The rest of the story...

I know I already did 2 posts about our weekend.

But, I'm going to share the entire story :)

Thursday - Josh got rained out at work, so we headed to Pensacola to get Wendy & Savannah to spend the weekend with us! We saw their amazing new house and then went to Nikko's for Hibatchi with their family :)


Friday - We got up early and headed to the zoo, had lunch at Subway, went to the exploreum, then we walked around Downtown Mobile.
We looked at several "monuments" and studied up on our history! ;)

{Another post on that to come this Summer!We're planning a History Day with the girls!}

Luckily, K was wore out from all the fun...

So she got in a very good nap while we drove around before heading to the theaters!

We saw 'Shrek 3D'! K was good about 1/2 the time, then she was OVER her busy day.

Good thing this Shrek wasn't my favorite-HA!

Josh had praise&worship practice, so we all just hung out with him and then went to Mexican for dinner-YUM!

Saturday - Josh got up early to go fishing.

Me and the girls stayed in bed until about 8:30, then got up and had a good breakfast.

We had plans to go to the Blueberry festival and to a youth rally, but K had different plans!
She was beyond ill, seriously!

We decided to head to Old Navy and then we picked up McD's for lunch!
We came home and ate watermelon :)

Then, I cooked some yummy Chinese food for dinner.
K went to bed and we stayed up and watched some movies :)

Sunday - Josh got called into work, so just us girls went to church.

K gave us a big scare! She loves standing up in the pew and looking at everybody. She has learned to "rock" herself, too. Yesterday, she decided to mix the two and BAM!

 She hit her little mouth on the bench.

She had big tears streaming down her face and was crying louder than ever before.

She finally let me open her mouth and she was bleeding! :(

I panicked!! I got up to carry her out and a man made a face at her and she started laughing and clapping. SO, I knew she was OK! :)

After church, the girls and I went to Cracker Barrel for lunch.

She really enjoyed playing...and eating NON-eatable things..

K got her first meal at a restaurant :)

She ate about 1/4 of the grilled cheese and a pretty good bit of the apple sauce :)

We came home, got on our lounged clothes and at more watermelon!

The girls left around 3:30 and K fell asleep and slept until Josh got home about 5:15!

She was one tired girl :)

ZOO!

Yesterday was a lot of firsts for K!
First thing we went to the Mobile Zoo!

It was Josh, Kaidence, Wendy, Savannah, and myself.

It's a very small zoo. It was still nice, though!

The animals aren't in glass cages, they are just in fences. There might be 2-3 feet between you and the animal!

See...

{we were standing in front of the first fence you see! the white tube is where you feed the animals peanuts!}

Kaidence was very good the entire time! She rode in her stroller and just watched all the animals like a big girl :)

This little monkey loved the peanuts! It was so funny to watch them crack them open-HA!

These 2 Bengal Tigers were gorgeous. They were up walking around and didn't even pay us any attention...

I think these white tail deer had the right idea chilling out in the shade. It was H-O-T!

There were peacocks just roaming around all over the place!
I was zoomed in AT ALL - this is how close it was to us. I was for sure Kaidence was going to get pecked!

And, here's some of snapshots of just us!

And, two of my big girl.

She was amazed with Wendy in these pictures, but they're still cute to me!

My First Mother's Day

"What did my hands do before they held this child?

What id I think about, worry about, dream about?

What things touched my heart before I saw this child's smile,

before I heard this child's cry,

before I felt this incredible bond?
Who was I before I became this child's mother?
Somehow, now, I can't remember."

This was on the card my MIL & FIL sent me for Mother's Day!

I love it!

It's so true, I really don't remember life before being Kaidence's Mommy!
I know she is only 7 months old - but, my life has changed so, so much and I am so, so thankful!

I have had a wonderful Mother's Day {weekend!}

Josh has done so much for me, I am so thankful for my precious, precious husband and baby girl!
We have been to Dauphin Island to the beach, had dinner at Red Lobster's, and today he fixed me breakfast.

He & Kaidence bought me the Lady Antebellum CD and a new hibiscus tree for my gifts!
He is now grilling some yummy steaks and ribs for lunch & dinner.
We are going to enjoy a great lunch, watch movies, and just spend time together today! :)

And just for fun, this was Mother's Day last year.

I was 4 or 5 months pregnant.

I am glad I have my precious girl here with me this year, instead of taking awkward tummy pictures...

how I really felt about all the pictures...HA!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

to all you wonderful Mommy's out there!

No Diving.

...just a warning, this is a picture OVERLOAD!

Today I bought Kaidence a $5 kiddie pool at Wal-Mart.

Hands down this is the best $5 I have EVER spent... EVER!

She loved splashing around and giggling.

I know she's going to be very thankful for it this summer when it's 100+ in Alabama!

Without further ado...

Miss K & her $5 pool.

{she was yelling.ha!}

{her daddy was sitting on her right side...that's why she's facing that way in most of the pictures}

And, this is on the pool...

Really?!
I thought I would dive into 2 inches of water..

Easter Sunday 2010

We had a wonderful Easter!

I took the girls to church, Josh stayed home even though he REALLY wanted to go. He was so tired because he has been on 12 hour shifts, 7 days a week for about a month or so! It finally caught up with him and he literally couldn't get out of the bed :(
After church, I cooked a big meal for us. We had pork loin, mashed potatoes, macaroni&cheese, peas, corn, and jiffy cornbread muffins! It was delish :)
While we were waiting on Josh to get out of bed, I took Miss K outside to get some pictures in her outfit she wore Saturday to the Easter egg hunt.

I wanted to get some in her dress she wore to church, but she had other plans. She was so tired because she was up Saturday night with a fever of 102.8! :( I gave her tylenol & motrin and it broke. I think it was because a new little toofie broke through her gum! She now has 2 teeth :)

When Josh got up, we gave her what the Easter Bunny had left for her..

{stuffed bunny, 'K' shirt, 8 crotched colored headbands, 2 flower headbands, 2 bow headband, 1 zebra daisy headband, Praise Baby DVD, Max Lucado 2-disc DVD, pig mirror/rattler, touch & feel "Little Chick" book, and a mesh feeder!

She was SO excited when I emptied the basket around her! Her favorite is the pig, she actually "picked it out" on a shopping trip a few weeks ago - I think she remembered it :)

{Nana also got her a dress, shoes, and stuffed lamb from Old Navy last weekend!}

Josh left for work and I took Wendy & Savannah to meet their mom. It was a lot of fun having them for the past week :)

I was finally able to get some pictures of Kaidence in her Easter dress today. These aren't the greatest because she was much more interested in all the noises outside :)

Hope you all had a wonderful Resurrection Sunday :)

First Easter Egg Hunt

Today was another first for Kaidence! :)

Besides celebrating her Daddy's birthday, she had her first Easter egg hunt.

She was asleep at first..

But, she realized there were alot of kids making alot of noise so she HAD to see what was going on

She found 3 eggs with some help from Mommy & Cousin Wendy! :)

Our Pastor's wife, "Wesa", loves to love on Miss K!

It was a beautiful day for hunting eggs! :)
It did get pretty hot though, so we headed inside to cool off..

{I realize I look like a complete dork with my squinted eyes..but, her face is too much!}

These two master minds were responsible for hiding the eggs.

They acted like there were on a military mission or something, ha!

When they came in to cool off, they of course had to start drumming..

They used random candies - ha!

I have a video on FB, but I can't load it on here :(

{Josh & Our Pastor's Son - Jon!}

...I think I hear the Easter Bunny! ;)
Can't wait to see what goodies he brought for Miss K!