Christmas in Nebraska

Kyley is truly the happiest little girl!  She is so full of giggles and smiles.  Christmas is definitely more fun and special with  her to celebrate it with.  Mommy, daddy and Kyley went back to Nebraska for Christmas weekend.  We are very blessed to have such wonderful families to share these memories with.

 Kyley had so much fun opening all of her presents and trying them out too!

 She really loved emptying her stocking and seeing the great presents that Santa brought her on Christmas morning. 

 Kyley had fun playing with her cousins toys too.  She may just be the tomboy her daddy wants her to be!

 Wait...maybe she will be mommy's girly girl princess after all?

 Even daddy had fun trying on Kyley's dress up clothes she got as a gift!

 Kids are so funny when they open presents...they always have expectations!

Kyley loves all her new baby dolls and gear.  She loves making the baby cry so she can feed it and give it a big kiss!


She even thought at one point that she was a puppy:)!  Mommy and daddy did not put her in there against her will...she wanted in it!

 Christmas was a great time in Nebraska.  How could it not be with all the presents, food and family?

Kyley had lots of new things to keep her occupied on the ride home!   However much fun it is to go visit, it is also great to go home!

Christmas in Wichita

Kyley had a great Christmas this year, and she was definitely more interested.  She started getting packages from family, and she immediately loved opening them.  Kyley also wanted everything "open" as soon as she unwrapped it.  She definitely was spoiled by all of her family!  She got to spend time with lots of great friends too!

Kyley, mommy and daddy celebrated their Christmas on the 22nd before they headed to Nebraska.  She got her first kitchen.  It was very obvious that we hit that one spot on...all of her favorite things to do and play with.  Kyley also got her first snow globe.  She loves to watch and listen to it!

This was just the beginning of the spoiling...by the time it was over our house looked like a toy store!

Some sad yet exciting news

Well, Kyley always loves spending time with her cousin Calyn as everyone knows.  We just recently found out that Uncle Greg, Aunt Emily and Calyn will be moving to Houston, TX.  We are very sad that they will not be close to us, but we are so excited that they have this great opportunity.  Uncle Greg's job is taking them South.  Kyley will just get to have more airplane rides or really long drives lol!  We will continue to enjoy every moment we can while they are still here too!  And, you never know they may end up back in Wichita in a few years???

 

A few more firsts

Kyley recently had a few more really fun firsts.  It is so amazing to watch her get to be a kid and be able to see how the littlest things get her so excited.

Kyley had her first sucker a few weeks ago.  We agreed to let her have it (or mommy more so than daddy) to distract her while we were finishing our dinner out and she wanted to run around.  It definitely worked.  Kyley loved her sucker, and she was so proud of herself.  What a big girl she is!!

Kyley also had her first drink of pop.  She decided she wanted to drink out of mommy's sonic cup.  Well, the first time she did it had water in it, so she loved carrying it around like a big girl.  The next time she wanted a drink it was pop.  Needless to say she did not like it, and it was too bad that she had on a white shirt.

Mommy and daddy cannot wait to watch her experience all these "firsts".  It truly is the best thing ever to be a parent!

A toddler, a cat and a Christmas tree

Kyley loves her kitty, Freddy.  He likes her a lot too.  They have so much fun together...always side by side.  Freddy is the funniest kitty...he plays with her toys more than she does sometimes.  Kyley doesn't seem to mind.  They definitely go together well!

What does not go together...a toddler, a cat and a Christmas tree!!  Our poor Christmas tree was done for after this year.  Kyley did really well nicely touching or looking at the tree until she would see Freddy playing in it...and even then she did not do any lasting damage.   However, the same cannot be said for Freddy...it was his favorite toy.  We may have to rethink the tree and/or ornaments next year!