A Whole Lot of Christmas...Part 2!!

After many nights of attempting to upload these pictures, the blogger site has FINALLY decided to cooperate with me. So, here are several more pictures from Christmas festivities!

We were invited to a "Happy Birthday Jesus" party with all of our friends. We tried to get all of the kiddos together for a group picture, and Kendall was absolutely devastated about it. She is sitting on the end of the couch bawling her eyes out. She didn't have too much fun at Jesus' party. That's sad!

Christmas with the Boucek's was lots of fun. Chet's sister and her kids came to Tupelo to stay the weekend before Christmas. We had lots of fun visiting with them, and Kendall had a ball with her new "playmates". Here are Aunt Scott, Kendall, Carson, and Taylor after Kendall finished opening her presents!

Kendall L-O-V-E-S her new beanbag from them.

Carson, Taylor, and Kendall

Kendall dialing on her cell phone. She loves to say "hello" and "hi" with the phone on her ear...really it's on her neck when she talks. It's too cute!

The Stovall Family Circus...I mean Christmas!!

Kendall was having so much fun at Mimi and Papa's house while everyone was opening presents. She had lots of fun with the bows and the bags!

Pausing for a moment to get some lovin' from her mama! Of course, that didn't last too long and she was back up running and playing! I cherish all of the quick minutes that she lets me hold her and love on her like a baby!

Grocery shopping with her new grocery cart from Mimi and Papa!

She whined until we put her in this big bag...she loved it and didn't want to get out!

Our family on Christmas Day!

Kendall giving Papa some "high-five"! She loves Papa so much...she talks about him constantly and even wakes up saying "Papa".

Kendall sporting her Mardi Gras beads. I know it's a little early for the celebration! Of course, Buffy is sitting up in her chair trying to stay out of Kendall's way!

My sweet angel on Christmas Eve...She had precious little Christmas PJ's on and I was so excited to get some sweet pics of her in them. However, on Christmas morning when I went to get her up for Santa, her PJ's were soaking wet with urine. So we had to change clothes and her sweet little PJ's didn't get in anymore pictures!

Kendall was a good girl this year...look at all of her goodies from Santa!

Kendall taking a spin in her cozy coupe car with her new tobaggan on.

Look at how excited she was about her car...I know this will be her reaction when she gets a real car one day!!

She took her frog and her baby doll for a spin in her new pink ride!

A Whole Lot of Christmas...

Okay, I've been trying to upload pictures all night long and blogger is being SOOOO slow. Anyway, I did get a few pictures uploaded of our Christmas party with our friends. Now, have you ever tried to get 4 kids under age 2 1/2 to get together and cooperate for pictures in front of the Christmas tree? Well, it was pretty unsuccessful, but we had lots of fun acting like idiots trying to get them to stay in one place and smile.

Liz is attempting to get Jacob to cooperate for the photo shoot. Notice Kendall looking at her thinking "what is she doing??"

Jacob is still not wanting to take pictures...the other 3 are looking pretty cooperative at this point.

Now, Kendall is the one not wanting to cooperate. Liz is trying to give her a guitar so that she'll hold it and stand still. She was completely uninterested in it! This was as good as it got!

Our sweet family! I can't believe how much Kendall has grown and matured since last Christmas! We continue to be overwhelmed with our love for her and we are so thankful for her presence in our lives! She is such a joy and a wonderful blessing!

The not-so-happy Santa Visit!

Well, we went to see Santa Claus at the mall yesterday, and it wasn't quite so fun for Kendall. Prior to getting in his lap, she was content looking at him and saying "hey" from my arms! However, when I put her in his lap, she had a complete "lose her breath-turn blue episode"--you know the one where no sound comes out at all and her lips are purple and you're holding your breath waiting on her to breathe? Yes, that kind of melt down! It was just pitiful, but I kind of expected her to have this reaction. I'm so glad that Chet was there to capture it all on camera! She finally got calmed down once I held her and sat with Santa. So, here a few priceless photos of Kendall's experience with Santa!!


Her first reaction in Santa's lap!

"Who the heck is this furry thing in my face?"

He's thinking to himself, "Please someone get this screaming child out of my lap!!"

The Final Picture...No tears!

It's Official!!

It's official! Chet has graduated from Nursing School! Yippee! He graduated on December 12 from the Advanced Bachelor of Science in Nursing program from Union University. I am so proud of his accomplishment. It was very intense and a lot of hardwork, but he did it and did it WELL! Here are a few pictures from the big day!

Me and Chet before graduation

Receiving his diploma

The Graduate!!!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

I just thought I would post a picture of our Christmas tree and the mantle. I think it turned out pretty, but there is always room for improvement. I was just glad that we got a fake prelit tree this year instead of a real one because I refuse to string lights on a real tree again for a long, long time. I've been doing it for 8 years and it's just too much trouble! Kendall loves the tree...she says "ooooohhhhhh baaaaalllllll" and points to the ball ornaments. She has been really good about not pulling on the tree or the ornaments. However, she is starting to grab at the presents under the tree (yes, I'm aware that there are no presents under the tree in the picture, but there are now!). I'm just hoping that all the presents are still wrapped by the time Christmas gets here!

Bugs, Bugs, GO AWAY!

Well, it's been a while since I've posted, so I'm trying to get up to date on the last few weeks. What have we been doing?? Trying to get rid of the "bugs" that Kendall has...She has had strep, pneumonia, and who knows what else lingering around, and she just can't shake it! She has learned to love the stethescope since it has become a daily routine to listen to her lungs. She actually wears it around her neck like Chet and I do (maybe this means she'll have a medical career)! She takes her medicine so well and is starting to learn to like the breathing treatments (thanks to her daddy who dances around and throws the ball and acts goofy to keep her entertained for the 10 minute treatments!). We have been to the doctor more times in the last month than in the last year! Yuck! Kendall weighs 20.4 lbs and she is getting really heavy toting her around all the time.

Kendall is now walking EVERYWHERE, or maybe I should say running everywhere; however, she still LOVES to be carried!! She started really walking on November 13 and hasn't slowed down one bit. She loves to walk over to the window and talk to Oakley, our lab. She barks at him and says "Hey Oakley" and "good boy" in her own little language. Speaking of talking, she is blabbing all the time. She says lots of words and she has the most fabulous expressions! She is so much fun, and I'm reminded everyday of how blessed we are to have her.

We hosted Thanksgiving this year in our own house!! This is the first holiday that we've spent in Tupelo in the 5 years we lived here. Our families came over and spent Thanksgiving with us. I cooked the whole meal (except the dressing) and therefore, we have NO pictures from Thanksgiving! Where was Chet with my camera?? Who knows, but we don't have 1 picture from Thanksgiving and it makes me really sad. I was so caught up in cooking, cleaning, hosting, etc that I didn't get the camera out. Oh well, we have the wonderful memories stored away in our heads (assuming the alzheimer's doesn't kick in too early!).

I've posted a few pictures of my sick little girl! I'm hoping that the second round of treatment will kill the bugs D-E-A-D! We are tired of being sick!



Mommy listening to Kendall's lungs...

Kendall holding the stethescope on her neck. She's learning from a PRO! :)

She loves to chew on the stethescope...anything to keep her happy during sick times!

Playdate with Kitty and Mitchell

A few weekends ago, we went to Memphis to stay the weekend and Kendall had a blast playing with the Kitty at Aunt Scott's house. She LOVES animals, especially dogs and cats. We may have to end up buying her an inside animal because it makes her so happy. Anyway, we had a great weekend visiting with family and playing with our buddies, Tara, Clay, and Mitchell Holder. The kids had a blast running and chasing each other. Here are a few pictures from the weekend!


Kendall and the Kitty (just after she fell and hit her eye on the glass coffee table. Yes, she drew blood and it was traumatic, but thanks to Kitty, she got better real soon!)

Kendall and Mitchell playing in the pottery barn chair. They loved sitting in it together, but there were a few times that they were trying to push each other out!

I love this picture of Kendall looking at Mitchell. I'm not sure what she was thinking, but it must have been really deep! They were so sweet playing together!

Another sweet picture of the kiddos...Mitchell is having a blast and Kendall looks exhausted!