Happy 2nd Birthday Kenzie Rae!

We saw Yo Gabba Gabba! LIVE! last night and had so much fun! Kenzie got to see Muno and Foofa up close and even got to pat Foofa on the head!

Nana and Papa bought her a Brobee backpack, Foofa headband, a boombox light-up toy and a YGGL! tour shirt!


I can't believe my little girl is a KID now! I spent some of the morning with tears in my eyes watching her little-grown-up-self play with her toys and dance around the living room. :)

December is Upon us!

Kenzie's Birthday is on FRIDAY! I'm going to be the mom of a 2 year old, so crazy! My mom is going with us tomorrow to see YO GABBA GABBA LIVE! (Her BDAY present from mom and dad)
A week from Sunday (the 12th) is MY 26th Birthday! I can't believe I'm one year closer to 30!! :(
I don't wanna grow up yet. That weekend of my b-day is our annual "Bell X-mas Party." We get together every year with my mom's two brothers and their families. (her older brother has chosen not to involve himself in the festivities/family , LONG story.) I love being with my family, they mean the world to me. Since I grew up with one sister I've always cherished the time with my cousins. I always wanted more siblings, that's why I'm on a mission to convince Russ we NEED more than two kids, at least three, but my goal is four! haha

We got family pictures done and some for Kenzie's 2nd Birthday. This is a HORRIBLE picture of my collage I got but in person it is so freaking adorable. It captures the many faces of my bubbly, intelligent, happy and silly little girl. She is my fuel, she keeps me going.

We (by we I mean Russ) found my camera and I'd have to say I was quite bummed. I was so set on getting a new one....I'm not saying I won't get a new one, I just might have to wait a tad longer....

What a weekend!

So it started Saturday afternoon when Kenzie had a weird "shart" in her diaper. I didn't think anything of it, we went to dinner with some friends and she was doing great. I got woken up by screaming around 3am and I went to check on her. Her whole room smelled of poo so I got her up to change her. IT WAS A MESS! All up her back, up on her stomach, all over her jammies and bed. Uck. It was diarrhea. So gross. So she was all whiney and upset so I took her to bed with us to calm her down and to get some sleep. By 5am she was awake so I went to put her in her bed. (she had gone to bed around 11pm and needed more sleep!) I heard her crying again around 7am so I went in to get her and she was, again, covered in yuck.

Sunday continued with bouts of the runs, she wouldn't eat or drink ANYTHING. I was starting to get worried because all she wanted to do was cuddle and she cried every time she farted/pooped. She hadn't had pee in her diaper for over 6 hours so I decided I wanted to take her to the ER to get checked out.

Long story short, the Dr. said she looked great and suggested we give her Gatorade. The nurse brought her 2 good-sized amounts of Gatorade and she gulped them down and was back to being naughty. We got home, she went to bed and I felt relieved........

.......not for long! At 2:45am I woke up to her screaming and coughing/choking. When I ran in I immediately smelt the puke. (Ugh, seriously!) I yelled at Russ as I grabbed her, went straight to the bathroom and undressed her in the tub. I got her out of her clothes and diaper and filled up the bath. (I called my mom and dad to come over at 3am, I was soooo scared!) She had such a bad bottom rash she was not thrilled about the bath. She wouldn't let me wash the yuck outta her hair so I did the best I could and got her dressed and into bed with Russ. My parents arrived just as I was getting started with cleaning up the mess in her bed. My mom took her and cuddled her as she fell asleep. They insisted I go get some rest and all I did was toss and turn in my bed until Russ was up at 5am to go to work.

It was a nightmare. I was so scared she was sicker than we thought. She slowly progressed Monday and today she was almost back to normal. She is eating, drinking and being her same old stubborn self. :)

Now with the good stuff :)

Kenzie is a chatty girl. She picks up so many new words a day.

• Cha-Cha (Charlie)
• Baf (bath)
• Wocks (rocks)
• Boots
• Shoes
• Nana
• Papa
• Mama
• Dada
• Jess (for Auntie Jess)
• Bmm-Bmm (balloon)
• Niiiiice
• Gaga (as in Lady Gaga! haha)
• Yah-Yah (our neighbors dog)
• ice
• head
• eyes
• socks
• she can identify all letters and numbers as well :)
  

(some of her current vocabulary)

The bout of "the flu" was rough but I'd go through it all over again for my baby. (Not that i want her to be sick again.) I can't even count the number of nasty diapers I've changed let alone all the vomit I cleaned up this weekend. :(

Finding Time :)

FAT BOOTH!

I am making time to update this thing.

Clean Kitchen!

We have been living in our new house for a month now and it's still coming together. There are still boxes to go through and a lot of organizing ahead of me. We need a computer desk BADLY! I am currently sitting on the floor and my legs are already falling asleep!

Lets move into the reason I maintain this blog, my Kenzie Rae.

Helping me clean

Lounging

• She is talking A LOT more! She attempts to say a lot more words and she now says MomMom instead of pointing to her chin. (Signing Mom) She can say most of the letters in the alphabet with a lot of nudging from me :)
• NO MORE BINKIE! She had only a handful left when we moved in and I was determined to get rid of that thing before her 2nd Birthday, a little more than a month away. She chewed up every one she had left, forcing me to throw them away, so essentially she quit cold turkey. She did fine. I think I needed it more than she did! Haha
• Potty training is still not something she is interested in. I make her sit on her potty every night before bath time and she smiles and waits like she's gonna pee, then she hops up and climbs into the tub. Nothing. I can't force her, so it's just a waiting game with a little push from me.
  
• She has turned into quite the cuddle-bug. She likes to come and sit with anyone and watch her TV shows. She will randomly come up behind me and give me a big squeeze. She gives lots of hugs and kisses.
• She likes to know what/who everything/everyone is and then she likes to wave to it/him/her and try to say the name we just told her.
  
• She makes me laugh so much sometimes I think I'm gonna pee my pants. She is a little comedian. She laughs at herself a lot, especially when she farts.

Being Silly

Little Miss Daredevil

I can't believe my little munchkin will be 2 in 36 days! (or something like that!) I already bought her a Birthday present....We are going to see Yo Gabba Gabba LIVE the day before her Birthday, December 2nd! She is going to have so much fun! I got us floor seats so she will be able to see everything going on up close! :)

Playing in the rain

I on the other hand will be 26....ugh. I can't believe how close I am to 30 already, I still feel like I'm 20 sometimes......

I've got the baby fever hardcore....I need to get another one cut out of me soon (I can't pop one out, thanks Kenz for the C-section), I wanna be done with kids by 30!!! I want to have the option of a third I guess...I dunno, I'm crazy ;)

Doing her FAVORITE alphabet puzzle

Some idiot actually parked like this.

I have the tiny black car (parked PERFECTLY I might add) and I had to climb in the passenger door and maneuver my little Rabbit outta there. I was furious and so close to keying the crap out of it but it was already all banged up so it wouldn't have done any good. Jackass. I wish I would've gotten a better angle, you can't tell how shitty he really parked.

MOVING!

The last week has been CRAZY!

Last Wednesday we signed all our closing papers and last Friday we did our final home-inspection/walk-through and received our KEYS! Because we weren't planning on getting our keys that day we didn't plan on moving. This past week we have been slowly filling up the cars and taking stuff over and putting it away. We got our brand new CAL KING in on Wednesday and I cannot wait to sleep on it!

We are down to the big stuff.....couch, recliner, guest bed, ginormous 65" TV and the ridiculously large/heavy stand it goes on, Kenzie's dresser, our 46" TV that is still in the box, (yay!!) and other dressers!

Moving totally sucks but that fact that we're moving into OUR own HOUSE makes it better :)

I was counting today, this move into our house makes 5 moves in 2 YEARS! I think I'm done moving for at least 5 years! :)

Oh, and this post wouldn't be complete without a picture of my darling princess! <3

Almost Done!!! :)

Kenzie in her new room!

Doing somersaults is her new "thing."

Russ and I will soon be homeowners!

We sign our loan papers on Wednesday the 15th and we have our final walk-through scheduled for Friday the 17th! Hopefully we will be receiving our keys that day too! They told us it could take 48-72 hours for the property to record and officially be ours. I can't even describe how excited I am.

A few weekends ago we went down to RC Willey and bought our first brand-new mattress! This little queen bed we've been sleeping on is killing me. That Cal-King is calling my name. :)

We also had our first experience of impulse-buying. We had been checking out 42"-46" flat-screen tv's for our room and finally came across one we liked. It was a deal at Best Buy that we couldn't pass up once we got there and saw it.
We got a 46" internet tv with an internet blu-ray player for $999.
The TV alone is regularly $1,300 and the blu-ray is about $200. It was too good to pass up! Now I can watch netflix in my room without any added players or boxes.

We decided to hold off on a couch and live there for a while to figure out what we want and what will fit best in our small area. I'm keeping my eye out for a nice dining table and chairs as well. Our little one was perfect for our apartments but I want something a little more accommodating for guests.

Headbands at Target

Bath Time!

Bubbles!

Kenzie successfully sat in her "big girl panties" for a good 30 minutes without an accident. BUT, she refused to go potty after that 30 minutes so she got a diaper back on. The panties have a "liner" in them, they're training panties, but I don't really feel like cleaning pee out of the furniture so we'll just be giving them quick tries :)

Signing Time!

Kenzie LOVES Signing Time!

We have through volume 4 of Dvd's and she watches them non-stop. It's like she's in another world when they're on. She's picked up quite a few signs, I'm impressed.

Playing "dress up like a granny" ;)

She still isn't saying as many words as I'd like her to. My mom and I have come to the conclusion that she knows lots of words, she's just stubborn! I know that sounds totally naive, but really. She is so smart. It's hard to explain, but I know my child, and she's the spitting image of me, attitude and all :)

So, has anyone ever shave off their finger nail with a razor?

Well, I have:

You can't really tell cuz it wouldn't stop bleeding, but that is from shaving off my finger nail. I didn't even know that was possible to do while shaving your legs. Hmm. I learn something new every day!

Well, I don't have much to talk about. I just watched Signing Time and did laundry today. Whoopie!

Here's to my last 3 days of being on the pill! :D