Daddy's 31st Bday

Yes, his bday was in Feb. but at least we are getting it posted on here. 

John's parents were able to come in town for his bday.  We had a great time and enjoyed catching up. 


Kelsey with Daddy and the card that she picked out for him.
She was so excited that Cinderella was on the card she had to get it! 

The Red Velvet cake that I made.  I should have put Daddy instead of Johnny, but oh well.
It was pretty good... 

 

Kelsey was trying to re-lick the envelopes.  This pic cracks me up!   

Potty Training Weekend

Back in February I took a couple of days off of work to stay at home and potty train Kelsey.  Let me just say it was way better than I thought it would be.  Not b/c I didn't believe that she could do it, just b/c I was dreading the accidents and clean ups.  AND you can't get mad when there is one even though you want to scream!  (be honest mommies, none of you enjoy the mess that comes with potty training most of the time).  All of that to say that it hasn't been that bad.  K did struggle a bit with pooping in the potty but got that down in just a week or so.  So we now have a 27 month old in big girl panties (that she LOVES by the way).  I am not saying that we are done by any means, b/c there will still be accidents I am sure.  But it is a great relief to have the initial few days behind us.  :-) 

This pics are from the first time out of the house in panties!
It was just the front yard...but still.  Ha!

 

 

 

 

Snow, Valentines, and a Haircut

Yeah the photo a day thing died quickly! haha

We have stayed busy around our house, but it has been on our own terms here lately. We have spent many weekends since Christmas getting our condo ready to put on the market. Finally it is! So now we just have to keep it clean ALL THE TIME! It isn't as hard as I thought it would be actually. So....if anyone knows of someone looking for a 2 bedroom condo....

Last weekend I took Saturday for a day to myself. I had a massage, haircut and mani/pedi. It was a very relaxing day. While I was out and about, John took Kelsey to the Magic H0use. She loves that place and John loves taking her! She also found a new love for cash registers.

It also snowed here a few days ago. Kelsey has not been a fan of the snow in the past but for some reason this time she asked to play in it. Of course John and I were more than happy to take her out to play. He tought her to eat it and make snow angels. She had a blast. I can't wait to do it again.

And there was Valentine's Day....we don't usually do much. So this year it was cooking dinner at home. We got some stuffed salmon from Sams. It was very yummy. The stuffing was crab-cake-like. My favorite! Then we went to Chili's for dessert. John also brought Kelsey and me flowers!Kelsey had her first haircut this week. I probably should have done it a while ago, but every mom knows how time just seems to pass really quickly. Anyway...here are some photos of the haircut and Claudia's house. Claudia is the lady that watches K every day and her daughter Tracy cuts the whole family's hair. She said that she had to be the first one to cut K's hair. So of course we let her.

Photo a Day

I am going to try and do a photo a day for February. I am already behind...

Feb 1 - My View
Working from home while waiting for carpet installers to come (they didn't and a long story for another day. They are coming today though!)

Feb 2 - Words
My favorite words from Jeremiah 29:11

Photos Needed

I just felt like I needed to put some recent pictures of K on here. However, I have been really bad about taking pics the past couple of weeks. We are trying to get the condo on the market and have been doing so much around here and the camera hasn't been out. So these are from the beginning of January but tell a little about what Kelsey is into these days.

My grandparents got her a piano for Christmas. This kid LOVES music, singing, dancing....any of it. She also love her piano and asks me to play Away in a Manger all the time. I played this for her while we were in Little Rock for Christmas.

She likes to make silly faces. One day while taking her pic I asked for a silly face and this is what I got. She does make us laugh!

Both playing on iPhone/iPods. I gave John an iPod Touch for Christmas and Kelsey loves to play on my phone. There are times that I think she knows how to work it better than I do. It is crazy to think about her growing up with an iPhone.

Time to update

Apparently having a kiddo impacts the amount of time there is to update the blog. Especially now that she wants to play with mommy and daddy. :) and we are taking full advantage of playing all the time b/c I know the day will come where playing and hanging out with her parents will no longer be cool.

Anyway, our lives are busy and the end of 2011 was a hard one. My paternal grandfather had a cancer scare. He had colon cancer and had surgery to remove it. Praise the Lord the doc was able to get it all and there was no further treatment needed. He will have to have regular check ups and he is still working on getting back to his original strength but over all I think he is doing pretty well.

The beginning of December my cousin's husband of only 6 weeks passed away in a car accident in Hendersonville. I can't even begin to explain the hurt and sadness still in my family.

The same day John's grandmother fell and broke her wrist and elbow. She had to have surgery and pins put it. She had been in a rehabilitation nursing home-like facility since. She did get some good news from the doc this week in she will be getting a lighter cast that is removable.

All of that to say that lately I have been learning a lot about relying on God and trusting that he is with me EVERY step of the way. He goes before me and prepares my path. He know exactly what I am going to face and promises to face it with me. It is SO hard to remember that sometimes in the midst of heartache, hurt and stress. Even so, there is always something there to remind me. Yesterday this was one of those things that He gave me as a reminder. Listen to this song and be reminded that God is with you in every moment!

4th of July

We were in Little Rock for the day...there was some shopping, homemade ice cream and lots of playing with Kelsey.


Grandma Laney had found this toddler stampers for her to play with. It didn't take her long to figure them out and love them.

Riding on her toy

Photo shoot outside

She doesn't like to look at the camera anymore

As good as it got for the family pic

She looks WAY too big here!!!

Trip to Arkansas

We took the long weekend over the 4th and flew to Arkansas to spend some time with John's family. It was busy, but a great trip. We were able to see ALOT of friends in family while in V@n Buren to see John's grandmother.


Waiting in the airport for the plane.

Playing in PMom's yard (believe me in only lasted a few minutes b/c it was way too hot)


She was playing with Gramps. He would take a pillow from her and she though it was so funny.

She loved this shape shorter while we were there. She would try to put the shape in a hole and all of us would say yes or no. She would get excited when she would get it right.

This was the first time we had been back to V@n Buren since John's grandfather passed away right after Kelsey was born. We were able to go see his headstone and the cemetery and Kelsey helped John put a flag there for the 4th.

We tried to have a little photo session with the family, but as you can see K didn't want to.

unless she was in my lap.

We love the water!

I have mentioned before Kelsey's love for water....well here is some proof. We took her to the pool one Saturday morning, before many other people were there and just let her go. She would run in, go under one of the water spouts, run out screaming to me and then do it all over again. This was also the first (and only) day that we have attempted the ponytail. I knew that her hair wasn't long enough, but we tried anyway.


Testing the water out

Running to tell me that she went under the water

Laughing b/c she did it again

Just went under the fountain

Father's Day

Yes, a little past due!

Kelsey was sick the entire week before Father's Day, so we took the opportunity to get out of the house. She still wasn't 100%, but we were all a little stir crazy at this point.

We went to a sub shop and got sandwiches and took them to a local park. After lunch we let K play for a little while. She had a blast. She was so happy to be outside and to get to play after being inside for a week.

Swinging is lots of fun!

Miss Priss

This is the best picture we got for Father's Day. She wasn't having it.