River Run, PBR and Mothers Day

RIVER RUN
I know this was over a week ago but it is definately blog-worthy. The Peters family participated in our annual River Run. This was actually Kinseys second year (I was pregnant with her last year). We woke up nice and early last Saturday and headed downtown. I just love all of the early morning hustle and bustle down at Douglas and Broadway. The streets were packed with athletic lookings folk, strollers, children and all sorts. We were very tardy in registering this year and had to do it the day of......Bad Peters family. We met Joshs dad and Step mom down there as the boys were going to walk with Kinsey and Debbie and I were going to run. We bid the boys farewell and headed to the front of the pack. We managed to do pretty well and finished. The cold air is pretty crisp on your lungs though. We waited and waited to see the boys. Well it turns as as the run was about to start Kinsey had her morning bowel movement and it exploded everywhere. I mean all over the car seat, out the diaper, all over her shirt and pants....and even got her socks. So needless to say the boys did not end up walking but instead cleaning up a poopy baby. Oh well. Megan suprised Debbie at the finish line with flowers for mothers day. We had been keeping in contact that morning and Megan knew when we were about to finish. You should have seen the look on Debbies face.....priceless. It was such a special moment.

PRO BULL RIDING

Saturday May 8th we attended the Pro Bull Riding show at the Intrust Bank Arena. It was an absolute blast!! We were celebrating our friend Lukes birthday and 7 couples attended. It was so nice to spend the evening with our good friends. Kinsey ended up spending the night with grandma and grandpa so not only did we get to have a night out on the town but we got a GREAT nights sleep as well. Grandma and Grandpa are the BEST. We started the evening out having a BBQ at the Kunkels. Then one of the couples that came got a limo, so we got to cruise down to oldtown in style. I felt pretty darn special :) Well Luke was the special one as it was his bday. It is amazing how big those bulls are close up and I cant even imagine riding one. (Although it may be fun to try.....) Josh and I got home about 11:30 and slept the whole night through until 8:00. Absolute Bliss!!!

MOTHERS DAY

Josh and I woke up Sunday on Mothers Day and drove almost 70mph over to grandma and grandpas house to pick up Kinsey. Although the night of sleep was heavenly, I missed my gal like crazy. Grandma gave a good report and said that Kinsey slept in her pack in play all night and only woke up once to eat. WOW. Maybe she should quit sleeping in our bed and move to her crib.......ok maybe not! Kinsey and I spent the morning in the church nursery caring for the infants. Well actually just I did.....Kins slept in a swing the entire time. It was so nice to get to care for the other babies while their mommies went to the church service. Kinsey and I will be doing this every 2nd Sunday of the month. After church we headed to the Kunkels where Nichole made us Reubens. They were AMAZING. I just love you friend. Josh and Kinsey got me this beautiful bracet with a heart on it. I am going to get Kinseys name engraved on it. It is a braclet I will keep forever, knowing it was my first Mothers day gift. *tear* We took Debbie flowers. She is such an amazing mom!!! We just love her to death. My mom had to work that night so my brother and I took her some flowers before she had to go in. Thanks for teaching me to always do the right thing mom. Although I dont always do it, I am grateful for your love and consistency. I love you!

My brother walked into my house with a bouquet of flowers and wished me a happy mothers day.....more tears...Donald, Debbie and Megan got me a zoo pass!! What a perfect gift. Kinsey and I love the zoo and now can go whenever we want.

Thank you so much for making my first Mothers day the best everyone. I love all of you and cannot tell you how much those gifts meant to me.

Most of all.....Thank you Kinsey for making mothers day!!! I love you more than I will ever be able to tell you. "My whole world.....it begins and ends with you."

4 months!!!

Here we are again!!! Kinsey has finally made it to the big 4 months. Time has just flown by. I will post the pictures then give a brief summary of Kinseys big accomplishments.

                                                  1 month

                                                                           2 months

                                                                          3 months

4 months

Kinsey had her first tasting of rice cereal on her 4 month birthday. She really loved it. I had given her the spoon earlier in the day to play with and suck on so that when we did try to feed her the cereal she would already be familiar with the spoon. It seems that worked pretty well because she managed to swallow quite a bit of the cereal and make a pretty limited mess. She is able to get rolled over onto one side but not quite make it all the way over. She tries so had and gets pretty frustrated when she cant get all the way over. Kinsey also has taking a liking to her jumparoo. She doesnt quite have the jumping down but sure does love to look at and play with all of the toys that surround her.

Today we had her 4 month check up at the Drs. He gave us the go ahead to start trying some baby foods. I must say that does sadden me a bit. My little gal is just growing so fast. It is so wonderful to get to see and experience each new phase she goes through but it makes me really sad to think that she will never go back to the tiny baby she used to be. Ok Ok...I need to stop the tears.

Continuing on.....Kinsey also got her immunizations today. She cried for about 20 seconds and then was all smiles. I thought we had gotten through that pretty well until this afternoon. I am not sure whether it is the shots or a lack of napping, but she has been very grumpy. It took me nearly 2 hours to get her down for a nap and she just now fell asleep. *It is 5:00pm* Yikes.

This weekend the River fest starts. I am one of those old school gals who absolutely loves it. Each year Josh and I would go walk for hours. We just love people watching  down there. We will be attending the Sundown parade on Friday as we do each year. On Saturday it is a good friends birthday and Kinsey will be spending the evening with grandma and grandpa. We are going to a bbq and the the pro bull riding event. We are so excited and will definately post pics.

Have a great week everyone!!!!