Weekend Fun

This weekend Kevin and Dad spent hanging drywall in our basement. They worked very hard and it looks so different now. Eventually Keltie will have to move down there so we are trying to get it finished bit by bit. Well, while they were working hard, Keltie, Grammy and I got to have fun upstairs. It's so funny to see her in front of other people because she truly acts like a little ham. Here are some of our adventures. Thanks again for all the help.

Grammy actually got Keltie to sit still long enough to put in some piggies.
Needless to say, she wasn't too excited about it. I think they lasted about 5 minutes and then she pulled them out.

Grammy also painted Keltie's toes. She sat very nicely for it. Now, though she's doesn't know what to think of it. Whenever I take her socks off she points and whines at them. I showed her that I had some on as well, but that didn't seem to matter to her.

Sitting so nicely.

This is Keltie with her head on a paper plate. I don't know what she was doing, but it was cute. I guess she thought it made a good pillow.

"Are you looking at me?"

Aspring Photographer

Keltie turned 21 months old on Sunday so I thought it was time to take some pictures of her and update the blog. Well, she didn't want anything to do with this. Instead of having me take the pictures, she decided that she wanted to take them. Whenever I pulled the camera away from her, she pulled it right back and kept pushing the button. So needless to say, I didn't get the pictures that I wanted, but she got to have some fun.

In other news, she is growing up so fast right before our eyes. It's so amazing all of the things that she can do now and all the words she is starting to say. Here's a few of the things she now does:

* Kisses my belly when you ask her where the baby is.

* Sings and points to her body parts when singing "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes"

* Loves to listen to and dance to music (We listen to music everyday on the ride to the sitter's)

* She has officially said her first swear word. She was watching the Packer game with Daddy and he said "Damn it." She stood up, kicked her foot and repeated him.

* She is constantly on the go.

* She loves to tease everyone. You think that she will give you something and then she pulls it away from you.

* She says a whole bunch of words and is starting to repeat us more often.

* She has become a pack rat. Every night before she goes to bed, she has to take her baby, blanket, taggies and teething ring with her. In the morning, it all has to come back out with her.

* She loves to look at books and snuggle up to read them.

* Her last hour of the night is pretty much spent cuddling with Daddy.

* She can point to her eye, heart and the person to tell them that she loves them.

The list could go on and on, but we'll save those things for another day.

In Other News

For those of you haven't heard yet, we will be having a new addition to our family in July. We are expecting our second child. I am three months along and feeling great. We told our families over Christmas and everyone is excited. We went to my doctor's appointment last week and were able to hear the heartbeat. That's always such a great moment. We are preparing Keltie and talking to her a lot about how she's going to be a great big sister. It's going to be an adjustment for our family, but one that we want to share with everyone. Please keep the baby in your prayers that we have a happy and healthy addition to our family.

Christmas

It seems like Christmas was so long ago since I'm finally getting around to posting some pictures from it. Keltie and I enjoyed our vacation last week, but now it's back to the real world. We had a great time visiting with family and celebrating Christmas. Christmas Eve we went to my Grandma's house. Christmas Day was spent with Kevin's family. I didn't get a lot of pictures taken since we were busy helping Keltie open her presents, but I hope you enjoy these.

Daddy helping Keltie open up her new crayons.
Sitting on Aunt Julie's lap enjoying a cookie.

" This is what I think of this dress."

Playing in the sled with my cousins.

"I love opening presents." (Actually she thought all the presents should be hers and she opened up a few of them that weren't.)

Christmas at Grammy and Boompa's

We went to Grammy and Boompa's house on Saturday to celebrate Christmas. Keltie had a lot of fun. We thought that she wouldn't be too excited about opening presents, but we were wrong. Once she learned how to rip open the paper, she was addicted to it. I guess she probably gets that from her Mama. She was very excited about some of the presents, but she could also tell which presents were just little fillers. She even took one of them and threw it off to the side so that she could open up the next one. She did a great job and didn't lose interest in it. She loved taking them to Grammy and Boompa and having them help open them. I just hope that her enthusiasm continues throughout the many more Christmas gatherings we have to go to.

Keltie opening the first present.
Getting a little help from Grammy.

"I love these new pants." She was so excited about all the clothes that she got.

Bompa helping Keltie. Lots of new songs for the car.

Big girl undies!

"Mama, when will you let me use this bag?" It's a bag for Grammy's house.

Keltie had to make sure that she always helped clean up her mess.

"What's in here Boompa?"

If all else fails, tackle it.

"My very own computer." This is her new favorite toy.

Daddy and Boompa trying to put together her new bike.

"Check me out."

Thanks for a wonderful day! We love you guys so much.

Grammy Day

This morning our babysitter called and was unable to watch Keltie. Thankfully Mom was our back up plan and it worked out for her. We are so lucky that we have people to fall back on. I'm not sure who enjoys it more, Keltie or Grammy. Mom emailed me pictures at work to show how much fun they are having. Don't ask me what they are doing, but it looks like it's more fun than I have at work. Thanks again Grammy.

I think that she's thinking this is what her Mama looks like in the morning!

Not So Jolly Old St. Nicholas

Last year I took Keltie to see Santa and had mixed results from her. This year, I really didn't think that she would want to see Santa. On Sunday there was a little Christmas party at the nursing home where Kevin's grandma is a resident. Of course Santa was going to be there so we thought that we would take Keltie and try it. Not such a good idea. The treats were fine and she had a good time eating them, but then Santa came around the corner.

This was as close as we could get to having her actually sit on his lap. She wanted absolutely nothing to do with him.

Santa wanted me to sit on his lap with Keltie. After a little coaxing I agreed, although Keltie still didn't get a kick out of it.

Grammy Will, Keltie, Daddy and Great Grandma Staab.