Like mother, like daughter.

If ever there was a doubt that Kendall is my biological child, that was laid to rest after seeing the way she can chow down like her mama!


We went to the San Diego County Fair on Friday, just me, Kendall, and Gammy. The boys were both out of town.

And we came for one reason and one reason only: to eat!


We started out with the Australian batter-dipped potatoes with ranch and cheese sauce. I think we finished in less than 4 minutes.


Immediately after finishing that we headed right back out for some corn dogs. We got foot-long corn dogs. Two of them.


Those corn dogs were SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOODDDDDD!!! Mmmmmm, me want some right now. With mustard. Lots and lots of mustard.


Kendall got the hang of how we do things real quick. We couldn't pry that corn dog out of her hand after she got ahold of it.


After that we let the little one run around to work off some calories! Haha, like we care about that! She was having a ball running back and forth among the crowds.

We finished the day with hand-dipped chocolate covered ice cream bars with nuts. Two of them.

I can't even say how much fun it is being pregnant when the fair is in town. Food and lots of it! OK, off to fix a snack. I got really hungry writing this post!!

9

Someone celebrated his 9th birthday recently. Someone who likes donuts...





A lot.




Someone who hates posing for pictures with this mom but does it anyway (blackmail works wonders!)

Someone who enjoys chugging soda with friends until it (hopefully) comes out of one's nose.



Someone who was born to be in the water for hours on end.





Someone who got lucky and was brought lots of presents from friends and family.




Someone who was even more lucky to have fabulous friends to celebrate with him. Thanks to everyone who came to Brandon's 9th birthday celebration. As one of Brandon's friends said, "It was the best birthday party I've ever been to." Yay!

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!