Hello Lover

Valentines Day 2011 was not much to remember...except a couple pictures...

Heart pancakes for the girls...pink of course!!

A little love breakfast for KC...and Maycee gave one to grandpa

It was "love at first sight" for Maycee and her new tinkerbell coloring book!
Layla just wanted to kiss her cute little swimsuit all night...for get about the heart shaped rattle that is made to put in your mouth!
Cheese!! Love you Lovers!!

The girls

Our baby is 6 months already??! We took Layla for a little six month photo shoot...here's just a few of our favorites...

Love her little baby blues!!How adorable are those two little teeth?!?
The minute Maycee saw Layla in this little skirt she HAD to get in on the action!!
She twirled...
She jumped... And of course, she showed of her "Jessie boots"
LOVE them both SO much!!

Photo purge

Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!

This NEVER happens! She laid her head down and was out cold in seconds...so not like her!
What better reason to take a picture than some matching jammies?? These girls are crazy and oh so cute!
Love this little girl!
She is just on the verge of taking off to crawl everywhere. Can she be that old already??

So Long, Farewell...

The time has come. We are leaving our first home, the only home our children have known. The place we made so many dear friends that will be in our hearts forever. The place Maycee first crawled, walked, talked, and SO many other firsts! The place Layla first slept in her very own crib and kept mom and dad awake for SO many nights. We have loved living here and are sad to go...but its time for a new adventure. We are so excited and a little sad too...but the time has come.

Blah

That is how January makes me feel. Every year its the same feeling...and it comes from the cold, the snow, and the need to see the sun! So we escaped to the sun for a few days and headed to Palm Springs. All we did was sit in the warmth of the sun, swim, sit in the sun, eat, enjoy uninterupted time with dad, sit in the sun, and sleep. It was just what we needed... The sunglasses have now become a MUST have while we swim! Maycee really enjoyed her "big hotel bed"! KC and I missed the king bed we are used to...and so it goes with kids. We were so surprised she hugged Dora! Definitely 180 degree difference from how she acted with the characters at Disneyland a year ago. This is Crew Higgins. He belongs to a very old friend of KC's, Patrick Higgins. We happened to run into their family at the resort we stayed at. Funny thing...we ran into them two years ago when we were staying at the same resort in Newport Beach. They used to live in Palm Springs, and knew the great places to eat...and they didn't disapoint!

The night before...And the day of...

Christmas that is!

We drove by to show Maycee the reindeer before going to Sally's parents and this is what we were lucky enough to witness...

Maycee sure loves her little sister!

Grandma Nettie and Grandpa Steve

The girls sure were spoiled!! Maycee was so excited for her new Cinderella doll...
So excited she HAD to have Uncle Joey help her open it right away!

Layla was just excited to crinkle the paper.
Uncle Ryan gave Layla the cutest little hat!
Maycee danced (twirled) with Cinderella while Unlce Clint snapped away on the camera.(All the spinning along with lots of treats may have been why Maycee threw-up on her way home...all over Cinderella, her new jammies, car seat, and blanket. So Sad!)

Some little details from our tree this year. I talked KC into a real tree and I loved it! It was kinda large and looked a little silly in our small front room but I loved the fresh smell. Kc had a hard time getting it put up...it was pretty comical to watch...he said it will never happen again!

On Christmas morning, Maycee was happy to see Santa brought exactly what she wanted...
A Jessie doll

And a red kitchen

Layla again really enjoyed crinkling the paper and putting everything in her mouth...

She looks to be happy about her new Noah's Ark

Love these matching ricking chairs the girls got from Santa!

We spent the afternoon/evening at KC's parents...

Jack takes any chance he can to hold Layla...he is so cute with her!!
The girls got so much...totally spoiled!

These two LOVE their Grandpa Chuck!!!

Not the greatest picture...but our only family photo on Christmas.
She had a REALLY exciting day with NO nap...she was out by 7!

Love this little girl's smile..
Just about the best way to end the day!!

The rest...

of December. Here is a run down of how we spent the remainder of the Holiday season...

Christmas Sunday Best

C-ya Later...

Maycee finally said so long to her beloved binki(s). We attached all the binkis to some balloons and sent them off to the binki fairies. (they barely cleared the trees and house across the street...but eventually caught some wind and were long gone!)

When she came back inside the fairies had left her a surprise. A singing and dancing cheerleader penguin (courtesy of KC's work party).

Anderson Family party

KC's parents got the kids their very own Christmas trees and got out a bunch of old ornaments from his grandma and let the kids decorate their trees. Maycee loved having her very own pink tree in her room.

So proud of her work!

Child Family Christmas

These two always seem to find trouble lately...

She's a bit top-heavy...
We love you Uncle Joey!
Grandaddy and Grandma - truly amazing! 103 and 91 yrs old and still going strong!

Then there was Christmas Eve and Christmas day...but they get their own post.