Family

Just a bit sentimental today...thinking about how lucky we are to have such an amazing group of people in our family. Seriously, everyone pretty much rocks. We love you Guys!

The following pictures captured a few special moments of the past year. They are in no particular order. Enjoy!

I know I won't remember this...

I always think I will remember every cute little thing she does. I know from experience with Brandon that this is wishful thinking. So, it's better to write down the things you really want to remember.

Here's a cute story about Kendall:

A couple days ago as it was nearing Kendall's morning nap, she was rolling around on the ground on a pillow and bonked her head. She wasn't hurt bad, but since she was tired she was crying. To distract her I got one of her favorite things: her purse. As soon as she had her purse over her arm she was ok.
I decided that I should put her down for her nap because she was nice and calm now. I took her up to her room, dimme d the lights, turned on the white noise, and told her it was nigh-nigh time. I then tried to gently pry the purse out of her clenched little fist. Wrong move. She didn't like that at all and let me know. So, I let her keep it while I sang her before-nap song. She kept checking to make sure it was still on her arm. I ended up putting her down for a nap with her purse over her arm! Funny girl...

Safety note: the purse has a very small strap (see above pics) and there is no way it could get over her head or anything.

She slept for an hour and a half with her purse in her crib!


Kendall, thank you for making life fun and full of cute surprises for us.

We love you, little girl!

I can use a fork! (Somewhat...)

Kendall's new favorite food= macaroni & cheese. She loves it. I love it because it's easy. Everybody wins.

Kendall has been practicing using a fork as well.

She holds it in a death grip and uses it approximately 15% of the time. The rest of the time she uses her fingers. Approximately 15% of the time she uses the fork, she uses it correctly.

The rest of the time she kind of waves it around or stabs at things with it. My favorite is when she actually spears some food, looks at it in surprise, and then takes it off the fork with the other hand to put it in her mouth!

Obviously she hasn't completely grasped the concept. But for 13 months she is doing pretty dang good.

She loves food, just like her mama!

Happy 9th Birthday, Brandon!

Yesterday my first baby turned 9. 9!!! 9?? Wow, time flies.

He wanted sushi (yes, a 9 year old, more than anything, wanted sushi for dinner. It really is his favorite food, believe it or not.) so we went to a great little sushi bar and had way too much sushi! Yum!



Brandon showed Kendall how to use chopsticks.

And then he showed Mommy how to use chopsticks. After dinner we went over to Baskin Robbins and finally was allowed to get a double scoop of ice cream. So exciting!

When we got home he got to open his present...
A scooter!! He had to go out and scoot for about an hour straight, until he was called in for bedtime!

And the next morning, for an hour before school guess what he did?

Happy Birthday to my first baby! I love you. We love you. xoxoXoXXooXoXo, Mommy

Timetraveling Tuesday

I just love these pictures of tiny baby Kendall. I can't even believe how much she has changed in one year- it's amazing!







Baby Kendall, you are awesome!

First Swim Lesson

Oh. My. Gosh. Is there anything cuter than a 1 year old in a ruffled bikini? Kendall isn't too sure about it. She thought it was a bit too revealing. Then I reminded her that she often likes to run around the house naked. Oh yeah....

It was a bit scary for her at Floaties (swim lesson place), probably because it was a new environment and full of really loud kids and babies splashing around.


But after mommy got in the water with her she started to enjoy herself, slowly.



Eventually she let me hold her under the arms and pull her around the pool. Well at least someone was having fun, eh? ;0)
We will be going back on Friday for another one. The instructor is great but Kendall is pretty shy so I think it will take a while for her to warm up. I can't wait for her to learn how to hold her breath under water!

Pool Fun!

This past week Chris and I were able to get away to Vegas for a few days. My mom and Auntie Liz stayed with the kids so we knew they were in good hands and could just relax.

One of the best things we did was just hang out by the pool. We also went to check out the new pool at the Encore hotel on Friday. It was amazing! Here are a few pics...





After returning, we still hadn't had enough pool time, so we took Kendall up to my mom's pool on Memorial Day. Kendall absolutely LOVES the water! She had so much fun...



Me and Dad, just chillaxin'!


Dad approved.





I have a feeling that this summer we will be spending lots of time in the water!