Dancing Buddies

We had a fun day with friends yesterday! Mary, Sarah, and Caleb came over yesterday morning and Kendall got to help feed Caleb. Mary sat down to feed him and Kendall just crawled right in her lap ready to help. :)

I got a few videos of the girls playing. Kendall has been saying "rock, rock" every time she wants us to rock her or she gets on her horse.

They took turns pressing one of Elmo's buttons and then dancing to the music. So cute!

Let's Try This...

Since Kendall turned a year old, her eating habits (or non-eating habits) have been crazy! She was such a good eater when she was a baby, but ever since she turned into a toddler, she just hasn't really loved eating that much. Some days she has hardly eaten anything and we wonder what she is living on! Yogurt is usually something we can count on her eating, and she shares my cheerios with me in the morning, but somedays that's about it.

Lately though, she has started to try a few more foods and eat a little more each day. For instance, she would never try sandwiches, peanut butter and jelly, turkey, cheese, or any food like that, but we recently got her to eat jelly or honey on bread. She has also started eating more cheese - but most of the time she wants it shredded which is so much fun to clean up! She still doesn't eat ANY meat at all. We're still working on that!

Last week I bought her this new plate at Target, thinking that maybe it would make her want to eat more. So far, it has seemed to help a little, but she still tells us she wants something, we put it on her plate, and then it goes mostly uneaten.

The other night she said she wanted all these things...

...and we took her picture in front of her big, full plate...
...and then she ate about two spoonfuls of yogurt.

We'll keep trying! We know she's definitely not hurting - she's still a big girl! Last night she ate a whole banana and we wondered who this little girl was who kept asking for more. Probably she's a pickle-headed goose! That's what her Daddy says!

Granny, Dennis, and Blanket

Granny and Dennis came to visit this weekend! Randy and I went to College Station for the game on Saturday, so they played together all day and had so much fun. I don't have many pictures, but here are a few that I took this weekend.

Kendall and Granny sitting on the couch watching a little t.v. before bed. Kendall has started getting up on the chair and pulling that pillow on top of her legs. Funny girl.

She was so excited that Dennis was here. He has a blanket that he lays on and she kept going and getting it and bringing it to wherever Dennis was. Yesterday and today, anytime we have talked about Granny being here, she has said, "Dennis. Blanket." And I say, "Yes, Dennis came and you gave him his blanket." And then she says, "Car" because she helped carry his blanket out to the car when they left Sunday morning. It cracks us up what she remembers and what gets stuck in her head.

Granny left before church Sunday so she didn't get to see Kendall dressed up in the new outfit she got for her for the fall. I've been wanting to put her in it for school, but it has been too hot for long sleeves, so she was finally able to wear it Sunday morning. I wanted to eat her up.

Also, the reason her shirt is wet is because I think she thinks the buttons on her shirt are candy or something. She kept putting them in her mouth. :)



Thanks for coming this weekend Granny! We had a great time! Love you!

Sweet Little Pumpkin

Today was "wear orange" day at school, so last night Kendall and I went shopping for some new Halloween clothes. She already has one orange Halloween shirt that her Gigi got her, but it is long sleeves and since the heat index is still over 100 today, we decided to save that for next week when the cool front comes through (come on cold weather!!!).
Well, we didn't find any orange clothes, but we did find this black shirt with an orange pumpkin on it! She looked so cute this morning with her festive clothes and pigtails (she is calling them "tails" these days) that I had to bring my camera to school and take pictures. I feel like I just never get over how cute she is!! Am I just a weirdo or is every parent like that? She really is the cutest thing. :)

New Slide and Sarsa

Mary, Caleb, and Sarah ("Sarsa") came over to play this morning. I told Kendall that Sarah was coming way too early because she kept running up to the front door, looking out the window, and saying, "Sarsa! Sarsa!" Lesson learned. :)

The girls had so much fun playing and Mary and I had a great time catching up. She even let me run to the doctor to get my flu shot while she watched all three of the kids! Such a great friend.

Kendall got a new slide last week! The school was getting rid of it because they couldn't use it anymore, so we got to take it home! She has loved playing on it. I'm thinking once the heat index isn't 105 (not an exaggeration!) and there are not swarms of mosquitoes attacking us we are going to have to move it outside because our guest room is just full!

The girls had come in the kitchen, each with a little cup, asking for chips. After I gave them each one, they walked off, and when I peeked in the guest room to see what they were doing, I saw that they were sitting together on the steps of the slide! So cute...I just had to get some pictures.

Both of them were very sad when Sarsa had to leave, and they walked to the door together holding hands.

I love Sarah's "cheese" face in this picture! Kendall looks a bit like a rag-a-muffin....she did NOT want to keep her bow in this morning!

Last night when we were getting ready for bed, I told Kendall it was time to say our prayers. She grabbed my hand and said, "Daddy." I said, "Ok, let's pray for Daddy." So we prayed for Daddy, who has been on his leadership team retreat all week. Then she said, "Sarsa." So we prayed for Sarah, too. I just love that!

10 Year DTR

We had such a great weekend and hardly have any pictures to show for it! We went to Ft. Worth this weekend to watch the Aggies lose miserable to Arkansas at the new Cowboys Stadium. In spite of the loss, we had a great weekend.

Saturday was mine and Randy's 10 year DTR! We started dating on October 3, 1999. Before we were married we didn't celebrate anniversaries - we called it out DTR day because that was the day we "defined the relationship." Randy surprised me with an overnight trip to downtown Ft. Worth and dinner at Simply Fondue! I was so impressed with all the planning he did and that he kept the secret for so long - he didn't tell me we were doing something until Friday morning when we were packing to leave! We had a fun time and highly recommend that restaurant. It was so much fun! Kendall stayed with Granny and Papas and had a great time. Here is a picture of her pushing Dennis in the car.

Saturday we picked Kendall up and took her to see Kiki and Pops. While we were there I made him a cookie cake. One Valentine's Day when we were dating I couldn't think of anything to get him, so I decided a cookie cake would be a good idea. He has made fun of me ever since then because I got him a WHOLE cookie cake. I thought we should celebrate 10 years with another whole cookie cake. This was my first time to decorate a cake, and I was pretty proud of it!

Too bad I ran out of room at the end! It still tasted great!

Saturday afternoon we took Kendall to Gigi and Peep's house, headed to a late lunch at Scott and Alden's and then on to the big stadium! There really are no words to describe it. That t.v. is unbelievable. Maybe that's what was distracting our offensive line from the job they were supposed to be doing...protecting our quarterback! It was still a great experience and we were so glad we got to be there! Thanks Gigi and Peeps for watching Kendall so we could go!

Gig'em Ags! BTHO Oklahoma State!

Ella, Ella, Ella, Ella....

Kendall loves this girl! I know I have said it before, but honestly, she talks about E-E and Ella all. the. time. I think every single conversation we have ends with something about E-E, Ella, and Aaron. Lately when we have been praying we always have to pray for the three of them, and then I add Holly in too (because really, I think she needs it the most. :) We'll be on the way to school and we'll pray for our day and then have to pray for E-E and Ella. We'll be praying before dinner and then have to add them in. Like I said, all the time. It is so sweet. They came over last week for dinner and Holly and I took these pictures of Kendall and Ella. Kendall was on the floor trying to teach Ella how to crawl. Ethan used to do the same thing for her. We're so thankful for such good friends...and that Kendall is such a sweet friend.

Kendall thought it was pretty funny when Molly came to give Ella a kiss.