Christmas

Skylar had a blast opening her gifts this year. We had dinner at the Arana house & Skylar got to play w/ all of her friends. The night ended w/ a white Christmas! It's hard to believe we had over a foot of snow in Virginia Beach!

Birthday Party

On Sunday December 19th, Skylar had a reptile birthday party! It was so much fun! 33 people came (14 kids!) We had family come in from TN, MD & Delaware! JB's Rattles did the reptile show. They brought 2 snakes, a turtle, a big lizard & a giant hissing cockroach. Skylar has no fear. She pet & held everything. What a fun day we had.

Squadron Christmas Party

On Saturday morning we took Skylar to the HSC-22 Children's Christmas Party. She had a blast! Santa was flown in by helo & then handed out gifts to the kids. Each family got to take a picture with Santa in the helo. As you can see Skylar didn't like him very much.

the latest pictures

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is our favorite holiday. We love having friends & family over for a big meal. This year we made turkey, roast beef, collard greens, mac & cheese, mashed potatoes, homeade stuffing, & appetizers. Our guests brought some yummy desserts. Skylar had a blast playing with her friends. The kids outnumbered the adults this year!

Cute pictures

1st overnight in the hospital

My poor little buddy! After Skylar was up all night crying, throwing up & wheezing we took her to her pediatrician. She had to get a chest & stomach x-ray, & breathing treatments. They couldn't get her oxygen levels back to normal so she had to spend the night. They had to wake her up for breathing treatments, to draw blood, & take blood pressure, temperature, etc. She was one unhappy little girl. This is her 2nd bout w/ wheezing. If it happens 1 more time they are diagnosing her w/ asthma. They said she will hopefully outgrow it. They sent us home w/ an inhaler & steroids. She is doing much better. These pictures were taken in the hospital a couple hours before they sent us home when she was in a much better mood. She even had her own flat screen tv in her hospital crib!

very active toddler

We've had a busy couple of weeks. Skylar is really growing up. She says so many new words & still loves to watch Clifford. On Saturday 10/30 we went to the Norfolk Zoo Boo with some friends. This was Skylar's 1st time trick or treating & she loved it! It was great to go to a safe place & to trick or treat in the morning. As you can see she did NOT like the Tigger costume so we put her in a cheerleading costume. About a week ago I put her down for a nap & she climbed out of her crib....two days in a row!!! Yesterday we turned her crib into a toddler bed. She loves it & went right to sleep last night but, with the time change she got out of bed at 4 am!!!! We also got her a cool rocking horse from Sam's Club. It's her new favorite thing.

22 months old today

1st Hayride

Brookdale Farm

Today we went to Brookdale Farm in Chesapeake w/ our good friends. The kids had a blast. We picked our own pumpkin, played in the kids area, went through the soy bean maze, went on a horse drawn hayride, & brought home some pumpkin butter & cranberry salsa.