Even brighter

That smile makes my sunny days even brighter.  Look at those gorgeous eyes and curly locks.  What a cutie!

First piece of art

I've been thinking about McKinley's birth mom every time I walk past this beautiful piece of work.  Since I can't fold it up and send it to her, hopefully a photo will do.

M's first official drawing.  She's full of talent!  :)

I realized these last videos, little miss has some lop-sided hairstlyes.  This is usually how it goes.  We start the day off with symmetry, and then we get in the car and the minute she sits in her carseat, she pulls out the right side of her hair, leaving the one side untouched.  She already has her own hairstyle preferences.  :)

Little M also loves to attempt dressing and accessorizing herself these days.  If she finds a bracelet or necklace, socks, or hats, or even shoes, she will try to put them on.  As you can tell in the video, she is pretty proud of herself when it all works out.

DANCE!

Valentines Day

Valentine's Day is great for chocolate and our littlest girl was a HUGE fan.

Laughing at silly big brother

Messy chocolate face

Disney Princess

We just spent 5 days in Disneyland with our little ones.  When we booked the trip, we decided to surprise the kids.  They were thrilled with the surprise!

We were a little concerned that our littlest one would be afraid of the rides or the characters.  She actually LOVED the rides, dancing and waving, or oooohing and ahhhing for many different things. 


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The characters she more appreciated from afar.  She would wave and yell "hi" to them until about 5 feet away.  Then she would lock down her grip on Mom or Dad. 

Tinkerbelle thought it was hilarious that our little miss was so scared after being so excited to say hi.  In honor of our little-est one, Tinkerbelle suggested we do a "scared face".

 

For her first visit to Disneyland, we think she did great. 

This vacation was a wonderful break at "the happiest place on Earth."

Sledding

Baby Girl loves the snow.  She'll watch it fall from her window seat (high chair) and "oooooooh" with a pointed finger at the window.  After her maiden voyage on a sled yesterday, she loves going for a ride as long as mom or dad are close by.

Dad towing little missy around

Bring on the baby hill

YAY!  That was fun!

Christmas

After an unexpected and crazy late Fall, we focused on making Christmas a high-quality family time.

Santa dropped off an early Christmas present for the whole family on Christmas Eve.

 

 The kids were excited because the pjs included slippers for all four sets!  (Tired but excited bunch.)

Kinley with Daddy on Christmas morning, loving her build a bear dog.  He plays some tunes that Kinley loves to dance to.

Birthday Girl

At one year old, our sweet McKinley loves:

*dancing

*reading books

*her DADDY (a serious Daddies' girl)

*stuffed animals

*raisins

*and after her first taste on her birthday, ice cream.

She is off the charts for height, 90th for weight and 50th for head circumference.

Happy birthday sweet girl.  Our family wouldn't be complete without you.

Beep Beep

After we observed little miss climbing on so many things, we decided to bring some ride on toys indoors.  She thought it was a great idea.

Hand on the horn, ready to beep.