The Box!

This little one became obsessed with getting into this box tonight! She fell out like 10 times (Once giving her a bloody fat lip), but continues to go in it! Oh the joys of an empty cardboard box!

Cheesers!

Love the snotty nose that we have been dealing with!

She is now giving us what we call "Cheese" on demand! ha This face cracks me up!

Seaside Trip!

In the hotel looking out the window!

Fort Stevens Shipwreck

Cool Astoria bridge!

We bought a groupon a little while back to go to Seaside for a night stay/dinner. So we decided to go while eric is on break for school! We ended up getting there about 4 and got settled in...Then we took kinley swimming in the indoor pool, which she loved (after the initial chill of getting in). I wish I would have gotten pictures of that! Then we headed out to dinner at a local restauraunt. Which was delicious! Then we headed back to the hotel to put kinley to bed..(it took us a good hour) but once she was in bed we were able to relax and watch a movie! The next morning we drove up to Astoria to check out the sites, and stopped in Fort Stevens to see the shipwreck on the beach! It was a fun little family getaway!

Christmas Eve/Christmas Day!

We had such a fun Christmas this year! It was a little different not being by any family...but we have an awesome group of friends here that made it memorable...Along with our Kinley Bug! We got an invite Christmas eve to go eat with some friends..(Thanks Garlicks, we had a blast). Then we went home Opened our christmas pjs and read the christmas story. Then Eric and I got some hot cocoa and relaxed. Kinley was cutting her molars this weekend, so we haven't gotten much sleep...Plus, we have constantly been wiping her nose, and she had a slight fever on christmas eve! So it was a little bit of a challenge keeping her happy, but those presents on christmas sure did the trick! We looked at our stalking christmas morning then went to sacrament meeting. Then we came home to open presents. Kinley opened about two presents and then just wanted to play with those and not open anymore! So we helped her out a bit! That night we had some more friends over for a nice Ham dinner and Games! We had a blast, Thanks everyone for the wonderful christmas gifts and memories...We loved it!

Tired Bug!

Last night Kinley was a pretty tired little bug. We took her out of the bath and laid her on the bed to put lotion on. The next thing we knew she found her blankie and her pacifer and had cuddled up into a little ball completely naked! We let her lay there for a few minutes, and I don't think she would have budged if we didn't make her get her clothes on, which she was not happy about! She would have slept that way if we would have let her! She has been skipping out on her 2nd nap of the day, so It looks like we are going to have to scoot her first nap back a little and stop the 2nd naps all together :( sad day! I loved those naps! She is growing up too fast, making us laugh with new things she is learning everyday...We have quite the little character!

Zoo Lights

A few weeks ago Eric and I won tickets on the radio to go to the "Zoo Lights" in Portland. We got a family pack so we invited some friends and headed there to see all the fun lights. It was fun to watch kinley, she loved seeing everything and got really excited if we let her touch the lights! It was pretty chilly out, but definetely worth the trip!

Santa Claus Time!

We had our ward Christmas party tonight and therefore, Kinley got to meet Santa Claus. Santa didn't show up until about 8:15, so she was already grumpy (past her bedtime) and well she just thought he was a pretty scary guy! When I finally took her back she kept looking back at him and whimpering....at least she entertained everyone around her! Maybe next year she will like him :)

Climbing down stairs!

Kinley has been trying really hard to go down the stairs this week! I would sit about 4 stairs down and let her try over and over again....She had some pretty good tumbles, but she was bound and determined so I let her keep trying...Now she is doing much better, and is finally starting to get the hang of it! She is such a cheeser too, she loves to play at the top of the stairs and give us this big grins! Love this girl!

Christmas Lights Parade

Every year the city of Forest Grove put on a lights parade down mainstreet. It was a lot of fun to see kinley looking at all the lights and people as they walked by. She wasn't as enthusiastic about it as I thought she would have been (I think because it was really cold). But she sat there quiet as could be in awe of everything :)! It was a good sized parade too, that lasted about a half hour! We love living in this fun little town!!!