Snow Day

The weather man was right. We woke up this morning to a winter wonderland. It has been snowing hard all day and hasn't let up at all. I wish that I would have measured the snow when we got up. It wasn't much because you could still see the grass.

Here's the update at around 2pm. It's just under 6 inches!

If the weather man is right in the snow amount we are supposed to get we still have several more inches to reach 10 inches. We'll keep you posted!

In the mean time, we are enjoying a day at home with Daddy!

Nothing Much

We've been a little under the weather at our house (Kinley ear infection #2) the past few days so not much to blog about. I do have a few cute pictures.

This is Kinley 1 year ago today. Isn't it amazing how much she's changed.

Here's a little sass!
I love this picture of Zach and Kinley! All smiles!

Here's a couple videos I thought were cute. Of course I am biased that think my baby is the cutest and smartest and the list could go on and on! Isn't that what mommas are supposed to do?!!

Maybe the next Food Network star!

(please forgive my southern draw...I cringe when I hear myself!)

Fun!

We have had a fun and very busy week. We've had Mother's Day Out, Bible studies, Moms and Tots class, AWANAs and playgroup and of course a little shopping! Who can resist a trip to T.J.Maxx or Walmart?!!

Kinley and I hosted...and survived...playgroup yesterday. The stay at home moms (and kids) in our Sunday School class get together every other weeks to "play". It is always fun to get out and socialize. This was our first time to host and there was a great group....15 mom and 23 kiddos!

I tried out a new (and very easy!) recipe on the group and I think it was pretty good so I'll share

Chicken Queso Soup:

3 chicken breast, cooked, chopped

2 cans great northern beans

2 cans shoepeg corn, drained

1 can rotel

1 can cream chicken soup

1 can cream mushroom soup

2 cans chicken broth

1 chicken bouillon cube

1 med onion, chopped

1/4 c. butter, melted

1 tsp cumin

garlic salt to taste

16oz Velveeta cheese

Empty cans into large pot. Saute onion in butter and add to pot. Add chicken and seasonings to mixture and simmer 20 mins. Cube cheese and melt with chicken mixture until hot. See, easy!

I only took a few pictures and they weren't great, but here are a few. You can get a semi-idea of the packed house we had. Lots of mommas and babies!!

Don't all girls love to dress up?!

Here's Neely wearing Kinley's tutu and reading some books!

The tutu actually matches her outfit perfectly! Ha! I'm sure Miss Neely intended it that way.

Here's Kinley after a few spoonfuls of dessert!

Tonight is Parent's Night Out! Zach and I are off to a peaceful dinner while Kinley plays with her friends! Fun for all!!

My Newest BFF

It's still cold and snowy at our house so we've spend most of the weekend indoors. I decided yesterday that I would break out my new toy....the Bissell Proheat 2x Steam Cleaner.

Little did I know how much I would LOVE it! We've been in our house 3 years this month and have had the carpets cleaned several times, but I decided I would spend some money I got for Christmas and purchase my own steam cleaner.

I am very embarrassed at how disgusting our carpets were! No wonder we all 3 have allergy issues!! But we are all clean now! This steamer was easy to use and works great! Definitely recommend this one if you are in the market. And it was a little less than the cost to have the carpets professionally cleaned. Should have made this purchase LONG ago!

It wouldn't be right to have a post without pics of the princess! These are some pictures my cousin Jenna took of Kinley on her birthday in Nov.

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!

13 months

I know I say this each month as the 11th rolls around, but I can't believe she's 13 months.

Kinley is such a ball of fun! She does something new and funny everyday. Of course I think she is the smartest 13 month old. She will say about anything you ask her to. Right now, and I hope it continues into adulthood, she LOVES books. She brings me book after book to sit and read to her. And I love every second of it. Even when it means I can't get things done.

Here are a few more pictures from the family photo shoot a few weeks ago.

We got K this shopping cart for her b-day and she is just now really getting the hang of it. I can't help but laugh everytime she puts something new in it and pushes it around. Too funny. She loves playing in our closet. You'll notice the big purse and scarf on top that she added to her buggy!

Like I said, she loves the closet. PLEASE don't pay attention to the clutter in there! The last week or so Kinley has started "singing". Notice the facial expressions. Histerical! I pray she has a better voice than me. This isn't her best performance, but it was the best I could get on video. Enjoy!