and he is PERFECT for me. These last 3 years of marriage have been amazing. We really never fight and I love how happy we are together! Its so nice being married to my best friend and truly never get sick of each other. THANK YOU for everything you do for me, for putting up with me, being such an amazing father, and doing everything to make our lives the best they can be. I can’t wait to see what forever holds for us. I couldn’t be happier. I love you babe!

Love, Kels

8 Months!

I have let time slip by lately. (And continued to-this was typed weeks ago eh what can ya do!) Paizley’s 7 month post was started when she was 7 months but I just posted it so it is down a ways. Anyway, Paiz is 8 months! She is getting really really big. I think she weighs about 19lbs now! She has been rolling for a long long time but she recently just figured out since she doesn’t crawl she can roll to get places! She will roll like 10 feet at a time it’s nuts! I am kind of glad she isn’t crawling yet because that is a little less time she will be getting in to everything! :) We felt so good that Paizley hadn’t gotten sick for the first 7 months of her life, but then right before she turned 7 months she got an ear infection! She got medicine and that cleared it up pretty quick and then she started getting a runny nose, a little cough, and a slight fever a few days later. We thought maybe she just had a cold. Kevin and I had to travel to California for his uncles funeral and I almost didn’t go because I wasn’t sure if Paiz was fine, just had a cold or what! So my mom watched her for us, we left on the 30 and that night my mom said she kept waking up coughing and kind of sounded like she had croup. So she took her to the dr for us and sure enough she did! We felt AWFUL leaving her. And to top it all off while we were gone I got the flu! But anyway Paiz got medicine and started getting better but we still came home to next day to be with her. For a while now I have been thinking Paizley would get more teeth! She got her bottom 2 right around 5 months so it’s been a while. Finally another one on the bottom came threw so she has 3! Then on the 7th I just happened to look at her top gums in the morning and they didn’t look swollen or anything so I thought it’d be a while until those came through. I couldn’t have been more wrong!! By 8 o clock 3 had cut!! One middle and the 2 next to that. Crazy poor girl! She had woke up at 645 that day and Kev and I were soo confused. She has always woken up around 9. Now we know why! She is so good at teething though, that is the only thing that has been different with her and there were 3 coming through! She hasn’t been fussy with any teeth or anything it’s so nice! Paiz says Dada a lot but we don’t think she knows what it means yet. We swear she calls her bottles and sippy baba though, when we show her she will say it but then sometimes she says it just randomly so who knows! She has the cutest voice though and she LOVES to give big wet kisses now! They are the cutest and best open mouth kisses I have ever seen! :] Shes a sweetie! Lil Sweetie! Don’t  mind the spit up on her. . poor thing I hope she outgrows that darn reflux some day :( Im sure she thinks Mommy is too picture happy too! She has ALWAYS kicked her arms and legs so hard when she gets excited. I guess she finally wore these out! Both feet had holes hahaUH OH!! Someone had an accident. . .  good thing daddy got to do that one! :P YUCK!!!!!!SOO BIG! YAY!! Daddy gave me his DP! How did that happen? Yeah, I tipped it over! She looked so cute even though her shirt was dirty I wanted to take a pic on her blanket. Well she just kept trying to grab it and snuggle, so shes falling over here trying to get it! Peanut and Austin at the mall to see santaFresh and clean outa the bath! But drooling all over of course!Does this diaper make my butt look big?Playing in her room. She was trying to cuddle with her stuffed monkey :) I LOVE this picture. She was looking at her Daddy. She always smiles at him like that, she just adores him.You all know I think she is the cutest of them all. I don’t say it enough do I? Ha! Yeah right. .    

Oh how I love that huge smile! Lovin some spaghetti!

  Okay, these pictures below are when Paizley woke up at 645 the day she got 3 teeth. We laid her on our floor with some toys and put one of her baby Einstein dvd’s in. She was awake for a while and played. Kev and I were laying in bed, he fell asleep and I was awake and realized I hadn’t heard her in a bit. I got up to check on her and the blanket on her head was COMPLETELY covering her face and I had never seen her sleep on her stomach. She was COMPLETELY still. I was a little afraid to look at her, I thought she was dead! But I did and she was okay, I moved the blanket a bit and let her sleep. I got back in bed and went back to sleep. An hour or so later I heard her talkin and in a dead sleep I got up. She was gone from where she fell asleep. I was sooooo confused. She had decided to roll to the door! haha It was hilarious! LOVE her!

Something I made. .

I had to make this cute beanie to go with this outfit. .

What do you think?

She thought sliding down the railing with dad was pretty fun too!

BIG hair days!

I can finally put a clip in this cutie pies hair!

Make it look like its “flipped up” Its kind of hard to see with the dark couch but cute huh?

 

And a little teeny pony tail!! Same thing again. . .dark background! But it is there :)

Sure, its not a TON there, but this is such an exciting day for a mom! lol But really! I cant wait till her hair is all thick and I can do cute pig tails! :)

I took away that bracelet because #1 choking hazard(obvious) and #2 she was eating the paint off of it! But daddy felt bad that she was so upset and crying so . . .He gave it back! With tears in her eyes she got semi-happy. He hates to see her cry!

Then I set her on our floor and told Kevin to watch her for a minute while I went downstairs. I came back up to do something in the laundry room and Kevin says, “Come in here and see what she did. . ”

She found a blow pop, got the wrapper off by herself and was eating a sucker!! It was hilarious. And my oh my when I took it away you would have thought I was chopping her fingers off. She was SOOOOOOOO upset. I wish we would have got a picture of that! And of course Kevin felt awful s0 he gave it back but I said she can’t have a sucker! So we took it away again, well we tried it took a minute because she had a DEATH grip on it. Silly girl! If your wondering why there was a sucker on our bedroom floor I let her go through my purse so she must have pulled one out of there that I didn’t see. But really! Those wrappers are hard to get off. Still don’t get how she did it!

Dear Paizley,

We were just laying on the floor playing after I changed your bum and I started to tickle your face with my hair like I often do. You laughed and laughed and just loved it! I love how you just look into my eyes and don’t care about anything else in this world. Just the moment, just you and me. As we continued to laugh I started to cry because you make me SO HAPPY. I love that you are my daughter, I couldn’t be happier. I love everything about you. You are so dang smart it just kills me! And you are such a sweetheart. You usually don’t cuddle but today you were awfully giving to me and Daddy. And you kept giving us kisses all day! You were drinking out of your sippy and Daddy asked for a taste. You gave him a drink, you would drink some more, then give him more, back and forth back and forth. I loved watching you two it was so sweet! You LOVED sharing with your Dad you just had a huge smile the whole time. I LOVE YOU. Please don’t forget it! I love how excited you get to come to the store with me. It seems like you always know when its just going to be us and you don’t make a fuss the whole time, even when you get in your seat, which is rare, and you just smile at me the whole time. I do miss how little you once were but I LOVE to watch you turn into such a beautiful big girl! It’s so fun to watch you grow and discover the world. I know one day you will be a mother too and you will understand the love that I have for you. I often wonder if my parents love me as much as I love you and I think there is no way! But I know they do, so when you look into your babies face one day and wonder the same thing, know that your dad and I love you just as much! And we couldn’t have asked for a better daughter. You are the best and I know you will make us happy our entire life. I want to freeze you! But I can’t wait till the day you can call me MAMA and tell me YOU LOVE ME. And to see your first dance recital, hear about your crushes at school, see you playing with your friends. I know you are going to make me proud, I can’t wait to see what your future holds! But then I can wait and I want to wait. I love that you still need me and really I need you. I couldn’t live without you. I just couldn’t do it! I know you won’t remember all these moments we are having together when you read this, but I just want you to know HOW HAPPY you are. And how unbelievably happy you make me. When it was just me and your Dad I never thought I could be happier, boy was I wrong! I love you.

Love,

         Mommy

Christmas!

I know I am late late late! But I wanted to wait for my big Christmas gift to arrive so I could blog on it. Thats right! Kevin got me a desktop! I was sooo excited and shocked. Thats what was in that card from him and Paiz. I was so confused when I opened it! I felt bad I know he didnt think I liked it because i was so confused I was just like huh?! He told me it was a $40 present so I was totally thrown off. So as I stated on the Christmas Eve post we got home pretty late. It was around midnight. So we got Paizley to bed and then we decided to open our presents! We always do this lol we can’t wait! And we figured we were trying to get out early in the morning this way we would only have to open Paizley’s. Kevin SPOILED ME!! He had already given me a few of my presents early: a new camera, a new camera bag, and a bag for my SLR camera that he gave me for my Birthday. The first thing we open is our stockings! And it’s my favorite. I could get nothing but junk and still love it! I got lots of gum (those of you that know me know I always have a few packs on me!), bubble bath (he gets me this every year and I love it! Its a big bottle, I always run out close to Christmas so its perfect!), a few perfumes, and some odd and end beauty type things. I always feel bad he always spends so much more then me on everything but oh well he asked me not to spend a lot! In his he got some candy, 3 new colognes, socks, and odd and end things. He got me some new clothes, the computer, a few movies, and 5 pairs of shoes! Its horrible it was only a few weeks ago and I can’t even remember most of what I gave him and he gave me. Oh well! He didn’t get much. . I gave him some money, clothes, a new razor thing, some movies and odd and end things. See what I mean! Poor guy! I never know what to buy him but I will try and make it up to him on his Birthday in a few months! We finally finished and went to bed about 2:30. I didn’t take any pictures of us. . of course! Oh well though! My new computer! Thanks Lan for helping Kev pick it out, your the family expert I bet you get sick of it haha. We just set it up on our kitchen table since we will be moving soon we didn’t want to buy a desk without knowing where it will go.

We waited for Paizley to wake up at about 9:30 and then we had her open presents! Santa brought her a cute house! She loves it and will love it even more when she is more mobile and can play with everything on it. We got her some books, a few small toys in her stocking, some clothes, a walker/ride on thingy, a stuffed elephant, alphabet blocks and some other small toys. Oh and lots of books! We love books! And since I love snow globes and get a new one every year I decided to get Paiz her own collection. So I got her a baby’s 1st Christmas one.Doesn’t she look so excited for everything Santa and Mommy and Daddy got her?

We wanted to get her a cute book so she might know one day how much we love her. Its a really cute simple book!

I collected elephants as a kid so I can’t resist getting her anything elephant!

I made some yummy cinnamon bun thingys for breakfast, so we ate, fed Paizley and headed to Kevin’s parents! They gave Kev and I some money! Thats probably the best thing for us right now and we love some spending money! Paizley got a few outfits, a musical walker, balls and a book. Shes so spoiled! And she loves all her new things. We hung out for a while and watched Paiz and Austin play.

Paiz and Grandma!

Paiz and Austin. . . she’s got hat hair! haha

Then we headed to my parents for what was suppose to be lunch but turned into more of a dinner :) We had tons of yummy food! Ham, turkey, potato salad, my moms delicious rolls, and tons of other things. She always makes way way more then we need but left over's are always great! After we ate we opened our presents. Dang is Paizley spoiled! From my sister she got a ball popper and another big ball light up thing, I never know what to call her toys! My brother Chad and his fam gave her this really cute Disney Princess rocking horse, she loves it and she especially loves pulling out its hair! And my mom gave her about 15 new outfits, I swear Paizley owns every outfit Childrens Place has ever had in the last 18 months, since we shop early haha! She got lots of books, a baby doll, a mirror musical toy which shell sit in front of and play forever, and lots of other small toys I don’t know how to describe! She was in heaven with all her new things. She didn’t care too much about opening them, but she sure did love to eat that wrapping paper. I dont know how she kept finding it but I’d look at her and she’d have a big soggy ball she was chewing on. Gross! And I’m sure not too good for her but she never ate any! (I don’t think!) My parents spoiled Kev and I as well. Kevin got the new Super Mario Bros for the Wii, a buckle gift card and some clothes. I got some clothes, a cute long green coat which I love and needed, some shoes, a BIG mixing bowl(I was so excited I never have anything big enough for popcorn), my traditional nativity, this really good church book, a snuggie finally, and some other fun things. Together we got a Megaplex gift card and an Applebee's one! We always tell my mom she spends way too much and that she can cut way back but she doesn’t. She just loves giving! Mom and Dad’s best present ever! :)

Going to open a present!

So happy about what she got! :) Trying to take a pic myself of us all looking good didnt work too well! But Paiz and Kev look cute so oh well. I just had to put this up. All but 4 outfits are from my mom haha! She’s so freaking spoiled. And there all 6-9 months. The following pictures are also 6-9 month outfits, most of which I was given at baby showers or last year for Christmas. I hardly ever have to buy her clothes its awesome! This drawer is PACKED full. I don’t know how she is going to wear them all in the next few months!!

And here is the damage done with toys. We don’t know where to put them all! These are all from Christmas. Hmmm what to play with! She’s a spoiled lil princess!! She loves that mirror toy my mom got her!

Thanks Mom, Dad, Kent, Cindy, and all the rest of our family for giving us a fantastic Christmas!! Now I can’t wait till next year when Paizley will hopefully want to open a few presents! And Kevin- Thanks for everything! You spoil me TOO MUCH! But I am glad you got me things we really needed. Love you so much!!

We were so tired from everything we decided to sleep at my parents. We did this last year too because it was snowing so bad. Maybe it will be our new tradition? Anyways I went Christmas Clearance shopping the next day with paiz, my mom, and sister and I swear like 100 people kept telling us how cute she is! She was wearing a new outfit from my mom, doesn’t she look adorable?

I am so behind blogging. . things just keep sneaking away from me! So hopefully I will be posting a lot soon! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!!

Christmas Eve!

On Christmas Eve morning when I went to get Paizley here is how I found her. . .  It was like she was just soo excited for Christmas! haha Notice the tears. She was crying but the second she saw me she cheered right up! That just makes my day :)

Every morning when Paizley wakes up we bring her in our bed for a little bit because sometimes she will give us a little cuddling, which is so rare! And she always likes to get my blanket I sleep with every night. Its pretty cute! So here she is with us just chillin! I still can’t get over her beautiful eyes.

Before I fed her breakfast I decided to let her open a present. Heres how she does it! She is totally looking at me like Mom! Enough with the pictures just let me get it!! Gotta get the bow!

Books! Gotta play with the wrapping paper! Then we read it :D

We hung around home until about 4:30 then we went over to Kevin’s parents. It was his nephew Austin’s 1st Birthday as well. We just hung out and then had some dinner, then a little party for Austin. He had already had one party with his Dad’s family, so he had already had some cake and he knew just what to do with it! It was hilarious watching him eat he just devoured it!

He usually is calm and just sits there but about 20 minutes after eating the cake the sugar kicked in, he was hyper, but pretty much what Paizley is like 24-7! lol It made me really excited to watch Paizley eat her cake in just 4 1/2 months. I can’t believe its so soon! Anyways, Paizley got a present from Kevin’s Aunt Kathy. It was this cute v-tech jungle toy and she loves it!

Mommy and Daughter. Paiz all decked out :]

Paiz  and Daddy!

When we were done there we went over to my parents. My mom always gives us some Christmas Eve jammies. This year she decided to play a present game, we each took someone else’s gift and then we had to tell that person what we liked about them. My 5 year old nephew had Kevin and it was so sweet what he said. He came up with it all on his own, he said, “I love you Kevin and I really appreciate all you do for me.” It was just so sweet! He is the sweetest little boy, it made me teary eyed. Earlier that day Kevin and I had had an amazing spiritual experience so I had been crying off and on all day. The compassion of some people is just amazing! I love this season for that reason. Back to the game- I wasn’t able to listen to everyone because I was feeding Paizley. Mandy had me and she told me how she thought I was an amazing mother and she thought I had really came a long way in the last few years. It really made me feel good about myself. Kevin had our sweet 2 year old nephew McCade. He told him how he is the cutest little boy and he appreciates how much he loves our Paizley and that he is always so sweet with her and it’s so cute that he wants to play with her and loves her. It was really sweet! I had my Mom and I told her how much I love her and appreciate how great of a Nana she is to my daughter. I really wanted to tell her more but I was lucky to get that much out! I was just bawling. :P It was a really spiritual day and lots of fun! We ended up staying there until about midnight and then coming home. It was a great day and night! Baby girl in her new jammies and blankie from Nana! The girls! Silly Tate and Remington

Some Christmas festivities!

Last Wednesday we had an ugly sweater Chritsmas party with my Mom’s sisters family. Both of their parents past away this last year so it was really nice to get together with all of them! We did it at Spaghetti Mama’s. Unfortunately I only got a picture of me and Kevin, pretty ugly don’t ya think?! haha

Then on Thursday we went downtown to California Pizza Kitchen and to see the lights at temple square with my brother Landon and his girlfriend Lorie. Despite how cold it was it was fun and I love love LOVE CPK! Paiz in a cute cute santa shirt before we left.Paizey Jo all bundled up!  

Waiting to get on Trax from Gateway. . The pretty lights! Paizley was sort of liking them but was kind of ornery and I was REALLY confused! She LOVES lights! She would smile for a sec then start to whine. Turns out she had had an explosion in her diaper and was covered in wetness! Poor girl! So I had to completely undress her in the trunk of our car in the Gateway parking garage. People driving by were probably wondering what I was doing to the poor girl! She was just screaming and was cold. I felt bad! One of the many adventures of having a sweet baby :]

I love that temple. Not only does it hold a special place in my heart since we got married there it is simply GORGEOUS! I love it at night. And it is so spiritual and just comforting to be on the grounds. Even when we were just looking at the lights, not trying to make it spiritual or anything I could just feel the amazing spirit. Man I’m lucky and blessed! No better feeling then being with your family and feeling the spirit.Paiz, Lan, and LoLo warming up in the visitors center for a minute.

Saturday was my annual girls Christmas party! We have been doing it since my senior year of high school and it is so much fun! I love those girls and it is so nice to get together and feel like we haven’t skipped a beat with each other. We draw names and do a gift exchange, all bring something for dinner, and make a video. Last year was the first year the video was made and me and Madison were missing. But in the video we say what has happened the last year, our goals for the next year, and then we watch it at our next party. Since 2 of us weren’t there last year when they made it they still talked about us and what they said was true! It will be fun to watch next year I have already forgot a lot of what I’ve said. It was so funny we all set our cameras up on the mantle, set the timers, ran to the couch and tried to get a good one. It took a while but turned out good!   Opps didn’t work! Pretty good! Our cute gifts! Sorry Kal ya kinda got cut! One more pose. . .

Madison, Kallee, Erin, Natacia, and Mallory. I love you girls! And I love our tradition. It’s so fun to do and we will be doing it when were old and gray and in walkers! Even if Toss has to fly in from China or Australia or somewhere! :] BFF’S!

Daddy and Paiz did some shopping for Mommy on Monday. This was a special trip because it was THE FIRST time Kevin and Paizley went to a store alone. I was off shopping with my mom and of course he took a few pics! :] Love those 2!

Getting ready to leave. .

And when they got to Walmart! Kevin is such a good Dad! I love that he also thinks it is important to document Paizley’s life. And he is so thoughtful. He has already given me a few gifts and he puts a lot of thought into them! We have a hard time actually waiting for Christmas around here! haha

Tonight we had the annual Bendixen Christmas party. It was fun to get together and Paizley got to sit on Santa’s lap again! We saw him at the mall and she was soooooooo cute! Just a GREAT big grin! Anyways tonight Kevin put her on his lap she was fine and just looked around then she turned to look at santa turned back to kevin and was okay for a few seconds then just SCREAMED!! It was so sad but so cute! I was trying to hurry and get a picture but I did something wrong and it was so blurry! Im sad cuz it was cute :( but here is the one where she’s just looking around. . I just saw on my sister in laws facebook she got one of her crying. So here it is :]

And I was able to get this one online.Kinda sucks cuz the watermark is right on her adorable grin but you still get to see how darn cute she is!! This was last week and it was so funny, she likes to twirl your hair with her fingers and she started doing it with his beard. haha Gross!!

Gotta have a cute family pic!

 

And tonight I FINALLY am done with my Christmas shopping and wrapping. Here’s the tree. . too bad we are suckers and have opened a bunch of gifts already. But here’s what is left!

Notice her hands by the bows. .   Pull it off and in the mouth! haha OOOOOOOOOOOH Christmas Tree!

I decided to go ahead and get everything put out tonight. . Pretty soon Santa won’t be coming so early :] Here is our little stocking set up. Mine is on the right, the snowman. Notice all the stocking stuffers that aren’t in it? Well the stocking is my FAVORITE part of present opening. I dont know why but it has been since I was a kid. I think it has something to do with me getting excited about some dinosaur toothpaste I would get and loved to eat haha! But Kevin knows how much I love it and it looks like he did a good job in getting enough for it :) Notice Lily’s cute dog bone stocking. Nope she doesn’t get left out! She’s just as much a part of a family as us. Except she gets put in her kennel when we leave lol. Oh she decided to start her own blog, I’ll post a pic soon of her working on it! Every year I get her some treats and a new toy.

Here is Paizley’s cute stocking! I love the princess reminds me of her :]

Kevin made this card, I’m not sure what’s in it yet. He said he ordered something online but it wont be here till January so it has something to do with that. Whatever it is, I know I will love it!

And now a picture of some of my decorations!

I love my nativity’s. My mom has been giving me one the last few Christmas’s and I love it! I also LOVE snow globes. Hopefully santa was good and got me one :)

I started messing around and taking some fun pics of bows and stuff hehe

Well I guess it is kind of boring, but it was fun at the time.

Now we have some busy busy days ahead of us. And I can’t wait till Saturday! I will be so sad Christmas is over, but I am a SUCKER for after-holiday clearance shopping. Yay!

Merry Christmas you all! Hope you have safe, Happy Holidays!

Remember why we are celebrating!