Whew! Christmas is over already??

Wow- this holiday season has flown by! We have all enjoyed our time in Texas with family. Kensley had a great Christmas- she got lots of neat things and we can't wait to get back home and get them all out of the boxes to play with (she got a couple things that we left in the box... easier to ship!) Here are a few pictures from our family get togethers. They all turned out great and I know the grandparents really enjoyed their time with Kensley. I'm ready to get back home- get back in the groove of things. Bedtime needs to get back to normal! It wears me out! haha

Christmas Sunday at the church. We missed Kent! He was on a big hunt in Uvalde. He goes every year and this year they happened to plan it the week of Christmas- what were they thinking?!

Here is the whole gang at Ging's house.

This was Christmas morning at Kent's parent's house. Kensley got a Mickey Mouse that dances and sings. She loves it!

I've got tons of pictures but had to upload them to the internet in order to make some more room on my memory card. I'll try to post a few more Christmas ones soon.

No good Santa picture this year!

Bless her heart- Kensley was TERRIFIED of Santa! I told Kent I am not putting her through that next year- if she wants to, she can- if not, that's ok! Here she is.... (I tried to edit the picture and make it look cute...since it wasn't the best picture)

Our clubhouse does a "Breakfast with Santa" every year. I was really excited about going because I would like to make something like this a family tradition. The decorations were beautiful and the breakfast was good (although mine was cold after helping miss Kensley out with her meal). Here are a few pictures...

TGIF

Well, it's finally Friday! This week has gone by slow, but gone by fast. Weird. Today is one of my good friend's birthdays, so Kensley and I are going to run to the store and pick up a balloon and card and deliver it later this afternoon. I'd like to find her something little to put with it....maybe an ornament for her tree? We'll see! I need to see if we have a store that sells Hallmark things in the town we live in. I don't feel like driving all the way to the mall to pick up an ornament.

I am getting REALLY excited about our flight back home! It's coming up! I can't wait to see all my friends and their babies. It's going to be the highlight of my trip. I'll make sure to take lots of pictures.

Speaking of pictures... I've found a message board that I am ADDICTED to now! It has helped me so much- my pictures are "great" yet, but I'm working on it. I've been shooting in the "Manual" mode, which is a HUGE step for me. :)

Here is a picture from this morning- the lighting isn't right on, but I thought it was adorable of Miss Kensley. She had a mouth full of paper towel and was "hiding" from me. That's one of her games she likes to play now.

Here is a picture from last night. I tried to get some pictures of her with milk & cookies in front of the tree. I'm not too impressed with the natural lighting, but it'll do :)

Here's one I edited.... still, the colors are weird.... what do ya'll think?

Our friends were over (there are three girls... Kensley LOVES playing with them) Anyways, they all tried to get her to smile. I wish we could have had a video of us trying to get her to smile.... not ONE picture did she smile in.... she was really into those cookies!

It's only Wednesday?

This week seems to be creeeeeepin' by. Not sure why? Today was a pretty lazy day for Kensley and I . I really wanted to get up and go to the library story time but we messed around too long and didn't get there. We ran to Target this morning to exchange a bean bag that I bought for her yesterday for Christmas. Then I FINALLY got our Christmas cards mailed! Yay for me! :)

I really don't have much to blog about- so I'll update on my pregnancy! I believe I have gained about 16 lbs so far. Which is more than what I had gained with Kensley at this point. I'm not doing too well with eating and exercising this time around. The baby is laying on my sciatic nerve and it KILLS me! I try to go for walks but if you've ever had those pains, you know how bad it hurts. I'm hoping to start an aqua aerobics after the first of the year- I'm sure I'll be able to do that without the nerve pain. As far as a name.... we STILL have no name picked out! I go to the dr. next week and I'm hoping to get her to order another sono so we can get a 1o0% answer that this is a girl. :)

Well, that's all for now! Here is a picture of Miss Kensley....

Snowy Saturday

Well, it has snowed all day today! It's beautiful :) Definitely a change from what we're use to. We're only use to seeing it snow like that if we're on a vacation! It was nice to be able to sit in the comfort and warmth of our own house and enjoy the beautiful view.

We took Kensley outside to play in the snow- it wasn't her first snow, but it was her first snow that she was old enough to actually play in it. She LOVED it! We tried to get her to come inside but she didn't want to. We had her bundled up really well and she kept tipping over! It was to funny. Here she is in her gear.

Our neighbors were out playing so Kensley really enjoyed their company. I wanted them all to make snow angels- Kensley didn't really know what to do, so her daddy helped her out. :) He got her up off the ground and she just fell backwards on to her back... she wanted to lay back down! haha

We didn't get to make a snow man, but the snow was PERFECT for one! I'm hoping tomorrow morning will have enough snow to make one.... we'll see :) All in all, we really enjoyed the beautiful snow we got today- we probably got 6 inches. Here's a picture of the two most important people in my life. Man I love them SO much- they are my life!

What a great Thanksgiving!

Well, we're home now and getting back into the routine of our everyday life. It was so nice to go back to Texas and see family. We enjoyed our visit, but were glad to be back home. I put up more Christmas lights yesterday so we could enjoy them for the next couple weeks. It's getting colder and colder.... hopefully my body adjusts ok to the northern winters!

Kensley had a blast while in Texas. She got to spend a lot of time with her Nonnie & Poppy and with her Nana & Grumpy. My mom and I got a day to ourselves to shop (thanks to Nana for keeping Kensley!) and we had a blast. It was so nice to just spend time with her. Then Liz (Nana) and I got to go shopping on BLACK FRIDAY! (thanks to Nonnie for watching miss Kensley) We tried to make it to Best Buy so Liz could get her new camera, but made it about 10 minutes too late! Bummer! I researched the MacBook and ended up ordering one online. I am on it right now- trying to determine whether or not I like the Mac. I've always used a PC. So far, I'm LOVING it!