Kelsey & Santa 2010

Um....I don't think it went great, but we still managed to get a photo. Just Mommy had to be in it too. Everyone keeps saying they don't blame her b/c this Santa looks strange. Either way he was pretty nice when K decided to cry. :-) Oh well....every family has one of these...

One year ago.....

Kelsey is officially 1!!! Well she will be in just an hour anyway.

Neither John nor I can believe that a year has gone by. What would we have done for the last 365 days without this little girl? She has been such a blessing to our lives and we wouldn't trade one second for ANYTHING!!!

So....here are some photos from the day Kelsey entered our life! WOW!

Our first family photo!

John's first diaper! HEHE

She has changed so much and is already such a beautiful little girl.

We can't wait to see what God has planned for her future!

So precious!

Not 1 BUT 3

That is right we managed to make it to THREE pumpkin patches this year (well two, but one twice). Once was with family that was visiting, one was with some friends while the kiddos were dressed up and the last was a customer appreciation even through my office. Anyway...made for lots of good pictures!


At Eckert's

Dressed up for Halloween

Just for fun

Happy Halloween

from our little ladybug!

Kelsey's First Parade

Every year there is a festival in Kirkwood (the Greentree Festival). They always have a parade that goes right by our house. John's parents were here and we decided to take K out to see it all.


Waiting for the parade to start.
Note: She is in a Razorback shirt here.

She was very into the whole thing

After the parade we went to the festival. K was in a cutest baby contest so we had to stop by the booth to vote. :-)
Note: Now she is in a TN shirt. Arkansas played in the morning and the TN in the afternoon....so we changed her clothes to go with the games. Poor girl!

Balloon Glow

John's parents come up for a weekend a while back. It just happened to be the weekend of the hot air balloon race here. The night before the race they have a balloon glow at night. I is pretty neat. We had never been. So, we took the chance to go with his parents. Here are some of the photos (there were tons of balloons and people!!).

Kelsey wanted to turn around and see the balloons. She loved all the colors!

K w/ Gramps and Grandma Laney

They would blow a horn and then they would all "glow" at once.

Granny's

These are some more pics from my last trip to TN with Kelsey. Though it was several weeks ago...there are some good pictures that I had to share.


Eli was making Kelsey laugh. She loves him!

Crawling to see Eli!

The FOUR great-grandbabies on my Dad's side.
I can't wait until Christmas we all of them will be together.

Uncle Matt and Aunt Jenn and K in Uncle Matt's hat. :-)

Slumber Party!!!

You read that right! We had a slumber party. These ladies are some of the most amazing and wonderful women I have ever known. We all went to high school together and are still great friends. We are always able to pick up right where we left off. Though 5 of the 6 are married and 3 of those are now mommies, we are all in different places in our lives. Despite those different places, God always has something to teach us when we are together! What a blessing it is to have these ladies in my life. I can't wait until the next slumber party!!

Momma's UT Cheerleader!

John is going to kill me for posting these, but that is what happens since I am the blogger! Hehe!

My mom found this outfit at a consignment sale not long ago. It is adorable and one of K's favorites (just b/c I said so). Anyway, we had a mini-photo shoot while I was in TN (without John). I couldn't decide on just one to post so there are a few.

10 months

That is right...Kelsey is now in the double digits. :) I know I say this every month, but I can't believe it. Preparations for her 1st birthday parties (yes I said partieS) are well under way. How blessed we are to have her in our lives!!!



This was as good as it got this day (she had been sick)

Mad b/c I took the paper away.

Now she is mad b/c she was done with photo taking.

What you are doing now:
1. You are eating solids more and more every day. So far you have had strawberries, bananas, blue berries, potatoes, carrots and I am sure there are others.
2. You are still wearing 6-9 month clothes, but I am sure I will start to put some 12 mo. on you soon.
3. You are very good at walking around the coffee table and pulling up. You even use Momma's pants to pull up now. :-)
4. You LOVE your books (which makes Mommy happy). You especially like the touch and feel ones.
5. You are still a great eater and sleeper, love bath time and watching cartoons on tv (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Handy Manny are the current favorites).
6. You have 4 teeth and got them pretty quickly after your 9 month bday.
7. You are just now beginning to wear size 3 diapers.
8. You weigh just over 17.5 lbs. (Still our petite little girl...thought we don't know where you got it from).
9. You want to walk and are getting braver every day with standing up and letting go.
10. You can say 'HI'. I guess we should consider that your first word b/c you say it whenever we are on the phone or the phone rings. No Momma or Dada but HI. Really?? I guess you are too advance for the simple ones.
11. You have spent your first night away from both Mommy and Daddy, attended your first Cardinals (or MLB) ballgame, and saw your first parade (which you loved)!!
12. You make Mommy and Daddy more proud of you every day. You are growing and learning new things every day. We wouldn't trade one second with you for anything!

Swimming

Swimming at Kelly and Beth's.
My aunt and uncle got a pool over the summer. So, while we were home this last time, we took the opportunity to go swimming. Just about all of the family was able to join us to. We had a blast and Kelsey loved it of course.

Playing in her float with Grandaddy


Sydney


Playing with Lily...this made us decide that we much have these blower things at K's 1st bday!

Hanging out with Mandy

Madi's 1st Bday

Kelsey and I took our first plane ride without Daddy a few weeks ago. We went to Nashville to celebrate Madi's first birthday! I can't believe it!! (Next is Kelsey and I don't know how I feel about that one just yet).


With the Birthday Girl

Trying to take some pictures for her momma, but she did not want to sit still.

Kelsey just chilled with Granny most of the evening....she was a sleepy little girl.

Taylor (my cousin), Madison and Chris

A day at the park

Well it was really just about an hour in the morning...but you know. Kelsey loves being outside and loves to swing (as is shown in the pictures below). We took advantage of a nice morning with not much else to do (basically we wanted to pass some time as we waited for college football to come on). Here we are at the park right near our house.


Taking a picture with Daddy before sliding down.

Mommy and me in our UT orange. :-)

This face makes me smile!

So happy to be in the swing!