Playing in the Snow

Yesterday we got our first decent snow this winter. We bundled Kelsey up in her snow suit, boots, and gloves and headed out for some sledding.

At first she screamed, yelled, and carried on like a crazy child. She did not want to get in her sled. Even though she'd played in it all day inside the house. Once we finally got her buckled in and Rusty took off she was fine. Well, more than fine. She loved it!! We started off easy on the street and Rusty ran around pulling her behind him.

Kelsey and Ya-Ya are racing down the street. Kelsey won!

We have a small hill on the left side of our house. This was just big enough for Kelsey to slide down by herself. She loved it and didn't want to come back inside. She just laid back and enjoyed the ride. Here is dad pulling her back up the hill.

Here is a little video of Kelsey sledding. I bet she'll have us back out there today!

Christmas

We started off our Christmas festivities on Christmas Eve with Ya-Ya, Grampy, and Uncle EJ. We had our traditional appetizer spread with lots of presents.


On Christmas morning Kelsey woke up to lots of gifts from Santa. She was pretty tired out from helping all of us open our gifts the night before, but she managed to at least open her big gifts. I had to help her open the others. Here is Kelsey and dad looking at her new bouncy!

Wow, a train table! Kelsey will love playing with it!

Dad likes this bouncy better than the Jump-o-lene because he can actually get in this one! He still can't really jump, but at least he can be in there with Kelsey.

Kelsey got a new vanity for Christmas from Uncle EJ. She loved sitting at it and playing with the hair dryer, mirror, and brush.

Kelsey with her guitar from Mike and Robin. I have to say, it is very LOUD. I'm not sure the volume control really works.

Curlers

I decided it was time for Kelsey to experience the sponge curlers! Well, it wasn't very successful. But, I'm not sure I left them in long enough. I'd planned on being home all day and then decided to go to lunch with mom and dad. So I tried to blow dry her hair while still in the curlers. We didn't even get a little bit of a wave when I took them out. So, we'll have to try them again sometime.

Since she is very much 2, we had to still wear our grown up panties. So, we put them on over her pants. I can't wait to show her this picture again in 15 years! Priceless!

1st Haircut

Kelsey finally had her 1st haircut. I know it was well overdue. She loved the salon since it had a big slide and balloons. But, she didn't want to sit in the chair by herself. Even though there was a horse, Barbie car, John Deere tractor, airplane, and motorcycle to choose from. She decided mom's lap was the best place to sit. We only trimmed the ends and it took about 2 minutes.

Ta-dah! We're all finished...can you even tell she got a trim?

Hercules and Kelsey

These moments are rare...so I always try to capture them. How sweet!

Kelsey's Birthday

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Kentucky Horse Park Lights

We made our annual trip to the Kentucky Horse Park for the Christmas lights. This year we went with The Gibson's. They are in the process of adopting from Korea and are hoping for a referral very soon! Before our trip to the lights we ate dinner at a traditional Korean restaurant in Lexington, Arirang. It was very good. Rusty and I played it safe and had the combination fried rice. Kelsey had a little white rice and a lunchable! She did get to use Pororo training chopsticks. It was really cute and she did a great job. I'm going to have to order some very soon for her. She seemed really interested.

After dinner we headed out to the lights. It was PACKED! Kelsey loved the lights. She kept saying, "more, more!" While we were there we walked through and saw the trains, vendors, and animals. Kelsey fed several of the animals in the petting zoo.