1 year, 365 days, 8765.812 hours, 525,600 minutes

I have had the honor of nursing, hugging, holding, kissing, playing, snuggling with this little princess

I can't believe it's already been a year since we welcomed our sweet rainbow baby into this world. She is such a happy baby and so full of laughter and smiles!!

I can't believe how fast she has grown and how much I love her with every passing day!

So here is some favorite things about Kensley Noel

Color: Pink Pink Pink!!!

Food: avocados, sweet potatoes, bananas (she's a great eater!!)

Toy: dolls, stuff animals, balls. And the dog water although that is not a toy she seems to think so.

Friend: Daisy our doggie, she thinks Daisy is the funniest thing!

Loves: walking, bubbles, meowing like a cat, and getting into wipes and cupboards, silky blanket

Sleeps: 6:30-7:00 to 7:00-7:30

She likes playing with her clothes and blankets anything soft she carries around and hugs

Snuggle bug!!

Sucks her thumb when she's tired 

Bath time=fun time!

Music: loves it! She bounces to it and dances its so cute!

Game: peek a boo with a sheet

Snack: Cheerios

Sport: football but only if daddy is watching Italy COD

My little rainbow baby has brought so much joy into our home and peace into our hearts I am so lucky to call her my daughter and that I get to be her Mommy! My heart is so full I can't put into words how I feel about her turning one and the fact that she is mine well ours;) but I love her more each day and I hope time slows down a little because its flying by way to fast!!!! Happy birthday my beautiful baby girl!!

Finals week!!!

It's that time again!! The end if yet another trimester!!! Woot woot!!! I live for these breaks! I'm not even the one in school and in all honesty tri 6 has been pretty nice. I have seen lance more this tri than any other tri! :) He is doing amazing like always! Seriously it amazes me how much he has learned and all he knows! I am not going to lie its a turn on! I am married to a genius! A sexy genius;)

One more week and I get my hubby back! 2 weeks! It's going to fly! I still can't believe we're half way done with August!! I am excited for cooler weather fall holidays and my sweet Kensley's first birthday!! Where has 2013 gone!!? Excited for the break and

September!!!:) enjoy the pictures of kensley and her new favorite thing to do play outside in the yard and porch...puffs and daisy.

I could go for that...

All I want is fried pickles, teak woods sweet potato fries with their dipping sauce, and Navajo tacos. 

But instead I'm just going to go to bed because I can't get any if those! I miss Arizona!!! 

What to eat, what not to eat?.....

So with both pregnancies I have had 'morning' sickness. But more accurately it should be called pregnancy sickness because its not always in the am ect. Anyways I have made a list for future reference for myself as we'll as you mothers/ mothers to be / flu catchers as to what tastes good coming up and what doesn't. 

Does taste good.      Doesn't taste good.

Fruit smoothie.             Chipotle burrito

Juice.                            Salad/lettuce

Ice cream.                      Pasta

Peaches                         Alfalfa tablets

Scramble eggs.             Egg burrito 

 Mashed potatoes          Hamburger

Milkshake.                      Water

                                      French fries

                                       Fish

                                       Apple

Please feel free to add to either side of the list. 

Also eat what your craving 9 times out of 10 you won't throw it up! Don't wait to long to eat something and add Lemon juice to ice cold water and brush your pearly whites after each episode of up chucking ;) I'm so grateful I don't throw up my whole pregnancy cause my heart goes out to all you ladies who do! No fun! But at least it's worth it in the end!! Plus for me it's a great sign that things are healthy!! So I don't mind the temporary discomfort as long as baby is healthy!:) but I am looking forward to feeling like myself again! 12 weeks now and hoping the light at the end of the tunnel is coming soon!!!:)  

                      

Don't be sorry, I'm not.

So the big news is out! Kensley is gonna be a big sister!!!!

I am so excited! We are so excited! We never thought it could happen so soon and so easy! We thought we would actively start trying after Kensley turned one. But I did pray that I would live it if I was already pregnant by the time we started trying! Well my prayers were answered! After feeling like crap for a couple of days I took a HPT thinking and knowing it would be negative but to my utter surprise 2 lines and it was positive!! Lance didn't even know I was taking a test cause I'm a POASA pee on a stick addict. So that was June 5th! I just finally got in to see the doctor yesterday and baby looks great 168bpm heart rate and everything looks great!! I felt like it would be since my morning sickness has not let up at all and I have been barfing dry heaving and super super neaseous!! Which is a great sign and so worth it! So please no need to say I'm sorry. I would gladly puke everyday of my pregnancy if it meant that at the end I have a healthy baby! Thankfully I stopped barfing after 15 weeks with. Kensley! So I'm guessing I have another month of it but that's a ok with me! I am so excited to be pregnant again and have a little miracle join our family February 15th 2014!!! Yes K and baby #2 will be 17 months apart! :) so excited!!!!!!

Fathers Day

I feel beyond blessed to have had such wonderful men in my life. First off My Dad. He is seriously the best dad I could have asked for. In fact I know I chose him before I came to earth. I am amazed by him I loved all our camping memories, building a log Cain play house for us girls, making Barbie dresses for me, letting me put hair clips and make up on him, running triathlon's with him, the turkey trot every year , he taught me how to pitch a softball, to slide and how to shoot a free throw and basically the rules of basketball, he cheered me on in both sports and always got after me for my poor math grades!  He was my personal math tutor for a while. He let me go on all the school trips- San Diego, San Fran, Washington, D.C., New York /Boston, he took his girls to New York to see wicked on broadway! Best trip ever!!! He has ran 2 or 3 iron mans and loves canyoneering he just might be the best in shape 59yr old I know! He has taught me a lot in life and the two things I remember the most is 1. Love conquers all 2. The only difference between a stepping stone and a stumbling block is how high you lift your foot. 

Happy Fathers Day Dad!! I love you thissss much-------------------------------;)

Now to the man I get to call Dad since the day I married his son. I by far have the greatest best father in law ever!!!! He makes me feel like his daughter and not an in law from day 1!  He is so fun to be around and so sweet with his grand kids! I am so blessed to have him in my life and that he is Kensley's Papa! I will never forget our cruise to Alaska and how much fun it was with them! Even if he did accidentally cough/sneezed lemonade across the table right in my face. bahahaha I still remember thinking .(..mind you Lance and I had only been married for a year at this time....) I didn't know what happen or if I should laugh or cry! Lol I of course ended up laughing so hard seeing my Dad in law laughing with the reddest face ever! Good times. He is a great example of how Dads should be so its no surprised he raised a son who makes a great Dad himself.....thank you dad!

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree Lance is an incredible Father and soo sweet with Kensley I have never doubted for one second if he would make a good dad. I saw him with his cousins and my nieces and nephews and have known he would be a great Dad. With that said he still amazes me with just how great of a dad he is! kensley has him wrapped around his finger since day 1!  I love watching him and her play! He is so good with her and soo sweet! kensley is sooo lucky to have such a wonderful man as her father.  Happy Fathers Day to my handsome baby Daddy!! ;)

9 months

I can't believe I have a 9 month old!! Where did the time go!!!!? She had two teeth and cutting two more! She loves bath time, cleaning off surfaces, pulling DVDs off the shelves, playing in the dog water, trying to get to the dog food, laughing, loves sweet potatoes, bananas, apple sauce, Daisy, loves to get into anything and everything! Loves her rubber ducky! And loves to dance with us. She has brought so much joy into our home! I am so excited to see her continue to grow and learn!! Some picture of her now and pictures of her as a newborn!

A Marvelous work and a Wonder...

So we realized we didn't pack a lot of our church books for Texas! Lance has a great collection but we downsized for Texas. However we decided that reading A marvelous work and A wonder by LeGrand Richards together is a good choice anyways. Ian really excited we are reading a chapter a night together and should be done with it by the end of this month:) so far I have learned a lot. I know 3 days into June and I have already learned a lot. I really like this book! Plus it's nice reading a book with my Love. 6 years we have been married and its the first time we have done this! Lol better late than never right.

It's been a fun experience between reading the conference talks together and now this book it's the most churchish thing we have done together in a consistent manner. I have noticed different changes in our relationship and have noticed I'm a lot more laid back and less cranky and flustered lol. Lance is very mindful of me not that he wasn't before but more now. Glad we are doing this together. 

I feel very lucky to have a spouse who is so willing to do things with me even things that some might feel not would be boring but its not cause lance makes everything better and fun:) 

 

Life is short. Enjoy it.

Six Years

6 years ago today I was putting on a beautiful white dress and making my hair pretty and getting ready to make the best decision of my life! I had the honor of making Lance my companion in this life and for eternity! How I snagged him up and got him to propose in the first place I will never know but I thank heaven every day for him in my life!
It's been 6 years since we were sealed for time and all eternity!
6 years! It's been the greatest hardest hardest beautiful years of my life!
It's crazy to look back at what we went through. If you'd asked me 6 years ago if I saw myself where I am today - living in Texas, lance in chiropractic school, 8 month old daughter and me a stay at home mom. I would have thought you were crazy. I am so glad We have put our faith into The Lord and listened to the spirit guide us where we needed. I am so grateful for the trials we have gone through for they made us stronger as individuals and as a couple and because they made the good times that much better. There are lots of things I don't understand or know in this life but these things I know without a doubt ; Christ lives and suffered for our sins, Heavenly Father hears our prayers and answers them( not always in the way you thought But he answers them) family is the most important thing we have in this world, I love Lance more than anyone could love another human being, lance and I work great together, and last but not least we make beautiful babies!
Happy anniversary Lance, love of my life, McGee! Here's to eternity!

Quality time as a couple.

I have been trying to think of things that will help build and strengthen our marriage and relationship towards each other.
Lance and I are the kind of couple who just have tons of fun together no matter what we are doing. We are each others best friends and the whole no secrets in our relationship works well. People know if you tell me not to say anything I won't but Lance doesn't count he is like a branch of me .. I guess that's one way to describe it. Anyways we have a good relationship but with every relationship if your not actively working on it caring for it nurturing it. Then what are you doing? I had the lesson in yw on Sunday and one of the topics was - how can I strengthen your testimony?
We have all heard the plant a seed/ testimony comparison. So we decided that once a week we would read a conference talk together from this last conference. We have been trying to think of ways to 'fireproof' our marriage and thought this a good idea for us to grow in the gospel together. Cause let's face it when people get married they don't think yeah in x amount of years we're probably gonna get divorced. It can happen in any marriage. Lance and I don't want that happening to ours and we will work our best to insure it doesn't by putting in the time and work now. I'm am excited!

Mother's Day

Mother's Day has always been a rough day for me between the years of yearning to be a mom and being a mom to angel babies but not feeling like 'celebrating' because I didn't have my own baby in my arms to hold. Mother's Day to me is honoring the women who love like a mother.

My Aunt Judy never birthed a kid but she was a mother in my eyes. She was my second Mom she loved me as her own. I hope I can feel like a second Mom for my nieces and nephews because I love them as my own and would do anything for them.
This Mother's Day is the first one I feel like celebrating and am honored to be Kensleys Mother. Not a day goes by I don't thank Heavenly Father for her. I also don't go a day without praying for my sweet friends who are waiting for their own miracle baby. So for all the Women who have their own babies the women who are waiting and the women who love other children as their own Happy Mother's Day!

Time Marches on...!!!!

How is it March already!!! Kensley will be 6 months old on the 12th!! She is all over the place rolling around and scooting she hasn't mastered the sitting up on her own yet but getting there! She is finding new sounds and loves to be vocal! She is such a happy baby and loves to smile and cuddle!!

I am still doing no poo and still liking it! So far I have gone5days without washing my hair! And I think that is the max I can and will go! Lol happy march!

5 days no poo!

Well it's Friday and I just washed my hair 'no poo' style again. Which means my hair wasn't washed since Sunday night!! And this week I got more compliments on my hair! I forgot to take a picture today of how my hair looked but basically it looked greasy! I will take a picture today after my hair dries today. Today I noticed too my scalp was itchy which made me want to wash it e en more!! Lol but it's almost been a week and so far I like it!

Day 3

So today is day 3 of no poo I washed my hair Sunday night and its Wednesday morning this is what my hair looks like after I brushed through it. Does it look clean? I feel like its a little oily but I think I'm going to wait till tomorrow to wash it! 4 days! Now I do still shower I just put my hair in a high pony tail and keep my hair dry. So far I'm liking it.

No poo hair!

So last night I washed my hair no poo style and let it air dry went to bed and woke up this morning brushed out my hair and then curled it so here are the before and after pictures. No product in my hair at all!

"No Poo" ......

So I have been trying to figure out how to make my hair healither I have noticed build up like nasty white film on my scalp. not like dandriff its hard to describe but anyways I was on Pinterest watching the Grammys and found this pin! how to wash your hair No Poo Style.

 I have heard of people not using shampoo or washing hair once a week kinda thing but never heard of "no poo" so this was all new and very interesting! I am trying to be more healthy and using less chemicals to me sounds good :) I know I'm weird and it might sound crazy but I'm use to Crazy!

check out her blog code red hat she blogs about  no-poo. It talks about how you wash your hair with baking soda and water on your scalp and then vinegar and water on your ends. So tonight I tried it out I am excited to see how it goes and if it makes my hair grow faster and healthier. As my hair is trying tonight it feels clean and smells clean not like vinegar or anything really. I'm excited to see what it does! plus its cheap! and I'm running out of shampoo anyways so I figured I'd try it out! :) I'm interested in seeing how my hair curls and what not. If any of you wanna join me feel free to!! :) I'd love to hear how it works for others too! :)

FORK

While I was doing the dishes I snapped a picture of my dirty forks :)

February photo a day

I love when people do this so I decided since I finally have a phone that makes it easy to play I would this month! Plus it's something fun to do each day and so here I go! Play along with me if you want!