My Little Valentine

My little valentine is getting so big!  Last week she turned 7 months old!!!  She celebrated her very first Valentine's Day by going to lunch at Garcia's with dad and mom and got a Valentine's day shirt and her very own stuffed Mickey and Minne Mouse!

My little Valentine!

She loves to give her Mick and Minn hugs.  She giggles and smiles when she sees them.

She also loves to eat them!

Here are all of her Valentine's.  Gma and Gpa Ingram gave her Minnie's Masquerade on DVD and Gma and Gpa Charles gave her some cute boardbooks.  Once again she was spoiled rotten!

This week she also had her first playdate with her buddy Brycen!  It was so fun to watch these two. (Thanks for the picture Al)

 Kenadee is becoming such a fun little girl and continues to do new things everyday.   She is learning to hold her bottle all by herself and will even drink juice out of a sippy cup (when she feels like it). 

Such a big girl!

She is always getting up on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth.  It's only a matter of time before she crawls.  In the meantime she just rolls where ever she wants to go.  She is such a busy body and gets into everything!  Kenadee is very good about entertaining herself (for the most part) and is content to roll around or play with her toys. One of her favorite things to do is pull hair.  She loves it.  I tell her no when she does it and that little stinker laughs at me. 

Kenadee also loves to roll onto the hardwood and smack it!  When you catch her on it she gives you the cheesiest grin!

Kenadee loves the baby in the mirror!

Kenadee loves her puppies!  She loves to pet them and grab their paws.  They are very good sports with her!

I can't believe my little girl is 7 months old already!  I love her so much and love being her mother more each day!!!

 

6 months old

Kenadee Darling,

You are getting so big and are turning into my best girlfriend.  I LOVE spending time with you as you are little miss personality.  You are doing new things everyday.  I hate to even close my eyes at night because I'm afraid I might miss something, and let's face it.... I miss you even though you are just in the next room.  This month you....

Got your 6 months shots at the Dr.  I made dad go with us because last time you cried so hard and it was horrible driving home listening to you scream, but this time you surprised us.  You had a delayed cry after your shots for about 10 seconds and as soon as mom picked you up you were fine.  I know you were just being tough because your dad was there.  Your stats were impressive......

Head Circumference: 18 inches (99th %)

Weight: 17 lbs 9 oz (80th %)

Height: 27 1/2 inches (96th %)

The Dr.'s exact words were.... "She is a big healthy girl.  If you sat her by 100 other 6 month old girls she would be bigger than all of them.  There's nothing wrong with that, she's just a big girl."  I don't think you look chubby at all though (aside from your cheeks that I adore).  You are very proportionate and healthy. 

Rockin your Buckeye gear from uncle Rob!  I love this picture of you.

You love love love to eat.  You enjoy all kinds of baby food except....meat.  If I mix it with veggies we are good to go.  I really don't blame you because I don't like meat without seasoning so I understand the problem.  

Eating some grub at the cabin over New Year's

You are quite the little jumper.  You would jump all day long if I would let you.  

You are trying so hard to crawl.  You can move a little on your own so I don't think that day is too far away.  

You mastered the art of sitting by yourself last week (Jan 4, 2011).  

Sitting like a big girl!

You roll all over the place, but you only roll to one side so you get stuck often.  It's quite funny to see you stuck up against the couch.  

Tummy time.  You are all over the place!

You are teething and are so ready to pop one of your teeth, but it just won't happen.  You chew on everything!  Thank goodness you have been happy for the most part.  

You are the most smiley little girl.  You are always flirting and that grin of yours is contagious.  

Such a little smiler!!! 

You love to talk.  Sometimes you just go on and on.  Last Sunday you were talking to the wall at church.  It was pretty funny.

You love to read books.  If someone tries to talk to you while you are reading....you often ignore them.  

You love your pups.  You will reach your hands out for them to come and play with you.  You love to pull on their ears and jowls.  They love you too and are constantly trying to bathe you in kisses.

Your favorite time of the day still has to be bath time.  You kick in the tub and giggle away. 

You have the cutest little laugh.  I love to tickle you just so I can hear it.

You love to play games with mom and dad.  You give mom your binky and take it away from her as well.

You still LOVE Mickey Mouse and must watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on a daily basis. (don't worry, I don't let you watch too much TV)

Watching the Grinch for the first time.  You were very captivated.

It is so fun to watch you grow little miss.  We love you very much and feel so blessed to have you as our daughter.

 Love, Dad and Mom

Kee Kee's First Christmas

Kenadee is turning into such a fun little stinker.  We were able to enjoy this Christmas with her and I think Christmas is so much more fun as a parent.  She really didn't understand what was going on, but she loved it and got spoiled rotten!!! 

We had so much fun with family this year and were thrilled that we were able to continue to participate in many of our traditions. On the 23rd, Kenadee and I attended our annual cousins lunch with my mom, sister, Averie, my aunt Barbara, my cousin Cheri, and her 3 wonderful girls.  We went to Olive Garden and had a great time catching up and enjoying each other's company.  I look forward to this time every year. 

On Christmas Eve we exchanged gifts with Cheri and her family (another wonderful tradition) and then we spent some time with Dru's family.  Kenadee had such a blast with her cousins on both sides and loves all of the extra attention she gets!  Kenadee also got to open her Christmas Eve present from Daddy and Mommy and they were her very first pair of Christmas Jammies!

On Christmas morning we went over to my parents and opened presents and talked to my brother Robbie on the phone.  It was so good to hear from my little brother, but I am so excited when he will actually be here for Christmas again.  It feels so much different without him!  

Kenadee enjoyed unwrapping all of her presents (it took her like 10 minutes to do each one, but she was in Heaven).  She wore herself out so much that she fell asleep in the middle of present opening.  It was hilarious!!!  

We went up to Egin for Christmas dinner with Dru's grandmother and many of his aunts, uncles, and cousins.  I must say that I really enjoyed spending time with some of Dru's extended family (we don't do that very often).  Some of them I had never actually met before.  Kenadee again had a blast.  She loves watching kids play and even got in on the action a little bit with her cousins.

Needless to say that as wonderful as the day was it was completely exhausting and we came home from dinner and took a long nap!!!!  

Kenadee opening presents at Gma and Gpa Ingram's Christmas morning.  She is getting a little sleepy at this point.

And she is out!  All of the excitement was exhausting!  (Look at her cute Christmas jammies!)

Candy Cane with her cousins Kenna and Brenley!  (Her cousin Clay thinks Candy Cane is her name! So cute!)

Kens rocking her cute smile because she is spoiled rotten!

Kenadee and Averie with the cute Dobson girls on Christmas Eve!

Kee Kee (Averie's name for her) playing with her kitchen from Grandma Janny and Grandpa Stanny

Concentrating while dad helps her open her present from the Dobsons

All of her loot from Dad and Mom, Santa, Gma and Gpa Ingram, Gma and Gpa Charles, Averie, and the Dobsons!

The day after Christmas was almost as busy as Christmas day filled with much more family time!  We enjoyed it very much and now we are looking forward to our annual New Year's weekend at the cabin!!!!  We just love the Holidays at our house!!!

The 3 of Us

I was looking at baby pictures of Dru and I the other day and decided to put them right next to Kenadee's to see the similarities. It is so much fun to see our different traits in this sweet little baby!  The bottom picture is what most of my day is filled with....SMILES!!!!  Love my little girlfriend!

Exciting News!!!!

I have recently started using Shutterfly and I am so in love with this site. I used it to make a storybook documenting Kenadee's birth and first few months of life. I read it to her all of the time and I love having those memories readily available to look at anytime. I also just made a book for my little brother who is serving a mission for our church. I was able to use pictures of his companions and use neat sayings and quotes I found about missions. You can check out their books here http://www.shutterfly.com/photo-books/simple-path


Shutterfly is wonderful for beginners (they have an easy route you can take) or they give you more creative control when you are more experienced. That is one of my favorite features of shutterfly because they make things easy for people who are creatively challenged like me.
My sister in law made the cutest calendar using shutterfly. You can check the calendars out here: http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars/wall-calendars



I am so in love with their holiday cards. Check out their fabulous cards here http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-cards

I love this card!!!!


The great news is that bloggers get 50 free Shutterfly Holiday Cards just for blogging about it. Go here to sign up http://bit.ly/sfly2010 and enjoy making your cards as much as I have!!!

4 months old!

Dearest Kenadee,

On Tuesday you turned 4 months old! You are such a big girl! When we took you to the doctor, you weighed in at 14lbs 5oz and are 25 1/2 inches long! The doctor gave us the go ahead on rice cereal and your 1st foods. You hate to eat rice cereal plain (I guess your dad was the same way) so mom has to mix a little bit of fruit into it. It took you a while to get the hang of the spoon but you are getting much better at it.



You are usually a pretty happy baby these days and we are so thankful for that. You LOVE to smile and just talk away. It is the cutest thing and it makes my day every time I see that little smiling face. Yesterday I woke up to you patting my face, and when I opened my eyes I saw that gorgeous smile of yours and thought I was in Heaven.

(this is only a partial smile, but I had to get one of you in your owl hat!)



You are quite the little mover. You love to play in your exersaucer and when you are not doing that you love to be on the floor all stretched out. A couple of days ago you rolled from your back to your tummy. I am not ready for you to crawl any time soon, so please hold off on that for a few months baby girl.



You love to take in the world around you, especially when it includes your pups wrestling. You are so much more interactive these days. I must say I am really enjoying this stage because you are so much fun to play with, but you still love to cuddle. I know the cuddling is going to be short lived so I will take all that I can right now. You have a new found love for books. You love to be read to and will just stare at the book or the person reading it.




We gave you your first ponytail this month! Probably could have done it sooner but this is when mom tried. You look so stinkin cute. We also did piggies too and that was fun as well!



We continue to fall more in love with you each day and are so grateful that we were blessed to be your parents!

We love you Kenadee Rae,
Dad and Mom

Seriously!