It's Been A While...

Lets see if I can remember how to do this....

WOW, It has been a while since I posted to this thing...What a slacker! In all reality, we have been extremely busy. I'm now on night shift (which I'm not too fond of), and it has been a major adjustment. I have great respect for anyone who works night shift for a long period of time, I'm not sure how you do it. Josh and I are both on the countdown for classes left until graduation...Josh 3, Me 4.  We will both be done at the end of April. At that point Josh will have his MBA and I will have my BSN. I can't wait to be finished. The classes I've taken for my RN-BSN have been quite tedious. I'm still seriously contemplating grad school, but definitely not happening if I'm still working night shift.

The new job is going okay. It's a very different patient population than I'm use too and just the sheer size difference of the hospital was quite an adjustment for me. I'm on a medical telemetry floor (lots of infections, dialysis, COPD, CP, OD, etc).

Moving on to my favorite little girl...Kaylee is two and a half now and she is totally amazing. Her little personality is really starting to shine and its great. Her new favorite saying is "YAY!, I so excited!" She says this a lot in response to just about everything you make sound exciting...so cute!

I know I'm way behind on this but Kaylee made the most adorable bumble bee. She picked out her costume this year. We took her to Boo at the Zoo on the Saturday before trick or treat since Josh had class on trick or treat night. We lost her wings at the end of the night there. Luckily, trick or treat night was too cold and she had to wear her coat which would have prevented her from wearing the wings anyways. I took her trick or treating with Josh's sister in law and their kids. At first, she wasn't having any part of going up to people (especially if they were dressed up). Then once she saw her cousins coming back with candy, she decided she could do it :)

We also went to this place called Renick's pumpkin patch way back in October, lol. Kaylee had a blast picking her own pumpkin. She got to play and get her face painted as well. This is the place where you pay like 20 dollars for all the pumpkins one person can carry. Once you load the person up with the pumpkins, they have to walk a certain distance for it to count....Josh carried 11 pumpkins that day.

  

She is so imaginative. She loves playing babies and she feeds them, burps them, changes their diapers, puts them down for a nap, etc. She loves play dough, coloring, finger painting, etc.

Tid Bits

She loves the band Casting Crowns (like Mommy and Daddy)

She loves being called Princess

She loves her big girl bed

Now you just have to bare with me, I'm far behind so prepare for pictures as far back as Fall/Halloween. I have to play catch up :)

She is ready for Church...she has her sunglasses, purse, and one of her favorite travel toys (an electronic book).

My flip flops, play sunglasses and almost every single stuffed animal in the house in her bed!

Reading her book before bed. Love how she crosses her leg...too cute!

I thought this was funny, you might not be able to tell but when we were at Applebee's, she was concentrating so hard on coloring that she kept sticking her tongue out while she colored...how funny is that?

  

We were working on getting the Christmas Tree done. She really likes this Ohio State light house. She is a Buckeye!

Her imagination at work, having a picnic in the kitchen...she is setting it up for her babies. 

Trick or Treat with some of her cousins. Cutest little bumble bee you ever saw!

She finally got the hang of it, she was on a mission by this time :)

Daddy took her to pet the snake...

Probably one of her favorite things at the zoo....the carousel. 

This was the pumpkin patch...she really got into the hay maze this year!

All of the pumpkins Josh carried at once....11 total!

My girl searching for her perfect pumpkin...or three or four, lol. 

Having Fun!

My, my, my....Kaylee is 28 months old tomorrow. She is weighing in at about 27.5 lbs and is just over 3 feet tall. We completed this online height predictor that says she is likely to be around 5'9! Thank goodness she will not be as short as me, but does she really have to tower me?
 

She makes me laugh so hard sometimes. She has started calling us "Mom" and "Dad" sometimes. This makes her sound so grown up. She will walk up to you and say "I love you, Mom!" So cute it just melts my heart. She loves the sound of her own voice. She is constantly talking. It’s always "what are you doing Mom? What's that? And Watch Mommy/Daddy! She will come up to you and tell you all about whatever it is she is doing. The cutest conversations come from 2 year old's! Her sentences are coming along nicely and communicating with this child is hilarious. If for some reason you cannot understand what she is saying, she will repeat is 500 times for you until you figure it out, all the while looking at you like you're crazy for not understanding it the first time. One of my favorite things she says is "Mommy, I want to hold you". This is what she says when she wants us to pick her up and hold her....too funny.

Her imagination just kills me. She loves playing in her kitchen and making her babies something to eat. Her kitchen comes with a phone that makes all kinds of noises. She picks up the phone, punches in numbers and starts talking. She likes to rock her baby to sleep and then will come and "shush" you by placing her finger over her mouth.

She loves to read books. I am happy that she enjoys being read to and will take books and sit down and attempt to read them herself. So cute.

Since it is impossible to tell you about every cute little thing this kid does, I will call it quits for now!

Enjoy some pictures.

 Side walk Chalk! Gotta love it. Mommy, Daddy and Kaylee on the driveway.

We traced Kaylee and gave her a face and hair, lol!

 Go Bucks!

We traced Mommy...this was so funny.

Kaylee was trying to trace herself...how adorable is that?

Daddy...Kaylee wanted to give him pink hair. What a hoot!

Beautiful little girl!

Finger Painting! So much fun with a 2 year old!

Taking a break during our hike at Big Darby Park.

Exploring the creek with Daddy

Acorns she found on the trail. She ended up putting these in Daddy's pockets. Love this girl!

At the Zoo. One of our many trips. She loves animals.

 Playing in the backyard.

Totally Random Pic's

So these pictures will be totally random. I finally decided to download the pictures from our phones. Just think of these pictures as "long lost". Some of these have never been seen except by us. There are some of Kaylee as a baby and all the way up until now.

In other news, I'm still job searching :( A little disappointed that it has taken so long. I am so ready to start my career as a nurse. While it gets stressful, I have faith it will work out when it is suppose to. I am back in school. Almost done with 2 of 10 classes...April can't come fast enough! Doesn't really matter though, I plan on going back again after this AHHHHH! Yep, I'm thinking of getting my NP (Nurse Practitioner).

Josh is almost half way done with grad school. He finishes in April too! Josh is also searching the job market as we both have degrees we would love to use. I tell ya, one day soon this will all fall into place like it is suppose to.

On to Kaylee...She is in her big girl bed now! Totally awesome. Her very first nap was difficult to get her to sleep because she figured out she could just follow me wherever I went. Ever since then, pretty good adjustment. She has quite the imagination. She loves, loves, loves playing pretend with her baby dolls. She loves to feed them (and me and daddy), she changes their clothes and puts diapers on them. She is just amazing.

That's about all I have for this "quick" post.

Enjoy some pictures.


Looks so comfy...

She loved this horse...ugh Zoe for chewing it up.

Super cute morning baby smiles...hard to remember her being that small.


This is bread from O'Charley's. She went to town on it...so funny what we take pictures of!


Swinging at the park.


Her St. Patty's day hat.


She loves to hug trees...not sure why, but whatever :)


First Ice Cream Cone...


Wasn't quite sure about the driving thing...


Reading to one of her babies! So stinkin' cute


This is a table in our hallway upstairs...she loves this little nook!


This is the shopping cart at Meijer...totally amazing. It has a TV in it that plays cartoons. Give the girl a sucker and your set for a trip to the store.


One of her many snoozes in the car! Love the sunglasses :)


Relaxing out back eating a sucker...this is the life!



Wearing Daddy's flip flops.


Bath done, almost bedtime.

Big girl bed!!!! She was so excited!


She loves her big girl bed.


Ready for football season!


Daddy taking Kaylee for a pony ride...to bad Mommy is allergic!


Kaylee driving at The Ohio State Fair...she loved the kid rides.