Kinsey and the Vaccum

Kinsey is scared of the vaccum so we caught it on video while we have been cleaning and organizing their rooms. Enjoy...

Birthday Party #2

Party #2 at Grammie and Papa's house.
The girls playing in the playhouse outside.

Caden was so tired by the end of the night and Kinsey was not sure what to do.

Good cupcake!

Opening presents with Daddy We had a family party on Thanksgiving since Kinsey's birthday was the day before. Caden was so excited to see his cousins and was running around like a wild man. I think he was just excited to play with a boy, his cousin Jackson.

By the end of the night the kids had had enough.

Kinsey loved the icing on the bumble bee hive cake I made her. She did not want any of the cake. She would throw the cake pieces on the floor and just eat the icing.

Mmmmm. Delicious!!!

A bee cake for a very busy bee.

12 Months Old

Happy Birthday Kinsey! I can't believe my baby girl is one already. She is so much fun.

Mmmm...that's what she says when she is eating something really good. She liked the iceing.

This was party number one. Just a small party with one of her friends and the girls I watch.

Good morning birthday girl!

11 Months Old

She is so beautiful! She is so happy and always smiling. She has so much energy and keeps us on our toes.

We love you "pretty girl."

Construction Worker and Bumble Bee

I am a little behind on the posts lately. We have been busy but doing great. Here are a few pics. from October.
Carving a pumpkin

My construction worker and BUSY bumble bee.

Fun with Cousins

Even though Jody's sister, husband and kids live in Ft. Lauderdale, we don't get to see them near as often as we would like. We got together last weekend and the kids had a blast with each other.

The Pumpkin Patch

My attempt at taking a picture of both of them.

She had a great time. She liked carrying the pumpkins around.

Kinsey kept walking away. She did not want to stand still.

What a handsome boy!

This is so much fun!!!

Baby #3???

I thought we would let Caden and Kinsey tell you.

10 Months Old

Spaghetti...Mmmmmmm

Oh, she is just so precious!!! She has 8 teeth now, loves tackling the other kids, loves to give them hugs, and loves to listen to any toy with music. She holds it to her ear and rocks back and forth. She is so active and likes to be on the move. She stopped eating baby food by about 8 1/2 months. Once she tried real food, she has never wanted to go back to baby food. So she just eats whatever we eat. Like her brother, she is a great eater. She is very social and thinks she is just one of the big kids. Seh loves it when they play with her and include her in what they are playing. She is a wonderful blessing from God!

Kinsey is Walking!

I took this video not this past week but the week before. She is doing great! She started standing around nin months on her own and started walking just before 10 months.

Blueberry Pancakes and More

They love each other so much.

So this is the outfit Caden picked out to go to Publix with Grammie!!!

We love our blueberry pancakes!!! When Caden spends the night at Grammie and PaPa's they have blueberry pancakes also. Well, the last time he was there Grammie tred to give him pancakes without blueberries!!! He did not want anything to do with that. He wanted his BLUEBERRY pancakes.

Kinsey really loves them!

Her First Steps

Kinsey started standing and balancing on her own. She also has taken her first steps. I just happen to be video taping her while she was standing on her own and got her taking 2 of her first steps.

The friend in the Mirror

Here is Kinsey playing with her "friend" in the mirror. It is probably more funny to us than it will be to you. I just love how Caden is laughing so hard at her.

The last months

Here are a few pics from the last month or so.
Why I am so busy...Lauren is now in school...we miss her!

We had to say good-bye to Bella. She was such a good dog and we miss her so much but I think she is at a home that can give her more attention than we could.

Daddy and Caden doing the dishes.

She loves the bath. When I make her hair crazy like this, Caden always likes to put it back down.

Having all his friends over for a play date. What fun!!!

A little behind

I can't believe I have not posted in so long. It has been crazy busy and I don't think life is going to slow down any time soon. I have morning, well all day sickness for the past about 8 weeks due to this new surprise we have coming in March. But, praise the Lord, I am pretty much over the sickness at week 13! I have been watching a few more kids so I don't have time during the day or night really to update. So I will try to update you as best I can.

I missed Kinsey's post for 8 months. She had already started crawling and pulling herself up. By nine months she has been cruising along the furniture. Between 8 and 9 months I started giving her table food and she has decided she no longer wants baby food. She eats anything like her brother. She is bright and always on the move. Caden needs his time to wake up but Kinsey, you walk in the room when she is dead asleep, she wakes up, jumps right up with a big smile and is ready to go. She loves to play with Caden, give him kisses and tackle him. He is so good with her and is enjoying her so much. Caden is a great big brother. He is now into spider man, although I am not sure where he heard of him but he likes to be a super hero. I guess with all these girls around him he needs to show his masculin side.

Kinsey is Crawling

That's right folks. In one week Kinsey has learned to crawl and pull herself up to stand at the table in the living room. She is a busy girl. Still always smiling and still loves playing with her brother.

The Best Book I Never Bought

This past Friday Christa and I got the opportunity to go on a date (which doesn’t happen very often). But thanks to her mom (who is awesome) she said she could come and watch the kids. So, off we went! We decided we would just grab a bite to eat at a Mexican restaurant in Jupiter. When we arrived there was a 20 minute wait until we could be seated. After processing this information we figured it would be this long of a wait no matter where we went, so we put our name in and decided to head several doors down to Books-a-Million. I really enjoy book stores so the wait was actually a bonus. As usual I head straight to the “religious” section to see if there were any new titles or any books on sale. I picked up a book about different translations and began to skim through it. After putting the book down I noticed that they had several copies of pocket size ESV Bibles (which I have been wanting for some time now). I checked the price and began to rationalize/justify why I should buy one. I also looked at the price of the previous book and began to do the same. The price of the Bible and books were “in my justified” price range so I began to really rationalize why I needed one or both of them. It was at this point Christa popped her head around the corner and reminded me that we needed to head back. Realizing it would take too long to buy anything I put the books down and we headed back to the restaurant. On the way back I began to put my plan into action after we ate on how I would come back and buy at least the Bible (I mean after all it’s the Bible, what is wrong with buying that?).

After we sat down we began munching on the delicious chips and salsa while sipping on some of the best tap water this side of the Mississippi (ok, not really but that sounded really catchy and I always have wanted to say that). My mind began to think about my soon to be purchase when God began to speak to me. Do I really need another Bible? Psalm 23 says, “The LORD is my shepherd I shall not want…” It was at this point I realized that I spend more time chasing after things that I want rather than being content with what God has given me. Maybe instead of wanting “another” Bible I should read one of the four I already have on a regular basis! Or maybe I should take the money I was going to buy the Bible with and give it to someone who really needs either the money or the Bible? Or maybe I should stop justifying why I need worldly possessions and start falling in love with Jesus and begin living this life for Him and His glory; not my own. It was at this point that I realized the best book that I never bought was that Bible. A life that is lived for God and His glory doesn’t need another Bible to make him happy, more Godly, or content. A person who is living for God and His glory is more concerned with things other than himself. So what is it that I spend my time justifying in my mind that I need when in reality God is longing for me to be satisfied in Him and Him alone? What should we be doing with our time, talents, and treasures that we already have? What is God telling us in the Bible that we already have that we seem to ignore on a regular basis? Its funny how we think we “need” things when the things that we actually need have already been given to us, we just aren’t satisfied in them.

Water Park

Jody and I took the kids to the Water Park and they had such a fun time. Here are just a few pictures.

Silly Girl

I think Kinsey just found out her tongue can do funny things. She started sticking it out and now she makes funny noises when she sticks it out.

7 Months Old

I can't believe my "pretty girl" is 7 months old. She is such a sweet girl! She is almost always smiling. She is constantly moving. We have to change her diaper on the floor instead of the changing table. She is great at sitting up and loves to touch everything. She adores her big brother and he loves his "pretty girl."

Kinsey loves it when Bella comes by her. She just laughs and smiles at Bella when she watches her play with her bone or scratch her back.

Happy Girl!!! The joy of the Lord!

Right before she started trying to eat the paper.