And this weekend comes to a close....

We had a super busy weekend- we had a nice time (but missed Kent terribly!) Friday morning my mom and I headed south to visit my cousin & aunt. Amanda had her little boy a little over a week ago and I wanted to get some pictures of him for her and wanted to meet him! We stayed over there all day on Friday. Amanda was still recovering from her c-section. She really had did too much and it was catching up to her. I am so happy for her and Matt. Amanda is going to be a great mommy and I believe Matt is already in the runnings for the Dad of the Year award! I've never seen a man be so proud of his little boy. It was so sweet.

We had, yet another, food in the nose episode. Saturday morning we got up and met some old friends at the mall. It was so nice to see them- after visiting for a bit (it was about 2pm when we left the food court) we walked into Macy's and both girls fell asleep. I got to shop for a little bit and then we headed out. We were pushing it because both girls were pretty tired. I wanted to run into Barnes & Noble to grab a couple books so I left the girls in the car with my mom. Kallie was getting hungry so my mom held her in the front seat while I ran in. I get a call while I'm in there to hurry up (I could barely hear my mom over the SCREAMS and cries of the girls) I got back to the car to find that Kensley had stuck some of her chicken nugget up her nose! AHH! My mom had no idea she did it until Kensley started saying "nose- no no!" Here's how the rest of the convo between the two went down:

Nonnie: Is something up your nose?

Kensley: uh huh

Nonnie: Did you put chicken up your nose?

Kensley: uh huh (whines a little)

Nonnie: is it hurting?

Kensley: uh huh (SCREAMS bloody murder)

Sooooo- I look up her nose and see the HUGE chunk of chicken. I tried to get it out but she fought me like crazy and cried. She was obviously in pain. She settled down and I fed Kallie. I looked for an Urgent Care but they were closed (Saturday at 5:30pm). My mom said we should just head on back. So I thought, ok. We were a couple minutes down the road and Kensley sneezed- and low and behold, that piece of chicken came out! Woohoo! It was a big piece.... unfortunately, that was not all! She ended up picking her nose two different times and chunks came out. I'm pretty sure she is clear now- her nose isn't running anymore and she doesn't have her fingers in there trying to dig anything out.... ugh... anytime her hand goes NEAR her nose with food in it, I get on to her. She looks at me now when she does it - just seeing what I'm going to do. 

And I spoke of my Barnes & Noble trip- I bought two books. 

1. Shepherding a Child's Heart but Tedd Tripp (suggestion from Whitney) 

2. The New Strong-Willed Child by Dr. James Dobson

I've started #2 and so far I am really liking it. I am usually ready for the kids to go down for their nap or go to bed so I can read some more of it. I love books by Christian authors. 

And to end my VERY wordy blog- here are a few pictures from today. These girls just melt my heart. 

Kallie took a 4 hour nap yesterday, so here is a picture of her :)

I wanted to take some pictures with Kallie :)