Cheese & Penguin @ the Park.

Our silly girl is such a cheeser. =D

She loves to say cheese now.  Anytime she see's anything even resembles a camera it's "cheeeeeeese.  cheese.  cheese.  cheeeeeeese." =D  love it!  but it sure does make it hard to get shots of her doing something other than saying cheese.  HAHA!

We got her this awesome trike-stroller thing for Christmas, so finally brought it out and put it together.  Dominic said half way through, "what was I thinking picking this spot for set-up" .... our little hall way?  .. Umm I'm not sure.  Lol.  And of course, Kayden wanted to be every part of it.  But we finally got it together and got the girl in .. and of we went.

Penguin in tow.

Penguin goes everywhere these days.  She goes to pre-school, and patiently waits in the car for Kayden to return.  She goes to bed and absolutely needs her own blankie and suckie and to be tucked in just right.  She goes to the high-chair for meals, and to the bathroom for potty time.  She goes in the baby stroller, and for walks around the house, she goes on walks to the park, and down the slide too!

I wasn't really looking for the moment when Kayden would really start wanting a toy everywhere ... for the fear of someday we can't find it.  I didn't really think about that when we bought penguin in sea world and the fact that it's not so easy to go replace.  But... hopefully we just don't face the day.  She's a toughy, and loves lots of things here - minnie included.  But it is pretty precious to see her face light up when she reunites with penguin and her sweet hugs and kisses she gives penguin.  Come to think of it, maybe we should ditch penguin, she gets way more kisses than mommy & daddy ;-).

A day.

Whew, I'm falling behind again.  It's been another busy month.  February always feels fast to me, I guess because it's a short month, but really it's a long month this year ... but still feels short.  Lol - life just doesn't slow down.  I usually wish I had a remote .. depending on my mood, I would probably need all the buttons working at all times though ;-).  Valentine's Day came and went before we knew it, we both (Dominic and I) got sick that week .. thank goodness Kayden didn't because it was not fun.  Then we went up to Colorado for a weekend, and now ... February is almost over.  That's ok with me though, this month has felt very roller-coastery... and I'm ready for March to say the least.  Dominic thinks it's not necessary to be getting Easter/Spring decor just yet - since it is (now a little less than) 40 days away ... but I disagree.  And it's too late anyway - the spring stuff is comin out!  I'm ready for bright, clean, fresh!  Here we go!  (I usually feel weird posting pictures of our things/house .. but I've decided I do like to look back and remember what our house looked like and when.. kinda fun.  So there will be more of those to come, I warned you..)

But not quite yet ... this post is totally a picture over load anyway though.  I feel it's only fair, after not posting for nearly a month again ;).

Just a day in this house.  

AM:  play time.

She LOVES buckets.  She loves to collect too.  Anything, everything.  Snacks, rocks, paper, puzzle pieces, magnets, rocks, chalk, crayons, blocks, you name it, she'll collect it.  Collect it and then carry it around in a bucket.  This one is usually her favorite.  It's just the right size.  Sometimes she'll transfer..pour..dump her collected items around.  And lets be honest; anything will do as a container to her.  Bowls, cups, boxes, tupperware, envelope.  But, this bucket.. this bucket seems to be a hit.  It actually came with a lid with shaped holes in it and blocks to slide through ... but who knows where all those other parts are ... the bucket is the only important part, right?  To Kayden; right.

And I could go on and on about how cute her and the pups are, but the pictures explain it better.  They completely love each other.  Hugs and kisses are of the plenty between these three!

(Silly Dozer's tail, but I couldn't just toss this picture out.  They both bend down like this, it's so sweet!)

Kayden begs for kisses =)

This is her puppy chair - she sits right on the very edge.  Love.

Afternoon:  Brownies for daddy.

Hahaha - I think she looks like she's totally posing by this bowl.  Cracks me up for some reason!

"Hiiii!  Hii!  Hi! Hiiiii mama."

PM:  fun cuddles before bedtime.

<3

Play Dates!

The beginning of January is our anniversary, of "Facebook official datingness" hahaha ;-D  It's the day that we officially because boyfriend/girlfriend - it's the day we celebrate because we have no wedding anniversary .. cough cough ;-)  lol juuuust joking.  But we do celebrate it, we think it's awesome that we've already been together 4 years.  Time flies when you're having fun.

Dominic was prince charming this year.  He got a sitter arranged, and said that I should be ready by 4.  We had to drop munchkin off, and he wanted us "to our location" by the time the sun went down.  By the time the sun went down?!?  Wait ... you mean the man not only thought ahead, got a sitter, made reservations, but he thought about the SUN?!  Ok!  I wasn't going to argue! =)  So off we went.  He drove us up to the tram (The World's longest!) and we watched the sunset before heading in to get our tickets.  So romantic =).  Then we headed in, rode the tram up and ate at the restaurant at the top.  So much fun!

After dinner!

I swear I thought we took more pictures, but apparently not.  After a yummy dinner, we headed to the casino for a night full of fun - gambling, clean room, etc!  =D  It's rare that we get to go out and do "grown-up" things, and even more rare that we get to do what WE want, on OUR schedule.  A lot of times, we get a sitter because something is happening - a friend/families birthday, wedding, graduation, celebration.  It seems like there's always something - so being able to just go out the two of us, hang out and enjoy each others company, is extra special these days!

I am SO thankful to have him!!  He is truly my best friend, and the best daddy ever!!  I don't know how we got so lucky, but I sure am glad!! =D  Happy 4+ years handsome muchacho, & to a million more!

The other week - my friend Alicia was able to get away from work for a day so us A2K2 girlies got to go to the park!  =D  We also went grocery shopping for our double-fam dinner night and let the girlies share the "car" cart - soo funny!  They're a riot!

And the girl has the COOLEST shades! =D  (Thanks Addy boo!)

She is SO active!  She's tough, and daring, brave and independent.  She's rowdy and wild.  But she'll always be my little baby.  My little baby girl.  She really is all of the above though.  She loves to climb and slide, and run and jump(this is a new thing).  She bifs it and hops right back up like it never happened.  I don't know how she got so tough.  But she sure loves the park!  What a great place to get her energy out - and it's so much fun now that she can actually enjoy what is available!  ... Instead of just sitting.  Lol.  However, I must say - life sure was easy when she just sat by me.

She started pre-school this week and has been doing so GREAT!  The teacher says she is so brave, and doesn't even have any freak outs.  She blows kisses good-bye to me and is soo excited to see her bestie, Addy, when we get there and Ms. Kim opens the door!  She is going 2 mornings a week right now, and I can't lie - it's SO hard ='(  both mornings have been VERY emotional, but we think it will be good for her. She doesn't have any little cousins that she can play/learn with, so we think it's going to be beneficial for her to learn how to share, etc. with her bestie, and other friends her age.  She's been doing great so far - and has already picked up jumping from the other kiddos, and the fun bouncer that they have there.  I can't believe she's so big already =(  it's SO weird dropping her off and being all by myself.  That hasn't happened in SO long and is such a weird feeling!!  I'm very proud of her though =)  I think she's tougher than me!! 

This was a fun post - I wish I could spend every day on a date with Dominic and playing with our besties at the park!  It's awesome that the weather down here makes us able to do that in January! =D  I hear a rumor that it's snowing feet up at mom's house in Colorado!  

-xo-