Christmas Tree

We put up our tree around a week ago or so. And what I mean by we is that I got all the stuff out of the attic and Kristina put up the tree. Kaylee loved every single ornament. Wow look at that one. Oooh that one is so cool. This one is so pretty. Even though it was the tenth red ball that was exactly the same as the previous nine. Kaylee got to help put the ornaments up. The cutest part of the whole event was when she hugged the tree and said "I love you tree!" She's done that at least once every day since.

Peep Show

We went over to Joel & Judy's the other day. Kristina was out of town and we hadn't seen them in a while. Kaylee loves going over there. They're fun to play with. Joel wrestles around with Kaylee and Judy gives her lots of attention too. One of the main reasons she loves going over there is because they have 4 stuffed peeps. Do you remember peeps from Easter? We were finishing dinner and Kaylee said to us, "Ok, now it's time for the Peep show."

Big Day

I sent Kaylee to Daycare on Tuesday in underwear for the first time. She made it about a half hour before she wet herself. But on Wednesday I sent her again and she made it the whole day even after I picked her up without wetting herself. Big day! Our baby is a little girl now. Very exciting and sad at the same time.

Halloween

Kaylee had a great Halloween. We get very few kids at our house so we went over to our friends' Ben and Jenny's last year. We had such a great time we went again this year. Kaylee was a lady buy last year and a bumble bee this year. Her friend Gavin was a doctor this year. The wives took the kids out first and we handed out candy to the trick or treaters and then we switched spots when they came back. Kaylee loved getting all the candy. There was one house that was completely decked out. They had straw all over their yard, headstones, pumpkins, corn. There were a couple of guys hanging out in the yard scaring the older kids. They were really nice to the little ones but they were pretty scary looking. Kaylee didn't want to go up to the house so we stayed on the sidewalk and waited for Ben and Gavin. The house sent their little girl down to us with some treats. The girl said she was sorry we were so scared and gave Kaylee a hug and a stuffed black cat to boot.

BTW, Kaylee loves the pumpkin we got from the pumpkin patch. She kisses it goodbye and hello everytime we come and go from the house.

One More Time

This weekend we went over and saw my sister and her family for dinner on Friday. Kaylee and Maleah played really well together. Little Xaden is really starting to move. When he decides to crawl after something he's pretty quick. Saturday I went to my friend Brian's bachelor party and Kristina and Sandy took Kaylee to the Cheesecake Factory. On Sunday we went over to Randy's house to celebrate their anniversary. Kristina made a delicious lasagna for us to enjoy. Kristina and Sandy had gone to the store on Saturday and bought Kaylee a fun game. It's an elephant that shoots butterflies out it's nose called Elefun. This brings me to the title of the post. Whenever we try to stop something Kaylee is enjoying and move on to something else, it's always "One More Time." One more time playing a game, one more time playing a dvd/video, one more story, one more tickle fest, one more sucker, one more popsickle, one more, one more, one more. She shows us all that life's too short to put off what you really enjoy.

Busy Weekend

We started Friday night by going to a local steak house for Uncle Doug's birthday. Kaylee had fun. This place had peanuts and you throw the shells on the floor. She loved that. Saturday morning I went Lodge and got elected Treasurer. While I was there, Kaylee went with Kristina to a Halloween store to pick out a costume. She's going to be a bumble bee. Apparently she got really scared because there were some bloody skeletons in the store. Saturday night Kristina and I went to our friend Judy's surprise birthday party. She turned 30. So we gave Kaylee over to Sandy for the night. Sandy said they played for a while and that Kaylee wanted to go to bed. They read a couple of stories and she passed out. Lucky!

Sunday was a big day. We went to the pumpkin patch. It's a place called Maris Farms down near Bonney Lake. You can check it out online. http://www.marisfarms.com/ Kaylee got to go on a pony ride, a tractor ride, get her face painted (she got a penguin), watch some pigs race, watch some apples get shot out of a cannon, watch a monster truck and pick out the perfect pumpkin. We then headed for home and she passed out in the back. Quite a busy weekend.

Bed Time

Sometimes when Kaylee is having a hard time going to sleep we'll let her sleep in our bed. Last night Kristina and Kaylee went to sleep. I came in after an hour or so and carried sleeping Kaylee to her own bed. I'm not sure why but this makes me really feel like a dad. I remember being a kid and we had driven home from a Mariners game and my sister and I would be asleep in the car. My dad would carry my sister in first and then me. Most times I was awake but I'd fake being asleep so my dad would still carry me. Ahh.