Blizzard 2009!!

The weekend before Kenzie's birthday (Feb. 27-28th), Kenzie and I went to my parents' house for the weekend. Who knew a winter storm was going to blow in? Well...I guess they did predict it on the news, but when are they ever right?!

We spent most of the time indoors watching the snow fall. Kenzie kept us entertained.

She was very stern with the horsey (formerly Uncle Van's) and finally figured out how to make him talk.

We went outside just before it got dark on saturday and played, thinking it wouldn't really get much deeper. We were SO wrong. Kenzie enjoyed the layer of white on everything and loved catching snowflakes on her tongue! I think she thought I was crazy for laying down in the snow!

By the time we woke up Sunday morning, we had almost 24 inches on the ground! Mom and Dad's driveway is on an hill so we literally had to DIG my car out so we could get back to Memphis!

Kenzie was NOT a fan of the deep snow. It was powdery so the sled kept sinking and she didn't have anything to hold on to. She stayed on the porch with Pop most of the time and just watched us like we were insane.

We had SOO much fun!! Even Ace had a good time.

I was glad he didn't come kiss me while I was buried in the snow!!

Cupcake crazy!!

Kenzie and I practiced making cupcakes every weekend in February for her upcoming birthday!

First she practiced with her own dishes...

Then she practiced with Momma!

"Tastes pretty good, Momma, but we should probably practice more ;)"

Gotta get a Wii...

So easy, even KENZIE can do it!! We had dinner at Van and Kristin's last week and tried out their Wii Fit. We have GOT to get one of those. It was hysterical watching everyone play, even Kenzie! Actually she didn't weigh enough for the board to tell she was rotating her hips for the hula hoop game, but she had a big time anyway!

Katie's visit

I'm finally getting these pictures up! Katie took tons of GREAT pictures so she's not in alot of them, but I did manage to snap a few of her! This picture of Kenzie's feet is my absolute favorite!!

We went to Ripley for New Years and visited with Nana and Pop. We made a stop at Aunt Kathie's house and visited with her "puppies" Oreo and Bear. They were very curious about Kenzie! She warmed up to them pretty quickly too!

Hiding in Nana's curtains...where's Kenzie?? There she is!!

We had a couple of warm days while Katie was here, but the day after New Years was COLD!! We had to play inside that day.

Katie took lots of pictures during bedtimes, these are just some of the best!

Kenzie looks like she could be in a toothpaste commercial in that one picture!

Like I said, we had a few warm days and took full advantage of them!! Katie arrived just in time to break in the new playground!

Stay tuned for an adorable video of them playing with bubbles...in the house!

It's the Spongebob Dance!!

While I'm downloading more pictures, I thought I'd throw in a bonus video. She LOVES Spongebob and her friend Paige taught her this "dance".

A Linden Christmas

My camera started getting finicky and the lighting wasn't quite right so I apologize for the quality and low number of pictures. We went to Linden the weekend after Christmas and surprised Brian's parents by arriving a day early! We had a great time playing games with everyone and eating all kinds of nutritious meals like chocolate gravy, bacon, biscuits...well, it was delicious, if not healthy!! haha If I remember correctly, I think Brian and I were the Cranium champions!

Kenzie was a big help to Granny Mae! It was another warm Christmas. Highs in the mid 60's!!

And did I mention they gave her a WAY COOL swingset??? Words can't describe...all I can say is we love it!!!

Christmas Day

And if all those pictures didn't blow you away, here's a "few" more (don't forget, there are more Christmas posts to come, even a couple of videos!)

Since we had Christmas with Van and Kristin on Christmas Eve, Nana and Pop stayed the night with us and spent Christmas Day at our house! They helped Santa put all the presents under the tree. It was too hard to wrap the bean bag so we just left that out for her to use as her throne. Kenzie helped everyone open their presents!

Nana and Pop had lots of fun shopping for Kenzie! Among other things, they bought her a drum with lots of instruments inside (thanks.) and a bear that tells three stories! She was very impressed. Ace was enthralled with the bear too. He was Kenzie's shadow most of the day. You just never know when she might open something edible!

Aunt Kathie arrived just in time for presents! Of course Kenzie helped her too. Kenzie and I got matching Christmas purses from Aunt Kathie! They light up and everything! Aren't we stylish?!

She loved ALL of her new clothes and did the strip routine for every outfit (see Christmas Eve post for explanation). Looks like Kenzie's ready to travel with her supercool luggage and backpack with her initials on them!

I think she may have changed clothes 2 or three times that day! Isn't her princess dress beautiful? Finally, she decided she and her babies were ready to take a break and lay on the beanbag. WHEW!