December 2010

12/31 - As a gift from Greg's office they gave us an XBox360 with Kinect. Very cool for us and the kids. New Years Eve we hung out and played some Xbox. That night we went to get dinner at Durken's Pizza, and took it over to our Neighbors the Hotze's. We had some good food, a few drinks and then we played Xbox Kinect (they got one as well). Everyone had a good time.

Then we took the kids home to get them in bed. Greg's cousin Rachel came over to watch the house and be there in case the kids got up while we went to a party at the Solis' house. Usually when the kids are in bed they don't get up. We had a good time with Dave, Tracy, Doug, and Juan and Marissa at the party. Of course as we were leaving Kasey decided to get up (the computer accidentally got turned off so Rachel couldn't see what was going on). As usual Kasey wasn't big on going back to sleep. We got home not to much later and Kasey was still up not wanting to go to bed.

New Years was weird, the stations in Dallas didn't show the ball drop at 11. We had to watch the Spanish station to get it. Even at midnight we had to really search to see the New York New Years. They kept showing stuff in Dallas which was just weird.

12/30 - Greg and I got to go out to dinner with Dave, Tracy and Doug for our annual holiday dinner. We went to Tillman's Roadhouse in Oak Cliff which was really good.

12/29 - I got to go to the Salon for a wonderful Manicure, Pedicure and facial. I only get to go once or twice a year, but I love it when I get to go.

12/28 - 2 years and 1 month old. We transitioned Kasey's bed to a toddler bed. We'll see how that goes.

12/20 - Kasey said Kasey for the first time. We were driving around looking at Christmas lights and Kasey kept saying more Christmas lights on my side and more Christmas lights.

12/18 - A&M was playing Arkansas in basketball at AA center so Greg, Doug and Dave went to the game. The kids and I stayed behind and went over the our Neighbors house to decorate cookies with the kids. We had cookie and wine which was fun!

mid Dec - Now Kasey is saying all of the Grandparents names - Pops, Grandma, Grammy, Gramps, Nanny and Grandpa.

12/16 - Greg and I had our 10 year wedding anniversary. Greg had beautiful flowers sent to my work on the 16th. Our first celebration was our trip to South Africa that we took this summer.

On 12/23 we went out to dinner at Seasons52 to celebrate our anniversary. The food and atmosphere was good. One of their things is that every item on the menu is less than 475 calories which is really good.

On 12/24 Greg and I went to see a movie as one last celebration. We went to see Harry Potter because that was the only thing we could really agree on :)

12/13 - Grandpa has been saying that he wants Landon to score goals for him, and tonight at his game he scored 2. He was very excited to score them for Grandpa.

Kasey decided she wanted to sleep with a pillow for the first time. We'll see how that goes.

12/11 - we think Kasey said Grandma, but she won't say it again. We had 2 parties to go to this day which were very different. The first was a Christmas party at the Cooks house. There were ~23 kids there under the age of 6 or 7, and lots of toys for them to play with. It was fun to visit with the parents and the kids had a great time. We also had some good food and drink. Then Grandma picked up the kids at our house and we went to a work party at one of the guys houses. Very different. No kids and a mix of several cultures including American, Israeli, Mexican and others. It was nice to meet various people's significant others and let them meet Greg. After the party Greg and I actually went out to the Londoner near our house and had a few beers and talked until 1am. We definitely don't get to do that much anymore. It was a good night and we got to do a mix of things with the kids and with just us.

12/10 - Kasey got a good haircut with the Lady that Greg likes to get his hair cut out. It looks cute and healthy!

Kasey started saying Landon more and said Grammy. We were at Landon's soccer game and she was yelling Go Landon. She also said Night Night Landon which made Landon really happy.

Kasey has decided she doesn't really like taking naps anymore. Of course if she gets in a car she's out in a heartbeat. Should be an interesting stage.

12/4 - Kasey said Gramps for the first time and Landon's soccer game. We had a busy day. Landon's soccer game at 12:30pm, I went to spend some time with a few sorority sisters for a few hours which was great, and then we went to our neighbors holiday/birthday party. All was fun, but a lot for 1 day.

11/29 - I took the morning off, took Kasey to her Dr appointment (2 year checkup). She was doing great. 25.6 lb (35%), 34.5 inches tall (68%), and 19 1/4 in head circumference (84%). From there Greg took Kasey to his mom's and work. I went to Landon's class and read a book to them (a Toy Story adventure and 101 Dalmatians story) which was fun. Landon has a small class. They had a little chair set up for me and Landon got to sit next to me while Ms Nancy and his class mates sat on the floor in front of us. It was fun.