Catch Up

I know, I know. It has been a while. I keep putting off this post and I know it is only going to be more difficult on me as I am trying to document our lives for Miss Kinley. So bare with me if this is a long, rambling blog! :)

We are trying to catch up from traveling from the holidays. I think we are staying put for a while....at least that's the plan for now. We do love to be on the go, as most of you know.

We had such a great Christmas. We saw over 55 family members and lots of friends, too. Our first stop was Texas. The day we were supposed to leave for our 6 day excursion, Kinley woke up with a fever she had been fighting over the weekend, snotty nose, cough...the works. So we went to the dr and this time it wasn't a false alarm...(sidenote: a few times I have taken K to the dr, she only hada cold that just has to run its course, so Zach loves to give me a hard time about giving our money away to the pediatric clinic!)

This time it was an ear infection...both ears! Poor girl! So at 13 months, Kinley had her first ear infection and first round of antibiotics. When I was 13 months I had already had 2 sets of tubes, so I know I am totally lucky with Kinley. Funny story about her medicines...the dr also put her on Zyrtec, and motrin / tylenol alternated every 3 hours. She loved all of her medicines so much that she still asks for "me-sun". Is this a problem??!!!

After the quick trip to the doctor and pharmacy, we did make it to Christmas in Texas. Kinley had SO much fun with cousins. We even had the neighbor take a picture of the whole gang. It was like herding fleas to get this to happen and I just realized I didn't even get a picture with my camera. Like I mentioned, flea herding! Here's Mammy with her babies, Kinley acing out!

Next stop, south Arkansas. This little rocking chair was my dad's dad's chair. It has been rocked in by all of his children, grandchildren (including me) and great grandchildren. I'm so glad Kinley got to "wock en wock" in it too! She loved it!

Here's my "personal photographer" with Kinley. She's my cousin, Jenna. Check out her blog sometime. She's hilarious and also a talented photographer. Kinley was mainly into wrapping paper this Christmas, but she did find Sean's gloves that she really loves. We all watched her walk around with these gloves on for 15 mintues just staring at her. What did we do before there was a baby in the family?!

We weren't at our house on Christmas, but Santa knew we were in Nashville and he delivered Kinley's presents there. He brought her this playhouse that she loves! Only problem is now it is taking over our dining room until it is warm enough to go outside.

Speaking of outside, it is a winter-wonderland at our house! We have about 4-5 inches on the ground. Kinley and I played in it for a few minutes yesterday, but I am a whimp when it comes to cold. I am really hoping to build a snowman sometime before it melts, but it's going to take one to build and one to watch Kinley. Yesterday she did several face-plants and couldn't get up because she was bundled up so much!

This is up to her knees!

How funny is her hat!! This is for you Mony!



Being "snowed-in" the past few days makes me want to cook, which usually results in eating as well. Yesterday I took my first try at homemade biscuits. I have been intimidated up until now. Over Christmas I decided it is time I learn to do this. I got my dough a little too wet. They certainly didn't turn out pretty, but they didn't taste too bad. I will master them, someday!


This past weekend, Mammy and Pop kept Kinley while Zach and I had a date night to the Zac Brown Band concert. While we were gone, they taught Kinley how to wink. The quality of this video isn't good. This was taken with my old camera...it forgets when to focus. You also get to see a few seconds of a fit at the end. Drama of a 13 month old!




Happy 2010! That seems so weird. It used to seem like an eternity away and now we're living in it. Stay warm!