Sunny January

Thursday, January 25th,

Sadly, I know that this is the day my iPod disappeared because I couldn't find it when I wanted to take pictures outside. I was pretty sure I left it at home, but alas, it was no where to be found in our apartment either. But.. That means I still have all of these pictures.

Kadee and I were waiting for Spencer to get done with his Air Force physical part of his scholarship application. He was there for 7 hours! Holy smokes. So I showed up at noon like he said to pick him up and Kadee and I ended up playing around for another hour while we waited for him. Kadee very much enjoyed herself.

It was windy, but that didn't stop us.

Pictures from Christmas 17

I know. I'm super behind. But I'm missing a TON of pictures from our Christmas trip because most of them were on my iPod and it's totally gone. Lost. Stolen. Thrown in the garbage by a toddler. Who knows. But... these are the pictures I do have. So I'll at least save those. And then I borrowed a bunch of pictures from Grandmas' too.

Kadee was just a little confused on this trip because every house we went to had a Grandma and a Grandpa. She just started calling all the older people in church "Mama" and "Papa" too. But she was super spoiled by all the Grandparents so we were sure to at least teach her to say "please" and "thank you". Also, she'll eat all your food but she'll tell you "thank you".

 Kadee and her Great Grandpa Wallace

Walking to church in the snow with Great Grandma Wallace

 So much driving!

Kadee was pretty happy to be out of the car and lay on the floor with Grandpa

 Kadee loved playing with the Nativity at my Mom's..

..and with Ruffy

Snow at Grandma Bertoch's and sledding at Grandma Wallace's.

 I was super happy to score these snow pants and coat for Kadee in Oklahoma! All pink!

Kadee with Great Grandma and Grandpa Dana

 Being silly

Kadee was making Grandpa look pretty. In all fairness, he's the one who taught her how to do it.

We visited Grandma at the high school.

Her Grandpa Bertoch gave her a balloon and we watched Brynne play basketball too. Plus we got a tour of the new high school!

Spencer and Jess and Nate had a project going on. I think they were making a chandelier out of shot gun shells.

Kadee and Carmen playing with Grandma's Christmas tree!

Christmas Jammies!

Kadee while skyping Uncle Tanner in Mexico!

 Nate and I made Christmas ninja cookies,

You can clearly tell which cookie was Nate's idea.

Christmas Nativity

 Kadee feeding her baby doll from Grandma Wallace

Grandma Dana and I shared a birthday cake! Brynne helped me bake and decorate it. I did the flowers, she did the lettering.

 Meeting Finn!

And...back in the car.

Kadee got all kinds of fun things for Christmas! Cute outfits, fun books, a movie, a dolly, a bath towel and jammies and church shoes that actually fit! Although, nothing fits Kadee for very long. She was a pretty good girl considering how much time we spent in the car. But she definitely LOVED all the attention.

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things

Kadee is growing so fast! And learning so much! I cannot keep up with her and nothing I do will slow her down.

Kadee likes to :
Read books
Play outside
Climb things
Play with Daddy
Make animal noises
Talk on the phone
Skype call
Eat!
Give hugs and kisses
Pretend her stuffed animals are babies
"Sweep"
"Help" with dishes
Splash in the bath
Watch Pooh Bear
Watch Finding Dory
Go for walks
Go down the slide
Play on the swings
Play the piano
Play with Mommy's book shelf
Go to the Zoo
Help Mommy with her glucometer
Sit on the potty
Put clothes into the washer
Guzzle Daddy's water before he notices she has it

Kadee loves:
Puppies
Hank from 'Finding Dory'
Winnie the Pooh
Bears
Peaches
Pears
Shoes
Anything "pretty"
"Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree"
"Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam"
"The Itsy-Bitsy Spider"

Kadee's "big" words and phrases:
Goo-a-coo-a (glucometer)
Daddy beshooo (sneeze)
A Wah You (I love you)
Ba-bye puppy -or- na-night puppy
Mommy mon peass (more please)
Hep seeping (help sweeping)
Wash wash wash wash, ah cean! (all clean)
Bum bum poop woowee
Kakee keek bap (Kadee kick bath)
Hu-too hu-too hu-too (marching)
Hungy (Hungry)
Papa, wah you (Grandpa, love you)
Mama, wah you (Grandma, love you)
'Gin! 'Gin! (Again, again)
Pay Pano (play piano)
A, B, A, B, A, B, F, G, A, B, E, F (usually in that order)
One...egg.. (all drawn out)
Ah-meaw bue! (Oatmeal with blueberries)    
Hank fawl! (fall)
Gickle-eeckle-ickle-ickle (tickle)
Shoesh. Shock. Hep. (shoe, sock, help)
Roun-a-roun (round and round)
Ba-bye, Pooh. Na-night
Bum bum ceam (bum cream)
Wee-wees! Wee-wees! (when all the fish chant "release" on Dory)
Doo-ah, Hank! (Dory and Hank)
Na-night bishie (fishie, usually said when the movie is over)
Tut tut a wain ("tut tut, it looks like rain" from Pooh)
Weeno I see ("I looked out the window and what did I see..")
Wooogy! Whaaat? Wonna wone. Wone too! Honk! 
      (from her book, "Frogy!", "What?", "Quiet please, I'm on the phone.", "I'm on the phone too. The saxophone!" Honk.)
Ahva, see, puppy. (meaning, go visit Ava to see her puppy)
Dee-o, peass (cereal, please)
Aaaaah done (all done)
AAAAAAAAAmennn (super drawn out)
Wahk ah-side (walk outside)
Mommy pi-ee hair (Mommy pretty hair)
Ah-gone 
Ha-cheer (high chair)
A-course! (of course)
Bush teess (brush teeth)
Go! Side! 'Gin! (go, slide, again)
Pah-cone keek (pinecone, kick)

The last hilarious thing she did was while Skyping with my Dad. He pretended to sneeze for Kadee and she said, "Beshoo. Papa beshoo!" It was so funny and adorable at the same time.

Favorite things at the Zoo:

New experience at the Zoo. But she was riding a bear so she at least loved that part. 

Kadee the Diabetes Educator

Kadee watches everything I do. And I really do mean EVERYTHING. From sweeping the floors to putting on my shoes to checking my blood sugar. Kadee knows more about diabetes than most adults do. 

So... Kadee will now show you how a goo-a-coo-a (glucometer) works.

And this video is from Spencer:

She sure is observant!