Kaci and the Princess Gown

Today we did a little shopping looking for coats for the Utah trip. While browsing Kaci found a dress and decided it was hers. She carried it around the store showing it to anyone who would listen and said "see my princess gown?". She would not put it down (it's actually pretty cute) and was determined to take it home so I decided what the heck, since she never does stuff like that about clothes. She's very much a tomboy and never gives a hoot what I dress her in. So we bought it and I had to convince her to wait until we got home to put it on.
When we got home she couldn't wait to put it on, so I told her she could wear it for a few minutes until nap time. She twirled around and danced and asked for the Dora show with the princess so she could dance along with the songs (thank goodness for tivo).
The first words out of her mouth when she woke from her nap were "my PRINCESS gown!!". I told her she could put it on to show daddy when he gets home. A couple minutes later she walked out of her room with it on over her pj's saying "look! I did it myself!". It is so funny since she's never done anything like this before. As cute as it is, I hope it's a one time thing or I have something new to fight with her about . . . I'll post a pic of her with it on as soon as I find batteries for the camara.

Spencer's First Steps

Spencer started walking the other day! He doesn't quite have it down yet, but he's really trying. It's so funny! I forgot how much I get a kick out of those first few weeks of walking. He looks like a little drunk man. He's so proud of himself and you can tell he's very excited about this new skill.

This morning I changed his diaper and left him to "air out" for just a minute and he pooped all over the carpet. One of those explosions ya know? Then he stepped in it and I finally shook myself out of my panic induced paralyzation just in time to stop him from putting his hand in it to play.
Not 2 minutes after I got him rinsed off in the sink, Kaci woke up and I went to get her out of bed. She is soaking we (as is her bed) and her diaper is lodged halfway down the leg of her pj's.

What a glamorous life eh!??

Kaci is dancing around the living room singing songs for Jeremy and me. She just finished Jingle Bells and when she was done she paused and said "That's a great song!"

The other day I was leaving for an evening out and wearing one of those puffy winter vests and Kaci got all excited and asked "Mommy, you're going on a boat?" "I like your life jacket!"

On our way to Costco the other day we passed a yard sale and stopped for a minute. Kaci spotted this crazy hat shaped like a the fish from Nemo, or Little Mermaid or something and fell instantly in love with it. It's the funniest looking thing but she put it on the second she saw it and refused to take it off, so I just coughed up the 50 cents and bought it. We went on to Costco where she proudley wore it in the store. It was so funny. She had this completely serious look on her face and her thumb in her mouth walking around with this ridiculous bright yellow fish hat on her head. People kept busting up laughing when they saw her, but tried not to let her see. She got lots of compliments . . .

Halloween . . . .

Kaci LOVED Halloween again this year. We got all dressed up (Kaci a Kitty Cat and Spencer a Dog) to go to the ward party. She was so excited to go to the "Holloween Party". She had been talking about it all day. When it was finally time to go we started driving to the church. She started getting very concerned when she recognized where we were driving. She started getting mad and said "NO!" I don't wanna go to church!" We kept trying to explain that the party was AT the church, but she was not having it. It was a struggle to get her out of the car saying "NO! I don't wanna go to church, I wanna go to the party!"
I guess that would be a pretty cruel trick to play on a kid . . . tell them we're going to a party, then take them to church instead. Still,it was a little disconcerning to see how pissed off she was at the thought of going to church . . . I guess I'm not one to talk though.

I'm back!

So much for keeping this thing up . . . Ok, so I'm going to try to remember how to put pictures up here now that I've reset my password that I forgot cuz it's been months since I've been logged on.

Journal Entry

Spencer's first tooth is cutting today. I can just barely see and feel the little edge poking out. Poor guy, he's so grumpy. Yesterday we moved Spencer into the crib and Kaci into a twin bed. I don't think anyone got a good night sleep .

We got back from the family reunion in Utah last week, and I'm still recovering from the trip. We had such a great time though. I'm planning on putting some pictures and stories up, but don't quite have the time or energy yet.