moving

Our move went awesome. May have been in part cuz i'm uber OCD, but friday we got our keys, moved much of the small/fragile stuff (i.e. clothes on hangers, glass shelves, awkwardly shaped baby items/fridge/freezer/grill) and unpacked all that. saturday josh and friends got right to work bright and early loading and unloading the U-Haul, and I unpacked as they brought in. Kylee was great through all of this. loved all the new space to crawl and all the new stuff to explore. when we went back sunday to clean up, we stuck kylee in one room by herself with toys, and she played for awhile, then this is how i found her
moving day i was making last minute small stuff trips with the car, 'lil miss kylee also did great

had to get a picture of her eating ravioli. daddy decided not to put a bib on her. then i forgot to clean her white shirt. now, its in the trash

Yay my little Vikings fan! since we didnt have cable hooked up on sunday, friends invited us over at 8am to watch the game

Josh and Kylee playing on friday. funny that bringing her toys over was the main priority. but...she was happy so that was the important part. our living room is so long we made it half living room, half playroom. and the best part is i can see the playroom from the kitchen!

josh had to get creative on friday. we had kylee's milk and sippy cups at the new place, but the microwave was at our old place and kylee will only drink milk warm. (working on that) so josh sterilized a coke can, and warmed the milk up that way. my little mcguyver!

hope y'all had a great past week. grandpa and grammy get here in just 80 hours!

Monkey

Lately Kylee has been climbing on everything. I'm not sure where she got the idea...one day she just started to climb. It's cute...I remember when Alaina was starting to climb and she had no fear, just loved to climb, so its cute now to watch Kylee do the same.
Kylee wearing Daddy's beret

i was eating an apple for breakfast and she didnt want what she had (a cinnamon roll!)... she wanted my apple, so i gave it to her. she did great. that child loves fruit.

a few days ago while i was packing i emptied out kylee's room except for her old car seat and stroller. the dog we are babysitting and Nash loved the big empty room and played/fought for an hour. kylee climbed into her car seat to watch.

well, the car is all packed up, just waiting to pick up the keys tomorrow morning and start moving the small stuff friday. saturday we got the uhaul and many strong friends to move the big stuff. i'm gonna lose my internet in a few hours, so its time to do the last few things...pack up the computer and the tv and the baby's toys. Have a good week everyone!

New Years and some other stuff

My friend Teresa and I are both pregnant so we were the DD's of the night

Kylee has been having fun in this move with all the boxes

they have multiple forms of entertainment

she loves to try to crawl under the baby gate up the stairs. of course, there's no way she could fit, but she still tries all the time

happy baby!

Now that I'm pretty much done nursing, Josh does Kylee's bedtime routine. I love that!

Kylee had PB&J for the first time a few days ago. Not a big fan but I'm still trying every day

I have drill this weekend, and next week I'll probably be doing final moving stuff cuz we move on Friday, so I probably wont post for awhile. Grandpa and Grammy get here in just 2 weeks!

beach day!

We went out to Barber's point on sunday afternoon. We were supposed to be at the lagoons but they were full and had no room for parking. Barber's point is an awesome place for surfing but the water is pretty rough for a kid.
There's E2 in the pic, too!

kylee LOVED LOVED LOVED playing in the sand

so daddy built a sandcastle, but she just wanted to destroy it

kylee hated being in this floaty toy

hope your all staying warm!

Josh's Christmas Present

For Christmas I gave Josh a shark cage tour...and I went with him! This is hard to see but here is a shark near the surface
we had to get up at 4am to start the tour at 6. the visibility is best in the morning and thats when the sea is the most calm

had to throw in a few pictures of kylee. here she is making her "eskimo kisses" face. when you say eskimo kisses she gives them to you, but she has a mean look on her face and is not very gentle. lol.

playing with DaDa

back to the shark cage

it really was a beautiful day. on the way back we even spotted whales so the Captain turned the ship around so we could whale watch for awhile. it was awesome.

Our Christmas

Lil Miss Kylee all dressed up before we went to church on Christmas Eve

before we went to church and before her dress was on, she played in the laundry basket for about a half hour. amazing the things they love...

Kylee opening her first gift. after that she lost interest and just wanted to eat everything

speaking of eating...cinnamon rolls i made! this is definitely an Engstrom Christmas morning tradition

Kylee with her first baby doll, a cabbage patch newborn. Thanks Papa and Grandma Wright, she loves it. When we ask her where her baby is, she either looks at it or goes to get it.

Our friends got Kylee this adorable Santa hat

First time hosting Christmas dinner and everything turned out awesome. Couldnt have asked for a better dinner and night

We made dinner and the night very informal...in fact, it was pajama night

Kylee playing on her Barbie quad this morning. She is in love/hate with it. She does know how to use it, just not steer it.