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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Happy Halloween!

Halloween is getting more and more fun with Leah every year.  When we asked her what she wanted to be this year I was positive she was going to say Snow White, Belle, or some other princess.  You can only imagine my shock when she said "Spiderman!"  I told her we would go to the store and look but no promises.  We get to the store, we go down the first aisle and what do you know...the first costume we see is "Spider Girl" and there is only one and it is Leah's size.  There was no way I could say no and it turned out so cute.  Kenzie was a pea pod and it was so warm she just slept the entire time we were trick-or-treating.


The night before Halloween we had aTrunk-or-Treat at the church. We had dinner, all the kids got to play games and of course we all got a lot of candy!






Halloween started with Leah's preschool party!  The kids were so cute in all of their costumes and they had a lot of fun.  Leah has the greatest teacher, Miss Wendy, she is great with the kids and puts so much effort into her class. 

Boo Bubbles


Bingo
Relay Races
Decorating Pumpkins
Donut eating contest

Leah and her buddy (crush) Caleb

Ummm...a little attitude?
Hurry nobody is looking!
We were getting ready to leave to go trick-or-treating and Leah informed us that we could not go without putting on costumes.  So we pulled out our costume box and pulled out some old super hero costumes that we made and added some wigs.  We threw a few things together for Travis' mom and off we went...ALMOST...before leaving Leah decided she had to try on all the wigs, and then decided to stick with her own hair for her costume. 






We hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween! 


Saturday, October 27, 2012

Time with Grandmas

We are so blessed to have mom's that do not work and can come help when needed.  3 weeks after we brought Kenzie home soccer season started for me.  That is right...I am back on the field coaching high school soccer!!  I love coaching and was so excited for it to start, but it was just too early to take Kenzie to a babysitter.  So my mom came for a week and then Travis' mom came after.  In fact we timed it perfectly so that when I dropped my mom off at the airport Travis' mom was there waiting to be picked up. 

Leah loved having them here and it was nice for her to have the one-on-one attention with each grandma.  She keeps asking when they are coming back.  Of course Kenzie decided to just cuddle with them the whole time!  (The grandma's did not complain about that!)  Here are a few things we did with the Grandmas (this is in no particular order):


Doing grandma's hair
Playing tricks on daddy while he is sleeping!
Checking out the progress on the Temple






mmmm...ICE CREAM!

Riding bikes

 
My mom and I put in a garden!








Sunday, October 21, 2012

An Amazing Big Sister



Leah is really enjoying being a big sister and is very motherly to Kenzie.  She is so sweet and loves to give Kenzie kisses on the forehead.  Here are just a few of the things that she does to take care of Kenzie:

1.  She makes sure everyone that comes over knows that Kenzie does not eat food and can only have a bottle.

2.  When Kenzie is sleeping Leah checks on her every few minutes.


3.  She helps change Kenzie's diapers.  (This is very helpful!!!)

4.  She climbs in the play gym with Kenzie so she doesn't have to play by herself.


5.  She always puts a blanket on Kenzie when she is in her swing, laying on the floor, or in her car seat.  She always apologizes to Kenzie if the blanket accidentally covers part of her face.  

6.  She helps scrub Kenzie's toes and fingers during bath time.


7.  She is very quick to grab the binky when Kenzie makes a noise.  (Notice I did not say when she cries.)

8.  She gives Kenzie stickers for being good!


9.  She loves to help feed Kenzie!  In the middle of the night she will come in and hold the bottle for a few seconds and then lay on the floor and go sleep.


10.  She loves to have Kenzie read stories with us at night before bed.


Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Kenzie 2 weeks old

We took Kenzie to the her 2 week appointment today and the doctor's first comment was, "Wow, she must be a good eater!"  She weighed in at 8 lbs 5 oz and is now 21 inches long!









Leah wanted to put on a few headbands and join in!