My Kinsi

I LOVE THIS KID!!! I never knew how much you can love someone, but I just love her more and more everyday. She is such a sweetheart and I love that she loves her HeHe!

Valentine's Day

Thursday afternoon, I came home and Makinsi was waiting for me. She ran in the house and came out with a big box of red roses. I asked her who those were for and she said "YOU!" I asked her if she go them for me and she said "No, Brad". Then she grabbed my hand and pulled me in the house and lead me to another dozen pink roses. I asked her who those were for and she said "ME!". They were actually for me but they had Dora balloons on them that were for her.

Brad told her to show me what else they had got, so she opened the fridge and pulled out a box of chocolate covered strawberries! Yum!

Brad has also gotten Makinsi a big cupcake! She was being so patient with me, letting me get her picture before she dug in.

The rest of the night she was Bailey's buddy! She spread her blanket and pillow on the floor insisting that Bailey lay down with her and watch Dora. Bailey obliged her as much as possible! She's so good with Kinsi. Lets her roll all over her.

My Sweet Kinsi...

Kinsi has been so sweet this week! She's finally talking and most importantly has learned my name and is calling me HeHe. She has been saying Brad and Bailey forever now, but would never say my name. Lauren got her saying it the other night and recorded it on her cell phone so I could hear it. I picked her up Wed. afternoon from Lauren at work and as soon as she saw me she ran to me hollering "HeHe" and fell into my arms giving me the biggest hug.

Here she's helping me carry groceries in. She only got one bag in before she found the snow and had a seat. Lauren taught her how to make snow angels last week so she had to make one for us.

We forgot Bailey's birthday this year. Oops! So I found this dog cake at Wal-Mart and we made it for Bailey. I had to get cupcakes for Kinsi of course and that's her new word. "Cuttakes!"

She's also gotten over her hate for the camera. I guess I ruined her for a while, but she's back to saying "cheese!"

Hearing her finally holler "HeHe" and giggle is the sweetest sound in the world! Her hugs and kisses make tears come to my eyes. She kisses your forehead, then each cheek, then your nose, chin, both eyes and then your lips. It takes 10 minutes for her to tell you goodbye! Such a sweetheart!

Other Randomness from this past week!

We had our annual Oyster Supper at school this past Sat. Dad loves it so he came over with Mom, Chris and Makinsi. I had to work most of the night, but I was at least in my library. This picture was just so funny. Makinsi got a book off the shelf and layed down in the middle of the floor to look at it as she pulled Bopbaw down to help her.

While I was driving to school Sat. night for the Oyster Supper this jeep was in front of me. I thought it was funny that it was painted like a MASH vehicle. Dad got a kick out of it.

And lastly, why are bowling shoes so ugly?

Ok, I think I'm all caught up. See you in another couple of months!

Halloween

Brad and I went to a Halloween Party this year. This is the first time I've dressed up in years, but we had a great time with it. We went with two other couples, the girls as 20's flappers and the guys as gangster!

Don't you love the fact that he has the gun pointed at me!

Makinsi was supposed to be Bailey for Halloween, but we couldn't find a black and white dog costume, so she went as Bailey's cousin.

I got to take her trick or treating some, because Lauren had to work late. The best picture of got of her is on my cell phone and I have no clue how to get it off! She liked me painting her nose. She would say "ohhh, Bailey" She knew exactly who she looked like.

Then it was Fall Break...

I absolutely love the fact that we get out of school for a Fall break. We are now out for a week and a half and it is the best! We took Kinsi to Huber Farms one day during the week. There's not much going on during the week, but it was a lot less crowded than a weekend. She's telling Bopbaw all about something here.

This picture is so funny even though you can't really tell what she's doing. A month or so ago she was at our house and we were in the living room. Brad was in the front room watching tv. I told her lets go sneak up on Uncle Brad. So we tiptoed down the hall with our tickle hands up to get Brad. Of course, she's giggling the whole time so we didn't surprise him at all. Every since then she sticks up her tickle hands and laughs like crazy. Anyway in this picture we're walking over to the petting zoo and she's actually tiptoeing with her hands up at the animals. I laughed so hard at her.

Lauren and I rode over to the feeding farm with her on the wagon. Those animals were really aggressive about getting the food.

She's had a thing for Scarecrows this month also. Everywhere she sees one she wants to hug it and talk to it.

We went over to the Winery and finally found a pony ride. She jumped right on and had a blast.

I thought this was a neat picture with the bubble!

And we finally saw a few pumpkins.

Trip to State Fair

Saturday we made our annual trip to the Kentucky State Fair. This year we went with our friends, Keith and Lisa as well as following my parents and Makinsi up. We lost Mom and Dad as soon as we went through the gate, but caught up to them once.

The best purchase of the night though had to be the coconut heads that Lisa and I got with Bahama Mama Slushies in them. I was excited to bring this home to add to the Hawaiian decor in my bathroom.
It's now a bank for all of our change and fits in just perfect. We walked through several sections including looking at all the rabbits, chickens, cows and horses. We finally found us a tent with an ok band and hung out for a while. We ended the night with a midway walk where I almost had to take out some teenagers. It was so crowded and I was pushing Brad through the mess. I can't believe how little all those kids had on. Then after a 45 minute walk to the car we were on our way home with a quick stop at White Castle. I'm just glad we dropped Keith off before those hit! Sorry, Lisa!

I got a couple pics of Makinsi playing at one of the booths in the Main St. Kentucky section. I think she looks so grown up in these pictures with Dad aka BopBaw!

Go, Cubs!

My sweet, little Cubs fan! I swear we had her saying "Go, Cubs" the other night. I tried to video it, but I don't think we got it. I love her hair bows, don't you Teaque?

Precious!

Makinsi with her Great Grandma and Grandpa

Kinsi Loves Oreos and BopBaw!

Lauren brought me a bunch of pictures that they had taken at Mom and Dad's and I just love these of Makinsi. Makinsi loves to eat Oreos with her "BopBaw" (that's what she's been calling my dad). This has become their bonding time. Anything to get messy.

This is The Way We Brush Our Teeth

Makinsi has entered that "Copy Everything You Do" stage. She's been watching all of us brush our teeth so she's picked up on it. I got her a toothbrush (so she'll quit slobbering all over mine) and some training toothpaste. She loves it. I didn't get a picture of it, but she loves to spit! She doesn't spit anything, but I guess she's watched me do it and it's the funniest thing.

After brushing her teeth, I put her to work washing windows. Then she decided that Bailey needed to be washed too.

I can't believe that Bailey let her climb over and actually sit on her.

Kinsi loves when Uncle Brad gets out the pretzels and cheese. In fact, she'll go and get the pretzels herself and climb up in Brad's lap. That's become their snack when we get home from the ballpark. And finally, I had to buy her this shirt at Wal-Mart the other day. It says "I'm guaranteed to make you smile". It's just perfect for her!