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.

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                                                                           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!!!!

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.