A Day at the Park

From the moment I took her to the park as an infant, she loved it. In the beginning it was all about people watching. Then as she started "moving" more and more she was eager to get involved with the big kids. Now she thinks she IS a big kid. She runs and climbs... God only knows when the first cast will be put on.

How could you not fall in love with this smile over and over again?

What a big girl - doing this all by herself!

"Dadda - push me higher!"

"Weeeeeeeee"

The big girl slide.... I love this picture!

Happy Thanksgiving

This was our 5th year hosting Turkey Day. While last year it was fun b/c we had a new little baby, this year was more fun b/c Kayla was able to eat the food we ate. Although it was difficult to keep her out of the kitchen at times (with the oven being on and such)... Plus now she can reach over the top of some of the counters... which means we can't have alot on them. With limited counter space and her desire to climb on the chairs or push them to the counter and climb out... someone really has to be watching her all the time! I got her a little turkey to play with and printed out some cute pictures that she was able to sit and color. She had a great time. The normal bunch was here... Brian's immeadiate family. This year was extra special b/c my Uncle Robert joined us. It was nice having my family celebrate with us as well... although it always opens the door for criticism...

My little turkey with her turkey!

Attempting to help me set the table

Helping with the mashed potatoes - putting them in the pot!

More potatoes!

It's not Turkey Day without the Stuffing! She was a great stirrer!

A new way to drink out of her sippy cup... put it in Mommy's Ugh! Creative!

Those are some big shoes you have Kayla!

Kayla and her Daddy!

Photo with Santa... not as easy as last year!

It seems that we will be carrying on the tradition of taking Kayla to visit Santa the day before Thanksgiving (before the malls get mobbed). We went to the same Santa as last year and we did not have quite the same results.

At first she was curious... starred at him...

Then she got a little closer to mommy as we made our way over to him...

Then she held on for dear life and started screaming!

This was Santa's idea of how to effectively capture the moment without Miss Kayla knowing a thing!

1st Minor Concussion... UGH!

So Kayla had her 1st visit to the St. Barnabas ER yesterday! A slight incident on a slide caused concern for a minor concussion... But when they tried to do the CT Scan, she would not sit still. By the time we were re-evaluated by the Dr. he thought she was fine as it had been about 10 hrs since the incident. Our initial symptoms were a huge egg on the side of her head, vomitting about 3 hrs after, no sleeping.

Here is our little patient after the Dr. told us we could go home. How cute in her little gown?

What does Cookie Monster do?

At a recent lunch outing with my best friend Melissa, we were asking Kayla who each of the Sesame Street characters on her placemat were... when we got to Cookie Monster.... she DID what Cookie Monster does. Here we are trying to show Daddy!

Climbing Bear - Part 2

It seems that Kayla will be following in the footsteps of her Daddy... although doing such at a much earlier age than he was. She is climbing on everything! Hey at least she is chewing on stuff a little less... But now I can't even go into the kitchen without finding her on top of the coffee table. It's truly only a matter of time before she realizes that she can pull her rocking horse over to the gate and try to climb over THAT!

Someone else's Neice!

Excited fills the Wilson family once again! Kayla will be getting a NEW Aunt very soon.

I know, usually the announcement is about a new baby...

Well Uncle Denny finally proposed to his girlfriend so now Kayla is gonna get a new Aunt!

Here they are last year at Uncle Kevin's wedding!