Zizi at Christmas

 Yep, we already let her open some gifts early!

I LOVE her!!!

2011 Christmas Card

I regret that I didn't send any of our Christmas cards out this year...I was trying to save some money so I made these from my computer and after I printed one, my ink ran out...To get a new ink cartridge would cost me around $50. So yeah, none went out. SORRY!

I do wish everyone a very Merry Christmas though. Hope your Christmas Eve Eve is going wonderfully!

ZooLight Safari

We had such a great time this year at the zoolight safari. Blakely loved all of the lights and music. She danced and danced the entire time. It was freezing, but nothing that a little bundling couldn't fix. We all rode the train around the zoo & Blakely especially loved this. She cuddled up to Daddy and watched everything. I'm not gonna lie, I was nervous about taking her on something like that since she throws her share fair of fits-BUT she did great. Upon request, we went over to the petting zoo which was open & saw her goat friends. We will definitely make this one of our traditions.

I can't believe we only have one week until Christmas. I know I say it all the time but life just flies by.

A visit to see Santa

3 words: Not a success!

We met Mimi & Gran up at the Bass Pro Shop yesterday morning. Blakely was terrified!!! Santa was so sweet to her-talking to her, playing with her. She didn't buy it! So anyways, Here are the pictures we turned out with:

Merry Christmas Everyone!

18 Months

So...I totally bombed on trying to get this post out last week.  Blakely is almost 19 months now-yikes!

Dear Sweet Blakely,

You have grown so much this month & I am starting to see such a big girl these days.  You love love love elmo & call him as you walk aimlessly around our house.  Then you find the remote and point it to the TV and say 'e-mo, e-mo'. Below you are enjoying some e-mo.

You love to dance. Rap music seems to be your favorite. You hate riding in the car and yell at Daddy and me constantly-the only thing that sometimes calms you down is music. When you hear a good beat, you start nodding your head and shaking your shoulders. You are so funny! If you are listening while standing up, you will dance circles around any room over and over.

You love shoes. All shoes! I catch you often wearing daddy's shoes, sometimes backwards. You love Mommy's rainboots. You are very picky about which shoes you want to wear. You love your elmo slippers and crocks the most. You call each shoe by a different name! I can't believe I don't have any pics of you in our shoes.

You love cookies. We made some sugar cookies the other night and every time you walk past the counter you yell 'co-co'. I try really hard to not let you have sweets but occasionally give in. =)

Where do I start with the trees??? You love the sparkly ornaments & lights. I mean you L-O-V-E them!

Lotion is another one of your favorites. You love to imitate me with any bottle pretending you are putting it on. Today when I was putting it on my legs, you ran in to the bathroom and stuck out your tongue and took a lick-then proceded to run out of the room laughing. Sometimes you make me laugh so much!

So, when we went to the doctor last week you did really great. We had to wait for a couple of hours, but you kept yourself entertained with some books. When the doc came in you were hilarious and fully entertained her with your personality. You are now in the 97% for height & 50% for weight. When the nurse gave you two shots you just screamed 'boooo-boooo', 'boooo-boooo'. No real crying or screaming-just boo boo. I couldn't help but to laugh, which made the nurse look a 'are you really laughing' kind of look.

That's all for now! I love you sweet girl! You are amazing in every way.

Iron Bowl, Christmas & Cookies

This year we decorated for Christmas while we watched the Iron Bowl. Let's just say, it isn't as easy to decorate with an 18 month old, so you can imagine how much of the game I actually watched. We also got to decorate some cookies to start off the season.

She just kept saying 'ooooh' to the Cinderella Ornament that Mimi gave her this year. She's my little Disney girl!

I promise to post tomorrow about her 18 month update. We have our 18 mo. apt at 9 so we will finally know her weight, height, etc.

Thanksgiving

We sure do have lots to be thankful for this year! I can't believe we will have another member of the Lyle family in just a short few months. We made our rounds on Thursday filling our tummies with lots of Turkey, dressing, and apple pie! I am so thankful for our families!