Wow....what a wonderful Christmas we had this year. Katie loved everything about it....the tree, the lights, the presents, Santa, snowmen. On christmas eve, we went to my cousin Ambers. She has 3 girls and her sister in law has a little girl too, so there were 5 of them running around and having such a great time.

Here is my cousin Amber and myself...

Here is the best group shot. It was perfect until we realized that my mom was in the bathroom...ugh!

Here are all 5 little girls. Poor Sadie. I gave her the job of holding Katie. Sadie was awesome. She made sure Katie did not go anywhere-notice the neck hold?

I guess she decided that she would have better luck with a chest lock...whatever it was-it worked!

The next morning, we waited until Katie woke up (which was around 8am) and then went downstairs and opened her gifts and played with her new kitchen. She loved it and it was funny to see her trying to figure it all.

We then packed her up and headed to my mom and dads. She was spoiled. She got a little quad-ATV thingy that my brother picked out for her, an art easel, a Santa mylar balloon, clothes, books and some more things, I can't think of it all off the top of my head right now. I got the rest of the 3 books from the Twilight saga-woo hoo, Britney Spear's new CD-yes, I WANTED it, a new cell phone, a $90 wreath, picture frames and some clothes!

After my mom and dads, we headed down to Matt's sisters to wrap up Christmas with his family. It is always a little chaotic there, but with 9 kids, it should be, right. No, his sister does not have 9...lol. Here is a picture of Katie with her cousins.

The past few weeks, Katie has not been sleeping very well and has been waking up several times crying and some times screaming. Today, I found out why....her molars are coming in. Poor thing. I know that they say that runny noses/diaper rash have nothing to do with teething, but I absolutely do NOT agree with that. EVERY SINGLE TIME she has gotten a set of teeth (they seem to come in twos) she has had had both a runny nose and a diaper rash. It is the only time that I have really noticed her with a runny nose and (unless I don't change her - usually because I can't smell it or she is sleeping and goes poopoo) a butt rash. Go figure....I am not convinced at all!

It is late and I am pretty much falling asleep, so I need to go night-night!

Katie ~LOVES~ Tan-ta!

Last Thursday, I took Katie to the mall to see Santa. She has been talking about him like crazy and knows where everything 'Santa' is in the house. She calls him 'Tan-ta'.

When we got there, she walked up to him and let me put her on his lap and take pictures. Hmmm...I wanted some where she was screaming because they are just too cute, but my little girl seems to LOVE old men! Here she is on his lap.



She is really digging this Christmas thing.

The BIG 30!

Well, today is my 30th birthday. 3 decades old. Humph! The good thing about getting older is that you don't really feel it until it is too late. I don't feel any different other than having to convince people that I am 30 and not 17. I am married. I get strange looks-like "You are too young to be married". I have a child. That seems to push them over the edge- "Really? Hmmm...you still look 17". I guess it is a good thing and I am glad that it is that way and not the other "You are only ___?" that would really suck.
It was a really good couple of days-other than the fact that Matt had to work a lot of hours because he has a demo on Tuesday.

Dinner last night consisted of Kisho's. It is a teppan style restaurant and Katie loved it. The food was excellent as always and it was Matt, Katie, mom, sis, her boyfriend, bro and dad. We went to my house and ate the cake I made-Pineapple-Coconut Cake AKA: Better than Sex Cake. My grandma used to make this cake for all our birthdays for as long as I can remember. What a treat it is. I opened my gifts.....a sewing machine, boots, face mask/facial scrub/facial lotion, a dragonfly necklace, Twilight (the book), a sweater dress and the razor I have been looking for for years. OMG! My DAD of all people got me this razor. How funny is that? When Matt and I had our house fumigated in July, we stayed with my parents. I used her razor (the same exact one I first shaved my legs with when I was 12!!!!!!) and could not stop talking about how close it shaves. It is actually discontinued and has been for a long time. My dad found it on E-bay and won it for me. Kudos to dad for: 1. Listening to what I like 2. Doing something about it 3. Suprising everyone with it.....especially me. I *LOVE* all my gifts. Good job everyone!

Today, Matt and I went to dinner at Sushimi. The one thing I asked him for-a nice sushi dinner. It was the yummiest dinner I have had in a long time. Spicy Tuna Hand Rolls made to order "With the tuna chunked, not mixed. Add cucumber, gobo, sprouts. No mayo. Medium to Hot spicy." Katie stayed with my mom and dad. My mom taught her how to say "snowman" and "Happy Birthday". Yes, she is 13 months old and can say "Happy Birthday"....lol. She has the most incredible vocabulary I have ever seen!

Where is Katie????

There she is!!!!