On Hiatus...

Hola!!  We're south of the border on a little vacay with some good family friends.  But I'll be back to blogging before you know it... :)

Noodles...

Flashback post.  These are from two months ago, Kendall had just turned 19 months.  This is completely how I remember Kendall during this time.  She loves sitting on the counter, watching me do everything and helping me too, whether it be cooking, cleaning dishes, whatever.

On this particular day I was making us lunch. (And yes, some days my kid is in her jammies till noon).  :)  Kendall has always loved noodles but I usually cut them up so it's easier for her to eat them.  But today she dove into my bowl before I had a chance to get her into her highchair!  So I decided to just go with it (This is where my parenting differs from Rob's, Ha!).  Noodles are yummy.  And they are fun. :)  The last pic is her famous "Cheese" face.... Heart Melt!   (On a side note I realize this looks a little unsafe but I was about 2 feet from her the whole time and she knows to stay away from the edge ("sit back").  We also usually put her back against the wall.) 

Camera...

I pulled my old point and shoot out the other day.  Its kind of broken and I really need to buy a new one since I can't use it but just haven't yet.  Kendall loved it.  She kept wanting to hold it herself and push all the buttons. "Kendall hold it." (She speaks about herself in the third person All. The. Time.)  She loved looking through the old images..."Baby Kendall... Mama... Mimi...".  When she started pretending to take a pic I just about died!  She looks like a natural. :)

Diaper...

Kendall comes up with some really weird combos sometimes.  Like this diaper, boots, snow hat, bracelet combo before bed.  She often strips her jammies off and marches around the house in her diaper.  "Too Hot." "Jammie Off..."  These pictures are Soooo her...  She's always entranced by what's going on in front of her, doing her own thing.  It's nice to be a kid without a care in the world... :)

Nothing cool, just a few moments I don't want to to forget.  Around the house, Kendall 20-ish months...

Checking out her first sunset...

A rare daytime snooze...

She almost always wakes up with a smile.  I love that about her.  

A messy face/shaggy haired pic I like... 
She looks funny here but I just love that sweet little face. I'm sure you other moms agree you sometimes love pics no one else gets...  Yup, this is one of them. :)

Shopping Cart...

Grandma Candy and Grandpa Bob gave Kendall a shopping cart for Christmas.  She loves pushing it around collecting things or giving Baby Ashley a ride.  Sometimes she goes for a ride herself but we'll save that for another day.  Today she is pushing some teacups around.  "Mimi.  Tea." 

Sometimes Kendall covers her cart with her favorite blanket to keep her goods safe.  She looks a bit like a homeless person.  She's still awfully cute though. :)

Thanks for the fun toy Grandma Candy & Grandpa Bob!

Snowstorm 2012

We had a huge snow storm about a week and a half ago.  It stopped life in Seattle as we know it and Rob even got to stay home from work for a few days.  Kendall loved the snow.  She constantly wanted to go outside.  She called it "Know-wing."  She would bring me her boots and say, "Boots On!" and "Walk?"  OK, Kendall, I guess we can go outside... 
I took about a million pics.  These were from her first real time in the snow (that she knows anyway).  The snow had just started to fall.  I was upstairs working in my office when I heard voices.  I looked out the window and saw the sunniest little face.  How could I miss her first time in the snow?  So I grabbed my camera real quick and shot down through the window.

Me: Hi Kendall!  What do you think of the snow? 

Kendall:  "Know-wing" 

Snow Watching...

The first day it snowed Kendall spent a lot of time looking out the window.  It was so sweet.      

 Then Yogi and Parker wanted to join the fun... (well, kind of)  

More window watching...

Herman and Snow...

We honestly didn't go out a ton, usually only once or twice the whole day (bad parents, we know) but Kendall was just getting over a cold, I had work to do and it was a pain bundling her up for only 5 minutes before we'd come inside again.  But I still managed to grab a few (um, ok, LOTS) of pics. Rob and Kendall made a cute snowman and named him Herman/Buddy.  

Herman's beginnings...

 Tada! Herman.