Santa Came Early

I can't believe it is Sunday night. This weekend was a whirlwind between Angela going to the ER, a Christmas party, and putting toys together!!!!! Thank goodness we have ONLY ONE WEEK till we get out for Christmas break.

As a child I was one of those who would go hunting for my presents- in closets, under beds, etc. Angela and I would use each other as a look-out so that we wouldn't get caught. I'm also one of those people who can hardly wait to give other people their gifts. Well, Christmas started a little early for Mikayla at my house- not that she doesn't get stuff all the time!

Mimi and Pop kept Mikayla yesterday afternoon and last night so that I could go to my Christmas party for work. When they came to get Mikayla they brought Mikayla's "big" Christmas present. It was so big that it came in 2 large boxes! I had ordered this really large "walk-in" kitchen. I decided to use my "free time" to put it together. I knew we would be in Haynesville Christmas eve, so what the heck. It was originally going to be from Santa, but there was no way I could put it together in Haynesille and then transfer it to my house- it wouldn't go through a door way. Mikayla has plenty of other presents to open and play with.

Angela is here, but crippled at the moment, so she was NO HELP in putting it together! I am so proud. I did it all by myself!!!! I can use tools- including an electric drill!!!!! The kitchen takes up about half the toy room. I did put a sheet over it and shut the door. When Mikayla got home today of course she went and opened the door and then began crawling under the sheet. I told you it was "walk in", well, there's a little bar area, so she was crawling under it. I took the sheet off, and she was so excited. She kept calling it "her house" and saying "pretty" (which sounded more like "petty"). She will enjoy this kitchen set for many more years to come.

The first picture you'll see below is from the ToysRUs website. It does not have Mikayla in it, but I wanted you to be able to see the kitchen I was just talking about. The second picture s of Mikayla playing in her kitchen. I couldn't get her to look at the camera because she was wanting to play!

Exciting Night

Angela (A.K.A. Aunite) came to spend the night at our house tonight, and I ended up with her in the ER at the VA in Shreveport- not what I call a good place on a Friday night! She had fallen down the front steps of my parent's house a few days ago. Her leg was swollen really bad, and she was in a lot of pain. My Aunt Dee and Uncle Chuck met Angela and I at the ER, and they took Mikayla home with them. The Doctor gave Angela some pain meds through her IV and demanded that Angela stay off of it. Needless to say- it has been a crazy evening!

Angela had brought a few cupcakes with her. Mikayla wanted one of course. The picture below was taken before the excitement of the trip to the ER.

Pictures

The picture of Mikayla was taken this morning on our way to school, and the other picture is of my classroom- where I spend all my time!

Snoozing Away

Mikayla is snoozing away in my bed, and I'm about to head there. She went to the ENT yesterday, and he said her ears looked great. She has bad congestion, so he gave her some meds for it, but her ears were clear!!! He did say that if Mikayla had not had tubes put in the congestion would've caused another ear infection. We did the tubes just in time!!!

Rough Monday

Mikayla did NOT want to get up this morning. She cried "nooooo" the entire time I was trying to get her ready. Normally she sleeps through the whole thing, but not this morning! I didn't even try to put her shoes on her until we got to Daycare. She did not want me to leave her at Daycare either. She wasn't with me a whole lot this weekend, so that may have had something to do with it. Mikayla was thrilled when I got there to pick her up. She ran to me as fast as her little legs could carry her.

Tomorrow we go back to the ENT for a follow-up for the tubes being put in. Hopefully everything is perfect!!!!

Precious!

Mikayla did not like Santa. She liked it when she was on one side of the gate and Santa was on the other. I held her so that we could take a picture with Santa. She didn't cry, but if I had made her sit alone with him there would've been a melt down.

We also had her pictures taken in her Christmas Dress, and the picture below is of Mikayla playing while we were waiting to have her pictures taken. She looked ADORABLE!!!!! You can't really tell by this picture, but the dress was smocked with little snowmen.

Back to the Daily Grind

With a lot of tears Mikayla went to Daycare this morning. We have spent so much time together that there was a little problem with separation. She apparently made it through though. When I went to pick her up the Daycare Director told me that she thought Mikayla was talking a lot more today and that she seemed to be more balanced. I had thought those things myself, but it helps to hear someone else say it.

The pictures below are from tonight. She is actually crawling up in my lap as I type and pointing to the pictures of herself saying, "Kayla." Soooo cute!!!