We celebrated the New Year a few days late with our Milwaukee friends!
Kaitlyn
Don’t judge. My children stayed in their pajamas all day. Then put on a new pair just to go to bed.
Happy New Year!
One last group photo before we left Collierville.
Granny gave Kaitlyn raisins once in the green cup. Kaitlyn was pretty sure it should stay full after that.
Kaitlyn seemed quite determined to get into everything today. I would move this little stool into another room and she would pick it up and carry it right back into the kitchen. (She’s not going to be hard-headed at all….)
Aunt Emmy’s got a lap full!
Kaitlyn wanted to wear her new kitty ears. Who am I to say no?
Christmas morning.
(Kaitlyn is much more interested in everyone else’s toys – She’s holding Alex’s new dragon.)
Christmas Eve.
I’d heard about this awesome Santa. The boys couldn’t wait to tell him what they wanted for Christmas and I couldn’t wait to take pictures.
I didn’t count on the torrential downpour, the bad lighting, my grumpy daughter, and my two seconds to take a picture. Oh well, it could have been fantastic.
Just waiting…
Everyone’s favorite part of the night…
Sometimes a dead car battery gives you just enough time for a picture before church.
It makes me so happy to find her in her room contentedly looking at books.
Do you see those mittens? She picked them herself.
(We have come such a long way – October!)
Music maker.
Wednesday. Already?
(Fun fact. Wade made the wreath above the kids with left over branches from our Christmas tree.)
It’s always a party at the Burch house.
I made it four months before she realized this cabinet existed.
Kaitlyn still has her own special way of letting me know she wants milk.
(She does actually known the sign for milk and I have seen her use it, but obviously she doesn’t find it very effective.)
Picture with Santa.
(Nailed it.)
It got a little too quiet so I went hunting for Kaitlyn and found her playing happily in the boys’ shower. I’m just thankful she can’t reach the knob for the water yet!
It’s Thursday evening. You will never guess where we are.
She’s into everything…
Granny and Pop sent Christmas books and handmade ornaments!
We do love Christmas pajamas in this house.
Sunday best.
Christmas tree successfully acquired.
She cried for me on the monitor, but when I got to her room she wasn’t really sure she was ready to be be held.
This morning they stole my bathroom.
(Kaitlyn’s face sums up the experience perfectly!)
She took three regular sized peanut butter crackers and created a monster-sized sandwich.
Sometimes the best way to wake up from a nap is by sharing a snack with some friends.
Notice anything? Look closely (at her hands).
Kaitlyn is wearing mittens and not screaming!!
I’ll admit there were tears initially, but when she realized she couldn’t get them off she quickly forgot about them and then didn’t get unhappy because her hands were cold.
Major thanks to these awesome mittens – not only do they keep snow out but prove impossible for Kaitlyn to get off herself.
Someone tried really hard to tickle our toes and make taking the next picture almost impossible.
Tree decorator (and hopefully not a destroyer).
Waiting patiently for her dinner – scrambled eggs.
Cousins on Thanksgiving.
This probably would have happened much more smoothly and sooner if we had realized she emptied her entire bottle of water into her carseat instead of drinking it.
Teamwork.
So far I have Kaitlyn wearing a hat and a scarf. Occasionally boots go on without an issue. Mittens are still a huge fight.
Loving her baby.
The happiest picture of Kaitlyn in the snow – taken in the first 20 seconds.
Some days you just don’t feel like a picture.
(Or that’s how 2/3 feel.)
Sometimes that bow just doesn’t do it’s job.
She wanted to wear Alex’s coat, and why not?
Girl on a mission.
Post nap.
She’s already trying to claim Alex’s work as her own.
Just a little morning reading.