Fun at Nanny and Granddaddy's

This year with so many grandchildren living so close mama and daddy decided to get all the kids together and decorate their tree and make cookies. They had a good time and it was good for mama and daddy to have the kids by themselves. They missed the ones that weren't there though. I am so glad that some of my family lives here, it's nice to have family around.

Losing a baby is never easy

My aunt miscarried at 18 weeks and it has been very hard for her. We had a graveside service for the baby yesterday. It was freezing outside. I don't think it matters when you lose a child either before or after you meet them...it has to be incredibly hard. I hope to never experience that kind of pain. We kept her little girl for a couple days while she was in the hospital. She is about 4 months younger than Kenzie. They had a good time. Here is some pictures of Kenzie and Laney and then of Kenzie and Tripp yesterday. Of course Kenzie wouldn't do right. Imagine that.

SNOW!!!!!!!!!!

Okay so for those of you who live where you see snow all winter long this isn't exciting news. I can only remember it snowing here in Mississippi not even 10 times in my 28 years of life. So that is pretty amazing. I am just so glad I am a stay at home mama now. I hate driving in this junk. It is a pretty snow and not just slushy nasty watery snow. It's been snowing pretty hard for a couple hours. Kenzie just couldn't wait to go out and build a snowman like Caillou! But it isn't quite enough for that yet. It took me about 10 minutes to get her all bundled up and about 5 minutes outside to tell me she was cold and wanted to go back inside. I wouldn't let Tripp go out. He is still coughing so I don't want him in this junk. Plus it's hard with only one set of arms and he can't even sit up for very long yet.

Learning Website

Just wanted to let everyone know about a website that is really fun and helpful with Kenzie. She really likes it. She also likes www.sproutonline.com and www.pbskids.com. But this one is really good. It is www.starfall.com . It helps them recognize their letters and it has fun games for them to play. We played it last night for about 10 minutes before bed and she told me she wanted Apple Juice instead of milk, which never happens. We only did A and B last night. She was saying A says a. A apple and A alligator. I can already tell a difference even after 10 minutes. Just thought you might like it.

Stomach Virus

If anyone knows how to help a six month old with the stomach virus plus teething please let me know. He is so cranky I want to pull my hair out!!! He did okay last night only got up twice, but he has not wanted to let me put him down today much. He did let me change out the laundry and load the dishwasher. That was nice. Well I need to get going, my oldest Kenzie wants to play the Dora Game! And of course she comes first!!!

Reconnect with the Blogging World

I finally get to reconnect with everyone else. I am so excited to be able to get online at home now. I will finally get to upload the pictures from Halloween and then some others I have taken. We have not been up to much but stomach virus's. Jake was sick the other night and still not much better today. He is worn out. I am worn out from taking care of him and the kids I am exhausted. Didn't know a 31 year old would be such a baby...but that is the sickest he has been since we have been married. The kids are growing so much. Kenzie is talking all the time now and uses new words and phrases all the time. She can do so much now. It has gone by so fast. Tripp is rolling everywhere and trying to sit up some. He can sit up with help, but not too good alone yet. He has finally started talking more and babbling alot. He loves to stand up and think he is big like his big sister. He thinks she hung the moon. They are really cute together. I have been busy just trying to get ready for Christmas. I am so excited this year, because Kenzie really gets Christmas and is so excited for it. It will be really fun this year.