Present to past...♦

Here is our crazy update since before Thanksgiving. Basically this is a photo album with some captions!
Above: Josh's good friend from back home, Candace, and her fiance Brian came out to visit us the other weekend and we had a great time eating some awesome chocolate peanut butter cup pie and getting to know each other better. It was a great time and we hope to visit with them again soon.

I finally got the idea to put some of Kaylee's bow clips on her ponies to make them stand out more so here she is. I just love that I can pull her hair up now. It is really coming in now! I just wish it wasn't so mohawky looking! Hehe! Perfect for a pony though!

Above is Kaylee and her new friend... Josh and I asked mom and dad Kovalik to keep Jordan for a month while we try to sell our home. It just makes it easier with people coming to view our home. We would hate to have to put Jordan in a tiny cage all day and I feel like I would be turned off if there was a pet in the house I was looking at to buy. Soooo... as most of you know Jordan is like the love of her life. Seriously she tries to kiss him on the mouth all the time and loves to cuddle with him.
Soooo... Kaylee has been having night terrors since Jordan left. I am convinced that Jordan leaving is the reason for the rough nights. They started right after he left.

Sooo... the other night we were blowing some time at Target (just Kaylee and I) while someone was touring our home. I decided to take Kaylee to the toy isle to look at the baby dolls. In the same isle Kaylee found a dog that came in a bag and she walked right up to it and said, "Awww, awww, awww" in her sweet voice. She really liked the dog and it was the only one of that kind. So, we left and went home and then I realized that I had to get this dog for her.
So Josh and I went to Target the other morning while Kaylee was at my moms and I had to find that dog. When I went into the isle there was a grandma there holding that one dog that Kaylee had liked. I wispered to Josh, as the lady stood there still looking like she wasn't sure what she wanted, "We have to stay and see if she puts it back. That's the dog!"
Well, the lady didn't put it back.
So we left and I begged and begged like a child for Josh to stop at the other Target to see if they had the one. He didn't but a day later I went to the other Target and there it was. The dog she loved. Butttt... the hair wasn't as nice as the one the grandma got away with.

Sooo... after standing there for forever-and-a-year deciding I saw this other cutie dog that I fell in love with and knowing how alike Kaylee and I are, I thought she would love this dog too. But it didn't come in a carrying bag so I had to buy that and of course she needed a shirt just like Jordan wears so I got a shirt for her that says "Glamorous" Haha! This reminded me of when we were on the way to the hospital to have Kaylee. I just kept singing the whole way (becuase I was just so so excited) "G-L-A-M... O-R-O-U-S" that Fergie song. I remember saying that that could be Kaylee's song.
So, basically the shirt was perfect. Below is Kaylee Rolling around on the floor with her new friend.

So here is Kaylee's dog. I think we might have another Nolan. Kaylee is not able to function now without this dog. She has started wanting to take this dog everywhere. She didn't even want to put it down to put on her coat today. She did not want to leave it at home she wanted to hold it the whole way to school today and the whole way home. Luckily when I was getting her out of the car she didn't notice that she was no longer holding it.

When we got home the first thing she did was walk into the kitchen with her dog, take down the dishtowels, cover her dog, said "Night, night" and then started to pat her dog. Hehe! She loves to cover things with blankets or towels and then pat them (including her pacifier).

ANYWAY!!!! I need your help. This girly dog needs a name! I'm thinking something like Mitsy or Lily or Lulu or Daisy... What name do you think would fit this little dog? I need your ideas! It does not have to be one of the above names... just something cute.

Above: One of Kaylee's new favorite words is "wow". She laughs when we say that word and "bubbles". She loves to say "oh" and "wow" right now though.

Below is our tree. I cut it fresh at Target. Haha... sike... it's a fakey one. I wanted to get Kaylee a tree of her own for her room anyway so this will become hers once we get another home. I want to surprise her and her siblings with a special present under their own trees in thier rooms on Christmas Eve in the future. Anyway... back to our fakey tree-We didn't want to set up a huge real one because of the mess and becuase of it taking up too much space in our house for when people come through. We are trying to make our home look as spacious as possible.

Below Kaylee is putting on a Christmas ball... well more like playing with it... uh-oh... hold on... I'll be back... a night terror is in progress!
I'm back. That was the easiest one so far. Maybe she is getting better. Does anyone know why kids have these? Could it be that there are a ton of transitions for her right now? I keep saying that I need to research these but just haven't yet. Maybe tonight. Has anyone dealt with these before? I would love your advice.

Above: I just love Kaylee's cheesy smile. It is a total Josh smile!
Below: This is my side of the family's pic that we got done a couple of weeks ago. I just randomly decided to take a picture of the picture and post it for all to see.

Here come the Thanksgiving pictures. Everything is all out of order but ohwell. kaylee was zonked after playing with her cousin Audrey and family. I thought this was cute!

Aunt Katie, Uncle Kenny and Aunt Karie were making scary monster noises which made Kaylee laugh and make silly noises back.

We did a photo shoot outside with Kaylee. I just loved her outfit and I had to take pictures of her in it. We haven't done nice pictures of her in a while.

Below: We were laughing so hard. My cousin Chelsea was taking the pictures here while Kenny and my other cousin Brittany picked up leaves and threw them in the air to look like they were flying past. I don't know who had the idea but we couldn't stop laughing at how silly it was to have leaves thrown at us. Most of the pictures are of me just laughing with my mouth wide open.

FINALLY we have a new family photo!

I love the picture above of Kaylee saying goodbaye to Jordan. Her face is hilarious.

Kaylee with three of her favorite items. She has started kicking balls around the house and her teachers told me that she was dribbling a foam block around the room the other day. She makes her soccer playing mommy and daddy very proud. Also, there is the remote that you can only see a little of. Lastly, there is a shoe. She loves to help Josh with his shoes when he gets home from work and she loves trying to put on my shoes and anyone else's that are lying around. She is going to be a shoe girl. Some girls are purse girls or jewelry girls...this girl is a total shoe girl!

Kaylee saying "Hello" on the phone. It sounds more like "Ha-whoa".

Kaylee and cousin Audrey.

Bird and her daddy.

Above is what I was talking about. Kaylee loves to open mouth kiss her Jordy and he loves to kiss her back. It is nausiating to me but she loves this. Yuk!

X-box. A favorite toy.

Playing peek-a-boo with the curtain.

Grammy and granddad came to visit the weekend after Thanksgiving and Kaylee enjoyed grammy's song: "OOh-ee-ooh-ah-ah Ting-tang Walla Walla Bing Bang".

Now this is the only thing that can get Kaylee to settle down. I just sing it and she stops mid cry to watch me sing. The other night Kaylee was having such a hard time with a night terror and I didn't know what to do to get her to sleep and so then I just started to sing the song and she finally would cuddle up to me and she just fell right asleep. It was amazing. Like night and day. Thank you Grammy!

Thanksgiving Eve we decided to take Kaylee to Chocolate World since I got out of work early. This is her on the ride she was standing up and wasn't sure if she should sit or not. I think she was a bit nervous.

The singing cows.

Our family on the yummy ride. I love this ride!!!

Below: Later we went and saw Santa's reighdeer in the park.

Above Josh Carolling with the carollers.

Above: Josh and I took this same picture several years ago when we were dating.

Kaylee loved walking around the inside of Chocolate world. The pictures on the floor were fun for her to watch as she walked around.

"Apple"

I love the picture above. I kept trying to put this clip in Kaylee' s hair and for some reason she just was not in the mood for a hair clip. I love her face. Hilariously cute!

It is super late and I should get to bed. I would love your name ideas for Kaylee's new dog and any help for night terrors.
I will let Josh blog someday about his job but for now just to let you know-he loves it so so much and the people are great. He really enjoys working with them. They seem to be very like minded being that they all are creative marketing people. Now we just need to find me my dream job (staying home with Kaylee and other future babies).