Where Ya Been?

Honesty Break - I wrote this intro in January 2011:

So ... over the weekend, a very good friend asked about the blog. While Blogger has not been a friend to me, I thought the least I could do would be to update. (Hi, Anne!! Hi, Bob!)

Back to October 2012:

Here we are!  Blogging apparently wasn't for me (or figuring out an easy way to post blogs without teaching Annie some new "colorful" language wasn't for me!) ... but I was thinking that a quick picture update might be fun ... and maybe we could resurrect the blog?

See, now that wasn't so hard now was it?!  Things have changed since we we last checked in ... all for the better!  Annie is playing soccer (read:  Annie is a member of the soccer team and enjoys wearing a uniform, kicking the ball and team snack) and starts dance class today!  What if I actually posted a dance class picture ... 2 posts in one weekend after 3 years of being dormant?!  Getting crazy over here ... stay tuned!

CMoR!

For Christmas, Uncle Danny bought us a family membership to the Children's Museum! We went yesterday for the first time. Yesterday was the Snow Day Festival. There was snow and sledding in the backyard and you could get a free snowcone! Since this was our first trip to CMoR, we had fun checking out the exhibits. We can't wait to go back and CMoR (heh heh heh, get it?)!!

Annie petting CMOR!
A climbing on the TRex

OOOOHHHH! Spikey!!

Can I keep him, mom? ... Can I? Can I?

Riding the TRex

Checking out the Brontosaurus

Waterfall!!

Daddy and A checked out the cave together!

Daddy telling A that this is the Moo Cow!

Petting the Moo Cow

Milking the Moo Cow!!

We made a stamp of the dinosaurs we petted/rode on

Playing with the cash register and corn

driving the pickup

Riding in the boat

Big Girl!

Annie is growing so fast! We are just starting to try out the sippy cup (still filled with formula though!). Thanks for suggesting the straw, Auntie Ashley!

Christmas Break!

The Christmas break started with a BIG snowstorm!

Playing in the snow for the first time!
Daddy loves snow too!

Love my puppydog hat from Gram Pam!

All bundled up!

Daddy says we got around 15" of snow!

Over break we also baked Christmas Cookies!

And opened presents ...

This one is from our friends Audrey and Katelyn ... we all love princesses!

I LOVE PRESENTS!







We also just had fun at home hanging out ...

Daddy tickling me in my Christmas shirt!

First Christmas Family of 3 photo!








New Christmas toys ... a very musical Christmas!

Reading books!

A Big Fat Before Christmas Update...

So, we know that it has been quite a while since our last update... that's because we've been having so much fun! First holidays, celebrations, and milestones have all been documented and saved on cameras ... now it's time to share! Check out what the Keatings have been up to! ( in a pretty random order :)

Annie and Connnor Chillin' at the Ornament Exchange
Nana, Mom , and Annie donning their finest holiday duds

EARLIER IN THE SEASON ...

We have grown SO BIIIIG! *we visited the Ashland Berry Farm to get our pumpkins for Halloween!

On Halloween we went Trick or Treating with our friends

Trick or Treating with our friends :)

A New Christmas Tradition

Today we went to Tea with the Legendary Santa. This is the same Santa (duh) and traditions that Wes loved when he was little. Santa cam down the chimney, drank his milk and jingled his belt, gave out Rudolph Cakes, introduced the Snow Queen and Elf, and had a singalong and read a story. Annie absolutely loved the singing and meeting people. She was so pretty in her Christmas dress! Santa gives Annie and Daddy Rudolph Cakes
Annie LOVED the Elf! Santa's Elf lead the singalong and the dance party to Reindeer Boogie (the Hokey Pokey).

Annie tells Santa she's been a good girl (she left out the part about crying at 3:30am - her new trick - and teething on her crib!)

Annie meets the Snow Queen and waits patiently to see the Legendary Santa

Santaaaaaaaa!

HAPPY AMERICANS!

While Nana has been here babysitting, she has designated Tuesdays as "Toy Tuesday."  So, every Tuesday we head over to Toys R Us and Annie gets to pick out a new toy.  This is a picture of our last trip on Toy Tuesday.  Annie was hysterical laughing with the woman at the checkout behind me while I took this picture.  No doubt that shopper was thinking, "Check out these Happy Americans?!"  

Extra Credit to anyone who knows where the term "Happy Americans" came from ...