11 Months!

Today is Kennedy's 11 month birthday! I have taken pictures of her every month on the 28th and I did today, but I didn't get any good shots. I put her in a Christmas outfit in an attempt to get a Christmas card worthy photo and got a lot of mad faces in a very cute dress. So I am a bad mother today, and will be posting no new pictures. It has already been a LONG week for me at work. I am glad we are on the way to the weekend!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUSU!

Today is SuSu's birthday! Kennedy had a good time hanging out with SuSu! I joked and said this looks like a Christmas morning picture... the pajamas, the tree...

She had so much fun she looked like this when we got home!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

I really love the Christmas season. I know it is over commercialized, but I really enjoy this time of year. It just seems like people are just a little happier. Homes seem warmer. We went and picked out our Christmas tree this afternoon. I love picking out a tree each year. We grew up with a fake tree and Blake and I would go to the attic each year to get it down and then put together the color coded branches. What fun! I did enjoy that, but I wanted so much to have a real tree. We did get one on Christmas Eve for a few years and had my mom's awful fake tree up the entire season, because I begged so much. All this to say, I like to make the tradition of going and picking out a tree. I couldn't wait to have my children join in this tradition. Last year I waddled in and bossed Greg around pointing to different trees to try. I didn't have to waddle this year, thank goodness, but I still bossed him around to pick up different trees. I think we got another good one this year. We brought it home and haven't started the decorating yet. We'll get to that this week. Kennedy enjoyed looking at all the trees! Her first tree is just perfect! Here are some pics from today. The first is on the way to get the tree. She was so excited! :)

I call this photo, Where's Waldo? Can you find him? Extra points if you do!
This one is my favorite. She was fascinated with the tree. Everyday she is learning about something new!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful thanksgiving this year! We headed down south to Darien to spend it with my parents this year. Last year was the big Dyersburg trip and it was the last one with MaMa before she died so it was sad. And to top it all off I couldn't travel and missed it so it was a hard year. This year was much better! I think MaMa would have been proud at the family time we spent together. Mom wore her ugly apron in honor of MaMa and I made some yummy things out of her cookbook. Blake and the family also came down which provided much entertainment! We had fun! Kennedy LOVES her cousins! She played and played! I also bought a nice new camera and took like 300 pictures, so I will make a slide show later with lots of those. In the meantime I will leave you with these. We took a trip to the island and got lots of good beach shots. The kids had fun and Kennedy got her feet wet!

Beachtime with Mommy

Kennedy loves Aunt Tonya!

Spending time with Daddy on Thanksgiving

She loved to explore MeMe and Pops's house!

All the kids

Lander, Paisley, Henley and Kennedy

All day long....

Kennedy has now discovered the back door. It is the place she likes to spend her days. In the morning in her jammies she gazes out the door..

Then enjoys it a little more in the afternoon....

Just us...

I thought I would post a picture of Greg and I to prove we still exist! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIZA!

We hope you had a wonderful birthday! We are SO blessed to have you in our lives. Everyone clap for Liza! :)