Over the Shoulder Shot

Kelly honored the paparazzi with this passing smile yesterday as she strutted around the house with her new baby.

Dancing Machine

Daddy got some pictures of Kelly posing and dancing today. Her pretty new sweater was a Hanukkah gift from Aunt Samantha (or "Aunt Mantha" as Kelly calls her) and her cool brown cords are from Gramma.

Christmas Morning

On Christmas morning we sorted through all the wonderful presents that we got at Gramma and Grampa's house the night before.

Playing with my new measuring cups.


Feeding Logan some of her breakfast (bacon).

Kelly loved her new Elmo pajamas, which Gramma had all ready for her to change into at the end of Christmas Eve. She fell right to sleep on the ride home and didn't wake up until her usual waking time of 4 AM.

Christmas Eve

On Christmas Eve we went over to Gramma and Grampa's house for holiday festivities. Kelly enjoyed hanging out with her Grampa, as usual...



Watching everyone opening presents as she clutches her new baby doll.

Dog Food

Not really sure why Kelly was all smiles while she posed with today's dog food purchases...

Books and Blocks

Kelly placed her books on the armrest of the chair, climbed into the chair, and then started reading.


For some reason, she thinks these blocks are great to suck on.

Happy Hanukkah

Here are some not-very-good pictures from our first menorah lighting of the year. Sorry if we're looking a little rough -- it had been a long day.



Kelly looks at the menorah and says "Happy Birthday to you." Unfortunately, she has her candle holidays a little confused.

December Randomness

Just playing with Daddy...


Looks like something was under the coffee table. Maybe Logan's ball? He's always losing it under something!


Kelly's favorite toy at Gramma's house. This toy sings and dances when you squeeze the snowman's hand.


"'Gain, 'gain" is a common refrain when Kelly wants something again.


Playing with her baby and her swing at Gramma's house. Kelly figured out that it played music, which Gramma hadn't realized.

Breakfast with Santa

On Saturday we went to Airbus' Breakfast with Santa.

First, Grampa fed Kelly an assortment of yummy breakfast foods.

Hanging out with Gramma while we waited for Kelly's turn to see Santa. This is just one of Kelly's odd expressions of the day. I had to wonder if she had a canker sore or something because she kept making weird faces for no apparent reason.

I tried to prepare Kelly as well as I could for what she would do with Santa (i.e., sit on his lap and smile for the camera).

No such luck. This picture sums it up. After Kelly flat out refused to sit on Santa's lap, he had me sit on his lap, with Kelly on mine. It was slightly odd, especially since it was the first time I'd ever sat on Santa's lap in my life. ;)


Showing off her pretty dress in my lap after the Santa debacle.


Playing with her toy from Santa, a doctor's kit.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Here are a few pictures from our day at Gramma and Grampa's house.

Mounting Aunt Kate's old rocking horse.


The whole family attempting to get a Christmas card picture for Gramma Dot. That's Marsh (Aunt Kate's boyfriend), Aunt Kate, Uncle Joe, Grampa, Daddy, Mommy, Kelly, Gramma, and Gram.


Goofy (goofier?) family picture. I don't know what we were laughing at, but I'm guessing it was Kate, based on the fact that she's the only one not laughing. Honestly though, I have no idea what was so funny.


Kelly running around the yard in her Thanksgiving finery.

New Elmo Outfit

Kelly is so in love with Elmo, I had to get her some more Elmo gear. Turns out she has no concept of when her existing Elmo shirt is clean -- she has asked to wear it everyday since last Friday when she wore it last. Sorry, kid, I'm just not that good at laundry. So, we bought a couple other Elmo articles. I threw this on her after we got it to see if it fit and she didn't want to take it off... big surprise.

Language Skills

Kelly reading one of her books. I wasn't there when this picture was taken, but I'm sure she was knowingly saying "dog." She has a very confident inflection whenever she says words like that that she is a pro at. Lately she has been getting fancy and has started saying phrases. A funny one is "Carry you" when she wants to be carried... I figured out that it came from her reaching her arms up to me and me saying "Do you want me to carry you?" Silly girl. Her other new one is "Hold it," which I get whenever I'm trying to give her a share a bite of something I'm eating with her, as in "Okay, you want to hold it?" Tonight she asked to "hold it" when I tried to share my brownie with her. Needless to say, I learned my lesson when she crammed the entire thing in her mouth.

Daily Kelly Fix

Kelly and her "wa-pop." Clearly she enjoys the Hershey's chocolate lollipops (aka Halloween candy dregs) more than we do.

This one just makes me laugh too.

Giving Jake a kiss.

Stroller Roller Skate

Yesterday we went out to the Skate-N-Fun Zone (formerly Skate Ranch, where I had some fun times in the late '80s!) for their "Stroller Roller Skate." We did try to put Kelly on roller skates at first but quickly figured out that was a very bad idea. She did enjoy riding around the rink in her stroller though!

Hanging out on the moonbounce-slide.


Bouncy doorway.


Running after her new friend in the rink! Both of them had already done a few laps with their respective mommies pushing them in their strollers. Kelly seemed like she was trying to play tag with her.


Hanging out in the roller skating rink.


Kelly helped pull us around the rink. As you can see, all of the rest of us were on skates. Kelly's friend Evan (twenty months) was somewhat more steady on his skates than Kelly was, but he still had some trouble. Overall, we had a great time and got some exercise!


My Kel-mo -- she loves this shirt! She seems to understand I've done her laundry because the last two times it was clean, she immediately asked to wear this shirt ("Elmo!").

Baby Doll, etc.

Kelly's favorite little baby doll...

Getting wrapped up!

Petting the baby doll...

Kelly and her baby.

Just hanging out in one of her new toy bins.