Unfortunately, no, we didn't go to NYC

First of all - if you click this photo and look closely, you can see Kaylee's little teeth coming in! She's very stingy with showing them off and we hadn't been able to get a picture of them before today (of course when we were trying...here I wasn't actually going for the teeth shot, but got them in there!).

We dressed Kaylee up in one of her Christmas outfits today to have photos done with Santa at "Christmas in Central Park." Scanned in the images and of course they're not as good as what we bought printed (scanner is on its way out for one thing, I believe), but they'll have to do for blog viewers.

We took the family pic first, then the one of Kaylee alone with Santa and Mrs. Claus (in case she freaked out, we wanted one good pic!) - she did great, though, and when I went to get her from Santa, he said he would just keep her the rest of the day and she could be in everyone else's photos, too. :-) She was dressed for the occasion! We figured we'd see more kids dressed in holiday attire for pics with Santa, but I think Kaylee was the only one! I did see some in red or green, but not a specific Christmas outfit like hers. She got a lot of comments on it. Well, she does enjoy the attention!

Dr. Jekyll and Miss Hyde??

Kaylee with Grampa, and with the folks.

And here's our little daredevil - she likes being upside down, and will even throw herself backwards while we're holding her to get us to do that sometimes!

Dancing Queen, Young and Sweet, Only Seven...Months

(Well, almost 8 months!)

Not sure of Kaylee's true first day of doing it, but she's been dancing to music this past week. Moreso to kids' songs or if I sing a dumb little song to her, but if she's standing up somewhere (holding on to something), she starts bouncing along. So cute! Also yesterday she successfully clapped on her own for the first time! She was very excited about that.

So these pics have nothing to do with dancing or clapping, but they're cute anyway. :-)

"Okay, Dada, so you said first I click here, then I just need to type SesameStreet.com. Uh, Dada, how do you spell Sesame...? "




Oh, man! What is that crazy Elmo doing???

Yet another new second cousin!!!

Kaylee has another second cousin - her 3rd this year since she's been born!!! This is also the 3rd female born this year in my maternal grandparents' family. Kaylee started the trend, followed 6 months (exactly!) by Brennan, and now nearly another 2 months later by little Esther. Way to go trying to balance out the male/female ratio, Lowe fam!! Unfortunately, we won't get to visit with the new family any time soon, since they live in MD, but we are at least blessed with computers and blog updates these days. :-D

Here's a photo of the new cuz and the new family of 4...my cousin Jonathan, wife Elisha, son Caleb (2 in Feb) and introducing: Esther Mae Lowe, born 11-16-08 at 5:59 AM. 8lb 8oz, 19.5"

Welcome, Esther!!

A-maze-ing!

We went to Uncle Shuck's Corn Maze last night with our small group. Wow, it was cold!! Next year we'll have to go earlier in the season (yesterday was the last day it was open this year). We made it through half of the maze (there were two sides) before calling it quits.

Brief tooth update

Kaylee's bottom middle left tooth has broken through now, too! Just a day behind the other...yesterday I could feel it just underneath her gums and today it's through.

Another first

Kaylee has her first tooth! Well, partly. The bottom right middle tooth has broken through her gums. I thought I saw something yesterday when she was eating, but then I forgot to check until today. And it's already through! She hasn't been fussy about it or anything, and she's still been sleeping great, so I didn't even think she was teething yet! Awww, my baby is growing up. So lots of firsts this past week...1st vacation, crawling, teeth...what's next? Seems like everything's happening at once!

Gatlinburg - too many photos!!!!!

View from our cabin's deck - daytime, and in the morning (hmm, wonder why they're called the Smoky Mtns?)







Biscuit & Tater (Kaylee & Nate, for those uninformed...)
I think Brandon must have been hypnotizing the babies as I took that second shot. They seem to have the same dazed expression!











Just another normal day with the fam.










Nate being cute. (I don't think he can control it...it's powerful stuff.)














Kaylee on the Ober Gatlinburg tram, and a view of the fall colors from up high.











Jamie & Kaylee enjoying the scenery.














Nate trying out Kaylee's jumper...maybe in another month or two, huh?














Kaylee was absolutely riveted by all our activities...we thought it was funny that we ran across a sign for "Sleepys" while she was out!