We had a great week with A TON of family, food, laughter, and pictures!

Here is how our Thanksgiving week looked............

1:Isaiah and Kaylee made turkey hats together
2: Yep.... you are reading that right....a lane just for couponers!
3: Kaylee and Jack were troopers in Albertson's with Corinne and I while we shopped.
I saved over $100 this week with coupons!!!!
4: Another craft............dressed up of course
5: Kaylee learned how to put her bows in her hair herself...so she put about 10 in..
6: Papa Lou came into town! Raiders #1!

1:Fishing way to early in the morning
2: Some of the fish
3: Isaiah and Angelo with the majority of the 15 trout they caught...yummy
4 Bem's found a marker and colored her foot
5: Papa Lou and his girls!
6: Cheesy

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
We had a great day over at Elliott and Emilee's house!

1: Waiting to go in for her 3yr old checkup
2: She is getting so tall!!
3:Getting her first physical exam. She was soooo good through the whole thing. She even answered all of the questions the doctor asked like a big girl. She was most excited about getting to wear the "doctor dress"
4:We decorated for Christmas!
5: Kaylee showing Papa Lou where to put the bulbs
6: The Kaylee Tree!
All of the ornaments were on one side of the tree at her level. We waited until she went to bed before we spaced them out around the tree. It was the cutest thing watching her so focused as she put them on each branch.

Winter is here!
The first snow happened on Saturday and we were up and playing outside at 7am!

to bad it all melted by noon.....
until next time!

Last week was a recovery week from an amazing birthday weekend.
A little late getting this weekly post up but better late than never right??

Here is our week before the holidays begin.............

1: took the new double BOB out for a walk around the lake
2: Posing in front of the ducks
3: Belly pic...through the two layers and a hoodie
4-5: Waiting in the doctors office
6: Amy doing a great job on our maternity shoot
7: Isaiah snapped a few pics with his camera too!
8: Rockin the T-Mobile backpack at daddies work

1: The kids after Stroller Strides all watching Toy Story
2: Being silly in the car
3-4: Pretzels and silly straws at Target with P-Ray and Amy
5: Posing at daddies work
6-7: Kaylee snapped some pictures of me on the couch with my camera
8: Walking on daddies back at the Bippert's

1:Playing computer games at the library waiting for story time
2: Toddler story time!
3: Snowflake crafts!
4: Workout!!
5-6: Girls Night Out! Farewell to our good friend Angela who is heading north to Canada!!
7: First snow of the year!
8: Mommy/Kaylee date! We went to the movies to see Happy Feet 2!

Saturday, November 12th 2011, Kaylee was officially three!!!

I had a moment............
laying in bed early in the morning with her cuddling between the two of us, I thought to myself, "it felt like yesterday I was pregnant with her and now here she is, a curly haired, independent, spunky three year old!"
It really is true when parents say "it seems like just yesterday (fill in the blank)" about their kids because it really does feel like that.

The day was all about her!
So here is a HUGE photo dump of our epic Cupcake Themed third birthday!

The first picture of the day around the exact birth time!

Nothing better than cupcakes for breakfast!

Let the party begin!!


I made all of the kids bakers hats with their names on it and then ordered some super cute kid aprons for each of them to wear throughout the party
We did a fun water color craft that all the kids loved. The big kids caught on to the idea and the little ones ate the ice.Next it was time to decorate some cupcakes!

And whats a party without a pinata
And in true Kaylee fashion we opted for a Bell princess cake.
The story behind this cake started almost a year ago when we went into Safeway and she locked eyes with it. EVERY-SINGLE-TIME we would go to Safeway she would ask if she could have the cake for her birthday! So she was over the moon when we surprised her with it.

After one heck of a day of party, junk food, presents, and playtime she past out in her new bed set and blanket that her grandma made her.

It was a great day!
My favorite part was right before she fell asleep we cuddled in my bed and she leaned over and gave me the sweetest hug and said "thank you mommy"......
AMAZING!

Last week Kaylee went to her 3yr old teeth checkup.

She was surprisingly really excited to go.
We play doctor and "teeth doctor" all the time together so she wasn't scared at all.
I figure if I am always positive about the doctor and dentist then hopefully it will rub off....so far its working!
Here she is waiting her turn! Yep....Nana's got to come along just in case we needed him. This is rare because we try and NEVER bring him out of the house. We have had him since she was born and it would be completely tragic if we lost him while she is still so attached to him.

Sitting on my lap before her hygienist came in

My big girl doing fabulous through the WHOLE thing. She loved holding the sucker and getting to spit into it. She got her teeth polished, brushed, flossed, and a vitamin treatment. Then the dentist came in and counted them and gave her an A+!

After an amazing job at the dentist I made her one of her favs....
grilled ham and cheese with tomato soup....
YUMMY!!

November has begun!

Anyone else excited about the leaves changing, the cold weather, the hot chocolate, the boots and jackets, scarves and hats, and the holidays quickly approaching?
I AM!!

We had some good times this week and I feel so blessed to have such great people around me everyday!

Our friends Josh and Megan welcomed their third little one this week...
Tatem Grace Thompson

It made so nervous knowing that I am next.
We were only a few weeks apart in our pregnancies and little Tatem ACTUALLY being here makes what I'm about to go through really real....

But...enough about all that stuff......

here is our first week of NOV!

1: We finished one of the playroom walls with a cute scrabble art piece of our families names.
2: Kaylee and Isaiah collected leaves for our front porch for Halloween
3: Isaiah and Josh at work in their crazy costumes
4: Costume #1- butterfly princess
5: Trick or treating in her adorable bumble bee costume
6: tickling Parker at Stroller Strides

7: Cousin sleepover (kind of....)
8: From the top of the capital switchback that I did 4 times
9: Looking at the ducks after my workout
10: Girls Night!! I HEART these three gals so much!
They are the best friends a girl could ever have
11: Besties playing at Jumping Jacks
12: Isaiah and Joe outside the Seattle Temple

So the countdown to Kaylee's birthday is t-minus 6 days!!!
yep.... I cried this morning while cuddling her in bed watching cartoons thinking about how much has happened in the last three years.
She has become such an adorable, loveable, independent, spunky, curious, outspoken, assertive, talented, and beautiful little girl.

I am forever grateful to have her in my life and I grow everyday from the life lessons she teaches me as her mother....
yep....crying again! :)

We had an amazing Halloween this year!
We celebrated with a little party and some fun trick or treating. Unfortunately I forgot to charge my camera so most {almost all} of the pictures from the evening were from my trusty sidekicks {Corinne, Isaiah, and Amy}.
What would a pregnant lady do without them snapping the festivities.
{I took most of the pictures from here and here. Thanks guys!}

The day started off with a little Stroller Strides trick or treating and then a visit to Isaiah's work to snap some photos of some of the crazy T-Mobile gang.
I spent the afternoon getting ready for the party.
I made some "bloody band aids" and some mummy dogs. I also made sure we had some good potions to choose from.
Then it was off for some trick or treating...

It was a great night...

{unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of Bobbi and Marty or Emily and Emmalina...they were in great costumes and I apologize guys....}