Happy Anniversary!!!!!

Although I am a few days late with this post, I wanted to wish my wonderful husband a very happy 7th anniversary!! I can't believe how quickly these 7 years have flown by, and how our life has changed!!!! But I wouldn't trade you or any part of our life together...love ya, baby!!!!!!

Smith Mountain Lake

This past weekend we had the EXTREME good fortune to spend some time at Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia! The best part of all is that it was with Sherry, Kevin, Lindsey, and Bailey! They are so much fun to go away with...we had a blast!!!!!! I really love my family!

But anywho...back to the lake! The mansion, I mean house that we stayed in was A-MAZ-ING, and that is a SERIOUS understatement!! 7 bedrooms, amazing living areas, a gorgeous kitchen, decks and patios galore, the lake in the backyard, a boathouse with docks and lifts....I could seriously go on and on and on!!! It was fabulous...although VERY creepy when I was there by myself!! (By the end of the weekend, us girls were afraid to go anywhere by ourselves!!!!!)

I especially enjoyed taking over 600 pictures with my new camera....heeheehee!!!! I did manage to edit them down to 400, but it was tough! There was just so much beautiful scenery, not to mention my little princesses!! Here are some of my faves.....

10 Months Later.....

Well, here we are, almost 10 months since my last post....sigh!!! So I'm going to make a go of it again and try to keep everyone up to speed on my sweet baby girls!

Probably the biggest development of all is that Kalee has started KINDERGARTEN!!!!! She absolutely loves it and her adjustment to being gone all day wasn't nearly as ugly and horrid as I had feared! As everyone warned me, it was much harder for me than for the little scholar! She loves her teachers and her school, which is brand new and beautifully state of the art! (Seeing all the cool things that they have made me briefly miss teaching...but by briefly I mean less time than it took you to read this sentence!! ;-) I think that Kloe misses Kalee during the day but she is very busy playing with Phillip and napping, so she is surviving!!

Another major milestone is that Kloe is 1!!!! We were at the beach with Grandma, Grandpa, Sherry, Kevin, Lindsey, and Bailey for her birthday, so she had a beach party and then another soiree at home! She is quite the party girl!!! Here are some pics.....

So that is a start...I will post lots more pictures and try to share some of the fun things that we have done in the past few months!

Kloe is 4 Months Old!!

Well my little tiny baby girl is 4 months old already, and today was her checkup...I cannot believe how big she is getting!! As you can see from the picture (!) she now weighs 14 pounds, 5.5 ounces, and she is 24.5 inches long! That's a long way from 6 pounds, 11 ounces and 19 inches back on August 12! She had to get 2 shots for which she was very brave and only cried briefly, and now she doesn't have to go back until her 6 month checkup in February.

Kloe's loving big sis was very concerned about the shot situation, and even at one point said that she wished it was her that had to get them instead of Kloe. I decided to see how serious she was, so I told her that I would go ahead and tell Dr. MacDonald to give the shots to Kalee instead. Her face immediately revealed her panic, and she quickly corrected herself saying that she wished it were ME getting the shots instead of either her or sissy!!! And that's the kid who calls herself my BFF, people!!!!

The doctor said that she is very pleased with how she is growing, and that she seems to be a very social baby...she was talking to everyone in the office! Hmmm....wonder where she gets that!!

The Christmas Parade

Today was the Kernersville Christmas Parade, and in spite of the 30 degree temps with some crazy wind, we had a blast!! The girls all looked so cute all bundled up but still sporting their "Extravadance" sweatshirts...Kalee had on 3 shirts and a coat under hers!! But of course "Sweaty Betty" never once complained that she was cold! It was so cool to see so many people out to celebrate Christmas (and score some candy!!) even though it was so cold. It's just one more perk to living in K-ville!!!

By the way, we decided that it was too cold for Kloe to sit out at the parade so Danny kept her at home all snug and warm while Sissy made her grand parade debut!!

For some reason it will not upload the pictures so I will try again tomorrow to add them!

Off to the Mountains for a Christmas Tree...

We have had a very fun, very busy weekend! On Saturday we got up early and headed to Sparta, NC to find the perfect Christmas tree, after the girls found some presents in their shoes for St. Nicholas Day! Kalee got a game and some Christmas tattoos, and Kloe got a cute little "Baby's First Christmas" teddy bear.

So we hit the road and found the farm we were looking for, and the girls got their pictures with Santa on his sleigh, being pulled by some miniature horses! It was really cool, and we got some great pics!! Both of them did really well searching for the tree in spite of the fact that it was COLD!!!!! We were able to find a beautiful tree that I am just thrilled with...it is by far the best looking tree we have ever had!!! Kalee was so excited to decorate it, and she did a great job, especially right in the front on the lowest branches HAHA!! I will post pics of the finished product later as we still haven't put on the angel...Kloe was asleep when we reached that point and we want them both to participate!

Wow It's Been a While!!

I have been a major blog slacker lately!! We have been really busy, though, with not one but TWO trips home in November (lucky me!!!!!) and 3 different sets of company! It has been a fun month! When we were home for Thanksgiving Kloe got to join in on a longstanding tradition of "Black Saturday" shopping with me, Grandma, Jean, and Pauline, and she fit right into the routine! She was the happiest little shopper, just hanging out in her stroller and snoozing...she can definitely keep up with Mommy and KK!! It reminded me so much of Kalee's first trip with us when she was 5 months old, and she even wore Kalee's same "Born to Shop" bib! And Kalee, as usual, was an amazing shopper...those little legs must've walked 50 miles, and she didn't even complain. (Pauline, you were really good too :)

The girls were also patient little travelers on both trips. The first time was just us girls, then Daddy was able to join us for the Thanksgiving trip. (Thank God for that because it took us TEN hours to drive home on Sunday...I would have lost my mind!!!)

This week we have been keeping busy decorating for Christmas, inside and out. I am pleased to report that Danny's alter ego Clark Griswold has returned this year, and he has OUTDONE himself!! The yard looks fantastic, although I may have to sell a kidney to pay the electric bill this month! Kalee has done a wonderful job on the inside, and she enjoys rearranging all of it on a daily basis! We are heading to a Christmas tree farm to get our tree on Saturday so I will let you know how that works out.

This coming weekend on Sunday is the Kernersville Christmas parade, and Kalee gets to be in it with her dance studio. She got her special sweatshirt at class tonight and she is really looking forward to it. It's going to be pretty chilly but it should be fun...I get to ride with her on the trailer, so I'm pretty excited, too!