Pics from today

Had to take both horses in the car (however, this is nothing new)

Cutting proved to be very interesting this afternoon

Every rose....

...has it's thorn. Ah, what started out to be a promising day (jumping bean class and seeing the Easter Bunny) took a drastic turn at lunch. After siting very patiently with the Easter Bunny it was time for lunch with friends. Kendal NEVER misses the carousel at the mall and ALWAYS wants to ride it...being the mean mom that I am I wanted her to eat first but she wanted to ride first. So, after giving her the choices she still managed to not listen so we had to leave the mall and our friends. She continued to scream the whole way through the mall and while approaching the car my bag full of uneaten $14 food broke and dropped all over the parking lot. While I shed a few tears on the way home I thought a good nap would help us both...well, it would've if she wanted to take one! After 45 minutes of screaming and two unsuccessful attempts, I packed her up and we headed to Target for some much needed distraction (great idea until the plastic bins fell on my face, karma?). We came home, did crafts and had a good time. While the day didn't turn out a total failure (she sat on the potty without her diapers and ate more ham than mac n' cheese for dinner - both HUGE for Kendal), I am ready for this day to end!!!

Fun Times

Kendal, Colin and Claire.

Our little dancer

Lookout Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders

Kendal dancing with Daddy

Weekend

Today we went to the Cubs vs. Cleveland Spring Training game. As you can imagine Kendal was a super star and had a blast.

Stop checking out those boys!

Saturday Ms. Jamie invited us to a level 10 gymnastics meet and you can imagine how much fun Kendal had, she watched the girls..."tumble, dance and hang from the bars." Future gymnast?

Baby #2

Friday we went for our sonogram (we even got a DVD of the appointment) and everything looks great...baby is measuring right on track and all tests are normal and healthy.

Busy Bee

Riding the horsey and the zebra at the same time is fun!

Holy cholesterol

Just chillin'

Sonogram

Me at 17 weeks

We go this Friday for our 19 week sonogram. Most people would find out the sex of the baby at this point but due to my wonderful and understanding husband, we will be waiting to find out the sex of the baby until August.

Palm Springs

We headed on a last minute trip to Palm Springs over the weekend. Unfortunately Brian had to work at a conference so he was stuck in Phoenix but Kendal sure enjoyed time with Grammie and Grandpa.

Ms. Thang

Kendal wanted to put on her belt after seeing Daddy put on his...

...and she wanted to wear her poka dot shoes, which she put on - on the wrong feet (and of course 2 ponytails).

Kendal and Daddy

What She's Doing Now

March 18, 2009 (2 years, 1 month)

Kendal is currently fascinated with....gymnastics and her game “Hi friends.” I was trying to teach her the importance of being friends with other kids. Well, she takes the two objects I was using (rubber ducks) and keeps one and gives one to you. Then she says, “hi friends” and makes you interact with the duck…she has adopted this with everything she can find two of.

She loves to say... “Daddy,” but it’s not daddy like we say it, it’s the condensed/fast version, “Dady.” It’s funny because she totally says it (and repeats it) until he pays attention to her…she is totally into her daddy right now.

She recently did something so funny/cute when she...started making the frown face just to see our reaction. You’ll be doing something and look over and she’s got her lip stuck out and her eyebrows squeezed together which of course makes you laugh. She is also chattering all the time (not that this is new) but she’s starting to formulate complete thoughts. For example, “the plane is in the sky, high in the sky, he comes down (meaning then he comes down), go on airplane to Zurich (meaning she was on the airplane to Zurich).

The personality trait I see beginning to develop that is rather new is...her telling me to do something, “stand here, mommy do this.”

Her favorite toy of the moment is...all of her horses, her squishy bear we got in Switzerland at a gas station and her TCU football.

I can occupy her easy by...bringing out two objects and playing “Hi Friends.”

Kendal's favorite time of day is...in the morning.

When Kendal is in a bad mood, she...kicks her legs, screams and says “NO” – this hasn’t changed.

She melts my heart when...runs over to me and gives me a hug, akiss and of course says, “I love you.”!

Self Portrait

Boots

The image that was supposed in the last entry...oops.

A week behind

WOW, how do I top that last entry?! Yesterday I was trying on new running shoes so I put on a pair of black Nike's and Kendal said, "those are boys shoes."

Here is the shirt and headband that Aunt LaLa got Kendal. You can't tell but it has a horseshoe on the top and it says, Giddy Up on the back (of course she loved it). She is holding the baby in a carrier behind her.

Today we went over to Peyton and Cooper's house. Kendal remembered Peyton has a huge horse stash because on the way there she said, "she got horses at her house." You can only imagine how much fun Kendal had, she didn't want to leave.

Kendal playing with the Easter Eggs.

After two attempts of going to church we never made it. It could have due to the fact that she wanted to wear these boots but we both settled on the Crocs.

Kendal and her new favorite monkey.

Aunt Patti got her this adorable outfit.

Brian had to work in Tucson last week so we tagged along, here she is waiting for Grammie at lunch.

A girl has to have her dinosaurs too.

Skylar, Baylee and Kendal at the pool last week.

Brian here... Michelle wasn't as eager to share this story so here I am. Michelle and I were fortunate to have been invited to an exclusive event over the weekend. I don't normally get that excited when an Evite shows up via email, but this was no ordinary party invitation. We had been invited to Sam and Andrea's 1st Annual "Mustache Bash!" I was pumped (shocker)... and immediately started thinking back to the late 90's at TCU when I was always begging this good looking Tri Delt to be my date for our next rediculous theme party. Who can forget Monochromatic '97, or the great Foam Party of '98. Anyway, as you can see from the photo above with me, Rodriguez, Morgan, and Woolford... good times were had by all. Because I spent time with my boss and my bosses boss a few days prior, I was unable to represent with something as authentic as Sam's 3 month hairyness. However, I am honored to have taken home the "Most Aggressive" Mustache award for my themed outfit.

So like many aspects of life, some things never change... I still love a good theme party and continue to beg the good looking Tri Delt to be my date.

Fight Song

Kendal LOVES this TCU football, it says Go Frogs and plays the fight song.

Here is her "dancing" to the fight song (even though it looks more like she's praying to Jesus).

Jeep Ride

We took the Jeep to Royce's party over the weekend and I have to tell you it was the quietest Kendal has ever been in the car (besides those rare times when she sleeps), maybe I found the solution.

Kendal making her goofy face.

Kendal

Just goin' for a ride.

You want me to get rid of my diapers?

Isn't she going to be the best big sister?!

Eating, a rare occasion.

The frog boots were worn all day and the baby went along for the zebra ride.

A Week in Pictures

Today started off by chasing Kendal around the house with both of us carrying footballs saying, "down, set, hike." Thank goodness we had Jumping Bean class to exert her energy, which was a huge hit, and then we met our friends at the park.

Feeding the ducks.

Twinkles and Daddy (she of course picked out her shoes). Daddy took Kendal to get a "new computer" (since the old one didn't do anything but the alphabet) when she got it she said, "Kendal's computer...just like daddy's."

Not one but two horses.

She looks so grown up here to me.

Kendal has the crazies.

Michele and sweet Reagan.

Check out Kendal's face.