Thanksgiving 2012

Wow what a great break from the norm to have Josh home with us for the long weekend.
We ate, napped, rested, decorated, laughed and hugged a TON!
On Thanksgiving day we drove to Manhattan and spent the day with Joshs family. They cooked a great meal and the kids soaked up all of the attention they were getting. So precious to watch Kinsey lounge around with Aunt Meg after a big meal. The girls chatted, the boys watched football. Does it get much better than that people?

 

On Saturday we celebrated with my family. Everyone came over around noon and we spent the afternoon cooking, chatting and sipping on white russians:)

I soaked up all the time spent with them. Dinner was FAB and we finished the night up with the 1980's movie Planes, Trains and Automobiles! Kinsey could not sleep the night before becuase she knew uncle Tommy was coming and even set out a special outfit to wear for him:)

Aunt Meagan got her a jayhawk tatoo and she was in heaven spending the whole day with them!!

Grandpa tickled and threw her in the air and even got to stay up extra late. Total score for her!!!

 

This year I am thankful for the usuals....family and friends. But I am especially thankful for the opportunity to stay home everyday with my kiddies. Its amazing how that plan was not even in the cards when I wrote out the script for my life a few years ago and now I wouldnt change it for the world.

 

What are you Thankful for this season?

Girls Just wanna Have Fun

A couple of weekends ago I packed my bags and headed out of town! Ok well it was only about 24 hours I was gone but soooo worth it.
A good friend planned a girls weekend for some of us. Becuase we had been gone the three previous weekends I decided to only go for one night.
Left Saturday around noon and got back late Sunday morning. Shopped, got all prettied up, had some cocktails, sang, danced, had some good girl chat. What an escape. Escaping from the constant neediness of everyday life. I could breath easy and not have a care in the world. Although my slightly scheduled personality found it hard to let loose and not have a plan. Oh well......does my soul good to get out of my comfort zone. Something I need to do WAY more.
Anyway I just love gal pals. That relationship between women of open, genuine closeness. I pray Kinsey gets to experience the fierce love girls can have for one another as she grows.
Thanks for making my weekend awesome ladies!!!'

9 months of adorableness

The time has flown by once again and my little prince charming has turned 9 months old. He is completely changed and is definitely not a baby. Sadly he is seeming more and more like a little boy. His little personality is shining through and I feel like each day I am getting more of a sense of what this little man will be like.

Here is what handsome man is up to:
  Size 9 month - 12 month clothes
  Size 3 diapers
  Just now stopped nursing so hes eating 8oz of formula every 4 or more hours
  Eats 1-2 meals a day with us at the table
  Has tried raisins, green peppers, cheese, rice, pastas, yogurt, applesauce and many others that Im forgetting
  Loves his paci
  LOVES Kinsey and is completely entertained by her
  likes to watch tv
  Semi content sitting on the floor with toys (for about 20 mins)
  Cant scoot around on his bottom a little and rocks back and forth on his knees but not really interested in crawling
  Says dadda and various other babble words  and tries to say momma but doesnt really have that mastered yet
  Josh swears he says "babba" when he sees his bottle but Im not convinced
  Claps his hands a lot
  Loves his mommy and loves to be held
  Was sleeping well but recently has started to wake around 2 and be up for awhile then again around 530. Hope this ends soon! But eats once a night.
  Still no teeth....maybe this is what is causing the recent poor sleeping?
  Loves to be outside and loves looking at the dogs
  Sleeps with "cookoo bird" at night and his lovey

Is overall such a sweet little boy. Its amazing how similiar yet different his is to Kinsey. We love you like crazy little man and cant imagine life without you!!

Halloween 2012

Halloween this year was such a blast. Its amazing how much more one year makes a difference in how much a child will enjoy it.
The Monday before Halloween our neighbors and awesome friends had a party for the kids. So cute to see all of the neighborhood kids dressed up. There were tons of games, candy, food and awesome decorations. You totally out did yourself Tori. Think we may get lucky and she will do it again next year? ;)

The day of Halloween we thought we would do some old fashioned trick or treating. Kinsey has been talking this up for quite some time now but I totally thought she would chicken out.  Joshs parents came over early in the evening and spent some time with Dorothy and the Lion.  My parents came over and we trick or treated throughout our neighborhood. I set my goals low and said we would probably only go to a few houses before Kinsey got bored. Wouldnt you know we went through the whole neighborhood. She even overflowed her bucket and we had to use her actual Dorothy basket to store candy in. She did such a great job!!
The Lion rode in the stroller and was asleep by house number 2. Not going to lie, I would probably fall alseep too being all cuddled up in his lion outfit and pushed around in the dark!!
I love how excited Kinsey got about dressing up in her costume and cant wait until next year!!