Wordless Wednesday

Oh yes, she's naked and trying to steal my camera and saying,  "What you talkin' 'bout Willis?"

Happy List

 It truly does make me happy to think of things throughout the week to put on my list!

On the top of my list this week is that I have Spring Break this week!   I have 8 more glorious days off!   Here is to making the most of it!  I have grand plans, most won't happen, but I am fully planning on enjoying it as much as possible!

I didn't take pictures yet at my house but here's one I found online...Tulips that I planted last fall are starting to come up!   I'm so excited to see what colors they are!

Since its spring that means Easter...Easter means Jelly Beans, specifically Starburst Jelly Beans. 

I'm may or may not have already purchased my 3rd bag.  Meaning that 2 have been eaten already.  My goal is not to eat more than 5 bags....I've still got a month to go before Easter.  Might not make that goal.  It's only once a year....right.

The following pics make me the most happy!   Kinzie and her dad have a special bond!  They play rough.   But she screams with laughter.

In the first pic they were playing peek-a-boo.   WHen she is ready for him to say peek-a-boo, she pulls on his hair to  get him to left his head up.  It's stinking hilarious!

She loves to tackle him! It's like a free-fall and you never know what part she is going to land on!

Toddlerville

In the past month Kinzie has blossomed from a baby to a full-fledged toddler!  Part of me is sad, there were some moments that I just relished her being a baby, like when I could sit her on the floor with her toys and 30 minutes later she would still be in the exact same spot.   There were other moments too...like the last bottle of the day, the curling up in my arms and not fighting to get down, just to name a few. 

But now that she is walking and occasionally saying words/phrases that are understandable, it's an entirely new world.  We've had to clean up our language, A TON!   Her new favorite phrase is: Oh Shit...not my proudest mommy moment, but I admit she heard that from me.   She's walking everywhere.  She'll be running before summer!  

The other day in the bathroom as I was getting ready to shower, I had an early morning thought: 

I have a toddler, because 

Exhibit A:

My toilet paper looks like this more often than not, because its been unwound and wound back up over and over again.

And Exhibit B:

 A toy in the shower, not her tub, not a bath toy, but a if you step on it, its gonna hurt kinda toy!

So now that our house has moved on from babyhood to toddlerville, it truly has become a different kind of adventure!    I'll admit I'm a bit nervous.  I had babyhood down pretty good,  We had a good routine, I knew her favorite things, food and could tell in a second almost what it is she wanted.  

Toddlerville is a bit different one thing may be eaten on Tuesday, refused on Wednesday.   May scream at me in frustration one second and then give a giant kiss the next.   So yeah I'm nervous

Yet when you look at this, you can't help but be excited about toddlerville!

Kinzie fell asleep watching TV.

Wordless Wednesday

 Over Christmas Break we rearranged our living room to make better use of it and keep Kinzie's toys neater.   When we finished our basement we put in another tv jack so that we could move the tv around too.   We had some trouble hooking it up, but with Kinzie as daddy's helper, he got it done!

She got very mad when he wouldn't let her have his tools.   We're looking for kid friendly tools for her to use!   I love that she is into purses and baby dolls, but also tractors and tools!

Wordless Wednesday

These two presents from Santa have been a huge hit!   Kinzie loves crawling through the tunnel and playing peek-a-boo with mommy and daddy.   We put her balls in the tent and she thinks that its great fun to crawl in and throw all the balls out and then crawl out and throw them all back in! (at least she cleans them up!)

Christmas, New Year, New Me

Kinzie loved Christmas. She was so fun to watch. She would open a present and hand the piece of wrapping paper off to someone before she could continue. It was so fun to see her excitement over her presents!

We loved our break! Kinzie stayed home with me the whole time and we had a lot of playtime with our new toys. She was so excited to get back to daycare this morning, and mommy was excited for the routine to be back in place!

It's amazing to see how fast Kinzie is changing lately. She still isn't full on walking, but can easily take 4-5 steps. She has started talking a lot more. Some of her words are: What's this, mom, dad, grandma, more, no, Kinzie, milk. She loves to gab, although most of the time we don't understand it. She has also recently just tarted changing her inflection and tone which is hilarious! Some of her expressions are priceless and she loves to laugh! She loves to read books, she can turn the pages on her own and will freely pick out books to read. She loves her Little People, her cell phone (and mine!), and her babies.

I really want to do a better job at blogging this year. So my goal for January is 2 times a week. I'm going to do one prompt each week. The other will be stories/photos updates. Please keep me accountable!