that time of year and other stuff

Well it's the holidays again and here at the Keele house we love the holidays! we were lucky enough to get to spend Thanksgiving with Bryan's sister Melissa and her family. We were really grateful that they made the trip down from Indiana to see us and make us some delicious pumpkin pies. Thanksgiving day started out with the Drumstick Dash down town. Bryan ran the 5k and the rest of us walked, pushing the kids in strollers. It was a fun time that raised money for the rescue mission. Bryan finished around 22 minutes, a good improvement from his last run, so congrats again honey! December 5th we made our annual trek up Bent Mountain to get our Christmas tree. Once again this expedition landed on the first snow fall of the season. There was already a few inches of accumulation by the time we got there so we made it a quick trip, but I think the tree we got was still marvelous(Bryan picked the winner). Little Princess insisted that the tree be small enough for her to carry. So we compromised and got a regular size pine and also a Charlie Brown style tree just small enough for Little Princess to carry. I have some adorable pictures of her and her dad dragging their trees through the snow that I'll post soon. Some funny Little princess moments lately are: She's discovered advertisments. The Black Friday ads came out and she fell in love with this princess vanity/piano combo. Quite frankly it looks annoying. But she carried the ad around for two days straight. She slept with it. First thing in the morning she was carrying out of her bed. It has since been destroyed, but she seemed to want it so bad, we went out at 5AM Black friday morning to get this fabulous present for her. I really, really, hope it's not as annoying as it looks in the picture.. Just a few nights ago I see her sopping up a mess. 'I had an accident' she tells me. This is highly bizarre considering she hasn't had an accident in months, but I let it slide. A little while later, I glance over the couch and see her pull of her shorts and head to the corner of the room. "what are you DOING?" I asked..she runs off the the bathroom and proceeds to use the toilet. She comes back out and tells me 'I'm just going potty like Vegas'(our dog). ughh really? peeing on the floor? I'm guessing that 'accident' was not and accident.Luckily those incidents have not repeated themselves. Little boy is growing big. He weighs a little over 20 lbs and is 31 inches long. That puts him in the 95th percentile for height. The Dr. said it's still too early to sign him up for the NBA but we'll see. A comparision between my boy and girl, He is 20 lbs at 10 months, Little princess was 18 lbs at 18 months. Genetics is a crazy thing. I'm going to use this blog as a family journal of sorts, so I should be posting more often and in small lengths.