Off to Texas!

We are leaving for Texas in the morning for a week, so I wanted to post a few pics before we left. We used these in our Christmas card this year...so cute! We are driving 14 hours with a 2 year old and a 7 month old, so wish us luck! We did this in July and it wasn't too bad, so I am hoping for the same. We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday and we will post some pics when we get back! Merry Christmas!!

6 Month Dr. Visit!

Kinley had her 6 month visit today. She definitely had a growth spurt since her last visit! The stats from her last visit were in the 50th percentile for everything and now she is in the 75th percentile- woohoo! She weighs 17 lbs. and is 26 1/2 in. Of course she got her shots including the flu vaccine, so daddy said she wasn't happy about that. Chase took her and sent me these 2 pics - enjoy!

Tinkerbell & Lady Bug!

Here are some pics from Zoo Boo on Saturday...

My cousin Britt, me, Riley, and my mom

Now for the official Halloween pics...

How cute is this?? Riley was in one of her moods and did not want a pic with Kinley, so she went solo on this one!

Riley ready to go trick or treating with daddy...

Now she wants to pose for pics....

checking out all of her candy...

what a look...

Pumpkin Patch!

Here are a few pics of Kinley and then pics of the pumpkin patch visit with the Schembra family...so much fun!

Riley & Anabelle - what a pair!

Riley, Malia, Calen, & Anabelle

New Pic!

So, Chase found a great deal at a new photo place, so we thought we would try getting a pic of the girls together. We both figured Kinley would be the easy one and Riley would not like it. Boy were we wrong! Riley was all about getting her picture taken and LOVED the attention! We had tons of pics to choose from for her and Miss Kinley wanted NOTHING to do with the lady taking the pics or the camera/lights/props. She had a little cold too, so she wasn't feeling the best, which did not help. Needless to say, this was the best one with both of them. Riley has a really cute one we got suckered into buying, but it was not with the "deal" so we don't have that one on a CD - I will figure out a way to get it on here. :)
Also, potty training is pretty much at a stand still....she hasn't gone since the last posting. She sits on the potty at day care all the time, but never goes...I think seeing her own poop traumatized her!

Sisters!

Here is the most recent pic of the girls...we are still trying to figure out what is going on with Kinley's hair...haaa!

Potty Time!

I am proud to share that we are in potty training mode at the Huotari household! Please forgive my potty training words as I explain :) On Tuesday, Riley asked to go potty at day care with some of the other girls that are potty training. I spoke with her teacher and brought pull-ups yesterday. I picked her up and she went pee pee on the potty once, which is a step. Then, last night she sat on the potty and ended up shutting the door - evidently she wanted privacy. The next thing we know she is crying a little and we thought she was scared because she was locked in the bathroom. So, I go in and she pooped in the potty and was scared of the poopy - haaa! We made a huge deal about it and she put her sticker on her chart and we were so excited for her.

Happy 2nd Birthday Riley!

So, we are a little behind on posting pictures, but this is from Riley's 2nd Birthday, which was August 20th. We had her birthday party at Monkey Joe's on Saturday, the 21st. It was sooo much fun! They have bounce houses and as you can see from the pictures, the kids had a blast. We had a room to ourselves to eat pizza, cake, ice cream, and open presents. We are definitely going back there again! Enjoy the pics! :)

Riley's yummy cake from Long's Bakery! :)

Here is the room we had and of course the birthday girl had the huge inflatable chair at the head of the table!

Riley taking a break!

Griffin

Avery

Shawn

Emilee

Double Trouble (Riley & Avery)

Cooper getting a little bit of help from his mommy Courtney. :)

Looks like they are up to something...

Riley is chugging her sippy - haaa!

Yummy cake and ice cream!

Video of Riley!

Since we got our new video camera, Chase has been hard at work...enjoy!

Video of Kinley!

Here is Kinley talking to daddy! I am working on Riley's birthday party pics, so those will be up soon!

Back to School!

Well, we are back at school and I have definitely not updated this blog in a while! We have been quite busy with Kinley's baptism, weddings, enjoying our last few days of summer vacation, and getting ready to go back to day care. Here are some pics of the girls - enjoy!

Chase & I, Kinley, and Jenny & Nolan (the awesome Godparents!)

Father Wilmoth with us and the girls!

EVERY time I took Riley's picture, her eyes were closed - hilarious!

She is soooo cute, I can't get enough of her!

Riley LOVES to hold her baby sister!