Christmas at our house!

We spent Christmas Eve at my mom's, but went back to Memphis that night so that we could wake up at our house for Christmas morning. We had SO much fun opening presents! I think we'll make it a tradition opening presents at our house on Christmas morning. It was nice and quiet and not stressful at all!

Kenzie has a fetish for the baby in the mirror. Lots of kisses!

Her Uncle Van and VERY soon-to-be Aunt Kristin gave her this adorable elephant. She loves on it all the time!

I bet she wishes we'd quit sticking bows on her head! But until it gets long enough for real bows, she's "stuck" with it! Oh yea!! And we got a special present Christmas Eve morning, Kenzie got her first tooth!!! (We'll post pictures when it's more visible)

Christmas in Linden

Merry Christmas!!! I had some vacation time so we got to spread out our visiting and rest a little bit in between stops! First stop....Linden! I found this camo outfit in her closet and realized it was shorts!! Luckily, it's was in the 60's in DECEMBER so she was able to wear it.

The ball in that picture was Brian's when he was a baby! This is one of the cousins in the Qualls family. He's been a ventriloquist since he was 14 I think! Kenzie gave that dummy a talking to...the doll...not the man.

First word!!

So I can't believe I haven't included this in a previous blog. On Kenzie's 9 month birthday she started saying "ma-ma"!! Granted, most of the time it's when she's mad and wants me to be right there with her, but still!! So now her daddy is working double time trying to get her to say dada. She also says "baba" but we're not sure if that means bye-bye or bottle or both. Here's a bonus pic of her helping me with the tree.

PULLING UP!!

We've hit another milestone!! This weekend she started pulling up on anything and everything. She's pulled up once or twice on rare occasions in the past but is apparently totally comfortable with it now. We've caught her crawling with her knees semi-locked and bottom in the air a few times. Guess she doesn't want to get her knees dirty. Here's a pic of her playing on the bottom shelf....heaven forbid her knees touch!

Merry Christmas!!

It's Kenzie's first Christmas!! We took Kenzie to see Santa saturday and she did great! The two kids in front of us screamed but Kenzie actually reached for him! They had quite a conversation, so much so that the photographer had a hard time getting her to look at the camera! So in this picture, she's not annoyed at Santa, she's mad at us for interrupting! It was adorable.

Picture time again!!

Kenzie is 9 months old now!! I can't believe it. We took her to Portrait Innovations in Collierville again for her pictures and she did amazing!! She did so well that we took her across the area to have her picture made with Santa!! Watch for that picture to be posted soon, she did great!! The burgundy dress in the bottom picture is what she'll be wearing to Van and Kristin's wedding.

Seth's 9th birthday!!!

My best friend Beth's oldest son Seth had his 9th birthday last weekend! I can NOT believe he's 9 already! Time flies, I remember when he was Kenzie and Drew's age like it was yesterday!!!

Kenzie and Drew are about 5 or 6 weeks apart. It's fun to watch Drew and get ideas about what Kenzie will be up to in a few weeks! They're adorable together!!!!

Random moments.......

Kenzie's almost 9 months old and it's gone by so fast! These are just some random shots I've taken lately. Her adorable winter coat and snow boots..... Her little outfits that make her look like a little girl instead of a baby......

And one of her funniest games, peekaboo from her crib!!