Bedding for Kenadie

I was at Target today and happened to make my way over to the girls' bedding, just wanting to see what they had for Kenadie's big girl bed we'll be getting in the next month or two, and this is the first thing I saw and I fell in love with it. So cute, right? I hope the green goes well with the green we have on the walls.

I wish shopping for boys' crib bedding was this easy! I am struggling with that one for sure! Bule would probably be all for me using Kenadie's crib bedding for the boy just so we don't have to spend any more money! I wish I was joking.

Lots To Do!

There are a lot of things to do before our baby boy gets here this summer.

One thing is moving Kenadie into the room next to where she is now. Probably in the next month or two that will be a reality.

This is the first step to making the office, as it is now, into Kenadie's new room.

I LOVE the look of Vinyl but HATE the application process.

Can't wait for the other projects in her room to be done - new shelving in the closet, beadboard on the walls, new bed, etc. Yeay for fun projects!

We're Having A...

(Warning! Some images my be inappropriate for children!)



If you can't guess from this picture, I'm not gonna tell you what we're having! :)

Sorry this one is a little crooked. My scanning abilities aren't all that great!

But isn't that the cutest picture of the profile!

I'm so excited for the arrival of our little one sometime around the end of June, beginning of July. Depends on what the baby has in mind for its debut!

Countin' Down The Days

This is my advent calendar. But it doesn't look like a calendar, you say. I know. But it does the job! This cute advent calendar is from Stampin' Up!. It came with EVERYTHING...boxes, die-cut shapes, numbers, ribbon, string and clothes-pins. All I had to do was glue on the die-cuts and numbers, tie the ribbon and find somewhere to hang the thing. So easy and so cute!
My fillers are candy, every other day, toys for Dee's and activities like make cookies, make snowflake and decorate the window. I love this idea. And it will just get more fun each year as Kenadie gets older and understands what it means.

Thanksgiving 2010

We got to have 2 Thanksgiving meals this year. The saturday before Thanksgiving, we got together with my family. That will be a tradition from now on. My siblings are gone on the actual holiday so we decided to do it the saturday before so we could all be together. Of course there was lots of food and I didn't get pictures. I wasn't feeling well that day thanks to a nasty cold so. sadly, I wasn't able to enjoy the food. But it was nice to spend time with family, as always.
I am so thankful for my parents and the hardwork they put into a wonderful meal. They are the best!!

On the actual Thanksgiving holiday, we went to Midway to Marc's sister's house and spent the day with his family. What a great day it was. I was feeling great that day and loved the food and ate too much!

Maddi & Enzo enjoying the yummy cheeseball

Mimi, Matteo and Enzo, again, enjoying the cheeseball!

Max and Ana (marc's sister and bro-in-law) Can you see that butter is in the shape of a turkey?

Marc's parents, Steve & Paula, and Ava (niece)

Me & Ava just chillin' on the couch, tummy's full!

Kenadie could not stop kissing Ava. So cute!

Surprise!! Marc plays the violin! At the end of the evening, Ana and Maddi played a couple of songs for us on their violins (sorry, no pics) and then we all encouraged Marc to get up and play. He's so funny about playing. He never does it at home and it's pretty disappointing. He's great at it, but I wish he would play more.

Pretty sexy if I say so myself! :)

We had such a great day with the family. Everyone worked so hard to prepare an awesome meal. I am lucky to be part of such a loving family. I'm grateful for a wonderful husband who works hard so I don't have to (outside the home). And most of all I'm grateful for the fun little person we call Dee's. She has brought such a joy to our home. We love life with that girl!

In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. :)

Happy Birthday Kenadie!

I can't believe my baby girl is 2 already! Time sure does fly when you're having fun. And fun I do have everyday with her. I love this age so much.

Kenadie is obsessed with Elmo and has been for about a year. Everyday after breakfast she begs to "watch Elmo downstairs on the TV." So I let her. That's when I get a shower in. She will sit still for an hour eyes glued to that TV. She's watched the same episodes of Sesame Street and Elmo's World so much, she knows exactly what's going to happen next. That doesn't make me a bad mom, does it?!

Kenadie can say her alphabet but skips a couple letters once in a while, although she really knows every single letter. She can count to 13, and can identify colors and numbers. One thing she really loves to do is color. Color in her coloring book, on the desk with pen, or on the carpet with crayons. Thankfully we have washable crayons.

We have a card game with drawn pictures of all the prophets there ever were. We've gone through all the pictures and told her who each one was once or twice then we asked her who everyone was and she knows who they all are. I think it's amazing because Isaiah, Abraham, and Lehi all look the same but she knows the difference. And there are so many Smith's and she knows who they are. I've "played cards" with her, as she likes to call it, so many times but I still don't know who they are just looking at the pictures. Genius, pure genius!

She is trying to be independent and wanting to do everything herself. And she wants to do everything I'm diong, like cook and stir the food. She's a great helper.

Kenadie is taking after her dad in the fact that she has to eat a bowl of cereal before she goes to bed, every night. I guess that's ok since she won't eat anything else.

Here are some pictures of birthday celebrations. Sunday we celebrated her b-day with my family. Yesterday, her actual birthday, we celebrated with Marc's family. PS. my camera takes horrible pictures!

At Oma and Pa's - my parents

That movie is Elmo's Potty Time. She's been begging me to get it for weeks!

Everyone intently watching Elmo's Potty Time

At our house on her b-day - opening the card from Mimi and Nonno (marc's parents)

Isn't this THE cutest coat you've ever seen??!

Daddy is bringing her big present out....

...a TRAMPOLINE!

McKinley needed to get in on the action, naturally.

This is suppose to be Elmo. This does not look like Elmo, thanks to the pencil thin mouth.

If I picked this up from the store, this would not have gone home with me looking like that, but Marc thought it was ok. Whatever.








Happy 2nd Birthday Kenadie! Love you girl!

Our October

October was full of fun! It's summed up in pictures...

Gardner Village with my mom, sister and her two youngest

Jump on It - Kenadie's new favorite thing!

Carving Pumpkins

And of course Halloween - Party at Marc's sister house