Hand In Hand

And so, this is how I have been finding Kenadie lately after she has fallen asleep.Ever since Kenadie was an infant, she has LOVED hands! Especially when she is sleepy. When she was smaller :) I jokingly said I was going to get her a "hand" at Halloween for her "comfort" item. You know, the creepy "prank" hands? That was how she fell asleep, playing with mine or Aaron's hand. It could be quite painful as she would pull your fingers and fingernails backwards :( Needless to say, I am so happy to see she has learned to comfort herself by holding her baby's hand :) Her baby in the picture is also a newly added bed buddy. She informed me yesterday that their names were "Baby Minnie" and "Baby Baby."

I'm pretty sure the putting "baby" in front of everything at the moment stems from our wonderful visit we had last week with Wes, Joy, Hayden and "baby" Henry :) To Kenadie, Henry is not just Henry, he is "baby Henry." This was their first visit back since Christmas. They were in town for Joy's brothers' wedding, and we were so happy we got to spend time with them. This picture was from the wedding. Hayden was the ring bearer and did such a good job :)

Strawberry the Snowman and Valentine's Day

Kenadie and I had so much fun playing in our 5-ish inches of snow last Friday! She was quite the helper with making our snowman :) She named her all on her own. Usually she "names" things whatever they are, but not this time. I asked her what she wanted to name our snowman, and she put her finger to her chin as if she was thinking, and said "Strawberry." After a couple of days of having Strawberry be a guest in our backyard, she actually began resembling a dog :) Should have taken a pic of that! We enjoyed our snow while it lasted, and officially said goodbye to Strawberry yesterday.Taking a lunch breakIt's after nap and we are back out! Socks also double as mittens :)Yay for Valentine's Day!!!Our Valentine pancake dinner!A close-up in case you're interested for next year :)

All grown up, and I don't mean Kenadie

Well, let me just say that I am ever so proud of myself! I have blogged about alot of "firsts" for Kenadie, and now I share a first for me. I stayed ALL by myself last night!!! I am actually still in shock about it all :) Due to this big "snow storm" we are having:), Aaron stayed at the office last night. He was ready and prepared for lots of chaos and power outages. I talked with him this morning and there actually were none...yet.

I DO NOT like to be by myself, and ordinarily I would have loaded Kenadie and I up and headed to Camp Kay Kay~Papa. Due to the fact that I still have LOTS of unboxing to do, I decided if I was going to be "snowed-in" somewhere, it should probably be my house where I could continue being productive. When I FINALLY got the least bit sleepy to brave going to bed after MIDNIGHT, I grabbed one "comfort" item just so that I could sleep a little better :) Can you guess what that item was??? Yep, Kenadie :)

Well, I started this post this morning, and several hours later I am trying to finish. I just got an update from Aaron that they have had about 700 power outages, but most are already back on. Also, he informed me that he may have to stay at the office again tonight :( Therefore, looks like I will be making history staying by myself for TWO nights in a row! Wow--that's HUGE for me :)

A side note and for documentation purposes... Kenadie at 2 yrs. and 3 months will now hold you to what you say. Example: She wanted to go outside and make snow angels, and I told her when it stopped snowing we could go out. Well... she remembered :) She told me "Mommy, snow stopped. Let's go outside." And so, we did :)

In Just Two Years...

It is so hard to believe that in just two short years, you go from this...
To this...:(That's right, Kenadie slept in her "big girl bed" last night, sigh. She LOVES it and is so proud of her yellow room, "Glad Yellow" to be exact. It seems like just yesterday we were shopping for her baby bed. It is way too true that you don't have a baby for long at all :( She has done great with transitioning to her new bed, as well as a new room too. We got moved into our new house this past weekend. Her furniture was delivered yesterday, so for the first couple of nights she slept on her mattress in her room :) I think she was just as proud of her mattress as she was her bed. When she woke up the first morning in her new room, she was so cute calling for us as she always did from her crib. Aaron went in there to get her, and he said she was just standing on her mattress like she did in her baby bed :) Wonder how long till she discovers she can get out herself :)

Reoccuring Pattern

So, over the years I have had lots of favorite television shows! Some include: Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond, King of Queens, George Lopez, Golden Girls and Designing Women. Of all these "favorites", there was only one show I was actually watching currently... meaning not re-runs. That would be Friends. I knew exactly when it came on, and was always home and ready to watch it when it aired. I am not too sure why I don't find out about a "new" show until I am seeing it as re-runs :)

I have recently found a "new" show for me, ha ha, only to discover its last episode aired 3 years ago :) Where was I the 6 years it was showing? And that show would be...Reba! I LOVE it and think it is hilarious!!! If you are like me and are just now finding out about this funny little show :), I highly recommend! Aaron and I are to season 4 via Netflix. I think we will probably start back over with season 1 when we get to the end! The first CD I ever got was actually a Reba CD :) I'm sure it was about 10 years old or so when I got it too :)

Wonder what show I will discover next that is no longer airing? What's that show I hear alot about, maybe American Idol or something like that... Just kidding :) I actually do watch that one... currently :)