1st Bday Party

On Saturday we had Kenzie's birthday party! So much family got to come in town! My dad, Brenda, and Jeffrey came into town on Friday. On Saturday Jim, Betty Sue, Travis, Kaci, my Mom, Jesse, Olivia, and Jada all came to town! My Uncles, David and Mike, were working in Midland so they came over after they got off work to celebrate with us as well! We had her party at our house. Clay cooked out hamburgers and then we did present and had cake. Here are a few pics from the day:

Kenzie obviously did NOT like the bday hats!!

Kenzie waving Hi to all her guests

Not sure what we were all looking at (maybe Clay putting together the horse?) but I was BARELY hanging on to Kenzie---aka---she was almost standing COMPLETLEY by herself!

Kenzie's bday cake---made by Jillery! I was just going to give Kenzie an oversized cupcake and Jillery came up with the idea to put 4 together to make a butterfly!

I love the pure excitement/innocence in this picure!

" YUMMY CAKE!!!" I was amazed at how long it actually took for Kenzie to actually dive into the cake! She kept just sticking her fingers in the icing and licking that!

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Here is Kenzie in the bathtub

Kenzie pulling up on her Toy shelf

A little sleepy

Today I went to town to mail a few packages and we ended up stopping by my friend Danielle's house. Danielle is the person I signed up to do Pampered Chef under and she has a little girl that is a few months older than Kenzie. So Danielle and I talked about Pampered Chef while Kenzie and Audrey played. When we got home it was about 6 and so I fed Kenzie dinner. I left the kitchen for a second to go check on something and when I came back this is what I found:

11 Months?!?!?

Gosh! I can't believe it! Kenzie is 11 months old today. That means only one more month until she turns 1. I never thought the day would come when my baby would turn a whole year!

Kenzie is growing like crazy! I went to Fort Worth for 5 days weekend before last and when I got home, I swear Kenzie had grown an inch or two! Every day is such a blessing with her. I can't tell you how many time's I've been told "You're so lucky---she's so happy!" or "She is such a good baby!". Not sure how we have been so lucky with such an "easy" baby for our first, but it sure has been nice! I love Kenzie more and more every day!

Here are some favorite pics from her 10th month:

Yummy Spaghetti!!!

First time Standing

I took a pic of Kenzie sitting in the recliner to show how much she has grown

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5/25/09

Kenzie at Superbowl party after she had eaten black beans

Jada, Kenzie, and Olivia. Jada and Olivia were performing for all of us and they decided to add Kenzie to their act.

Kenzie, Honey, Me, and Grandma at Bj's

--Kenzie LOVES to eat! I haven't found much that she doesn't care for.

--We have mastered the Sippy cup and no longer use bottles (except to measure out the amount of water we need).

--Kenzie eats 3 times a day

--Kenzie pulled up by herself for the first time on Jan 28 and then decided to take a break from standing until yesterday. She pulled herself up multiple times!

--Kenzie loves to pull herself up on your clothes while you're holding her

--Kenzie likes to talk a lot---sounds like dada, hi, bye

Scooting

Its official! Kenzie is scooting now! I have been working all night on editing videos that we have taken since Kenzie was born---and while I was working on it I looked up and saw Kenzie scoot one last time to make it to the power cord to the computer! I of course got out the video camera and all she would do is laugh and smile! I think I finally got some scooting on video (about try #5!)

Christmas in San Angelo

We just got home from a long trip to Angelo. We got there last Saturday. It was a fun time getting to see family and friends. We celebrated like CRAZY!!! Monday night we went to the Veribest Baptist Church "Young Adults" Sunday School party, Tuesday night we had a get together with all the families Clay and Travis grew up with, and Wednesday night Clay, Kenzie, and I hung out with our friends Dustin and Kaela. For Christmas Eve we went over to Travis and Kaci's to hang out with Clay's Great Aunt, Aunt, Uncle, and Cousins. We ate, talked, read the Christmas story (out of NASB AND KJV!!!! ;) ), and decorated Christmas cookies!

Christmas morning we decided to sleep in and Travis and Kaci came out at about 11. We opened presents and watched Kenzie experience Christmas for the first time! All day if you would say "Merry Christmas" to Kenzie she would get a HUGE grin on her face---I guess she already knew! Kenzie got ALOT of stuff from Jim and Betty Sue, but so far her favorites are her baby doll and play laptop.

Here are some pics from our trip and Kenzie's first Christmas.

First Kiss under the Mistletoe

Kenzie in front of Travis and Kaci's Christmas Tree

Kaci and Kenzie on Christmas Morning

Travis and Kaci

Me, Clay, and Kenzie

Kenzie amongst all her presents (I wanted to do a pic of her in all the trash afterwards, but she was too tired to mess with it!)

First present to open

ITS HER BABY!!! She loves it already!

Playing with the laptop! Look at that face! Cracks me up!

Passed out sitting up with Baby---opening presents sure is hard work!

So when we got home there was still some snow on the ground---barely---but it was snow--so here are those pics:

Kenzie with My Pal Violet---what Clay and I got her

Its been awhile!

This one's for Travis!

Sorry its been so long since I've posted---When I logged on to post the 8 month blog I realized that I had already said everything there was to say! Now I realize that I didnt post about our first Thanksgiving or Clay's first Bball game---so here are some pics!

Clay's first game as a head coach

We dont wish to remember the score from that game, but his kids are getting better! In fact, they got their first win last Tuesday!!! It was a good game!

Here is a pic of Kenzie's first Thanksgiving----I kind of forgot about taking pics---sorry there isn't a good one! I took more videos than actual pictures!

My mom bought her this outfit for her first Thanksgiving---it had a bib with it that said "Everyone's Thankful for Me!"

This first video is of Kenzie playing with a Leap Frog Puppy

The second one is Kenzie playing while all my cousin's were playing Rock Band in the background. I was in another room and kept getting told to come and watch Kenzie. I think she was doing more before I got there---but you get the idea.