Christmas is almost here!

I failed to mention I took Kiersten to the mall to have her pics taken with Santa. But that was a bust! She would not let go of me, she was hanging on with dear life. We tried to get her to look at the reindeer, Christmas tree, bells but nothing worked, we even watched a few kids go up there but she was not having it. But she was not the only one that was afraid of Santa. Oh well there's always next year! Kiersten had her Christmas program at school, and did great! She loved jiggling the jingle bells, clapping and dancing. She did extremely well. She had a cow costume on and had even wore a head piece that she did not bother with. After the program she got to eat a cupcake....which she loved! On Thursday Santa came to her school, and I was told she did okay with him, she sat near him with the teacher and took her book and candy cane from him!
Then it was off to her doctor appt. The doctor said she was on target for 2. She was 29lbs and in the 75th percentile, and was 36inc, and in the 96th percentile. She got her last Hep B shot, she did great didn't bother her, she clenched but that was it! She gets to drink skim milk now and we don't have to take her back until next year, but I have a feeling we will be back before then.
Today I took Kiersten to the dermatologist. She has musscolleum contagious.....something like that. She got it from our neice. So we begin treatment with cream to get the eczema under control then we will work on the rash. The medicine was $144.....crazy if you ask me! Hopefully this will work because if not we will have to try something else, not to mention the money we will be out. They have a fish tank at the doctors office and she loved looking at all the fish and the frog. When we got called back, she cried because she did not want to leave the fish. I am debating about getting a fish tank, but i dont want that responsibility. We got her a fake fish tank for Christmas so hopefully she will enjoy that one just as much. Today at Walmart, Kiersten dropped almost the entire bag of pretzels on the ground, and then in the buggy. There were these 2 teenage girls, that helped me pick them all up. How amazing was that?! I love this time of year, everyone just seems a bit nicer!
I am starting to feel better. I am still getting sick but I can tell it's not that bad. I want to feel better, but then I think I will worry that something is wrong if I am not. I guess I am just a worrier. I am so glad I have a sweet friend that is pregnant with me, she always reassures me to think positive.
Christmas shopping is all done and we will be leaving this week. The fun part will be getting it all down there and back!

Kiersten's 2nd Birthday

I can not believe my little girl is two. It is truly bittersweet. I am glad she is getting older but I want her to stay my baby forever!
Her birthday was a blast! We did lots of stuff together. That morning, I took her to get her first haircut. She did great, I was worried about her curls but they seem to be even more curlier. Then we took her to Gaylord Texan for lunch and to see ICE. She had a great time and behaved so well. She also got to look around at all the decorations for Christmas. Then it was nap time for Kiersten so we went home. That evening Nick and I had to leave Kiersten with his cousin so we can go to his company's Christmas party....so sad I did not want to leave her! Before we left, I bought her a petite Dora cake so we sang Happy Birthday to her and she opened a present that we bought her.
This weekend was her "birthday weekend". On Friday I took her with me to get a pedicure and manicure. She did so great. She was so into the pedicure. I can see where our monthly get togethers will be in the future..ha! She got some red color on her toes with a Christmas tree sticker on them. No color on her nails. She sat very well while they finished me. Of course she had her iPad to occupy her...haha! Then we came home to take a nap and then it was off to take her 2nd year pics. She looked so adorable. She was such a trooper because it was cold outside. You can see her teeth chattering...lol! It was the fastest shoot in history! Friday night our family came. My parents, my sister and her family. Of course Kiersten loved being with Cheyenne!
Saturday we got ready for her birthday party. Got lots of Christmas shopping done...yay for me! My sister and I made little sandwiches of pbj, nutella, and cream cheese and jelly. There were drinks, chips and of course her cupcake cake and ice cream. She had a Dora party, with Dora decorations and cake. Kiersten absolutely LOVED her swimming party, but the best part was going down the big slide. Momma would never let her go down that slide during school. But she was such a big girl, went up the stairs by herself and went down by herself. All the kids I think had a great time, and swam for an hour and 15 min. You can tell they were tired after all that swimming! Then we ate, sang Happy Birthday and opened presents.
Kiersten's favorite presents are Big Sister Dora.....so appropriate! She loves playing with the babies. She also loves Cookie monster, you feed him cookies, and then the drawing board she got. All in all the party went well and I think the kids had a blast!
Christmas is almost here so at MDO, we have Kiersten's Christmas program at school. She gets to dress up and sing and dance. Sounds like fun....can't wait! On Thursday her 2 yr check up. Lots of milestones this week!

Something to be thankful for at Thanksgiving

Well thanksgiving came and went but not without something to be thankful for. My family and I are thankful for this sweet little baby in my belly. That's right Kiersten is going to be a BIG SISTER. We found out after our trip to Disney. I am 10 weeks tomorrow with nausea in full effect. Our sweet baby will be here June 30, but in reality if I have anything to do with it, it will be here earlier. We told our family with fortune cookies stating: Kiersten will be a big sister June 2012.
Now on to Thanksgiving. Nick's parents came on Saturday before thanksgiving, with our niece and nephew. I had to be strong not to show any signs I was pregnant and it was hard. So to say the least, it was a big relief for it to be told! We shopped, ate out, took Kiersten to the movies to see Puss in Boots....she did fairly good, until the end, but I was proud of her for doing so well. Wednesday before thanksgiving, Nick and I took the girls to see Mickey and Minnie on ice. Kiersten LOVED it so did Cheyenne. They both did so good and made lots of sweet memories. Thanksgiving we just stayed home. Friday we took Christmas pictures, Kiersten always does good with our photographer, but never when it is just us! I am so pleased with the way they all came out. That evening we went shopping and got lots of good stuff. Saturday was a relaxing day, had some pizza, then came home. That evening, we took the kids to the movies to see Happy Feet. I thought Kiersten would like this movie, but she did horrible during the movie. We might have gotten there too early too. No more movies for her for at least another year.
Special thanks to my wonderful husband for doing most of everything and my awesome mom for helping out where I couldn't.....y'all are awesome! Love Y'all!