Is it February already???

 Well we have been busy here at the Kerkman house!  Gilly learned to crawl at the end of December and so she is all over the place!  She has also started walking, with our hands and with the walker toy, so she is growing up.  Al had to re-do the sandbox, all the sand had blown out of it, literally!  Stupid OK wind!  So we made the sandbox smaller and put another set of railroad ties around it and we tarp it when it is super windy, who would have thought it would be this much work????  Sydney started baseball this past week and loves!  She told Al on the way home hitting and running are her favorites! We are getting set for the big birthdays, Gilly turning 1 and Syd 3, wow!

The girls love to lay on their pillows

 Coloring, Gilly likes to try to eat the crayons, we are working on that:)

 Guess who turned 11 months in January, yep Gilly!

 Gilly and Syd crawling!

 Playing in the new sandbox, and loving it!

 Loving her pizza, she is a true Kerkman!

 Playing legos

Christmas 2011

Well the days leading up to Christmas and Christmas were pretty fun.  

Although our girls don't like to see Santa or sit on his lap, they sure do like that he comes to the house when they are sleeping, so they don't have to see him:)

Here Syd and Gilly are opening their presents from the Miller Christmas back home in MN.  Syd got to Dora DVD's, she was pretty happy.

 Syd and I making Christmas tree cupcakes

 Syd enjoying the cupcake, or mainly the frosting:)

 December 19th, Gillian turned 10 months old, wow we can't believe it.  She is such a happy baby, and loves to eat, if you can't tell.  She has 7 teeth and I am pretty sure she is working on her 1 yr molars, they are not coming in so nice!  She loves to stand up to stuff and just this week crawled for the first time, she isn't crawling all over yet but she is getting braver about trying to get things etc., and the fun begins!  She has learned a few pieces of sign language, and Sydney in turn teaches her babies as well, pretty cute!

 On December 22 we got some snow, it was crazy and fun.  Syd wanted to go out and play in it, but as you can see there wasn't enough and it was gone by the next day.

 December 24th, Christmas Eve

 Opening gifts from my family back in MN.  

Gilly got a photo book with lots of pictures of her with family and all she wanted to do was kiss it:)

 Stockings from Grandma and Grandpa

 The main gift from everyone back in MN, the John Deere Gator.

They opened a small gator in the house and Syd was thrilled then when we went outside and she saw the real one, she was so excited.  "Mom it is just like Caden's"  So cute.  Gilly loved it too, she really liked watching Syd drive around on it.  Oh and the green glasses were a gift too and she had to wear them all day.

 Me and my girls

 Family pic

 Syd rocking out with her new glasses and microphone!

 December 25th, Christmas Day

Santa came and brought Syd a bunch of new legos

 Syd helping Gilly out

 Oh a xylophone, they both love it

 New dress up gloves, cuz we can't have enough of those

 Working on her driving skills

December 27th

Aaron and Karen took a trip put to see us and we had a great time!

December Fun

We have had a busy December so far, wow!  

Sisters

 Sydney's Christmas concert at her school - the 2 yr old class sang Jingle Bells, so cute!  

 Kerkman girl cousins

Sydney, Allison and Gillian (she can't keep her hands off)

 Syd reading to Sam, how cute!

 Allison

 Kerkman Cousins, this was the only shot that worked and Gilly has her eyes closed:)

 Gilly enjoying a xmas cookie!

 Syd and Gilly with Grandma and Charlie

 Clapping

Santa

This was our second visit to see Santa, hoping it would go better, as you can see from the pics it went OK:)  

Syd didn't want to sit on Santa's lap or stand next to him, but she would go up to get a book:)  Gillian, well the  min I put her down she screamed, poor little girl.  

 Syd with Miss Kathy (storytime teacher) getting her book

 Going up nice and slow to talk to Santa, still a bit nervous.

Overall it was a pretty good visit with Santa, Syd had no tears for the first year:)  Gillian, well she is taking after her sister and crying:)

Gillian is 9 Months Old

Gillian is now 9 Months old, wow we can't believe it!  She just had her doctor appointment today and her are her stats:

22.10 lbs - 95% - if you can't tell she doesn't miss a meal:)

28 3/4 inches - 87%

Gilly is getting so big, she loves to watch her big sister, she loves to clap, she is standing up to things, loves to roll around on the floor, loves music and is just a joy to be around.  If you need a smile just look at her and you got it!

We had some pictures taken this past weekend so I wanted to share a few, Gilly wasn't really into smiling all the time, but we got some good ones! 

Even big sister got a few pictures!