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Chirstmas Day 2010 At Grandpa Gebers and Grandma Gebers

First of all, anytime Jayden and Kallee get to spend time with Madeline, Jonah, Dawson and get to celebrates Wyatt's First Christmas is always special. I cannot tell you the chaos and fun that went on today... but I can tell you it was pure Christmas Spirit. It was a wonderful and happy time. The faces light up all over the place and when people get what they want,, it always makes for a wonderful day.

I got what I wanted in terms of Hawaiian Style Shirts and Hawaiian Chips and Plums. The Kids all got what they wanted at they all got remote control cars from Santa as you can see in the next section

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Part 4 the Final Chapter



Kallee got some great dressups for Christmas and she wore almost every outfit. The Helicopters were a great success. Madeline and Kallee played so well together and the boys were the boys tearing through all the gifts and playing with everything.

Wyatt may not have had the best time this year,,, but next year he most definitely will.


Kallee got to do the Present "present" in which it is like getting 20 gifts in one... and she got a purse and chocolate, and the only one she would share with..... Uncle Boyd....

It was a day filled with loudness, laughter, abundant energy, good food, and family. In fact the past 24 hours, with the Lee's and the Lujan's and Gebers was pure love and Christmas... God Blesses us all the time and these two days are a great part of it. For Kallee, even with her mental breakdown... (She finally told me to just leave her room fiercely pointing at me to go last night.) In fact Kallee is still very happy and so independent... Of course she it 2.

Kallee says Merry Christmas all and I love you...... which is how I should end this... Merry Christmas and Love to all.

2010 Christmas @ the Lee's

Kallee and Jayden got to spend some very awesome time with Rockford and Maverick Lujan, their cousins from Arizona, and Auntie Dana. Kallee (shown here in this video),, had a wonderful time and could not have been more excited.

Kallee loved every minute and loved the sugar the most... (including stealing one of the Rocky and Mavericks suckers,,, the little stinker pot). She looked beautiful in her Christmas Dress and made life exciting every moment, including helping anyone who needed help opening their presents.

Grandma and Grandpa Lee were again the best hosts and made this time of the year filled with joy and happiness for Alison and her family. We always feel welcome and they definitely know how to make life fun for our kids.

Thanks to all who spent Christmas Eve with my family. Auntie Dana, Grandma Connie, Grandpa Lee and Rocky and Maverick, for putting joy and love in my daughter's life... What a Great Christmas!!

Pics of a WinterWonderland

What a great day do make a snowman and have a snowball fight... Family time is the best when all are having fun.

Kallee and the winter so far

Kallee and the season of snow

Just like her Mother and Grandma Lee, Kallee version of snow is this, “It’s COLD!!”. Kallee is a summer girl who survives the winter. But she still is happy and she enjoys life. When we get home each night, Kallee will hang with the boys for a few minutes, and then goes inside. We leave the front door open with the Storm door closed and she watches us from the friendly confines of the house. She tells us by banging what she wants and Jayden usually helps me get her watch she needs. If Kallee has to go outside, we definitely cloth her up to the max so that she can stand the cold.


Kallee is also still in the thumb sucking mode. That is her vice, as well as her puppy. It is a puppy that was bought at carters last year and she has it with her all the time. She also has two favorite blankets that she wants to be covered by or she will throw a fit. She has been prone to crying every night before going to bed, which is a phase that we hope she grows out of soon. So far it is because she wants a story or a glass of water or something like that. But once she is ready, she falls asleep quickly.
Kallee helped decorate the Christmas tree in the front with Jayden and I believe they did a wonderful job. I think both of them will catch my “need for Mucho Christmas Spirit”, in terms of Lights and festivities and such. As for my attitude of grouchiness the rest of the time I am hoping that gene does not hold.
Kallee still torments her older brother by taking his hot wheels and geo trax’s. Whatever he is playing, she is surely going to want. Kallee is starting to play with her dolls, carrying them around and putting them into their strollers and talking to them. Kallee also loves to listen to stories read to her by her mommy and made up by her daddy. I just make up the words because really she just likes looking at the pics and turning the pages. Also she had her first social calendar event in which she was invited to a School Birthday party. It was fun as she told me she danced and laughed and tumbled and played.


Right now some of the memories that I will take with me of Kallee are many. One of my favorite things is her gutty throat laugh. The one from the bottom of the belly, that when Kallee laughs, it sounds pure and joyful and a little devious. Kallee makes me smiles all the time with that laugh. The smile and her big eyes, as well as her kicking legs in her car seat and highchair (not my favorite). Kallee also has three favorite things in the world (besides candy which is her true love), and they are her puppy and her two blankets. Kallee will not go to sleep easily without those things. It will be a fight for minutes and she does not forgive easily. That is all for now,,, but with the Christmas Holliday coming there will be more. I love the fact that she likes to sit in my chair before I get there knowing that I am going to sit there. Or when she moves my legs around so that she can go in and out of them. Or that she wants to be carried places and needs to be able to touch you so that she is comfortable. Kallee is a joyful little girl who can make you smile alot or go crazy.

Kallee had a great time during Thanksgiving playing with her cousins and she even did not do a bad job eating as well. It was a good time for all. Kallee loved the pumpkin moose and pumpkin pie as well as the Okinawan pork roast. Madeline kept her entertained and for that I was grateful.

Kallee has so much of myself in her it is hard to imagine me not having her in my life. She and I will get into huge battles, but in the end we will know each other enough to know that I will always love her and she will always be my little girl.

Kallee at Sunnyside for the Christmas Lighted Parade

This is a continuation to the blog on Jayden's.

What I can tell you is that Kallee DID NOT want to be there at the beginning as she HATES the cold weather.... but once we bought her the light saber. From that point on, Kallee was in high spirits and loved the whole time. Of course, I was smart enough leave my wife with Kallee at the start to looking for the light sabers..... much easier.

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Thoughts

Let me start this diatribe off by saying this.
Thank you pales in comparison to your true emotions.
This is the time of the year where I like to sit back and reflect about what makes my life what it is. To think and to say Thank you to those who have made life as wonderful as it is. My Wonderful life.
To the two sets of Grandparents/Parents, who go out of their way to make life so easy for my family. To Four People who have taken their time and energy to show us love and make sure that we have a strong base of love and fellowship in which to build our family on. Who take our two children and show them what pure love really is. To the 4 people who only want the best for us, Thank you.
To my wife, who took 4 days of work and made our house feel more like a home. To a person who loves me and our children with undaunted loyalty and commitment. Who, to be frank about it, puts up with me. To my wife, who is my best friend, who I love more and more every day. To the person whom I want to share the rest of my life with, Thank you.
To Jayden,
Who finds everything an adventure in which there is something good to come of whatever we are doing at the time. To the boys who helped me in the pitch dark put lights up. Who, in the span of 10 minutes, opened and reopened the door for his sister over 29 times so she could go in and out of the house, because Kallee is used to having her way, but can never seem to know what she really wants. (Note to Kallee, someday you should say thank you to your older brother who really does put up with you, especially when your mommy and daddy (especially daddy) have grown tired of your tirades.
To a boy who dawdles constantly and moves around even more. To a big brother who shares his candy with his sister because he knows that candy is one of his little sisters true love. To a person who is closer to his mommy than anyone else in the world. To the boy who seems to have endless friends at school how are genuinely happy to see him. To the child who started our path to having a family. I thank you for being just who you are.
To Kallee,
To the person who runs up to my legs when she sees me and hugs me and smiles her smile. To my daughter who is the pure definition of “daddy’s girl”. To the girl who is not afraid to tell me no, which she does often. To the girl who has the best laugh and puts smiles on faces everywhere she goes. To a lovely daughter who is so cranky if she is woken up before her nap is truly over,,, which is SOOO me.
To a girl who wants to be so much a part of her brother’s life and loves being around him. To a girl who wants to stay in her PJ’s all day and throws a fit when she has to take them off… (See her mother for that one). To the girl who makes sure you are paying attention to her by climbing up and putting her nose on yours to make sure you have full attention on her. Thank you Kallee, for completing our family.
And now to another reason why I write this:
It is to tell my children about the other Matriarchs of the family and their roles in our lives.
Note: Side trail….. My Family, and mostly it is my fault, are hermits most of the time. I have no problem hanging out with my family and not leaving the house for days. I do not go out of my way to engage in social interacting because I have everything I need by hanging out with my family with a few exceptions… such as…
I want to thank a few people who I will truly go out of my comfortable world and truly enjoy their presence and relish the times we get to spend with each other. The family.
To the Antie Grandmas and the Uncle Grandpas to my Children and myself and Alison, what joy you bring to our lives. You bring energy and joy in bundles to refill my “Low Energy” cup. You give “acceptance” without effort and you make sure everyone knows what it means to be part of a family. It shows that you think of my family often and you care for us, which is always evident every time we are together. To the people who knew, KNEW, how much traditions mean to me and were so thoughtful as to send me something that I call “pure joy”. To those who made the “happiness” with their own hands, I want to thank you. I LOVE LEFSA!!! Love it, Love it, Love it. Thank you.
So for this season, to all that affect my life, know that my thoughts and prayers are going out to you.
Thank you.

Halloween and Harvest Fest Pictures

Pictures of Kallee

Pictures of soccer and the time at Country Mercantile

Kallee this fall.

Kallee has enjoyed this fall so far. She has gotten bigger and bigger as the summer fades and the fall creeps in. I had her wear a dress that at the beginning of the summer as a bit big on here is now too small. It is amazing how fast they grow. Her head is almost over the car seat and we are getting to the point where she may move out of her car seat into a booster seat. There are so many things that we will never use again. We have probably 12 containers full of outgrown clothes, the crib, two sets of car seats, the bassinet, the small bath, the bouncy chair, and so many more.
It is coming to a time of reflection of the past, and the movement forward to another chapter. Well, except for one area, her bottle. Kallee is not going to give that up anytime soon. Just like Jayden and his Binky’s, (Those were the days). Kallee is attached to her bottle. Many times she will not drink from a sippy cup. She does not mind normal cups of straw and juice boxes, but she still loves her bottle. When I try to use a sippy cup I usually will get a pout and a “Nooooo”. She may grudgingly try the others, but her favorite is still the bottle of milk that is 5-8 ounces warmed in the microwave for exactly 40 seconds.
Kallee is also in the clingy stage. At night she will many times cry herself to sleep calling for mommy. It started just a little over two weeks ago. We have started leaving her door open in her room with the hallway light on. Both Jayden and Kallee like to have light cast in their room at night, which is the exact opposite of their father, who took duct tape and taped over the light of his stereo at college so it was pitch dark in his room.
This week she had a really tough time with really bad fever and her spark left her for a while. She cried and was sad and was not the same ball of energy that she normally is. It is amazing what you see when your daughter is not herself. Jayden will get mean and hyper and feisty. Kallee balls up and needs you around her constantly. It took almost 4 days for her to feel better, but once she was, the spark was back. The Joy and energy and laugh came back in abundance. She has a great personality, which is a great thing to have. I am one very glad for my daughter wellness as I am not a big “clingy” guy. But for my daughter I sacrifice.
More good news is that she finally decided that her little motorized quad was fun to ride on. This is the first time she has not been afraid of it. She drove it around the driveway and was she proud of herself, telling me “I did it!!!”. That was good to see. Jayden had a big hand in it as he was supportive and positive and kept telling her to ride it. He is the perfect brother for our daughter.
More to come….

Kalle and Madeline

Playing with her new favorite toys.... Rocks

Kallee and Jayden and the End of Summer

It was a great end to a great summer... I love the pics as they explain my daughter to a T. I will miss these times but will always remember fondly what they were like with these pics.

How do I know the summer is over... because Kallee and Jayden are already sick... Here comes the winter blues.... but Kallee and Jayden will still make them interesting.

Kallee Boo’s and the end of the summer

Kallee had a great and fun August as the end of the summer came and went pretty fast.
We took Kallee to the beach and while she loved the beach she hated the bath that followed. She so fun to watch as she would jump like a dog into sand pits and she loved to drive over all of the Sand Castles that her Mommy and Grandfather made. She was happy on the beach except for the cold. Not a fan of the cold.
Kallee also loved the walks with the stroller around Seaside, OR. The Place that we go to is called Rivertide Suites and it is an Excellent Place to stay and easily accessible to the Beach as well as Main Street in Seaside. The Rooms which are really big with Washer and Dryer as well as a full Kitchen and Cable in two rooms with a view are great and very comfortable. So we would take at least two and maybe three trips around Seaside, OR. Kallee would tell us where she would want to go which was usually to candy or the Carousel. She loved the Oregon Salt Water Taffy which I find very tasty. I also like that you can buy pop in glass bottles made with pure cane sugar. Nothing better than great sugar for my daughter and I.
She had only one melt down and she went to bed that night at 7 o clock. So for a Vacation that lasted 8 days that is not bad.
We also visited the Portland Zoo, and she loved the animals, especially any animal that was in the water. She like looking through the glass at the fish and the crocs, and other various water creatures. Plus the big Elephants and the Wild Dogs and everything made the time fun.
Kallee has grown a lot this summer. Her vocabulary is getting larger by the day. She is using small sentences and multi-syllabic words with ease and is asking what the names of various objects are. She still does not need many words to communicate as she still uses great facial expressions and of course the finger point. She gets along great with her big brother. They played well together during the summer and only annoyed each other once a day.
Her diet is becoming more vegetables, cheese products, sugar, and fruits as she is getting older. We threw out much of the candy we acquired from Valentines, Halloween, Christmas, and Vacations because she kept pointing to those things all day. She likes crackers and will some meat groups but her tastes are towards the sweet side.
Kallee also had her first real scare of her life as her father took her up to fishhook and the Snake River. Kallee was swimming with friends and family when she got fascinated by logs that created a walk way by a little swimming place at the park. The walkway curves and she started to go into a blind spot where the walkway bends. So I got up just in case she got in trouble and it was a good thing I did. When I got to her she had slipped off the logs and was struggling in the water to stay afloat. She had a life vest on, which is set up to turn a young child around face up, but it does not work if you struggle against it which she was, so she was going down for the third time when I got to her and pulled her up right out of the water. She coughed up a like river water and then we sat there together for a while holding each other. Kallee is a strong person, very strong willed who will fight you when she does not get her way or you are trying to get her to do something she does not want to. But at that time we both just sat there both felling vulnerable and knowing how much we needed each other. At the time I was extremely calm and knew exactly what I was supposed to do and look for as a First Aid Person. It was only later that night when I could not sleep that the fear of what could have happened hit me. How if I had not gotten up right when I lost vision of her. How much her life means to me. How much I love my daughter. How much I let her get away with because she is my little princess. I know one thing for sure is that I will always, ALWAYS be there for my children.

Kallee And the best Wedding for her

Kallee went to one of the best weddings for her. As a two year old nothing could be better then a wedding outside with a big hill and a play set with slide and climbing material as well as a bouncy house. Kallee might not have enjoyed the ceremony but I know that all others did as they watched two people start their lives together as one.

My Cousin Allison Married her beau Robbie in Moses Lake at a place called our hidden meadow. www.ourhiddenmeadow.com

It was a beautiful wedding with a great view and really good food including a wonderful chicken mole by the groom's mother. It was fun and festive and a really good time.

The pastor talk about the lifetime covenant that a man and woman enter when they become husband and wife and the families got a chance to meet each other.

It has to be one of the first times that our side of the family was either outduled or at least equaled on the dance floor by the other side of the family. That is a good thing as Kallee's and Jayden's auntie Grandma's Janet, Nancy, and the rest of the family love to get down to We are family.

Here is a video of the Dancing

Madeline's 8th Birthday

Kallee and Jayden enjoying themselves at Madeline's 8th Birthday.




Kallee and Jayden also enjoyed themselves a lot last week as they got to spend a week with their Grandparents. Grandma and Grampa Lee got to play with them from Monday through Wednesday Morning and Grandma and Grandpa Gebers had them until Friday night. I believe all had a lot of fun and enjoyed the time a lot while Jayden and Kallee got to take advantage of both grandparents by staying up later than daddy lets them. Kallee and Jayden told me they loved spending time with all involved.

Thank you to all who played and had fun with our kids while we got fun in the sun.

Love you !!!

A Special Summer Sunday with my Grandparents

Today Kallee got to spend a great summer afternoon with her grandparents. Kallee and Jayden swam in the new pool with Grandpa and blew bubbles with Grandma. Their was time for slippy slides and eating apricots. All in all as you can see by the pictures, it was a wonderful afternoon.

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A summer sunday at the Lee's

Trip to Seattle

Kallee's Begining of her 3rd Summer

So far Kallee has loved summer... That is she has loved telling us "no" and "go away". We had a late start as I was not out of school until June 17th. So we had to make up for lost time. We have gone to many of the parks here in the Tri-Cities area and have enjoyed them all. The Water parks at the Kennewick Library and the Playground of Dreams have been the best so far.

The trips to Grandma Gebers have also been very enjoyable. We have been eating and picking strawberries and raspberries and getting the mail. It has been very enjoyable. We also have been watering the plants. Kallee and Jayden have both helped.

Kallee also loves time with his Grandparents the Lee's. They got to spend the night over at the Lee's and picked raspberries. So so far the the summer has been a success in Kallee's eyes. How do I know? Well when I ask Kallee if she is happy, she nods her head vigorously.

Her vocabulary is getting larger and she is putting together Short phrases and comments. She is a very happy little girl.

This past weekend we had a great 4th of July over at the Gebers (The Boyd, Emily, Madeline, Jonah, Dawson, and the 4th Gebers child coming soon... his name is w..... well I will let Boyd and Emily tell everyone.)

They are great hosts and we probably overstayed our visit by 4 hours, but we were haveing a great time and it was nice to see the Youngs, the Sargents, the Howes, and Greg, Kristen, and all of the little ones running around getting wet and having tons of fun.

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Kallee at the Park

Kallee at the Park

Memorial Day Weekend 2010 in Conconully, WA

Kallee at Memorial Day Weekend 2010 in Conconully, WA

Kallee Gebers got her first real experience of Memorial Day Weekend and she loved 95% of it. She hated the last 1.5 hours of the trips in the car, but everything else was a big success.
She loved the forest and the hills in which she could climb and fall down. Kallee loved hanging out with her cousins, especially in the car because Madeline kept her occupied and happy for many hours in the van. She loved the fact that her extended family wanted to play with her and brought many dogs for her to talk to.
Kallee loved walking around and exploring and going on stroller rides to the park with her mommy and Grandma Gebers. She loved the hotel and the chance to jump in and out of her crib onto the bed and hangout with Jayden. She loved cuddle time that her adopted Auntie Grandma’s Janet and Nancy gave her. She loved dancing with the ladies and helping Auntie Janet open presents on her 70th Birthday Party.
Everyone at Conconully got to see the happiness of Kallee and how much fun and joy she can bring. Yes there were the times when she would throw the Kallee tantrums. But those were predicated by Daddy or Mommy saying no to more sweets. Kallee loved the sweets… the licorice, the popcorn, the chips, the juice, the cake, the fact that she was allowed to “graze” the food table made her a very happy little girl.
Kallee was the quintessential half of the equation that makes Memorial Day Weekend a complete success. The younger Generation were the stars of the show whether it be playing kickball or riding bikes or taking treks into the woods. They did all of it with 100% conviction and energy. They made life interesting and added to the fun factor. They showed us what Memorial Day is all about. It is about getting together and becoming a family. It is about having fun, enjoying every minute so much that when it is time to go they leave satisfied that life was great and they cannot wait to do it again. They build relationships and learn about sharing and caring for others. They teach us how life can always be one adventure after another.
The “Wise” Generation also teaches us through their caring and nurturing ways. Merle, Madeline Renita, Wayne, Butch, Karen, Nancy, Rick, Julie, and of course the Most Important Janet and Rollie, these wonderful people have shown us all what it means to be a family. To love us and care about us through our screw ups and our successes, through the thick and thin, our parents and Grandparents show us loyalty and love. Yes, it is their job to tell us “How to do things” and to get on us when we are not on the right path and want to improve our lives every single day. They have the right because they do this in love, they tell us what we do not want to hear so that we might overcome our weaknesses and strive for the better. For this I want to say thank you and I love each and every one of you.
Memorial Day is a success because of kids like Tim and Cole who take the youngest and make them laugh and run and chase so that they are happy. Memorial day is a success because the Mothers make goodies from their hearts to fill us with great food. Memorial Day is a success because sharing everything with everyone is the rule not the exception. Memorial Day is a success because the mothers take the kids for a ride and the fathers pick them up in trucks and vans to give the women time alone to talk.
Memorial Day is a success because for those few days, the real does not exist and we are allowed to enter a place where people can hug and laugh and sit down by a fire and talk about life.
So when Kallee and Janet were up there opening presents and talking to each other and smiling a pure smile of joy, it showed what Memorial Day in Conconully is all about for me; Getting to share my Family with all.
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Easter At the Lee's 2010

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Guess who is 2!!

Kallee Boo Boo's is now 2. She has begun the growth into toddler and of to teenager land.

Just kidding.

Kallee was born on this day 2 years ago. We set up the appointment and she came into this work to change our lives for the better.

She has made sure that our lives are better, I mean just ask her, she will tell you by nodding her head.

Kallee is a very self-assured little girl who loves the word no. But she says it likes this Nnnooooooooo... She especially loves to say it when we want her to stop doing something wrong.

She loves to climb on the seat I sit in at home and climb right up to my face and stick her face in mine. She loves to pull my facial hair and sit on my lap to watch a cartoon or just to hang out.

She still cannot figure out why anyone would not want her around. Kallee likes to be held but only when she decides it is okay to be held.

Kallee loves to have like 10 blankets in her bed and everywhere she goes she wants to take half the house with her.

She really does not have any favorite toys yet, but she definitely wants the toy that Jayden is playing with.

She has a very sweet brother that allows her to push him around a little.

She has a great smile and she makes me laugh a lot. Her thumb is still her favorite thing in the world, next to any type of candy. With Jayden you could leave candy around and he might not even notice it. With Kallee she will hunt it down and find it no matter where it is in the house.

Here is to my little 2 year old girl, you make me happy and I cannot wait to watch you grow into what God has in store for you.

Easter 2010 and Kallee's up and down week

Kallee Boo had a tough week but came out like a real trooper. She started the week not feeling well with a fever on tuesday,,, which became a cough which went to Croup (Croup, also called laryngotracheobronchitis, most commonly affects children between the ages of six months and three years, usually during the late fall, winter and early spring. Symptoms, which often include a runny nose and a brassy cough, develop about 2-6 days after being exposed to someone with croup.) We took her to the emergency room and her throat opening was about the size of a 1/2 an inch wide and her tubes kept closing causing her to think she was choking.

She was not feeling well on Wednesday and Then okay on Thursday, then terrible on Friday. But we fought it with Amoxicilin and then some oral steroids... By Saturday she was great again.

Kallee loves to be held, she loves to be in contact with you, so with here being sick she got a lot of cuddling time. She was a pretty good paitent, not anywhere close to being like Jayden, but not bad.

Kallee was on Kallee form today. She loves snack food,, and yes when she gets older there will be a rationing of all easter candy. She was the only one who would not trade away her candy for toys and prizes... nope she just kept eating and eating. Kallee also threw a great fit when Daddy would not give up his Blow Pop,, sorry but Bubble Gum is my vice.

She is right now playing GeoTrax with me and loving to push Jaydens buttons about playing with the train that he wants... she can be a little turkey.

Kallee is getting close to being 2 and that will be a great time as she will then really be in the terrible two's.

More to come...

Kallee Swings

Keith & Alison,

I just published a new movie to my MobileMe Gallery that I'd like to share with you. Click the link below to check it out. I'm not sure if you've seen this one before but I've just transferred it to our gallery.

Kallee swings

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Enjoy the movie!

easter video 2010

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Kallee and the way we argue

Have you ever met a pigheaded or stubborn or gonna do want she thinks is right kind of girl? Of course you have. She is your wife, sister, girlfriend, mother, or in my case right now, my daughter Kallee.

Kallee is fun loving, happy, likes to be around you kind of girl. That is until you try and make her do something she does not want to do. Then she changes right before your eyes.

This weekend we had “one of those” first arguments of many many to come. See, Kallee dropped all of her pancakes on the carpet. This is when my wife and asked Kallee to clean it up. This is the critical moment, Kallee looked down and then walked away. That is when Daddy and Kallee had the “incident”. Fifteen minutes of crying and fighting and stubbornness on both sides.

Finally it was decided that Kallee would go crying upstairs and had to spend time-out in her room, while I cleaned it up. Kallee then got Alison to go upstairs and rescue her. Kallee of course walk straight over and wanted a hug from daddy. I love that part.. how easily she forgives, and gets angry again and back to happy.

Tonight Kallee helped me clean up her messes and loved every minute. Just like that Kallee became very helpful. It will always be with Kallee the struggle of “who is in charge”. Mostly we love when she is in charge, but sometimes it is better when the parents “steer” the child in the right direction.

Kallee’s language and sentence structure is getting larger and more complex. She is using more words and starting to talk in sentences. As a person who loves to talk in body language, I have always understood both of my kids as they tell the story with their eyes and face and body and definitely their hands. So I know how and why the verbal part of the communication always comes around slower than most children, but that is not a lack of intelligence, rather an ability to communicate without words, which shows higher level thinking skills.

As our communication between us grows Kallee and I may have more disagreements, but in the end there will always be that “I love you” hug at the end… and that is what makes the difference.

Kallee Gebers videos created by Grandpa and Grandma Lee

Kallees video created by Grandpa Lee Click on the link to go to the video

Here is a great video created by Grandpa Lee with pictures taken by both Grandpa and Grandma Lee.

Kallee and Molly click on the link to go to the movie

another Granpa Lee movie click on the link to go to the movie

What I love about my daughter

It is supposedly the month of love, though this is a dumb idea. I love my daughter every month of the year. Valentines Day may have more significance for other people who need a way to say I love you and I have not said it enough. But for me it is a reminder to write down all the ways my daughter loves me.

She loves chocolate and would live on milk products and chocolate if she could.

Kallee still wakes up with a big smile on her face waiting to take on the day with you.

Kallee has the great ability to communicate without talking. Taking your hand or pointing or getting in your face when she is not happy.

Kallee loves to laugh and loves her brother and makes him play with her.

Kallee loves her thumb and her index finger which are never to far away from her face and mouth.

She loves the word no and she has the best frown.

Kallee, no matter how much Uncle Boyd does not want her around is like that cat that does not stray from the only person in the room that does not want to pet it. She just keeps hugging and smiling and waiting. She never gives up and him.

Kallee does not ever have the problem of communicating her feelings.

Kallee loves to move around and likes to be around others, just as long as they do not pick her up before she is ready.

Kallee is not patient.

Kallee is a strong person.

Kallee has a great face when she is trying "really, really. hard".

As Kallee grows and is ready to turn two, I think about how fortunate Alison and I are on the gift that was giving to us on April 28th, 2008. Kallee has made life more interesting and better. Jayden has someone who will always look up to him and want him to be around.

My heart goes out to my little girl today and everyday.

Thank you Kallee boo boo's.