Three Weeks Later... A Kelley Family Christmas 2013

So let’s just pretend that this long over-due Christmas post is my sorry attempt to keep the holiday spirit alive.  ;)  Three weeks later and Santa still lives on.  ;)  The tree may have officially come down at our house…but you can most definitely find remnants of the holidays here and there.   So... I’m thinking that as long as our neighborhood still has Christmas wreaths up at our neighborhood entry..and there are houses still with Christmas lights up, I’m still good..don't ya think? ;)   

I've FINALLY crawled out of nearly a month and a half of feeling like CRAP.. (which started with a cold that Everleigh got right after Thanksgiving.. which then morphed into allergies and a sinus infection that then turned into what I think was a full blown flu!!).  Of course the icing on the cake was getting laryngitis on Jan. 3^rd…after starting to feel better from everything else.. AND STILL haven’t fully gotten my voice back to normal yet!!  Oy vey... to say that the Kelley household was in a bit of a funk.. is an understatement. 

Regardless, Everleigh’s finally snotLESS, I’m finally starting to feel normal again and my chef is on the mend after finally going to the Dr. for antibiotics for a sinus/chest infection.  

Thank Heavens for finally seeing the light...and for a truly wonderful Christmas with both sets of parentals, Chad's sister Christy and her kiddos (our niece Kenzie and nephew Logan :)  

A Kelley Family Christmas, in pictures.  (Sorry.. it's a long one.)  

Everleigh's first Santa experience, the weekend before my parents came into town.. 

Went pretty well I think.  ;) 

A couple days before Christmas, Grandpa and Grandma Maldonado came with gifts in tow..

Presents came early this year..and Everleigh LOVED IT!  :) 

Everleigh and Grandpa "fighting" over bunny :)

Christmas time silliness

My little Mexican White girl.. La Guera Paletera :)

 

Of course Grandma INSISTED that we put together Everleigh's gift...

And Everleigh INSISTED on sitting in it the whole time we were trying to assemble it.  ;) 

"Quality Control Bear."

 

 

Heroh?!  HEROOOHH?! 

CHRISTMAS MORNING AT THE KELLEY HOUSE :)

After a somewhat traditional Christmas Eve spent baking (and decorating) cookies for Santa and the reindeer.. (the reindeer also got cut up oranges as an extra little treat for working so hard that night ;) ... and gorging ourselves on tamales that my parents brought up from back home, we ALL woke up the next morning anxious and ready to take on Christmas day.  ;)  

Logan and Kenzie opening their stockings.. :)

Everleigh...excited about her car... AGAIN.  ;) 

Ooooohhhh... 

 

Time for breakfast! :)

Hours and hours of entertainment with those bracelets! :)

Before the Christmas feast graced our "never been used" dining table!  :)  

A traditional homemade lunch made by my Chef.  :) 

 

 

 

 

Someone seems excited about lunch!  :)

 

  

White Elephant time for the adults :)  

 

Ending the night with a little Face Time with the Maldonado's back home :)  

 

And silliness with Grandpa.  :)

 

That's a wrap!

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas  :)  

  

Everleigh Isabella Kelley - 15 Months and Counting

Every single day since the day Everleigh was born, I've learned something new.  Something about her, something about me or just something about life in general.  

There are a few things that I've learned this month that just aren't worth the fight with our little bear.

  

1.  Bows are silly.  Who needs them anyway?  ;)  We've decided we don't like them and will practically pull out our hair to get them off.  Which leads to our hair being messy most of the time.  Not worth the fight. 

2.  Bunny is better.  Bunny is better than mommy, daddy and Macie combined.  Well maybe that's a slight exaggeration...but bunny makes all things better.  Bunny and his twin that is.  (Come Easter time, we will politely request that EVERY single person we know scour their respective Targets for this blasted bunny...we already have two...we need at LEAST TEN!)  

3.  The car seat is the devil and even though we haven't quite figured out that it takes us to super fun places, we hate it.  Stupid car seat.  (This one we've known for a while.. I've just come to terms with the (sometimes) constant whining and/or crying that may come from just getting out of the neighborhood :/ )

  

4.  We are NOT fond of "formal", sit down and look at the camera type pictures.  Not worth the fight.  Bunny in her mouth is how she is most days.. so in reality, it suits her fine and I didn't really WANT a picture of her in front of the Christmas tree.  Who needs it anyway?!  

5.  Along with hating the car seat, we also hate diaper changes.  If we could sit in our bulging wet diaper all day, we probably would.  Our poopy ones too.  Mommy and daddy are meanies for always changing them out.  Can't you see I've been working on filling those things up for HOURS?!  ;)  

Our Bear at 15 Months (on Christmas Day)  :)