Busy

I am so sorry for not posting sooner...I have actually been very busy. Christmas was great this year. We had a wonderful time. It was fun for me this year, because Kenzie actually got it this year. Santa called her on the phone and she heard him ho ho ho outside. She couldn't get to sleep fast enough.

We went on our first camping trip this year. Tripp stayed at my mama's and we went with my brother and his family and Heidi's kids. Heidi's idea of camping is staying at the Marriot. Well it was a nice 34 degrees the night we went. The girls were in my tent and the boys in Jimmy's tent. We (the adults) were playing a freezing game of Mexican Train domino's when Jimmy's youngest starts throwing up all over everyone. So at 1 in the morning they pack their three boys up and head home. We moved Turner in our tent and tuffed it out. I woke up at about 4 and couldn't hold it anymore...I had to pee so bad. I woke everyone in the tent up trying to get someone to go out with me and pee....I am not real fond of the dark. So Kayly braved it with me. We really never got cold. Kenzie slept really good sharing a sleeping bag with me. I am surprised, she usually drives me crazy to sleep with her.

I have been keeping a little girl named Maddilyn. She is almost 9 months old. She is about 1 month older than Tripp. She is so cute and a great baby. Tripp actually enjoys her being here. He is trying to hard to crawl. He is also cutting his bottom teeth. He has one and then the other is almost through. He is sitting up really good now, but can't get himself to a sitting position. He is also ready for a haircut. It is crazy. He has wild hair like Kenzie and Me did, but his doesn't need to grow out so It will get cut soon.

Kenzie is really coming into her southern accent now...most everything she says has two or more syllables more than it is meant to. Like House has two and yeah. She has a really strong drawl. It is so funny to hear her talk now. She asked me tonight what dress up meant...and when I explained it to her, she said oh, I love dress up it's my favorite.

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.