About time to update....

Princess having a picnic with her baby (who is sitting on the stair).

These guys were very active, Kaylee loved it!

Kaylee loves the baby!

Kaylee and Ayla!

One of Kaylee's favorite animals...

Kaylee was in Heaven! She loves the drums.

Silly Girls!

Kaylee (with Karen's binoculars)

Kaylee and Kylee

Partners In Crime!

This guy was having a blast in the water...The girls loved it!

Cousins!

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For the very little amount of snow we had...Kaylee loved it!

Man-O-Man....it's been a very, very busy couple of months! I can't believe I haven't updated this thing since January...that's just plain awful! Needless to say, a lot has happened in that time. We have been very blessed. Lets see...Where should I begin?

First, Kaylee will be 3 next month...can you believe it? I sure can't! She is amazing of course. So smart. She loves singing and dancing and is curious about everything...her favorite word = "WHY?" We hear this ALL DAY LONG :) She loves being outside and that stint of 80 degree weather was awesome.We went to the Zoo twice in one week during that time. She got to go with her cousin Kylee (yes, it's Kaylee and Kylee) and then again with her daycare pal Ayla. I can't wait until summer when we can go all the time! As Kaylee would say (jumping up and down)..."that would be so AWESOME!"

Second, I got a new job! I was blessed with a position at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Pre-Op. I'm so very excited about this. I start at the end of the month. This position will give me a more regular schedule with weekends and holidays off! That is just too awesome!

Third, I finished school as of yesterday. Again, I'm so happy :) Graduation isn't until June, but I'm officially done with classes. I will start studying for the GRE now and then the next leg of my academic journey will be an NP program (either pediatrics or neonatal). But, for now I will enjoy this time off with my family and for the first time in 6 years, Josh and I will be able to truly enjoy a summer off together.

Lastly, Josh finishes his Master's program in 2 weeks and graduates May 13th (which also happens to be Kaylee's 3rd birthday as well as Mother's day). I'm so proud of everything he has accomplished and I couldn't ask for a better husband :)

I think this just about brings us back up to speed...

Christmas and More

Kaylee and Santa 2011..

 Santa #1

Santa #2

Funny Faces!!

Kaylee wanted to leave Santa's Cookies and Milk on her slide and wanted to take a
"picture" of it...too funny!

Checking to see if Santa ate the cookies and drank the milk she left him. 

We also put Reindeer food outside for the Reindeer's.

New Princess Doll House...Complete with Rapunzel! 

Yes....That is a Drum Set for toddlers....She loves it!

She smacks the drum sticks together and says "1, 2, 3, 4!!"

Kaylee really enjoyed building the ginger bread house this year. So much fun!

Just wanted to update some pictures...

We got Kaylee's pictures done before Christmas...I'm ashamed to say it has been a long time since we had her pictures taken professionally. She was fantastic getting her pictures taken and they look amazing.

We all had a great Christmas. I did not have to work Christmas this year which was awesome and I ended up on call all night for New Year's Eve night this year so we had some quality family time together. Kaylee really enjoyed all of her toys. Among the toys she received, she got a little princess guitar to go with her drums...we have a band forming at our house I think....to much fun, that's for sure. She loves that princess doll house and all her baby doll things she got. She also got a lot of Leap Frog toys. These are awesome because they help her write her letters and numbers and read her stories. She was certainly blessed with gifts from many people over Christmas and I would be here all day telling you about them. She is a lucky little girl to have so many people love her so much.

Josh and I are still on the countdown for school....15 weeks and counting for me and17 weeks for Josh. We are really looking forward to being done with school and we will probably take our first family vacation this summer. It will be the most deserved vacation ever!  :)

Oh yeah.....Kaylee is doing amazing with potty training. She is doing both #1 and #2 in the potty on her own (without my cue) and wearing panties all day (even when we go out and about and during her nap). So proud of how she is doing.

That's about all I have for ya now...Just wanted to post a quick update.