Sunday, April 4, 2010

March/April fun

I think I say this everytime I post, but time really does fly. Delaney is 9 months old already and Kenna will be 4 next week!! WOW!



Well, it has finally warmed up enough to be able to be outside. We put Delaney in her swing for the first time and she LOVED it!



Of course Kenna was very excited to be out playing as well. She has really missed her time outside this winter. I imagine we will have many more nights outside in the near future!

At Abigail group at church a few weeks ago, I took all my cloth diapers to show to some of the ladies. I had them in a bag in the living room and Kenna started getting them out and playing with them. It was too cute not to snap a few pictures!








I tried to get a few pictures of Delaney with Easter eggs but she was too interested in watching Kenna to look at me!




I know it is late but this is Delaney's 8 month picture. I can't believe how fast she is growing!




Kenna has a book that Nana made for her when she was a baby with pictures of her. She was looking at it the other day and wondered where the bear was in the picture. I had to explain to her that just like Delaney's pictures with her lamb, we took pictures of Kenna with her bear. I found it for her and she profoundly said "Mommy, it SHRUNK!" I said "No, Kenna you just got bigger!" (You can see her holding it in the picture. She was about Delaney's age at the time)


Before Easter, the Easter Bunny came to the model home in our subdivision. They even had baby chicks and baby ducks for the kids to pet. Kenna jumped right in! She was a little afraid to hold them because they were so wiggly but she sure did try it!



I think it is next to impossible to get a picture with everyone looking at the camera!


At Papa and Nana's house, the kids got to open their Easter baskets early! Even Delaney was excited!

Since the weather has been nice, we have been able to get out on our bikes a few times. (I even got a new bike since mine was from mom and dad when I was about 13! We hooked up the bike trailer and the girls LOVED it!

Easter morning the girls looked adorable. They wore matching green dresses with pink flowers! TOO CUTE!

After church, we had breakfast, then they had the annual easter egg hunt for all the kids. They kids were all given baskets and set out to find the eggs. I think they had a great time!

Again, I was trying to get a picture with everyone looking at the camera. One out of 3 isn't bad......

The Easter bunnt came to our house while we were at church. Kenna was hilarious as we got out of the car. The told us to "SHHHHHH" and we needed to tiptoe into the house because we might see him before he leaves. Sadly, the easter bunny was already gone when we got inside but he did leave treats!


Kenna tore through her basket so fast, I barely had time to take pictures. But, the good big sister that she is, she also went through Delaney's basket and told her everything that was in it.


Then the easter egg hunt began. I hud one in Delaney's toy mailbox and she found it!


Kenna had a great time finding the Easter eggs throughout the house!!!


For lunch after church, we all headed to Kari and Tim's for some great food and more easter egg hunting fun!


Before the egg hunting, some of us grown-ups went out and "hid" the easter eggs in the backyard, then we sent the kids out to find them. Sounds easy, right?


And the grown ups (and Dleaney) watched from the porch.........

Pretty soon, we realized that we were missing an egg...... Its pretty sad when the grown-ups can't fid the eggs they hid.................

Still looking..........
And FINALLY, the easter egg hunt was over, Granny found it!

Then the fun began of discovering what was IN all the eggs- parachuting bunnies, candy, bouncy balls, etc

Delaney really didn't care about what was in them, she just wanted to play with them!

Thursday, April 1, 2010

ERGO giveaway

Everyone please cross your fingers for me~ I really want to try an Ergo carrier for Delaney. I just found this website where I might be able to win one!

http://www.makingmyamericandream.com/2010/03/ergobaby-carrier-review-giveaway.html?showComment=1270176108407_AIe9_BF8k7QUfCa8pipisuvOR_I6-F3MKPxUcTF0dN1UP4gZVa1BKlF7cea9kCzaA6s8V_OO2RykIItgpbm-rOFC3ATY77DpVGSHppyj0LS5FSWGHNbKqBjTFZzM94ZQgoBS95w4KcVVQjIvAYU5G1AANKaq55PfE0n8Rub20nzqeI14vcxv4uRrLNalIumyXkRwEjWmPkwW9GHknTAbf36QVINeR7AonKf0TT2XIB4eKpSfMmrPCrPxey50ZK-C8oktT1eaJfKv#c7778495566609009505

Hopefully I will get some picture up of the girls soon. I feel like the last few weeks have just slipped away from me. Is it REALLY April already? Really? Kenna will be 4 in a few weeks. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Thursday, March 11, 2010

So, now that Delaney is almost 8 months old, I guess it is about time I finish my blog from Florida which included her 7 month pictures with her lamb, huh?

We had such a good time in Florida. After Disney, we went to Granny's house in Estero. It was warm enough that we could go swimming almost every day! Kenna LOVED the pool!

Delaney had quite a few new experiences while we were in Florida. I'd say her most favorite was trying a strawberry for the first time! She really enjoyed it and wouldn't let me take it away from her mouth!


Another one of Delaney's new experiences was getting her toenails painted! We all had matching polish! It was so wonderful to be able to wear sandals! I can't wait for spring!!!


About a month or so before we went on vacation, I was shopping in Target and found the most adorable matching swimsuits for the girls. Oh my goodness do they look cute in them!!


We only went to the beach once. There was pretty bad red algae so Kenna played in the sand but we really couldn't get in the water. And the algae made it smell pretty bad. But we DID get to sit in the sun, so that made it worth the smell!


Delaney was pretty nervous most of the time we were at Granny's. She was out of her usual environment which made her very clingy to mommy. She really didn't want to be put down or to be held by anyone else if I was in the room. But she did sit with Granny for a while!

One night Tony and I took Kenna to see the greyhound races. We told her all about out dog, Lexy, that we had when she was a baby. Kenna was in awe of the dogs.

Of course we let her pick the dog we would bet on. She usually picked them on what color she liked best (she gets it honestly, because that is how I make up my brackets for basketball) and she won quite a bit!

I can't believe I got this picture. I kept trying to snap the picture when the dogs were coming around behind Tony and Kenna but couldn't quite get it. Kenna picked this dog and we bet for it to show.... sure enough it won!

This is the scoreboard. Kenna won $2.60- which she eventually spent on popcorn!

On Friday before we left, Aunt Nancy came to visit and have lunch. She had presents for all of us. Kenna's present was a little tea set that had been my great grandmothers when she was a little girl. Kenna's face was priceless in this picture

Opening the tea set.......

Amazingly, all the pieces are there! Some are chipped and the paint is coming off, but that just means they were well loved!!!

We were so sad to leave! I wish we could have stayed there another week! I was trying everything I could to get to stay longer!!!!!