Happy 2nd Birthday Kenadie!

Here is a tiny snippet of the first two years of Kenadie's little life :) As I was choosing pictures for the slide show, with each one I thought "If I could only go back to this day"... We have had so much fun with Kenadie and are so thankful that God blessed us with this precious little girl. She is just so much fun. Truly, there is never a dull moment when she's around, and we couldn't imagine life without her :) Thank you, God, for our precious gift.

Welcome Sweet Henry

We have had such an exciting week, beginning with the birth of my precious nephew, Henry. He was born last Tuesday ~ proud parents Wes and Joy, along with big brother Hayden. I am happy to say, after spending 4 days in NICU, he is a perfectly healthy baby boy who was able to come home from the hospital yesterday. He had some oxygen issues, but is doing just wonderful. I had never been in the NICU before, prior to visiting Henry, but one thing is for sure... I learned how to properly clean my hands/arms to the point of being in pain :) I sure wasn't going to be the one responsible for bringing in any type of germs on my hands :)


On Saturday, we visited Mitchell Farms in Collins. The day could not have been prettier. Kenadie had SO much fun. The corn box and "pumpkin patch" were her favorites. Her latest thing is calling things "baby_____" if it's small in size and Mommy________ or Daddy_______ if it's big in size. So, according to Kenadie we took home a "baby pumpkin and a Daddy pumpkin". She was so funny with her pumpkin. It was like she knew it when she found it that it was "the one." She held it the whole way home, or at least until she fell asleep anyway. She was quite tuckered out from the mornings excitement. She slept the whole way home, then was moved into her bed when we got home to continue her nap. We then had to wake her up later that afternoon to go to the football game. This was a bit fuller of a day than I prefer, but I guess that's how it goes trying to squeeze all those fun activities in :)

Wes and Hayden joined us at Mitchell Farms





Kenadie's pumpkin

"Daddy pumpkin and baby pumpkin"

The fun didn't stop there. On Sunday, we went to see Elmo Live in New Orleans. Again, a GREAT time was had by all :) I was very impressed with the performance and Kenadie loved it!!! From the time we left headed to the show, all we heard was "where's Elmo?" We got there about 45 minutes early, so we decided to check out the souvineer stand. Now, I will admit, I just LOVE to buy things for Kenadie :) She doesn't even have to ask for something and I will think she "needs" it :) So, I thought she "needed" something to remember this trip by. I know, I know, you are probably thinking she won't even remember we saw Elmo by the time we get home, but anyway, it's still fun. I'm standing there trying to decide what she "needs" and nothing is just jumping out at me, so I ask her "What would you like to get?" She then starts pointing at pretty much ALL the items available and repeatedly says "I like this one, I like this one", over and over again. I look at Aaron, laugh, and say if it's this hard to pick something out, we must NOT really need anything, and so we left with nothing, and I am happy of our decision because that would have been just one more thing to get thrown down and forgotten about after maybe a week :) If you have a child that likes Elmo, you definitely won't be disappointed in the show :)

Locks of Love

Well yesterday was the BIG day... I was finally ready to cut my 10 inches off for Locks of Love. I was trying to make it as long as I could before cutting it, because I wanted to be left with as much hair as I could be :) On the way to my appointment I started to get very nervous, but once the pony tail was cut, I knew I was going to be fine. The length my hair is now is just long enough for me to not feel like my hair is too short.

I have not had my hair cut in a year and decided to do Locks of Love about 8 months ago. I really like my "new do" and am most looking forward to the decreased time it will take to dry my hair now :) My dad kept Kenadie while I got my hair cut. When she saw me for the first time, she looked at me like she definitely knew something was different. I told her "Mommy got her hair cut" and her response was "Mommy's so cute." :) Here are the before and after pics. Not sure if my hair will ever get quite this long again.

"Tu tu" Cute

This past weekend we had a great time at one of our good friends birthday party. It was a "tu tu" party. The girls were so cute in their tu tus and had the best time jumping in the jumper. I think I will be purchasing one of these jumpers in the near future :) Kenadie LOVED it!!!

Shop Till You Drop

Well, it's that time of year again. Who knows what big shopping event happens twice a year, always on the 2nd Thursday in May and the 2nd Thursday in October? That's right, the Canton Flea Market. My day began dark and early yesterday a.m. when the alarm clock went off at 4:15. I allowed myself one hour to get ready, and decided I could finish my make-up in the car. Note to self, if you're going to finish your make-up in the car, make sure you have enough eye liner to complete both eyes :) I always keep a back-up eye liner on hand, however; I am not usually applying make-up in the car...

Me, mom and two of our very dear friends were pulling out of Hattiesburg around 5:30 a.m. My mom and her friends have been going to Canton for about 25+ years now. My whole life, I always wanted to go with them. So thankful Mom didn't see fit to take me until I was 18--haha. I guess that's when she finally thought I could handle ALL of the walking and endure the grueling, but fun, shopping experience :) If you have never been, it's definitely something you should go to at least once in your life, ladies, that is. Men, trust me, you don't want to go and would not have a good time, unless you would be happy walking ALL DAY LONG, only for the highlight of your day to be chicken on a stick :)

We returned to Hattiesburg with all of our goods around 4:00. I rushed home to freshen up a bit to then go to the EDA Awards Banquet with Aaron in Laurel. We had a nice time, enjoyed a delicious meal and a fun evening out.


Looks like Kenadie shopped till she dropped too :)

Cruisin' Chattanooga

This past Monday, Kenadie and I "tagged" along with Aaron to Chattanooga, TN. We got back yesterday and had a GREAT time! This past summer, over about a 3 week span, Aaron went to Wisconsin, Baton Rouge and Jackson. When he got home from Jackson, I told him we were definitely going with him on his next trip. We missed him too much.

We headed to TN as soon as Aaron got off work on Monday and arrived that night at 11:30. On Tuesday we spent the first part of the day in the Creative Discovery Museum. Kenadie had SO much fun. There was so much for her to do and lots to explore. If you are in Chattanooga, I definitely recommend it.

Trying to somewhat keep with our routine, we went back to our room after the museum fun for Kenadie to get a nap... Ha, that was so not going to happen. She was very much WIRED and there was no nap in sight for her. So, we decided to go see Ruby Falls. The second we buckled her in her car seat, she was out. It ended up being a good thing though, because she slept through about half of our tour of Ruby Falls. Speaking of our tour of Ruby Falls... ummm, if you happen to get the least bit claustrophobic, that may not be the excursion for you. Needless to say, once we got to the waterfall, I was so glad to be turning around and heading OUT! I had to keep my mind off of thinking that this mountain could just crumble in on us, not to mention the very tight path you walk along. But, we can say we have seen Ruby Falls, just won't have to do it again :)

On Wednesday, Aaron had meetings to go to, so Kenadie and I just pretty much stayed put. We enjoyed the indoor swimming pool, puzzles, coloring and reading Dora books. Dora is BY FAR our favorite at the moment! We were able to meet Aaron for lunch, got a good nap in and then were ready to see him again when his meeting was over that evening. On Thursday, Kenadie and I headed back to the museum for a couple of hours of play before our 5 1/2 hour car ride home. We had a great time on our little getaway. We look forward to traveling with Aaron again :)






Ruby Falls




Coolidge Park