| sick |

It has been a sad week around our house. Kayla has come down with a terrible cold (which she kindly gave to me). She has gotten progressively worse as the week rolled along. She has had a constant fever for days now. We decided last night we better take her into the doctors. She went this morning and to our dismay she has croup AND an ear infection. Ugh. Poor thing. Today was probably the roughest day yet too. She has done nothing but sit in our arms and whine. Hopefully she will get better soon, I feel so bad for her. We rarely get to see her cute smile and bubbly personality when she is like this.

| little piano player |

Kayla LOVES music. As I am sure most little kids do! She will dance at any moment music begins to play, wether it is on tv, or a toy, or at church (that is still my favorite).

She also really likes to make music. She loves to play the piano at the grandparents. In fact it can be hard to keep her away from it at times. I was in the middle of trying to change her into her jammies in this pic. She just couldn't wait any longer!

Her and Addelyn, playing together.

She is trying to lull Addelyn to sleep in this one. She is such a mozart on the piano, so I am sure Addelyn was nice and relaxed listening to her BANG on the keys!! :)

| west side |

As some of you may know Bryan and 2 of his brothers served their missions in Santiago, Chile. 2 of them on the west side and one on the east. Well Russell was CONSTANTLY flashing his east side "mission" signs, in all of his mission pics, and constantly now that he is home.

The other day Kayla started flashing hers! And she proudly flashed the west side in support of her dad! Here are some of her other signs she flashed quickly there after.






And yes, that is a mandarin orange stuck in her hair. Mealtime usually always requires some sort of scrub down afterwards!

| big girl |

Kayla is officially a BIG girl. She is now sitting in her big girl seat in the car and LOVING it! She had been throwing such a fit every time we put her in the car so we decided it was time. She grinned at me the entire time she rode in it for her first time. I think it is safe to say SHE LOVES IT!

It still seems so crazy to look back there and see her looking at me. I love it though.

Amazing how quick they grow up!