Catchin up

Last week was John's birthday so Kaylee and I went to visit him at work. She and I shared a Birthday Cake - Cake Pop to celebrate Daddy!

Every Monday I babysit a friend's 3 year old boy and 18 month old girl. It's also a great playdate for Kaylee, to have some girl time! Eliza is the only other little girl we know out here.


And in her spare time, Kaylee researches all the great deals at Joann's for me. What a good Kayteedids assistant!

1/16 Irish heritage...or something like that

Happy St. Patrick's Day! We all wore our green today, did you? If not, here is a little {pinch} from us! :) Kaylee had a loooong day being toted around by mom and dad while running errands, so by the time I got around to taking pictures of her in her holiday outfit, this was the closest I could get to a smile.

We did get a lot of kisses blown to us though so she wasn't entirely mad at us.


While we were at the mall, I had the brilliant idea to put Kaylee on the carousel for her first time.

(I think our camera man was a little dizzy watching us)

She was NOT a fan and although she didn't cry she clung to me and we eventually had to get off the horse and sit on the bench.


On our way home we got stopped by a train....a looooong train. So long that we turned the truck off and I was sitting in the passenger window taking pictures. Kaylee slept through the whole thing and John and I had a good time talking about the train. It was a coal train that probably had 75 cars FULL of coal. It was pretty cool...or maybe we're just easy to please living out in the boonies. heehee

a sunny day!

Helping Daddy build the new railing on the deck!

Looking for some help...

Does anyone have a friend who has started a small business and grown it into something big? Any kind of business will work. If so, would they be willing to let me pick their brain? I really just have a couple specific questions. You can email me or leave a blog comment. Thanks!!

BIG happenings

I don't know if the blog notifies my readers when I update one of my "pages" (the tabs above), so if not go click on the Kayteedids tab to read some cool stuff!! :)

Park Day!!!

Eeeeeeeee! Today was 68 and not raining or windy, so we went to the park!! This is the first day in MONTHS that we've been able to venture to a park and it was wonderful! We stopped at Chik-fil-A for some nuggets, fries and milk for a picnic. Then Kaylee had fun on the swings for awhile. If she could, I think she'd swing all day. She's like her momma, I'd swing all day if I could too! :D

Feeling Loved

Whew! We've been busy these last 2 weeks! My Dad and Michele came out to visit for a few days. Kaylee is definitely a Grandpa's girl!

We went to Red, Hot and Blue for some pulled pork. Kaylee actually had mini-corndogs and broccoli but refused to eat the oreo. (She doesn't like sugary stuff!!)



My dad and Michele went to Australia a few months ago and brought Kaylee a stuffed Kangaroo! Kaylee is a good Kangaroo-mama and wanted to feed her new baby.


I took my dad and Michele to the Raleigh airport the same day that I also picked up my friend Tara!! She came to visit us for 5 days. Kaylee loved the constant attention and I loved having Tara here. We even had a photo-shoot with my friend Beth.

Now the house is empty again and we're back to our regular routine. This was a great 2 weeks to tide me over until we get back to CA in June for Kaylee's 2nd birthday. :D

Pennsylvania

Last week we were able to fly to Pennsylvania to visit my Aunt Charlene and Uncle Tim. We coordinated our trip with my Aunt Jenifer and Aunt Luann from CA. It was a lot of fun spending time with all my aunts and Kaylee enjoyed the amount of attention she received!

Kate, John, Uncle Tim, Aunt Charlene, Aunt Luann, Kaylee, Aunt Jenifer

Uncle Tim showed John how to clear the driveway.

John got to use the Blizzard Wizard!

We drank a lot of coffee thanks to our personal barista!

We played a lot of Wii Golf and Bowling...we pretty much rock! ;)

Kaylee loved having Daddy home alllll the time!

We visited Jim Thorpe, PA. A cute little old town.

We had a delicious Turkey Dinner just like Thanksgiving.
We had an amazing time and can't thank our hosts enough. It's always so wonderful spending time with family.

playtime

Someone found a half done tutu in the craft room while I was sewing. She had it almost all the way on, so I helped her put it on and went back to sewing. Then she disappeared and when I went to find her, this is what I found.

Brrrr

Not a lot has happened since Christmas. We've had snow and ice which has kept Kaylee and I home most of that time. So we've had a lot of "stay in our pj's" days. We leave on Saturday for 8 days in Pennsylvania so I'll have far more to update after that trip. :)

We have a "rain chain" that comes off one end of the gutter into a bucket. This is what it looks like frozen! Pretty cool!!
Kaylee loves to be outside, and she was very sad that we weren't going out this day.
So we read books instead. She is a book worm! She "reads" as she turns the pages. Lots of gobbelty-gook, but I'm pretty sure she knows this book by heart.
And just because I haven't posted any pictures of Kaylee eating lately...
Popcorn shrimp Kisses!!
Being silly for the camera. She is a ham!