12 Months of Kylie

Here's Kylie's Year in Review:

 January

 February

 March

 April

 May

 June

 July

 August

 September

 October

 November

December

I'm dreaming of a HOT Christmas...

Merry Christmas! Ho! Ho! HOT!

It is the official "beginning" of summer here, which means that it is still 85° and 100% humidity, just like every other day of the year! But since it's Christmas and its all cold and snowy on TV and Facebook, you really notice it. Also, our Christmas decorations just don't seem quite right with palm trees and the beach right out the window. Oh well...

 Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good tan!

 Why is the tree white?

The theme for Autumn's office holiday party was 80's!

We look so rad, dude!

Now that's commitment!

It's the same haircut that I had in 1987!

We also hosted a Christmas Eve dinner for everyone who couldn't get home this year!

There was a ton of food, friends and fun, but very few pictures. I made a Mexican Turkey, a Hawaiian Ham, NW Cedar Planked Salmon and Israeli Roasted Veggies! All foods from our favorite places!

We did manage to capture the most important things...

...the bar...

 ...appetizers...

 ...and a party dress!

Christmas Day Round 2 Recipe:  Salmon Cakes  - YUM!

Did somebody say PRESENTS?!?

 It's a book!

 What could this be?

 Kitty shoes!

 *heart*

RUN AWAY!!!

See you in 2014!

Fun with Kylie

Warning! Excessive cuteness! Proceed with CAUTION!!!

SO, Kylie is growing and changing each day, and basically one-upping her own cuteness factor at each turn. Here are some ridiculously cute happenings around Casa Oakley these days! Also, we dug through the "clothes that don't fit yet" bin, and found some real treasures!

 Waterspout? Very specific downpour? Eyeore, or somebody with their own personal black raincloud?

You be the judge!

 Out of ideas for the baby?

Put her in a reusable shopping bag / swing / baby elevator / peekaboo fort!

Our housekeeper was laughing her a$# off with this one!

 Fun with the peeker!

 Kaleidoscopic!

 This is one of K's current favorite toys!

 Cropped baby top and Daisy Duke shorts! Classic!

 Oh yeah! We had a power outage, and thus a romantic candelit dinner!

 Wowee-zowee!

 Send in the clowns!

 I really wanted to win this boat for Brazilian Father's Day! haha!

This one's for you O'Winstons!

Crocs are baby tooth indestructible!

Fashion, Put It All On Me!

This afternoon, after a nap of course, we set out to explore more of Paris and see the fashion houses.  Bonus points to anyone who recognizes the heading of this post btw...

Even light posts are super fancy in Paris!

There they are in all their glory.  I went in to the Missoni store...Missoni has been my favorite couture brand since I was a teenager and read my first Vogue...something about the zig-zaggin' makes my heart flutter.  Well, I almost bought Kylie a fab baby bikini there yesterday, but the sales people made me feel so uncomfortable I had to leave!  I know, I am a rural American, I am not all wildly sophisticated and dripping in labels...but I am still a customer, and one who would have bought something if someone had been nice to me.  Just saying.  A certain baby would be fab on the beaches of Brazil in Missoni...maybe another time.

It was hard to pass this window without going in.

The view up every street is prettier than the last.

Finally, a people's park, where we can play in the grass and everything!

Lemon and sugar crepe, yum!

AAAHHHH!!  :)

There's the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Elysees.   It's kind of a long walk, so this is probably as close as we'll get.  But there it is!!

So pretty!  The views here are truly amazing.

Like I said, every turn fancier than the last.

This is apparently a famous macaron store.  I wouldn't know anything about that as I have been thwarted at purchasing macarons here 3 times, and will probably not be trying again.  Pretty window though.

Dinner time!  We went out for Indian, and I am really excited to have some naan and some butter chicken.  Yay!

Babes was pretty excited too, until she tasted some curried potatoes, turned bright red and cried.  No more Indian food for her!  Good thing we had a big bottle of milk with us to wash away that curry flavor.

Yum.  The butter chicken and chicken tikka were amazing.

Good night Notre Dame!  See you na manha!

Last, but not least, here I am statue copying Voltaire.  I know it's not *quite* as great as Eric in the previous post, but it is still for you Winstons!  :)