Mommy and Me

My girl

Before XMAS eve mass

I'm not so sure about you Santa~?

uh......are you gonna eat those meatballs......

Happy 2012~!

Ok so as I promised, pics of New Years and Xmas.....We had a very nice and busy Christmas.  It all began on the 23rd with the annual Burkholder Xmas Bash at Grandma and Grandpa Burkholders with a special visit from Santa.  Majority of everyone was there.....which when you add 10 siblings, their children and then their families - it was nothing short of chaos~!  But alot of fun and I was glad Aly was able to participate :)  She did great with all of her many cousins.  Christmas Eve was a nice quiet day, with a little bit of a hiccup for mass - so I grabbed communion and met Daniel and Aly in the car.....(I think we were snake-bit when we woke her up early from her nap) plus, I have never seen so many people packed in the church & hall like sardines!!!  Crazy CHREASTERS~!!!  We then went over to mom and dad's and had a lovely dinner, Daniel' sister, Grace and her husband joined us and we had a great time - Aly got to open up all of her presents from Babi and Dido.  Christmas Day we woke up early to see what Santa had brought, Aly was actually interested in playing with her existing toys rather than the new ones (favorite toy still - Pink Princess Car from the Brooks - she loves that thing~!!! - Thanks Dustin!!)  Then we packed up and headed over to my Grandma's to open presents, see our cousins and eat some delicious cookies.  We came home, grabbed a nap and then trecked out to Fair Oaks Ranch to spend the evening with Daniel's Dad, Kathy and the kiddos.  Aly had a great time, she loves her Aunt's and Uncle (we'll explain that to her later ~!)  Whew - I'm exhausted, how about you.....I think that wraps up the festivities of xmas.  I will post pics and then on to New Years. (It was just as busy.....get ready!)

Drive-by Bloggin

So, I am statrting to become one of those bloggers that only blog on holidays.....kind of like those church goers that only go on Christmas and Easter.....what are they called - "Chreasters"  Honestly, I have not blogged b/c my new employer blocks "social sites" even during lunch hours - it's not really a bad thing, but it is the reason for the lack of blogs.  Ok so anyway.  We had a wonderful T-Giving.  Spent the day at my mom's and it was just the 5 of us.  It was very nice b/c it gave me a chance to rest (2 naps~!!) and enjoy the day.  I have been feeling "ok"I have had waves of nausea, last week was pretty bad - doc had to perscribe me phenagren and have had some pretty massive migranes....but thankfully the "nausea cloud" lifted on TGiving day and I was able to wear my stretchy pants and scarf down a bunch of good food.  Here are some pics of our weekend - hope all of yours were as blessed as ours :)  Next - CHRISTMAS!!!
HO HO HO

Thanksgiving morning - going to get bagels with daddy

Me and my Dido

My Thanksgiving outfit(thanks Gma Kathy) with snacks "in-hand"

Mommy and Me, more snacks please~!

Three Generations of  "Red-Heads"

Babi and Dido making Turkey dinner~! yum

Miss Alyson Grace Burkholder

Clippin Black Friday Ads with mommy and the "Aunt Crazies"~!!!!

Happy Halloween

Well, we joined in on the festivities of October 31.  Alyson was a Moo Cow, I was "The Color Purple" and Daniel was Dog the Bounty Hunter~!  Alot of fun was had, Alyson enjoyed answering the door and checking out all of the costumes, I was very surprised that she didn't get scared.  We had a great time, check out some pics below!

Aly practicing her "Moo's"

Aunt Grace - aka Black Swan~!

Daniel and Alyson

Happy Halloween~!

Mom~!  No kisses, ge the door~~!!!!

It all went down-hill from here.....

Red's are back~!

Trick o Treat

Draught

So, I am back....sorry for the lack of posts.  Like I said September/October have been a little rough.  Below are some Pumkin Pics of my little pumkin.  We took her to the United Methodist Pumkin Patch and had a photo session, her attention span lasted for approximatley 3.2 min, but we did manage to get some pretty cute photos.  Enjoy ~!

We have a walker~!

Sorry it has been so long, September has been a rough month, hopefully Ocotber will be a little "nicer"

Alyson 15 months

I don't have any pics to post - but will definitely have some this weekend.

Wanted to give you all an update on Miss Alygator at 15mo. old.  So lets see, we are not walking yet.  We have taken a few unassisted steps from Mommy to Daddy, but we fall into their laps laughing every-time we get close.  If I hold her one hand and walk around with her, she loves that and I now know how it feels walking alongside of someone intoxicated.  :)

She is "talking" like crazy, it of course is all in a foreign language and so funny to watch her facial expressions as she is talking, like she fully understands what she is saying.

She is still SO in love with her daddy.  When I get her from school and open the garage door, she immediately says "dada", when the phone rings at the house, or my cell chimes with a text - she immediately says "dada".  She only says mama when I am feeding her or when I request her to say it.  Oh well, I am in love with dada to - so it's cool.  Other words she is saying......mama, baby, moo

She is infatuated with books.  We started reading to her literally when we brought her home from the hospital and right now she loves to be read to, to turn pages and to interact with her books.  Her favorite books are "Peek a Who" and "Brown Bear" I hope she continues her love for the rest of her life - they are treasures. And on a soap box note - I hope that the technology wave does not take over and they do away with printing books, that would be so sad.

She loves dogs......well fake dogs.  Dogs she sees in books and on t.v.  Real dogs still scare her, except for sweet Lucy, my cousins dog.  Every-time she see's a fake dog, she pants and sticks out her tongue.  I think she might be one for halloween~!  She loves to dance with mommy in the car and she also loves to clap~!  She mimicks everything we do and it is quite entertaining watching her do so.

This weekend we are going to Rockport, and I will make sure to take lots of photos so you can see how fast Miss Aly is growing.~!  Stay safe, be cool.