Christmas 2007

Christmas 2007 was VERY busy!! On Saturday the 22nd, we went to Joe's parents' house to celebrate Christmas with them. We had delicious food and opened presents!! It was a fun time!!

Then on the 23rd we went to my parents house to celebrate with the "Popp" family. It was fun for all the kids to get together and play! At one point all the boy cousins were putting ice on the "girls"...well, the only really mobile girl was Loren, so she got a little bullied that evening! But that's ok!

On the 24th we went to Peggy Kinanne's to have a few drinks with our friends there! Loren got to sit at the bar and even bartend for a little bit too! It was fun! Then we went back to my parents and had our family presents where we got out pajamas and gifts!

Christmas morning was one of the best mornings I've ever had!! It was so wonderful to see Loren's face when she saw all her presents!! She had been asking Santa for a doll house and she knew it was there!! She got so excited opening presents and then playing with all her new toys!! She got some dress up clothes, coloring books, puzzles, games, and of course her doll house! Kaylynn got her jumping zebra which she LOVES and she got a doll stroller to push around and a few other toys and socks! The girls both got a train table which they're enjoying very much!

In the evening we went over to the Wood's house to celebrate christmas with the "Harmon's" (my mom's side). Loren had fun playing with Colleen and Grace and Shannon! It was nice for her to be able to play with some girls!!

It was a very long and busy holiday, but fun as well!!!

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and have a great 2008!!!

Here are some picture from our holiday celebrations:

The girls in matching pajamas!

Christmas eve at Peggy's, working behind the bar with Derek

Santa brought LOTS of presents!!

Ooohhh...Kaylynn, what is it?!?

It's my ZEBRA!!! Yay!!!!!! So fun!!!

Opening presents!

Ooohhhh!!! Doll house!!!!!

At Aunt Colleen's house playing with the rocking horses!

The entire "Harmon" family!! Aren't we good lookin'!?!

Here are some videos of Christmas Morning:

Kaylynn 11 months old

Kaylynn is now 11 months old! I can't believe she'll be turning 1 in just a few weeks!! I remember last year how VERY pregnant I was!! I'm looking forward to Kaylynn celebrating her first Christmas with the family! It should be fun! Then we'll probably just celebrate with the family on her actual birthday (since most people are out partying that day)! Then we'll have a birthday party for her on Feb. 23rd. I know it's almost 2 months after her birthday, but it's the next weekend that works out for everyone!!

This past month, Kaylynn has been a very busy girl! She enjoyed her first Thanksgiving dinner, which she enjoyed! She's also starting to let go and take a few steps on her own. I would still say it's "graceful falling", but the attempt is there! You can tell she really wants to start walking! I'm hoping by Christmas!

Kaylynn does do a few "tricks"! She waves hello and good-by! She also signs "milk" and puts her arms up when she's "all done"! And she recently started playing peek-a-boo! But instead of covering her eyes, she covers her ears and get this big goofy grin on her face!! It's very cute!

We put our Christams tree up a couple weeks ago and so far she has been good with it! She doesn't really touch it much. The same can't be said for the cats!

Here are just a few pictures of Kaylynn:

Kaylynn 11 months old!

Sisters sharing an apple! Mmm!!!

Sleeping baby girl! She likes to sleep on top of her blankey! It's cute!

Kaylynn LOVES lasagna!!!

Where did Kaylynn go?!?