New Phrases

See through bottom of boots - they are too big but the girls LOVE them
Taylor loves going outside but we don't get to do much of that lately - it has been freezing!

I can't believe it is mid-December already! I haven't been blogging because I have Christmas picture deadlines gone mad!I am still getting orders for Christmas and last minute photo sessions and I am realizing I should have had a cutoff date! I told myself 2 weeks ago that I wasn't taking anymore sessions before Christmas and I know I have booked at least 10 since. My Christmas shopping time is going to be very limited. AND ....I am disappointed to say that I haven't even gotten a chance to take Christmas photos of my girls or design any albums like I wanted to. On a positive note, I am very blessed to be busy and I appreciate the business. 2 years of babies and no Christmas cards! That is something I am going to have to change next year!

The girls are more fun each day. Taylor and I were ready to go downstairs and Kaylie was down the hall so Taylor kept yelling "KIKI!!KIKI!!!KIKI!!!!" Taylor speaks Chinese fluently or at least that is what it sounds like when she reads her books. Occasionally I will hear "mama" or "dada" or "baby" but the rest sounds like Chinese. The girls are both very intent on telling me long sentences and very serious about it. They will repeat themselves and repeat themselves but I usually can't figure out what it is they want. Kaylie loves "Minnie" which is her bunny. She used to be able to say "Bunny" but now it is "Minnie". Kaylie's common phrases are "get it", "more please" and "come on". Taylor's favorite thing to say is "No". She also loves to "wash". She takes baby wipes or paper towels and cleans the floors or whatever she can find. Kaylie loves to dance and put on hats and shoes. She puts her shoes and socks on by herself every day. She tries to put on her pants too but both legs always end in one leg hole. Every morning when going to the car to go to daycare Taylor runs over to the wagon and gets in. She is hoping I will take her on a walk. We haven't been outside much because it has been freezing here! Kaylie learned how to get into and out of the pack and play by herself. She has NO FEAR. She will dive in and out of it head first. So it looks like it won't be long before we move to the big beds. I am not quite ready for that.

Thanksgiving and Christmas (Soon)

Kissing Sissy
I love my Sissy

Taylor's eyes say it all

Decorating the tree

My Silly Girls

Playing in the leaves on Thanksgiving

Kaylie

"Uncle" Paul trying to give Taylor junk food. She gave him the cold shoulder!

Little Miss Independent raking leaves

Reading books with Mommy

We had a great Thanksgiving with family. Everyone always says Kaylie looks like me and Taylor looks like Neale. Kaylie also eats like me! On Thanksgiving the only thing she wanted to eat was the rolls. A girl after my own heart. Give me some bread and a coke and I am all set! On Thanksgiving we raked a pile of leaves for the girls to play in. I remember when I was little my dad used to make piles of leaves for my brother and I to play in. I was thinking of those fond memories as I made the pile for my girls to play in. Taylor loved it especially. Kaylie couldn't really sit still long enough to play in it but she was content running around.

We put up the Christmas tree and the girls helped decorate. They would grab ornaments and take them up and drop them on the tree. So I was trying to catch them all before they hit the ground. The girls really had fun doing it. They are learning about Santa. Grandma Fran and Granpa Dale sent some Christmas books and clothes. We read the books and I ask the girls to point to Santa.

The girls giggle all the time. Especially when we are in the car calling Nana on the car speaker phone. They get so excited and giggle and scream. Taylor has also developed a fake laugh. She is very shy around people that she doesn't know. She is very independent. When we go to daycare and bed Taylor walks and Kaylie has to be carried. Taylor still gets her shy little smirk that is precious. Kaylie loves to be silly. She is a ball full of energy. She has to put her shoes on by herself. She usually gets them on the right feet. She is very picky about her clothes. She likes to pick out what she wants to wear. If she doesn't like it she will tell you No and pitch a little fit. I never knew a less than two year old could be so opinionated. At bedtime she usually picks the Dora pajamas.

I was able to visit my family in Greenville the day after Thanksgiving which was nice. Neale is enjoying working in the school system. I am busy with Christmas photography orders and editing. Things are great!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! New photos will be posted soon.

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Hats, Bows, Time Out and the Zoo

Taylor being beautiful in her hat
Kaylie trying on her hat and mama's shoes

Hats and Shoes

I can do it by myself mama

Taylor

Kaylie

Taylor

Loving Sissy

Being Silly

Mama and Kaylie at the Zoo

Look at the monkey

Taylor

Kaylie

Taylor

Dad, Grandpa George and the girls looking at the animals

Kaylie and Daddy

Lots of Toys!

Taylor put herself in time out

Kaylie loves to try on hats and be silly

It has been busy here! The girls are full of energy and giggles these days. Today we went to the zoo for the first time. The girls were both quiet. I think they were amazed by all of the animals. Kaylie enjoyed it and Taylor was scared of all the animals. If you got her too close to them she would scream and cry "NO! NO! NO! NO!.......

Yesterday the girls got their hair cut. Kaylie sat in the chair all by herself and was a big girl. She seemed to enjoy it. Taylor sat on my lap and cried a bit. She settled down when they gave her a book to read but she wasn't a big fan of it. At the end though it was so cute because the hairstylist put her hair up in a fancy hairstyle and then turned her around to see herself in the mirror and Taylor's face just lit up! She got the shy little smile she gets. It was priceless.

It's Been A While

I will post more photos this weekend. Sorry it has been a while! Neale and I went to Key West for vacation and had a good time. It was nice to be away from work but I was happy to come home to my babies! They are hilarious these days. They talk and talk. Tonight they had a giggle party on the way home from daycare. I have never seen them so giggly and loud. They have really started taking an interest in their baby dolls and stuffed animals. They carry their baby dolls around and hug and kiss them. They each have a little blanket with an animal head on it that they sleep with and they are becoming very attached to them. Taylor 's is froggy and Kaylie's is puppy and another one that she switches back and forth between. They are still big fans of being "beautiful". I have discovered that I can get them to wear hairbows or hats if I tell them how beautiful they are. They get so excited. I say the alphabet to them letter by letter and they repeat each letter after me. They sound so cute saying it. "K" is "Key" and "Q" is "Coo". They still call each other "T" and "Kiki". More to come this weekend.

We Loved Halloween - Strawberry Shortcake and Tinkerbell

What cha doing sissy?

Taylor wouldn't wear the hat but with those cute curls it still looked precious

Tinkerbell with her candy


Look what I got mama

We went to our friend's neighborhood for Halloween. Taylor dressed up as Strawberry Shortcake and Kaylie was Tinkerbell. I didn't think the girls would enjoy trick-or-treating because they are usually very shy when they meet people. They loved it! We put on costumes which went surprisingly well. I have learned that they love to hear that they are beautiful so I told them they were beautiful when I put their costumes on and they got all excited and you could just see the sparkles in their eyes. So they were happy to wear their costumes except for Taylor's hat. Our friends had a neighborhood party and there were kids running around everywhere. Kaylie and Taylor just watched all the kids. I told Taylor she could go over and play with them. She started to walk over there and got pretty close to the other kids but then just stopped and watched them all. Kaylie was amazed by a leaf in the street. I realized I really need to get the girls outside more! We took the girls to about 10 houses to go trick -or-treating. They are shy so I thought they would cry. Not the case! Taylor walked right up in front of the other kids to try to be first at the door. They loved getting candy in their pumpkins. They thought that was pretty cool! Of course we didn't let them eat any of it (but Daddy did) but they were happy just to hold it and take it all out of their pumpkins and put it back in. Taylor cried her little eyes out when it was time to go home. We all had a great time.