12.30.2013

Christmas 2013

Well, Christmas has come and gone...always so sad when all the fun is over. But we had a great time celebrating Keira's 1st Christmas with everyone :-) First my parents came up the weekend before Christmas...

A new bike for Dylan!


Thanks for the wagon Aunt Jackie!


Pictures before church...


...thank you for the dress, Grandma B!

Cooking with Keira's new kitchen set from Santa and opening more presents...


"Mommy, so NOT cool!"

He spent the rest of the day making us hot chocolate in the Keurig in the kitchen set and watching movies on his new iPad mini.

Keira's new teddy from Uncle Chris and Aunt Kimberly...


And Santa brought me some new Ugg boots!

Finally getting to play with her toys...

Opening presents with Keith's family...

...and showing off his mad bike-riding skills!

We were blessed with another amazing Christmas season, especially with the newest addition to our little family. And it only gets better from here...bring it on, 2014!

12.26.2013

13 Favorite Pictures of 2013!

Here we go!!!

13. Clickin Walk at SMU (September 2013)

12. Dylan and Jackson at the Pumpkin Patch (October 2013)

11. Dylan's Valentines pictures (February 2013)

10. Maternity Self-portrait (January 2013)

9. Dylan reading a bedtime story to Keira (September 2013)

8. Dylan and Keira...perfect photo op! (June 2013)

7. Dylan and Keira's Christmas pictures (December 2013)

6. Hyde Family Christmas Pictures...love this one! (November 2013)

5. Dylan playing with his trains (September 2013)

4. Dylan in Downtown McKinney (January 2013)

3. Keira's 6-month pictures (September 2013)

2. Dylan's birthday pictures (April 2013)

1. Keira's newborn pictures (March 2013)

12.21.2013

Keira & Dylan's Christmas Shows

The past 2 days we had Dylan and Keira's Christmas shows at school. I was worried if Dylan would get to perform since he had issues when they first started practicing before Thanksgiving (possibly a sensory overload from the bells) but Ms. Autumn and Ms. Maria were determined and they performed a miracle! They both did fantastic :-)


Kisses from Ms. Nancy before the show!



Next to her best buddy Hudson :-)


We LOVE her! And we'll miss her so much :-(



Brody refused to participate...it was hilarious!

I love that most of these kids have been together for the past 2-3 years...love these babies!




Another great start to our holiday break!

In other news, Keith was finally able to rake all of the leaves that fell off of our trees during the ice storm:





In the face!!!

So excited that Christmas is just days away!

12.09.2013

Ice Storm 2013

Holy Moly, what a past 4 days it's been!!! Long story short, there was a crazy ice storm that hit this weekend that canceled school Friday and Monday and left us stranded at home for 3 days straight, without leaving. Dylan and Keira were ready to kill each other...and it was so fun to watch!

This was a picture taken through the window...I had no desire to go outside, at all.

The first day wasn't too bad and we were all pretty excited to get the day off, even if it meant having to reschedule some ARDs and testing (ehh, who does therapy anymore anyway!?!?). But by Day 2 and 3, the kids were bouncing off the walls and I needed a break! Unfortunately we have a very steep driveway so even if we were able to make it out of the garage and down the alley safely, odds are we wouldn't be able to get back in. So we spent Friday-Sunday enjoying each other's company and trying not to drive each other crazy :-)

"I love following Dylan around and driving him crazy!!!"



By Day 2, I had to bring out the big guns...Mario Kart Wii!


"Mommy, what IS all of this white stuff?!?!"

Warm snuggles in mommy's bed with some Mickey Mouse :-)

Play-Do fun to kill some time...

Roads on Day 3...still very icy :-/

On Day 4 there was no school again, but at least we were able to finally get out for a little bit. We took Keira to see Dr. Coco to make sure her ear infections were gone (which they weren't) and stopped at Target...Dylan ran around so much, poor cooped up baby! The roads and parking lots were still pretty slick so we spent most of the day inside again. Luckily I remembered to bring my work laptop home with me so I was able to complete a couple of reports and ARD paperwork. I'm just so thankful we never lost electricity (or internet!). Now only a 4-day week this week and 3 full days (and 2 half-days) next week before Winter Break...

And here are the kids "Christmas pictures"...


12.08.2013

Keira Addyson - 9 Months


Keira has had a good month. She is so fast when she crawls and pulls up, I can't keep up! She has been able to stand independently for a few seconds, but not consistently. And still no teeth, but we've been trying to give her more solids lately, like breads. She celebrated her 1st Thanksgiving and thinks we are so crazy for putting lights all around the house. She also got her 1st ear infections this month :-(. She loves helping to take care of the other babies in her class and pushing them when they're in their swings. Unfortunately Keira will be moving up to the next class at daycare and we're so upset that she won't be with Ms. Nancy anymore. Oh well...proof that she's growing too fast. I don't have any stats for her because we had to postpone her dr. appt until after the new year.