My Addiction

So as addictions go, this one isn't that bad, I really can stop anytime I want to, but it is just too much fun! I LOVE babysteals.com, if you haven't checked it out already, you need to! Every day at 9:00am they post a new deal for babies. I have gotten some really fun stuff off of this website. Another cool feature is it is a local company so if you live close enough you can go and pick up your purchase and save on shipping. I know this sounds like a plug, and I guess it is, but they have some really fun stuff on this website, and did I mention that everything is discounted? Usually it is at least 50% off! It is my justification to buy Kenna things that she doesn't really need! Anyway, I am done ranting, but check it out!

Kenna's 12 Month Stats

My Little Angel and me

Seeing as how McKenna just turned one, we had her 12 month checkup. She is in the 50th percentile for height and head circumference, and 25th for weight. She is 19 1/2 pounds, so we haven't turned her around quite yet in her car seat.

She is growing up so fast, she is so much fun, but it makes me sad that my little baby isn't a tiny little baby anymore. She isn't walking by her self quite yet, we are close though. A small part of me wants her to crawl a little longer, that way she still feels like a baby. But regardless she is getting into everything, she crawls over to something and then stands up so she can reach, so I guess that theory doesn't really work.
This Mommy thing really is the most amazing thing in the world. I feel so blessed to be McKenna's mom. I didn't do a post for Mother's Day, we had so much going on, but it is such an blessing to have the opportunity to have such a sweet spirit in my life. I am also blessed to have a wonderful Mother, Mother-in-law, and Grandmother.
It is so hard for me to watch the news lately, you hear all of the evil awful things going on, especially concerning children. I always had a hard time when someone hurt a child, but after becoming a Mother, it is unthinkable. When I hear about a parent hurting their child, I can't comprehend it, it breaks my heart.
Sorry, I will get off my soapbox, my point was being a Mother truly is the greatest.

Kenna's Birthday Pictures

Kenna has changed so much in the last year, I wanted to get some pictures taken of her for her first birthday, and I love how these turned out! Stephanie and Derek used this same photographer last fall and I thought their pictures were great. I was so thrilled she was free to take them. We also took some family shots, I figured we might as well.

My Baby's 1!!!

I can't believe my baby is 1 today! Time really does fly, especially when it comes to your kids growing up. Kenna is this sweetest and funniest little girl, I feel so blessed to be her Mother. She adds so much to our home, I wonder what we did without her! It truly is a pleasure to be her Mom. Happy Birthday Sweetie!

Easter, Way Late

I know this post is way after the fact, but some of the pictures were too cute not to post! As I mentioned in an earlier post, we did Easter in stages this year. The Sunday before Easter we celebrated Easter with Dave's family, and on Easter Sunday we had a Easter Egg hunt at our house, and then we watched conference with Dave's family, and then went to my parent's house for an Easter dinner and an Easter Egg hunt.
Kenna did an awesome job of finding the eggs at our house. The Easter bunny didn't hide the eggs really hard considering Kenna was only 11 months, but still. After finding the first egg, and Dave having to pry it out of her hands, she caught on to the fact that she finds the eggs and then puts them in her basket. It was so much fun to watch her crawling around and finding them! I know it is only going to get better, but it was pretty awesome! We had a great holiday!

Kenna's First Taste of Easter!

This was Kenna's favorite part, sucking on the eggs!

Kenna is proud of her two teeth!

My adorable nieces,
Claire, Lia, Miriam, and Brynn in their Easter Dresses!

Kenna and I looking for Easter Eggs!

Gauge and his Easter Pail

Kenna went to her first Easter Egg hunt yesterday. My in-laws are great, they figured that everyone would have very busy Easters' so we celebrated Easter with Dave's family yesterday. We had an awesome dinner and then we had a great Easter Egg hunt.
It was a lot of fun because there were a ton of eggs, so all of the kids found some, also there were a lot that we laying around perfect for babies to find.
Kenna did really well, she had a lot of fun picking up the eggs, the problem was getting her to put them into her little pail. Every egg she picked up she had to suck on for a while before she was willing to give it up. The other funny thing was Kenna is afraid of grass, she will sit on it but she doesn't like to touch it and she will NOT crawl on it. So getting her to crawl around and pick up eggs was not going to happen. It was a fun time, we are so lucky to have such wonderful family that live so close!

St. George

We just got back from a weekend in St. George! We found out early last week that the little boy I babysat on Fridays was going out of town, so I had the Friday off; and Dave's contract is up and his new one doesn't start until the 1st of April (hence the beard), so we decided to get out of town. It was so fun to go on a little road trip just the three of us! The weather wasn't really warm but we were still able to play in the pool and the hot tub! It was a really relaxing time where we had no real plans other than shop, run, and relax. We took our camcorder, but forgot our camera, so all of these pictures are from our camcorder, that's why they all turned out a little dark.