Favorites From 2010

I tried to narrow it down to 10, but just couldn't quite do it.

First up, we moved into our house the end of January,

which was soon followed by quite the snowfall for South Mississippi!

Our "big snow" was in February, which was also the same month we were able to quit purchasing these...because Kenadie was officially potty trained! Also around this same time, Kenadie started sleeping in a "big girl bed."

Shortly after that, one little girl got super into playing dress-up...
Either from her dress-up drawer, or her Mommy & Daddy's closet, it doesn't matter to her...
In March, we went to visit Uncle Wes, Aunt Joy, Hayden and Henry in North Carolina. Kenadie helped me pack for the trip, making sure I didn't forget her :)

Fast forward to Father's Day and this is when our families would find out that Kenadie was going to be a big sister! This picture is of Kenadie and Papa with his card that was signed "Aaron, Lindsey, Kenadie & baby #2." She doesn't look very happy, but I promise you, she is!
Then, Aaron and I became old enough to plan and attend our 10 year reunion! Are we really THAT old? Eeek!!!

In July, we had a great time in Destin with my family.

Then, I couldn't believe it, but it was time for my baby girl to start dance. Is she really old enough for this :(

Another favorite from this year was celebrating Kenadie's 3rd birthday... poodle style :) It was such a fun party and I'm pretty sure my little poodle loved it too!

A "magical" time was had by all when we went to Disney World in October,

and last but not least, my final favorite memory of 2010 was the entire Christmas season that we just celebrated.

Thank you Lord, for the many wonderful blessings of 2010! It's been a great year! Happy New Year!!!

Christmas Review

Wow! Was this Christmas ever so fun!!! They just keep getting better and better. The festivities began the Monday night before Christmas. We had Christmas with Aaron's family and enjoyed our traditional boiled shrimp dinner.
Probably not the first Christmas picture you were expecting, but just needed to document that I rolled Kenadie's hair for the first time :) and she liked it :)and I think we will add this to our routine!Papaw reading the Christmas story.and it's safe to say that Kenadie is super into opening gifts! Last year she fell asleep just before we opened gifts Christmas morning...that certainly won't be happening anymore :)She loved Mrs. Honey's Hat, her My Little Pony's and...her dress-up clothes, but we especially loved...hearing her sing "Away In A Manger." Pure preciousness ;)

Next up was Christmas Eve.
We always attend the Christmas Eve service at the church where Aaron's family goes, as well as where he grew up going. Then we go to one set of his grandparents for dinner and gift giving. After that visit, we head to his other grandparents for more gifts and visiting. Just a little envious of Aaron as he still has both sets of his grandparents :) Sure do miss mine!Kenadie with Mam-ma Peggy and Pap-pa Charles.Papaw is just too funny!
After all Christmas Eve rounds had been made, it was time to go home and...put out our special sparkly reindeer food and...milk and cookies for Santa! Kenadie decorated these cookies all by herself. I was a bit impressed :) I especially loved the inch thickness of sprinkles she put on top :)
And while one tired little girl was dreaming sweet dreams...Santa visited the Zumwalt house :) It's only fitting to note right here that our once beautiful live Christmas tree, decided to NEVER drink one drop of water. I didn't realize how pitiful it looked until I saw my parent's tree...It's 6:30 and she's excited to see what Santa left. She actually ended up being more concerned about Santa's cookies and milk. That was what she woke up asking about :)We enjoyed having Papa and Kay Kay spend the night with us. After our traditional breakfast casserole and sticky bun Christmas breakfast prepared by Kay Kay, Kenadie opened her gifts from me and Aaron.And, in an effort to drag Christmas out a little bit longer, after opening gifts at our house, we got ready and went to my parents house where Kenadie took a three hour nap, and I helped Mom prepare our Christmas dinner. After Sleeping Beauty awoke, she had all the gifts from my parents to open. I guess you could say she just about opened gifts for an entire 24 hour period, minus sleeping :)
Notes for me about Christmas 2010:
1) Kenadie was very much into the opening of gifts!
2) Kenadie being 3 was the perfect year that she started to get more into Christmas and is starting to piece together the true meaning of Christmas and celebrating Jesus' birthday.
3) The "big pink racecar" that was the only thing on her list, is apparently more fun to sit in in Toys R Us than one being in our living room. But, after 36 hours, she warmed up to it and has decided that she DOES indeed like it :)
4) We met "Jingles" our elf and enjoyed having him with us for the month of December.
5) This was the first year that Kenadie sat happily with Santa.
6) Kay Kay and I enjoyed making homemade candy: butterfinger bars, peppermint bark, peanut butter balls and chocolate covered pecans.
7) The tradition continued with Papa and Kay Kay as we went to eat at Outback and then went to see the Lewis Lights in Purvis.
8) We enjoyed doing our countdown to Christmas day calendar.
9) The Sunday before Christmas, they had a birthday party for Jesus in Kenadie's Sunday school class. When we picked her up after worship, I pieced together that she had one cupcake during the Sunday school hour and another cupcake during the worship service hour. We then went to eat lunch at Mazzios after church where she told us she wasn't hungry, but insisted she have a brownie :) And being the extra nice parents we are at Christmas time, we gave in to it... I guess it is aiding in me trying to teach her the difference between healthy foods and junk foods...
10) I had the majority of my Christmas shopping done the Saturday before Thanksgiving, and it was very nice to get to enjoy the Christmas season more spent having family time than going shopping every weekend until Christmas like I usually do.
11) Don't wait to order Kay Kay's album on Dec. 11th thinking it had plenty of time to get here by Christmas. Try to get that done ASAP after Thanksgiving. A book ordered on Dec. 11th didn't arrive until Dec. 23rd... a little too close for comfort!
12) I was 34 weeks pregnant on Christmas... only about 5 weeks to go!!!
13) I sure did enjoy how my gingerbread ornaments smelled on my little tree in the kitchen.

Merry Christmas

"For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6

Happy 100th

Well, I have lasted long enough in blog world for this to be my 100th post. In no particular order, here are 100 of my favorite things:
1.) God, 2.) the cross, 3.) Aaron, 4.) Kenadie, 5.) family, 6.) friendships, 7.) my Bible, 8.) my camera, 9.) Jif peanut butter, 10.) our little girl who will be here next month, 11.) Temple Baptist Church, 12.) my dogs, 13.) The Office, 14.) Disney World, 15.) Diet Cream Soda, 16.) Destin, 17.) Kenadie's laugh, 18.) Aaron getting home from work, 19.) digital scrap booking, 20.) Skittles, 21.) DVR, 22.) Christmas music, 23.) the cinnamon dessert stuff from Pizza Inn, 24.) my pillow, 25.) Shark steam mop, 26.) Degree deodorant, 27.) Kenadie's imagination, 28.) jewelry, 29.) stationary, 30.) Golden Girls, 31.) pizza, 32.) Chic Fil-a's roasted honey BBQ sauce, 33.) my Orek vacuum, 34.) cell phones, 35.) birthday celebrations, 36.) Glad press and seal, 37.) Target, 38.) TJ Maxx, 39.) gift cards, 40.) surprises, 41.) UPS deliveries, 42.) Germ-x, 43.) baked Doritos, 44.) Nerds, the candy, 45.) freshly changed sheets, 46.) Gerber Daises, 47.) Pampers Swaddlers, 48.) heated seats in car, 49.) new pajamas, 50.) Clinique make-up, 51.) recycling, 52.) Bunny bread, 53.) children's books, 54.) smocked clothing, 55.) pedicures, 56.) 2 squirts of perfume, 57.) Copelands, 58.) family time, 59.) diet cherry limeade, 60.) crafty projects, 61.) October, 62.) Mistletoe Marketplace, 63.) Hawaii, 64.) my computer, 65.) Tresemme hairspray, 66.) a clean house, 67.) my cobalt blue Kitchen aid hand mixer, 68.) baking, 69.) December, 70.) Canton flea market, 71.) Crystal Light peach tea, 72.) football season, 73.) vanilla wafers and milk, 74.) Yarnells frozen yogurt, 75.) Google, 76.) wrapping paper, 77.) Diet coke, 78.) shopping with my mom, 79.) Hunts Ketchup, 80.) inside bite of an oatmeal cream pie, 81.) Saturdays, 82.) Netflix, 83.) an empty laundry basket, 84.) the smell of Pine Sol, 85.) Parks and Recreation, 86.) hearing "Mommy, I love you THISSSSSS much.", 87.) picking Kenadie up from Sunday school/Extended care, 88.) Sunday lunches with my family, 89.) my mom's baked beans, 90.) my dad's breakfast meal, 91.) a real Christmas tree, 92.) uninterrupted sleep, 93.) fresh vegetables from Dad's garden, 94.) Marshmallow Fruit Loops, 95.) meeting Dad for lunch, 96.) being "unemployed", 97.) eating out, 98.) giving gifts, 99.) antibacterial wipes, 100.) blogging :)

Pretty In Pink

On December 14th, Kenadie's dance studio held their Open House where parents and grandparents, etc. were invited to come and observe their class. I am obviously there every week, peeking through a small window, so this was a treat to get to sit in on the class, take pictures and video, along with lots of "oooing and aahing" from the crowd. Speaking of "taking pictures and videoing", did you know you could do that simultaneously at the same time? :) I knew Aaron would want to watch Kenadie, so I somehow managed to take pictures with one hand and record with the other :) Not the best footage, but better than nothing.You certainly can't point your child out to another parent as "the one with the pink bow." :)
"Watch me kick, nice and high. I can kick up to the sky."
Papa and Kay Kay couldn't miss out. I guess I will have to document this as their first "grandparent event" to be invited to :) Well, maybe their second. Kenadie was baby Jesus in our church's Christmas program when she was five weeks old :)This WAS a family photo, and yes, it WAS necessary for SOMEONE to be cropped out :) Enough said, maybe I will appear in my next post :)

Christmas Gift Tags

If you are interested in personalized Christmas gift tags, just let me know...


Tags come pre-cut and in increments of 24 for $6.00 plus $2.00 for shipping. Just email me if you are interested at lindseyzumwalt@yahoo.com. Would love to do some for you :)

Santa Clause is Coming to Town

Santa made a stop by Aaron's office last Friday.
When we got there, I asked Kenadie if she was ready to go see Santa Clause. She made sure to tell me that "We have to go see Daddy first!"

On the ride over to Aaron's office, I was telling Kenadie that Santa would probably ask her what she wanted for Christmas. This is unchartered territory for us, seeings how she has never wanted for anything... mainly because she already had it, which that would be my fault :)... Well, let me take that back, she HAS asked for ice cream on NUMEROUS occasions at pretty much any given restaurant, but that's about it! And we'll really just have to blame that one on Papa :) He started that! She has always been GREAT to go in any toy department/store and leave with absolutely nothing and asking for nothing. We'll just see how long this will last...

A couple of days ago, at random, she said she would like a big race car! Now it has turned into a pink race car :) That WAS the only thing on her Christmas list until after she sat on Santa's lap :)I'm pretty sure this is where she started telling Santa she would like a pink race car for Christmas, and then went on to tell him that she also wanted a green race car for Mommy & Daddy and a red race car for Papa & Kay Kay :)... at least she's thinking of others :)

And now for a little walk down memory lane...
Christmas 2007, 6 weeks old
2008, 13 months old
2009, 2 years oldSo, I think at 3 years old, it is finally safe to say that Kenadie now likes Santa Clause :)