South Hills Lights

Saturday we had Aunt Jenny over for a potato bar and to celebrate Christmas before she left for Oregon. She spoiled us like she always does and it was so good to spend some time with her.

After that we loaded up in the "Walker Wagon" and went to the South Hills to see the lights. This will be the last year that the family is doing the lights and the gas station down the hill will be setting it up next year. Kaisley was all bundled up in warm clothes just running around. She loves to have some freedom. When we are holding her in public places she is constantly trying to escape. It makes it really exhausting for mom and dad.

trying to escape

feeding the camel a carrot. Kais laughed as we were walking away.

 

I'm sitting in the back between Kaisley and Kara. We couldn't believe that next year we won't all fit in the car. 

  After that we went back to Jake and Jessica's to decorate gingerbread cookies and houses.

our finished product

 

Month 4

This month of the pregnancy has been a roller coaster. I will either have tons of energy and feel completely normal or cling to my anti nausea meds and feel like Kais is running circles around me. When I feel bad it's usually because of the sleep I didn't get the night before. Sometimes I don't get off of work until 1 a.m. and other times I wake up at 4 unable to go back to sleep. The Dr.'s appointments have been normal but we cannot wait until the first of January to find out what this baby is! I have the hunch it is a girl because every time I think about the baby I refer to it as a "she." Only time will tell!

Christmas Tree

We cut our own tree down in the South Hills again this year. They barely had any snow but we were really excited to use the new sled we had gotten Kaisley so we drove until there was enough to pull her around. It took us awhile to find a good tree and we wanted to get a fuller one this year than we normally do. Kais was a lot of fun and loved to watch Kohl run and play in the snow.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day we went to Aunt Jenny's house in Gooding. Cody, Audry, and Sophia came down from Nampa, Grandma and Grandpa Koski came from Oregon, and Aunt Gwynn and Rita came as well. Diner was delicious and it was good to catch up with everyone.

  Jason spent the night at our house that night and him and Kiley went duck hunting for a little bit in the morning. I did a small amount of Black Friday shopping when they got home and then we went to Tyler and Angela's for a turkey dinner. Tayson loved Kaisley and kept trying to pick her up. They both danced around Tayson's dancing puppy.

 

New Addition

We have announced to ALL of our friends and family now that we are expecting baby number two! We are so very excited! The baby will be due May 11, 2013 (the same day I am set to graduate from ISU) but we wouldn't be surprised if he/she comes early like Kaisley did. We sent everyone this picture to announce our arrival:

 The first appointment was a little scary because the Dr. couldn't find the baby's heartbeat so we had to walk across the hospital to get an ultrasound. We got to see the baby though and everything was fine! Here are my pregnancy pictures so far:

 My neighbor Stephanie thinks that I am pregnant with twins because I am already showing so much. I told her there was only ONE baby in the ultrasound so it was unlikely! I used to exercise 3-5 times a week before I got pregnant and now I get worn out just trying to keep up with Kaisley so I think that my lack of exercise has a lot to do with that. The Dr. gave me nausea medicine so I feel a lot better, just still tired. I really want to work back up to working out normally again and have bought prenatal fitness DVDs and a heart rate monitor so that I can do it safely.

Halloween

This year Kaisley was a zebra for Halloween. We didn't get to do as much fun stuff as we had wanted but we went out for dinner with our neighbors at Buffalo Wild Wings. Kais was so good the whole time we were there so we stopped at Applebee's to say hi to Aunt Monica. Monica offered Kais some candy and Kais was really excited, we had to stop her from taking the whole bowl. When we would ask Kaisley what the zebra says she would say MOOO. Close enough!

Busy Girl

Kaisley is such a busy girl. Her new thing is walking around the house on her tip toes. She loves to play in the bathtub. She also thinks that if she has a jacket and/or shoes on she is allowed to go outside. Usually Kiley works in the garage while Kais plays with Kohl in the driveway/garage. She gets upset if she sees me talking on the phone and don't let her talk to whoever it is. Once she gets it she runs and jabbers away.

so excited, crazy hair!

always has a smiley face

in dad's waders

LOVES to put things on AND talk on the phone

loves to play fetch with Kohl