Christmas 2009

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

I know I know I am over a month late but I still had to publish it! Here is a glimpse at our Christmas this year. It was a great Christmas season for the Smiths. We spent the month of December looking at Christmas lights and drinking hot coco! Steve and I gave each other clothes and a few other little things but Katie was what made it such a blast this year. She was very excited for Santa to come and was constantly shaking the presents under the tree and guessing what was in them. She loved playing with her little people nativity scene and placing baby Jesus in the manger with his mommy and daddy! On Christmas morning she ran straight out for the tree and took her time (surprisingly) playing with each toy she got before moving on to opening up another one. She received many wonderful gifts and is still enjoying them today! I would say that her two favorite gifts over all were her kitchen and her tricycle. She was the angel in the family nativity scene and played her role perfectly! It was so fun to watch the season through her young eyes she was just so happy and excited over every aspect of the season! Needless to say I am already counting down until next year! I feel so blessed to have such a special little girl in my life!

Katie-isms #4

#1 As we were traveling to Utah we stopped for some fine dining at Dennys. While we were waiting to be seated I suggested to Stephen that he and Katie play that silly machine that has the stuffed animals in it that you try to grab the toy out of the machine with "the claw". Hopefully you know what I am talking about! Anyway Stephen said sadly they couldn't because the machine had a sign on it (that I had missed) that said it was out of order and Katie said, "awwww go get more order Daddy!" It made us both laugh out loud. Often we will be out of something such as milk and Katie will tell us to go to the store and get more so apparently the Dennys just needed to go and get some more order!

#2 Stephen's stomach was hurting and so Katie said, "Here daddy put my blankie on it and then I will tuck it around you, that would be sweet of me!"
It is pretty sweet of her especially because this wasn't just any blanket this was the blankie the one that Katie treasures!

#3 While looking up at the moon one night Katie asked, "Hey, who cut the moon in half!"

I love these little moments. She is growing up way too fast and I can't believe she is already 2 and a half. Childhood only lasts for a little while but you are an adult for a long time. I wish I could just hit the pause button for a little bit and keep her at each stage of life a little longer. Anyway treasure the little moments that is my advice for today!

Kaden's House!

Our little family went for a fun road trip to Utah to visit Spencer and Andrea. We were able to stay for almost two weeks! We had a lot of fun letting the cousins play and play! Kaden and Katie played super well together and had a blast with one another. We played in the snow, made cookies, went to some fascinating museums (hehehe), looked at Christmas lights, played games (for the adults), and basically had fun! Here are the pictures from our wonderful Utah trip! Katie misses Kaden and asks for us to go back and play again. I wish we all lived closer to one another but I guess I should be thankful for the time we do get to see each other.

Spencer and Andrea got new furniture and so Stephen and Spencer were moving the old furniture and the kids decided to take a ride!

All three Kiddos in the bath.


Out in the snow brrrrr! Katie loved playing in the snow especially when she could ride on the sled.








The daddies were great at chasing, throwing, catching, and rough housing with the kids.


Katie and Kaden playing at the indoor play ground in the mall












At the Christmas lights!




Katie being Katie!



Making cookies!


Just hanging out!





Bed time stories!

Katie's hair cut

I realize my blogging has been slacking lately and truthfully I have no idea why. I can only chalk it up to laziness and being busy with the holidays! Anyway I have a ton of things to recap before I can move on to the present but I accidentally uploaded these pictures of Katie's hair cut which actually took place after a lot of other things but oh well here they are anyway! Katie (as most of you know) has a mullet! I have taken her to get her hair cut before at Super Cuts and was told there was nothing they could do . I then waited it out for awhile and then I couldn't take it another day so I looked up a hair cutting place that specializes in kid hair cuts and took her there. Now they didn't do a whole lot and most people probably won't even be able to tell but they cut off two inches from the back of her hair which took away the mullet look considerably. This was a long explanation but to say the least I was happy with the results and the place was super cute and completely designed for kids. They had fun chairs that look like rocket ships or fire trucks and they even let the kids pick out a movie or show to watch while they are getting their hair cut.

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So this was probably like a month ago that I took her and she already needs it cut again (sigh)! But really look at the first picture of the back of her hair and compare it to the back of her hair after the cut, huge difference!