This is what happens when...

Dad gives me a bath while Mom is at the store. He thinks he knows how to comb my hair to make me look pretty.


We are all ready for Christmas but there are not any presents underneath the tree. Kendall likes the bows! We are excited to be hosting a Christmas party tonight with friends and lots of kids. I will post pictures soon.

Christmas break has begun!

Shane and I were both so ready for our 2 weeks off of school and probably something we take for granted at times. We love our jobs and are so lucky for the breaks we get during the different times of the year. We started out the break by working all day Friday, going to Shane's basketball game in Anacortes Friday night, then heading to Longview (where we arrived at 1:00a.m.) for our friends Dominic and Lisa's wedding. Shane was in the wedding on Saturday. We left Kendall with my parents for the weekend (my 1st time leaving her for 2 nights) and it was a nice break. I didn't do a very good job taking pictures but the wedding was awesome and so well put together. We are so excited for them and can't wait to go see their new house in Portland this spring.


Yesterday was our 1st official day of break because we were able to be home. The weather has been so cold which I don't like but at least yesterday we got some pretty snow for about a half hour. I finished my Christmas shopping, which is always a relief and then Shane's team had a game last night which they won in overtime!

Basketball Season is here

Shane basketball season is here which makes our lives change for a few months. He is a little more stressed at times and I am home by myself more often (but now I have Kendall to hang out with). We haven't missed a game, though we have missed minutes from games due to Kendall getting wiggly in the stands so we go out in the hallway to let her crawl around or walk her in her jogger. She has been doing pretty well so far even though the games start at 7:30 and she is usually going to bed at that time if we are home. We head to Chelan for a tournament after Christmas. Here are some pictures of her at halftime crawling around on the court.

9 months

Kendall had her 9 month check-up the day before Thanksgiving. She weighed 23 lbs. 10 oz. and was 30 inches long. She is now on the MOVE from room to room in the house and getting into things that aren't put up high enough out of her reach. She got her 3rd tooth last week too. One of the top fangs (I am not sure of the exact name for it). Here are some more pictures that Rachel took...I decided not to wait on all of them.

Sneak Peak

On Thanksgiving morning we woke up to a couple inches of snow and it snowed most of the day. It was so pretty. We also had one of our friends (former student) come over and take some family pictures and some pictures of Kendall. Kendall was pretty much done with pictures after the family ones and ready for a nap but Rachel captured a couple good ones. Here is a sneak peak of some pictures. I am saving a couple for Christmas cards.

New Tricks

I am officially crawling FORWARD. I have been going backwards for a month but finally figured out how to get where I want to go. I can also pull myself up onto things like the fire place mantel (and try to touch the hot glass), couch, and even stood up against the sliding glass window today then fell and hurt my head!
Here are some recent pictures of me...

Playing with Isabella. My Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Kyle, and Aunt Michelle went to Maui for Thanksgiving so I get to have Isabella at my house all week to play with. She is so good with me. My Mom and I were invited to Maui too but Mom didn't want to leave Dad home by himself because he started basketball last week and wouldn't have been able to go. I am sure looking forward to basketball season!

I like to play in Mom and Dad's closet when they are putting their clothes away. I like to crawl under the hanging clothes and hide.


Don't let this picture fool you...I still don't hold my own bottle. Mom was impressed so she went and grabbed her camera and I held it just long enough for the picture.

My First Halloween

Since this was my first Halloween I wanted to do something special so I decided to dress up as a skeleton (See Below)





I also wore my costume to daycare. As you can see, so did some of my other friends at daycare. Here we are beating up this kid at daycare named Daniel. He is from New Jersey and moved out here recently (My back is to the camera, ready to strike Daniel)




Unfortunately, Daniel brought his landlord to daycare later that day to confront me and my friends. My daycare doesn't take kind to outsiders though so my teacher confronted them at the door (See below)



As a result of this confrontation, I am now entered in the All-Valley Karate Tournament where I will fight Daniel in a rematch. Stay tuned for further updates on my training.