SANTA!

Lex was off today so we decided to take the girls to get their picture taken with Santa.  Kalli was a little upset while we were waiting in line so I figured she would be crying.  She ended up doing so good!!!  Kagen was being so bashful at first.  She couldn't wait to go see Santa but once she got up to him she was a little star struck. 

Here's pictures from the last 3 years...

2008

2009 (I love this one! Ha!!)

2010

Last day of school and PaPa's Birthday

Yesterday Kagen had her last day of school for the year and her Christmas party.  I wasn't able to make it to the party but another Mom took a couple pictures.  She had so much fun and her teacher said that she loved handing out presents to everyone. 

Kagen brought this adorable ornament home.  I love it so much! 

We took a Christmas present to her teacher.  Kagen was obsessed with the cupcake on the bag! 

I made these addicting pretzels for her friends at school.  My sweet friend made me some really cute tags for them.

That night we went to my parents' house to celebrate my Dad's birthday.  Kagen didn't have a nap so she was very hyper.  By the time we got home, both girls were passed out.

Helping us set the table.  I think she gave everyone about 5 plates each.

Happy Birthday PaPa

Sweet babies!

Catch up

I haven't had time to write a post in a while so I thought I would play a little catch up while I have a few minutes!

We've had so much fun these last couple of weeks with play dates, lunch dates, spending time with family, Sunday School parties and all kinds of fun around the house. 

Last weekend my mom, sister and I had our annual shopping trip.  We had so much fun and tons of laughs!  There is never a dull moment with us, especially when the GPS likes to play tricks on us! haha!! 

One of my favorite stops of the trip....Fuddruckers!!!

This was our second Target to visit during out trip.  What can I say?  We're suckers for a Super Target!!

Wednesday started out pretty normal....  Kagen painted her nose and said she was a puppy dog.  She has such an imagination.

Then our day turned ugly.  She was climbing on the back of our chair and fell.  She hit her mouth on the glass side table and cut her gums.  Her teeth and lips were fine.  I panicked!!!  I decided to take her to the Dentist I use to work for to see if anything needed to be done.  He said that stitches would cause more harm than good.  She already looks much better.  It was so scary though!

I had to snap a picture of Kagen's hair before I took her to school Thursday.  I blow dried it the night before and it looked so long the next morning!

That night Bill Bill and GiGi took us to Santa Land.  Kagen had so much fun!!  She loves looking at Christmas lights.

They had a cute gift shop too

I love this sweet picture

Ever since I brought the Ginger Bread house kit home Kagen has been begging us to put it together. 

Last night Kagen got to see Santa at our church.  She couldn't wait to go sit on his lap!  She even tried to cut in line. ha!  I really thought she was going to be afraid of him. 

These girls are so funny together



Santa asked Kagen what she wanted for Christmas and she said, "A surprise!"  Later I asked what kind of surprise she wanted Santa to bring her and she said, 'A good, loud surprise."  Oh goodness!!



Santa Claus rode in on the fire truck.  She LOVES fire trucks.  I have such a tom boy. 

Church, graduation and a Doctor visit

On Sunday we took Kalli to church for the first time.  She went to Sunday School and in to big church with us.  She did good!  She was a little noisy but Lex assured me that it wasn't as loud as I thought it was.  ha!  After church we had lunch at my parent's.  Some of our cousins were in town so we got to visit with them too! 

We planned on taking family pictures at my sister's house that day, but it was too windy and we didn't want to risk getting the babies sick.  We ended up going to the club house where Mo and Pop live.  Kagen wanted to do the picture taking.  I have about a 100 random pictures on my camera that she took. 

This is one of the pictures Kagen snapped. 

I thought getting one child to look and smile at the camera was hard.  Now it's twice as hard!! 

My sweet niece Ciara. 

After pictures we went to visit with Mo, Pop and Charlotte before heading home.

Monday night my parent's watched Kagen so we could take Kalli to her NICU graduation.  It was wonderful seeing the nurses and doctors again and all the other families. Kalli did so good and loved looking at all the other babies.  She had her graduation picture taken and got a cute t shirt.  I wish we could have seen all the nurses that cared for her but, I'm thankful for the ones we did see.  They are all amazing people that really care about their patients.  I could never thank them enough for the care they gave Kalli.  They ALWAYS had smiles on their faces and were so encouraging. 

Dr Morris is an amazing woman!  She took such great care of Kalli and always explained things where I could understand.  She was the one that admitted Kalli AND discharged her.  We were so blessed by all the Doctors but especially Dr Morris. 

Dale was one of the sweet nurses that helped us.  We also knew him through a mutual friend and he was a patient of mine when I worked for Dr Black. 

Ericka(left) and Jennifer(right) are two of the sweetest girls you will ever meet.  They are angels.  Ericka was one of the NICU nurses in the delivery room with me when I had Kalli. She took such good care of Kalli.  Jennifer is equally as wonderful.  She knows my sister and a friend of mine so it was a blessing to have her as well! 

 Sunday night we noticed Kagen had a rash on her sides.  (She had been taking Amoxicillin for about a week for a double ear infection) We gave her some Benadryl but, the next morning the rash looked worse.  I called the Doctor but, they were booked up so they scheduled Kagen to come in the Tuesday morning.  It worked perfectly because Kalli was getting her second Synagis shot. 
So yesterday we got up early and headed to the Doctor.  The Doctor thinks it could be an allergic reaction the the antibiotic or it could be something else but, she doesn't want to risk giving her the medicine again.   So no school for Kagen at all this week and she is going to be taking a steroid medicine and Bendadryl.  Fun!!  Hopefully it will clear up fast.  I know she has to be miserable!! 


This weekend I am suppose to go to Grapevine with my mom and sister for our annual shopping trip.  I'm really looking forward to it but, I am also nervous about going.  This will be the first time I've spent the night away from Kalli since she came home.  I know she will do good, it's me that will be a nervous wreck.  And I hate leaving Kagen when she has this rash.  I hope it goes away by this weekend.  It will be a nice break but I know I will be SO ready to get back home. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!  Ours was filled with food, family and tons of fun!  We started our day off at my parents house before heading to Nanny's.  Kagen loved keeping us all entertained.