Beach Trip 2010

Josh bought Kendall her ball cap at The Bass Pro shop the first night at the beach and she is still wanting to wear it all the time. So needless to say, Mommy had to wear a ball cap too.

Beach Baby

We went to Ripley's Aquarium and she had a great time, even though it may not look like it. She did not feel 100% on vacation.

She would much rather play in the ocean than the sand. She would let the waves knock her down, shake it off, and go right back for more. At one point, people were stopping to watch her then go back and get other people to bring back to see her. She had a blast. Mommy & Daddy enjoyed the trip, but were very tired at the end of the day from going non stop .

Boone/Blowing Rock continued

Rock climbing in the park
Swing, Swing

"What happened to my fish?"

Trying to decide where to go next

She took fishing VERY seriously, can you tell?

Boone/Blowing Rock 2010

We went on our annual trip to NC this week and had so much fun. It is hard to believe that Kendall was 18 months old this year when we went. Last year she was 6 months old with terrible colic, needless to say this year was a much better time for all AND we stayed the entire time because we were having so much fun.

"I love Daddy this much!"

Here she is being as sweet as can be....this will get you whatever you want.


They are discussing "the big one that got away...."

Cheese!

She had so much fun fishing, she rarely put her rod down the entire trip.

There are many more pictures, and I hope to post more.

Happy Mother's Day

Today I spent my day with this girl. She did not feel too well, so I bribed with with donuts to get a few pictures after church.

I am so thankful and blessed to be Kendall's Mommy. I am so glad that God picked me to have that title. I love her more each day that passes.

Hope you all had a Happy Mother's Day!

Eye surgery...Check

On Thursday Kendall had her eye surgery. The procedure was very fast and best of all a success. Her tear ducts are now clear! We know this worked as soon as she woke up on Friday morning. Her eyes were not crusty and have not been watering. The recovery process was very fast as well. By that afternoon she was her normal self, acting as if nothing had been done to her. We do have to stay indoors for a few days to avoid dirt or pollen from getting in her eyes, but we are having a great time playing inside. The hard part is keeping her from rubbing her eyes and putting drops in 4 times a day. Thanks to you all for the prayers and well wishes!

A look back at Easter 2010

True to Blogger, the pictures are all out of order and slow...It makes me remember why I never update.

Just trying to post a few so that y'all can see that we are alive and well (if anyone still looks at my slack blog)

I have more Easter & updated pictures on my Facebook, so if you want to see more you can find them there.

Slacker Update

I know I am SOOOO slack on the blog. I must admit I am a little addicted to Facebook because it is so much easier. I can do FB from my Blackberry with one hand while doing things with Kendall. (it is really amazing how much you learn to do one handed after you become a Mommy)

As for updates on my sweet girl, who is now 8 1/2 months old -

• She has 2 teeth
• is doing a scoot/crawl thing
• prefers rolling over about 4 times to get where she wants to go
• has enough hair (barely) for a bow
• says Dada & Bye
• and LOVES the Wonder Pets on Noggin
• She loves all the dogs....but she pulls tails & ears, poor Grady (see below)

And now a few pictures....

UPDATED.....

It was brought to my attention earlier this week how I have neglected my blog, so for the ones that complain (I will not name names, you know who you are ) I have posted SEVERAL times today to catch up. Hope you all enjoy and will really try to do better, for real this time. I still have the love/hate relationship with Blogger because of the time it takes uploading pictures.

New bath seat

Kendall's love for bath time outgrew her baby tub in no time, so I found this bath seat that works amazing! She can kick, splash, and play like a champ now. If you have a little one that will not stay in the baby tub, The Westies highly recommend this.

I think she is part fish......

Kendall went for her first swim. We just thought she loved the bathtub, but she REALLY loved the pool!!!

First Vacation as a family of 3

The first of June we went to Boone & Blowing Rock North Carolina. My grandmother has a timeshare there and we have been going the same week each year since I was a little girl. This was the first of many years that I got to take my little girl. I have so many good memories of this place as a child and I hope that Kendall enjoys it as much as I do.

Josh bought Kendall a Barbie fishing rod, so we thought we would play around with it

We reeled it in.....

and she caught her first fish!



We went to the park in downtown Blowing Rock

We had lots of fun there!!

Then we went to The Blowing Rock

Kendall climbed her first tree with a little bit of help from Daddy