Kinsley's Zoo Trip

This past Friday Kinsley went with Jane and the whole crew to the ZOO!!! They were there all morning and afternoon and had a blast! I was (of course) at the doctor so I couldn't go, but Kinsley still had fun without me (hahaha!!!). I was told that Kinsley got so worn out that she even fell asleep in the stroller! Here's a couple pictures of her trip!

Baby Nursery

Several weeks ago we completed our baby's nursery! It's done in pink and brown colors and we love it! We wanted something completely different from Kinsley's room and this is what we came up with!

Diaper Shower

After church today our friends had a diaper shower for us! We to Newks for lunch and then opened up gifts! Kinsley loved opening the gifts and didn't even care that they were all diapers, she got so excited with each package! We (of course) forgot to take pictures at the restaurant, so we came home and took them! One of our friends made a "diaper cake" and it had pacifiers on it...Kinsley kept trying to pull them off of the "cake" and suck on them(she did say they are for the baby though!)!

Weekend Visit

This past weekend Marcus came for a visit! Kinsley LOVED having him here and they both played very well together. They were constantly at each other's side and Kinsley was usually bossing him around! They really enjoyed riding on Ryan's back and jumping from the ottoman to the couch and then back again! They were quite the team!

Bye Bye Ni-Night

Today Kinsley gave up her "ni-night" (pacifier)! We went and bought 3 balloons (she picked out the smiley face ones...guess she didn't know what was coming!) this morning and then took her to Buckhead Creek, tied her "ni-night" to 2 of the balloons and let them go! It didn't quite fly away at first like we thought it would, so Kinsley began to chase it and tried to catch it. Ryan had to run after it too and let it go again. Then wind finally got a hold of it and we saw it fly into the sky. Kinsley watched it and waved good-bye! Ryan then gave her a sucker when we got back to the car and she also got to keep the 3rd balloon that we had bought!

The true shock sunk in when Kinsley and I returned home. After we had been home for about 20 minutes she began to ask about her "ni-night". I reminder her that the balloon took it bye bye. She began to cry...and I mean really cry. Also, she really didn't want the balloon that she got to keep then! She didn't want to touch the balloon or be near it! I asked her if she wanted to let it go outside...she began to clap her hands and shook her head yes! So we took her 3rd balloon and let it go outside! The rest of the morning she kept telling me about the balloon and that it took her ni-night bye bye! I'm really hoping she doesn't hate balloons for the rest of her life now!

Christmas Vacation

This year for Christmas we drove to Nebraska the Monday before Christmas and spent time there with family until the day after Christmas...then we drove to Iowa to spend time with more family! We had a great time and Kinsley proved to be a great traveler once again!!! She didn't sleep well in the car, but still stayed happy watching "Baby Einstein" DVD's (We're hoping we actually improve her intelligence by traveling!)! I tried to remember to take pictures of Kinsley with all the family, but I didn't do such a great job. Here is a few pics with family...

Family Christmas...

Since we'll be traveling over Christmas, this past Monday we had our family Christmas! First we took Kinsley out to pick out her new Christmas ornament for this year! She loved the Hallmark store and it was a little hard to keep her on task (they had these huge stuffed "puppies" that she kept carrying around the store!)! Kinsley really loved looking at all the ornaments and she picked out an ornament called "Dancing with Daddy", it's a big bear dancing with a little bear that is wearing a tutu! It's really cute! We then took Kinsley out to dinner to Panera Bread. She didn't eat much, but loved watching all the people! On the way home we drove around and looked at the Christmas lights. Kinsley loved the lights! When we got home we read the "Christmas Story" in the Bible and talked about it in front of the fire, then we had Kinsley open her gifts from us! She loved opening the presents and would get so excited over each one! We all played with her new toys for the rest of the evening!