I Mean Seriously

Do kids have no sense of time? Every school day, I have to drag J's butt out of bed at 7:30. I have to deal with his crabbiness, his, "I don't wanna go ghoul", and his snail's pace. However, the other five days of the week that the child doesn't have school? He is in my bed before 8. Every. Single. Day. "Mommy, wake up. Mommy, I hungry. Mommy, I wanna go outside. Mommy, I gotta go pee. Mommy. Mommy. Mommy." I just want to strangle him! Way back before he was in school, J was on a much later schedule. He went to bed around 10 and woke up between 9 and 10ish. Now he is always up before 8. I would love one of those sleeping in kind of days again. It seems that along with going to bed a bit earlier he also doesn't need as much sleep as he did when he was littler. I guess that is to be expected, but still. I shouldn't complain, though, because I have a nephew who is up at 4 every morning. And another one who considers 5:30 to be sleeping in. What is with these kids?!

Kensie is getting closer and closer to walking. She stands alone a lot now. She doesn't even realize it most of the time. Now she just needs some confidence.

We just got done watching "The Secret Life of Bees". If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend it. It was fabulous.

Now it is off to bed with a book and then some sleep before my alarm...er, three-year-old greets me in the morning.

Birthday Princess

Yesterday was Kensie's first birthday. I can hardly believe it has been a year already. How is that possible?!

We had her party at a local pizza place. It's hard to plan a party in February. Once she gets older, we can do more things, but at this age, it's limited. We just had family there. She was indifferent about the gifts, but loved, loved, loved the cake. We learned today, though, that when a baby eats pink frosting, her poop also turns pink. That was quite the surprise!

I can't call her a toddler yet. Kensie is so tiny. She is only 19 pounds. She doesn't walk yet. She just doesn't seem like a toddler to me. So, she's still my baby.

Here are some pictures from the party:



So, Happy Birthday, my Kensie Leigh. You are my precious baby girl and I love you.