Mother Like Daughter

This is one of my favorite pictures of me as a little girl. As Kyla is growing up I can see more and more of my features in her. Although she does have her own cute little face with her own features, you can definitely tell we're related. What do you think...does Kyla look like me?

Head and Hands

Kyla loves putting things on her head and hands.  Silly Girl! She did these all on her own doing too.  See for yourself!

*Those are marker lids in case you didn't know.

AMAZING!

My wonderful friend Tiffany is an absolutly amazing person and extraordinary photographer!  Even though her and her husband are moving away today, she took the time to take some pictures of Kyla earlier this week.  They turned out A-MAZ-ING!  Seeing her work truly inspires me. Thanks so much again Tiffany (I know I've told you a billion times already..but I really do mean it!)!!!

Here are a couple of our favorites.

 

  

Isn't she just the cutest and most beautiful little 2 year old you have EVER seen?  Even if you think you have a cute 2 year old, I'll still have to differ with you....Sorry, mine's cuter! :)  

p.s. I know you've been hearing a lot from me lately. I've posted everyday this week!  Go me! Hope you're not too sick of me yet!

Imagination

I just wanted to say that I think it's cute that my 2 year old likes playing with my old barbies.  Not only plays with them but as we speak she is using her imagination!  It's so fun seeing my little Kyla grow up!  She's laying on the floor, holding up a barbie saying, "You ready go?....Yes."  She also has the boy and the girl barbies dance together.  How do kids learn imagination anyway?  Is it something they just pick up, or do parents teach them?  What do you think?

One other thing...I think we're going to start officially potty training Kyla in the next couple weeks.  I can't decide if we're going to start next week or sometime after Christmas and New Years.  I already bought her pull ups and Elmo and Tinkerbell panties (she picked!) so hopefully that will get her excited to start!  Wish us luck!

Kyla Meets Santa

 

For the past couple weeks we've been asking Kyla what Santa says and she says, "Ho ho ho!".  We also have been asking Kyla what she wants for Christmas and what she's going to ask Santa for.  She says she wants a "Woody, Buzz and Baby Doll" except she says it all as if it's one word. Anyway, she's been excited to tell Santa what she's wanted for Christmas.  We had our ward Christmas Party last night.  We had a fun surprise visit from Santa!  Last year she cried when she was on Santa's lap but this year she wasn't afriad at all!  At first she was a little hesitant but then she got candy from Santa and sat on his lap.  She even told him what she wanted for Christmas!  It was soooo cute and fun. She's growing up way too fast! After she was done she gave him a hug and talked about him all night.  We told him he left on his sleigh and reindeer but that we would see him again in a week or two. (I'm going to take her to go see Santa at the store).  While we were cleaning up after the party, she wandered off and when I found her she said, "Santa go?" Meaning...where did Santa go?  Then she said he was with his reindeer.  Man...if she's this fun this year...she'll be even more fun next year! 

Randomness

This post is nothing exciting. Just a bunch of random happenings mostly. First, I just wanted to ask if this past month has seemed to fly by extremely fast for anyone else? I can't believe it's already almost the middle of December and I STILL haven't figured out what we're doing for Christmas cards this year. We haven't taken a good updated family picture in awhile so I need to get on that very soon and get them all in the mail!! Any takers on wanting to snap a photo of our family real quick? So if you're finding that you haven't received a card, letter or photo from us come Christmas time, just know that I am thinking about you and hope that you have a VERY MERRY Christmas! :) (Don't worry, I'll do my best at getting them out sooner than later...)

As for more randomness, I went to Idaho Falls last week to go grocery shopping. I've been wanting to spend some birthday money that I've had too so I went to Target and found some really cute shelves! I was so excited because now our apartment is looking a little more decorated and more beautiful than it was before! I also got a cool necklace and a new maternity shirt! I can still wear most of my "non" maternity clothes without a problem and most of the maternity shirts I own now seem a little big still, but they fit. Anyway, I was pretty excited about getting a new and cute! maternity shirt...not to mention it was on sale and short sleeved which made it even more exciting. Just a note about my pregnancies: I can't wear long sleeved shirts very often when pregnant (even in the winter) because I just get so stinking hot! I love the cute maternity sweaters and was almost tempted to buy one of those instead but realized pretty fast that I would end up taking it off 1/2 the day just to not die from over heating. :)

Kyla's birthday is coming up soon and I'm trying to think of some ideas for a party for her. Should it be themed? What kind of stuff does a newly 2 year old girl like to play with at a party? Do they even really care? What are your thoughts?

Well, that's all for now I guess. Pictures still to come...I promise!

What's YOUR guess?

I had another doctors appointment today at 17 weeks and everything is fine and dandy. My back has still continued to hurt off and on for the last month and the doctor suggested a chiropractor. Since my wonderful sister in law is a Message Therapist and specializes in Pregnancy and Labor Message, I'm planning on booking an appointment with her first before I do anything else!

I've been feeling this little one dance around more frequently too so that's been fun and exciting! Here are some fun facts from BabyCenter.com about how the baby is doing now.
"Your baby's skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to bone, and the umbilical cord — her lifeline to the placenta — is growing stronger and thicker. Your baby weighs 5 ounces now (about as much as a turnip), and she's around 5 inches long from head to bottom. She can move her joints, and her sweat glands are starting to develop."

If you haven't noticed already, I put a poll on the side of my blog. That's right folks...it's time to start guessing what gender Baby Denney #2 is going to be! Our next doctors appointment will be January 5th and that'll be the exciting day! Just for the record, I have had no "motherly intuition" on what the gender is. So I'll leave the guesses up to you! Happy Guessing!

p.s. more pregnancy pictures will be posted soon!