Jeepers Creepers

Hello All! Spring is in the air! We've been outside playing a bit and Mikayla's thrilled to be able to drive her jeep. Especially now that she's officially tall enough to reach the "gas" pedal herself! Unfortunately she still has a bit to learn about the whole driving experience; like stopping, watching where she's going, and turning - minor things, really : ). Thankfully there's a slow speed option and she seems content with that - for now!
Keegan is also happy to be more mobile. That's right, our little guy is now creeping and "crawling"! He loves to go after things and when he's got his mind set, he goes for it. So cute to watch him get up on his toes, rock back and forth, then scoot across the floor in various forms : ). We're enjoying the change, but might be regretting the early start when we're chasing him around too!

Laptoppers

Mikayla is big into mimicking these days. So when Daddy was surfin' the net on his laptop, she felt like she should too! She grabbed her laptop from the toybox and snuggled up on the couch. Away they went, busy at it! Just goes to show that it's never too early to teach your daughter how to shop on-line!

(Obviously Keegan wasn't quite as thrilled with the computer as he was watching Mommy.)

Two-fer Toofers!

That's right folks, our little guy got his first tooth - or, um, teeth! He seems to be pretty happy about the whole situation though and is drooling all over everything! He didn't get a fever and never lost his sense of humor : ). Such a blessing!

Baking Adventures with Mikayla

Monday afternoon Mikayla and I decided to do some baking. It's a constructive project that we enjoy doing together... we even have cute aprons to bake in! So, we're adding the dry ingredients into the bowl and Mikayla licks her hand... off to the sink we go because we have to have clean hands when we're baking. After our hands are dry again, she climbs back up on her step stool and I add more flour to the bowl. She turns on the mixer for me, but accidently flips it to full-blast! POOF! We have a cloud of white flour that goes EVERYWHERE! All I can do is laugh... I'm standing behind Mikayla and look down at her. I say, "You're covered in flour!"... she looks up at me and answers "Yeth"... serious as can be. That sends me into another bout of laughter... Meanwhile she's still standing on her stool perfectly still not sure what to do (that was quite something in itself, if you know my Mikayla, sitting still is NOT what she does typically!). So, I cleaned her off and gave her some chocolate chips to munch on. Life was good for her again... Thankfully Keegan was a safe distance away and was just contently watching all the excitement from his bouncy seat. I just smiled as all those popular country songs like "you're going to miss this", "my little girl", and "life's a dance" floated through my head as I cleaned the mixer and the counter and the floor and the cupboards and....

Christmas Pictures - Finally!

Well, it's exactly one month since Christmas - can you believe it!?! On that note, we've finally got a selection of our Christmas Pictures in a slideshow for family and friends to enjoy. We had a very blessed Holiday Season and hope that all of you did too!

Christmas Slideshow

Back at the ranch...

Keegan prefers to be inside and cozy warm instead of playing outside.

He likes his new hooded blankie!