Happy New Year, Everybody!

From our home to yours. Happy 2009!

Pure Silly

Miranda made a beeline for her bed following her bath.

She didn't have any trouble finding her "happy place."

Yes, we shop at "Silkies-R-Us."

What lurks beneath the blankets.

Having fun with Mommy by kicking my legs wildly
and cackling a bunch.

Little Miss Bedroom Eyes

Wordy, Wordy Aunt Julie's 30!

We hope this gets your special day off to a fun start!

xo MK, L, & R

Santa Made It!

Looks like someone nibbled on the cookies and carrots.

Santa left a thank you note! Classy.

He filled our stockings.

Joey is checking out all the presents!

A flashlight!

A magnifying glass!

UNDERPANTS!!!

Shock O Lot.

(That's how I say it)

Buckets!

Slinky!

A tea set!

Hoola Hoop!

Go Gators Soccer Ball!

A "digger!"

(Bulldozer)

Puzzle!

The Big Reveal

Christmas Eve Happenings

We had a big Christmas Eve at our house tonight.

As you can see, everyone came over.

I helped pass out presents.

Occasionally, "EborahDeborah" gave me some lip stuff to wear.

I helped people open their gifts.

Look what Mommy and I made for Daddy.

Uncle Ray really got into his presents.

Hi, Krista and Nana.

Everyone got some presents.

Mimi and Papa sent a present from SoCal that is "like SoCool!"

Mid Happy Dance.

I like to Move It, Move It.

You had to be there.

It was a musical Festivus all around.

Daddy got in on the action, too.
Shake it, Daddy!

Mommy took several pictures of me playing my drum.

In EVERY picture I am naturally (without prompting)

holding the sticks the right way.

How do I know that?

DNA, people, D-N-A.

Look, Auntie JuJu (or Goolie) sent me some

salad for the kitchen. She's a vegetarian.

The reindeer are vegetarians, too.

Santa is a cookie-tarian like Mommy.
He doesn't even care if you drop them on the floor.

How many points for a 2-year-old in the net?
Soccer field, here I come!

Santa, in case you read blogs:

This is what my house looks like.

I put a picture of you by my door.

I know it's raining really hard.

I started to cry in my bed because I thought

you might not come in the rain.

Mommy said that the "rain"deer will still

be able to get you to all your destinations.

Be safe and hurry. Thanks.

Merry Christmas, Everybody!

xo MK

Holiday Greetings!

I'm ba-aaaack!

Christmas bows and stars

I have found my kitty cat's favorite hiding place.
She has been living under the tree for the last three weeks.

My New Jungle Gym

Hey, everybody! Mommy and Daddy brought home

a fun new "toy" for my bedroom.

Toddler Pilates are great for flexibility and strength.

Now, it converts to a gymnastics apparatus.
Watch my mount.

And dismount.

Look! I stuck my landing.

Going for the Gold

(or to the hospital -- who knows?)

My Baby Sleeps in a Big Girl Bed

Well, sort of. She's sleeping NOW. Hmmph.

After a disturbing moment when Randy found

Miranda perched on top of the corner of her crib

unable to get down, Randy and I decided

someone was going to get their "Santa" present early.

Miranda dressed for the inaugural event in her

Fairy Finest and contributed to the "making" (or unmaking

depending on how you look at it) of her new bed.

How many blankets and/or tu-tu's does one need to sleep?

5 blankets, 2 tu-tu's if you're Miranda Kate.

Mommy collected the tu-tu's/strangulation devices
as Miranda settled in to sleep (ha, ha, ha, ha).

Close your eyes.

No, that's more like "cheese!"

Okay, there you go. Sort of.

Closing your eyes that tight looks like it might

cause a stroke, but we'll take it tonight.

The Power of Grandparents

Between a new Disney princess outfit from Mimi and an escort to Santa (Trip 3) from Nana, I successfully sat with His Holy Christmas-ness for not one but several photos. Mommy and Daddy think the collective power of the the grandmas got me over the hump, and everyone will get to enjoy the photo shoot when it arrives in your mailboxes in a few weeks.

Have a great first week of December!