Continued.....

Back to our fun weekend! Last Sunday we visited the zoo. Kinsey has been a couple of times already, but the whole family went. Mommy, daddy, Kinsey, uncle Thomas and aunt Meagan. I pack a lunch in a cooler and it barely fit under the stroller. We just had such a lovely day looking at all the animals. Those of us in Wichita do not realize what a FANTASTIC zoo we really have. One of the best in the nation is what I have heard!!! Kinsey was a real trooper. She was awake for the majority of the trip. When she got tired we just pulled the shade on her stroller down and she would nap for a half hour or so. Needless to say we will be doing that again!!!

After the zoo we went to Savannahs dedication at her church. For those of you who dont know Savannah or what a dedication is I will fill you in. Savannah is our friend Mandies daughter. Mandie cares for Kinsey while I am at work. Kinsey and Savannah have become quite good friends as Savannah is 9 months old. We could not have gotten luckier and feel that Kinsey is in the best of care with Mandie. Ok....continuing on.....At Savannahs dedication her parents agree, in front of friends and family, that they will raise her in the likeness of Christ. What an absolutely wonderful gift. It was a powerful (short, because children were involved :)) ceremony. The Smiths are great parents and we just love their friendship!!

Also....today is my besties birthday!!! Happy birthday Kara!!! I just love you to death. I am so lucky to have the friends I do. Tonight we will be going to dinner and have a drink in celebration of Karas birthday. Pictures will soon follow.

Have a great week everyone!!!

What a busy weekend

We had such a fun weekend! I know it is already Wednesday and I should have already blogged about last weekend but I have a month old, forgive me. 
On Saturday Josh and I took Kinsey on a date to one our most favorite places, Old Mill Tasty Shop. I just love that place. Its an old fashioned soda place and they have the best milkshakes. We then went on a long walk around old town. Its quite different to see it during the day. In my old, childless days we would go to the bars there. Now things are much different. We walked for probably 2 hours. We then had a mini photo shoot in a really cool park down there.
Here are some pics:

Kinsey just woke up from her nap so I will continue about our Sunday Funday next:
Bye

This is how I feel!!!!

This picture just says it all!!!!!!

This time of year just makes me soo happy!! The sun is shining and there are so many things I want to do. Last week Kinsey and I went to the ZOO with some friends. The weather was absolutely perfect. Kinsey was a perfect angel. She was awake and enjoying all of the animals from her stroller. In the gorilla exhibit I took her out and held her up so she could see them. She just laughed and laughed. Apparently the gorillas were a big his with her. I am strongly considering getting a zoo pass. It is $50 and it is good for the whole year. It will also get someone in free with me. That definately beats $11 dollars a time.

This weather also makes me realize how much I want to landscape my yard. I mean, all in all we have an ok yard but I would just like to go over the top. Nice little shrubs, mulch gardens, colorful flowers, you name it..... Ok to be honest it probably wont happen but I sure would like it to. I have been wanting to get into gardening recently. But with our work, our small group, friends, family, church events,scrapbooking, book reading...Im not sure if I have the time to fit it in. Not to mention attempting to garden with a small child seems near impossible to me. Although we do have a good friend who does a great job with it. (You give me hope Mandie :))

So.....because it is such a perfect day out, I think Kinsey and I will take her stroller and go for a walk at the park. Then after that perhaps I will spread a blanket under a nice shade tree and read a book while she naps. You must understand that this is my ideal of what will happen today. In all actuality I am the mother of a 3 and a half month old and I am sure hungry cries, blowouts and fussiness will actually dictate what we do today!!!

Have a GREAT Tuesday all!!!

Easter

I know I know. Im a little behind here. This is all about EASTER!! We had such a great day. I was able to get the day off of work and looked forward to this day for a long time. Im not sure why but I was really overly excited for Kinsey to celebrate her first easter. Perhaps because it is really the first holiday we have spent with her. Anyways we started the day out by going to church. Many of our good friends were there and Kinsey spent the service in the nursery. She does this each Sunday and seems to enjoy seeing her friends. We then had lunch at our good friends house. There were three of us couples there and we had such a great time. The Smiths and Kunkels are some of our best friends and we could just not be luckier to have them in our lives. After lunch we went outside and soaked up some sun on a blanket.
After that we went back to our house. I had prepared a bunch of snack food and we had my brother and his girlfriend along with my parents over. The boys played horseshoes out back and us girls just chatted and snacked inside. What an absolutely perfect day. I cant wait to celebrate many more easters with Kinsey in our lives.

Back to Work

The time has come.......I can no longer pretend to be a stay at home mom. I returned to work on April 2nd. I was SOOO nervous about coming back. First of all I had to leave my pretty little princess in the care of someone other than her mommy and daddy :( We could not have gotten any luckier. One of our really good friends Mandie is caring for Kinsey while I am at work. She is absolutely amazing!! She has an 8 month old little girl named Savannah. The girls get to hang out and play all day. Mandie is a super mom and cares for Kinsey as if she were her own. It is very comforting to know I can go to work and not worry about Kinsey throughout the day. I get pictures of the girls during the day and it puts a big smile on my face each time I receive one. I was also very nervous about coming back to work because I FINALLY got moved to the day shift and would be having a new partner. That is such a big adjustment coming back to a new shift and a new person to work with each day. In the end, I ended up being partners with the person who trained me during school. He is so great to work with and each day we had a blast. Working during the day makes me feel like a new person. I am actually awake when the world is. I can sleep well at night (well as good as can be expected being a mother of a 3 month old :))

All in all I could not be happier in life than I am right now. I absolutely love coming home to Kinsey each night. I love being at work during the day. I feel as if I am so blessed. God has done many wonderful things in my life and I could not be more grateful. 

P.S. EASTER pictures will shortly follow.

I apologize

Ok so I have been a bit overwhelmed lately and got behind on updating on here. There are so many things I want to blog about but I must start with one at a time. Bear with me because after I post this entry I need to run a couple of errands and then hope to get another one posted tonight.

First things first. On April 1st Kinsey turned 3 Months!! I just cant believe it. Every day when I look at her it seems like she has grown so much or matured. It seems like when we go to bed at night and then wake up in the morning she has changed so much overnight. How sad but exciting at the same time!!!!!
Here are a few things she has been up to:
1. She usually goes to bed around 9 and will wake up one or two times to eat and will wake up for good between 830 and 930
2. She loves sitting up in her bumbo which has a tray you can attach to it. We sit toys on the tray and she will try so hard to grab at them.
3. She has recently fallen in love with baby einstein videos and will stare and babble at them for hours. (Its gives me some time to get things done:))
4.  She is quite the piggy eating between 4.5 and 6oz at a time
5. She still absolutely hates her crib and naps on the couch or in her swing and still sleeps with me.
6. She will babble and coo with anyone or anything in sight. It is sooo cute to watch.

Josh and I are amazed at the new things she learns each day. We just love her SOOO much!



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