lately.

this fierce little lady turned 17 months on november 29th...

not too many new things to document - she'll have her 18 month check up next month.  she has had a cold/congestion for a month so i took her to the dr. friday.  they think she needs meds to finally kick it out of her system since it has lingered for so long - probably started as a regular cold & as it sat it became more of a bacterial infection.  she hasn't been sick with it - just an ongoing congestion sound and a runny nose at times.
she still prefers being outside.  she is still very loud and very friendly.  loves her "sisshy."  loves climbing and playing rough.  loves her rocking horse and the playground.  no longer uses a paci unless she's in her crib (OR if she is in someone else's care - childcare providers are free to do whatever it takes to make sure she is happy and they stay sane!)

last weekend we went to 2 christmas parades.  sat night was the boat parade downtown and then sunday was the mt. pleasant parade.

watching the boats.  they were really beautiful but it started to mist & was chilly so we didn't stay to see all of them.

at the mt. pleasant parade.  hayes only tried to join the parade 100 times!  that girl is fast and coy - thinks it's hilarious to run away from me.

some of our parade watching crew

sk and alden.  sk was in candy cane heaven!

my sweet girl.  she loves a good parade!  and lights and christmas and jesus's birthday, and santa and just everything about it.

this is a collage of sk's preschool christmas pics over the years at age 1, 2, 3 and her last one at 4.  off to kindergarten we go in august!  preschool is not over for us yet so i'm not getting into that whole post yet.  just enjoying these learning center days for now....

we are festive!  i think we need some big colorful lights in the top of our palm tree next year - or we have seen a green spotlight up in palms lately that shines on the branches so maybe we could do that.

sk went to a cookie decorating party and had so much fun - she didn't want to leave!

they played a little gift game

she also sang in the children's choir performance last week at church and did a great job!

sk is in the lower center wearing a light grey dress and it looks like she's picking her nose in the picture.  i have video footage of her singing but i just don't have time to download it right now!

that's our little life right now.  sk and i wrapped gifts this afternoon and then we went to the traveler's service at our church tonight.  it was really beautiful - lots of signing, communion, scripture readings and then we lit candles and made a circle outside of our beautiful sanctuary and sang Silent Night.  really nice to just be still and receive the message of the christmas season.  we are off and running full speed ahead this week and will leave wednesday for georgia after sk's christmas party.  praying for HEALTH for ALL of our family members - immediate and extended.  praying for safe travels and good times.  stress be gone!!  time to enjoy this time, to remember what we are really celebrating and time to just whistle while i work=)

these 2!!!!  fill me up with love!

well, these 3!