4th of July and a long weekend...

So this past weekend turned out to be a lot of fun, and we accomplished a lot! Let's see....where to begin...
Thursday i got off of work at 1:00 and met up with my MIL and her sister and ate lunch, then went shopping around WalMart for the paint to do our living room and a few odds and ends. We were planning on having a party at our Pastor's house for the 4th and swimming so i bought Kenzie a little pool float that was really cute. Then we headed for home and saw Joel for a bit, and then the painting began. On Thursday night we got all of the trimming and most of the painting done on about 2.5 walls around the windows and doors and fireplace area. The paint went on really great and we only needed one coat! wooohooo! Then i went to bed early at like 9:00 or so so i could wake up early and finish painting. Well Kenzie woke up early too and had no mind to let me put her down AT ALL so i ended up just playing with her all morning on Friday. Once Joel got up Kenzie was still just not herself and acting really fussy so we took turns watching her and painting. We got most of it done when Joel's aunt came over with a surprise lunch for us and she watched Kenzie so we could finish up. BIG help! After the painting was done and the room put back together we relaxed for a little while and then got ready to head over to the 'Ranch Party.' We got there around 6 or so and there were already some people there doing litle fireworks and such. Talked and hung out until nearly Kenzie's bedtime and then took her to Grandma's for a bit. (by the way, Kenzie was TOTALLY un-phased by the LOUD fireworks....funny) By the time i got back the bigger fireworks were about ready. 'The Ranch' is our friend's house in the middle of podunk where we can all pretty much be as loud as we want....good thing because they had made a canon and were shooting off gun powder. MAN that thing was loud. The fireworks display was AWESOME and lasted forever. They did a good show! Picked Kenzie back up and headed for home after a little bonfire time.
Saturday rolled around and we had no real plans since ouir Pastor's party was cancelled on account of rain. I had planned to return Kenzie's float since we didn't need it anymore and when i showed it to my MIL she said that she thought there was a recall on those. So i took it to WALMART and sure enough! the day after i bought it they were recalled because the straps where the baby's legs go between can break and the baby can fall into the water!! Praise GOD we never used the thing! Anyways we went and did some WALMART grocery shopping and then back to the house for a family get together. We did kabobs on the grill and all kinds of sides. It was yummy and fun.
Sunday we went to church with some of our friends. They have started going to church in the past few months and wanted us to see where they went. It was a MEGA church which Joel and I are not used to and don't really prefer. We like our small church where everyone knows everybody. I prefer to not be directed to a parking spot by a guy with orange paddles. LOL. Anyways, they had a guest speaker, Max Lucado and it was a good message. I didn't want to leave Kenzie in a nursery of people i didn't know, plus she had had a MILD fever that morning at like 99.6 so i kept her and had to go into the cry room about 1/2 way through. Sunday afternoon we relaxed and had our friends over for lunch and that was about it.
So now that you know my entire weekend update....I'm off today and enjoying the extra time with the lil' one. I had by far my WORST mommy moment to date last night. Joel had gone to take a nap in our room and Kenzie was down for her nap. I was watching tv and dozed off to sleep. The monitor was on, and loud so i could hear when she woke up, but apparently for the first time EVER, i didn't. I finally woke up to her SCREAMING crying. I ran into her room and her eyes were full of tears, her sheet soaked, and she was on her belly trying to roll back over but couldn't because of her sleep positioner. I picked her up and she was just in a fit. Her diaper was full so i went to lay her down to change her and she just SCREAMED again. So i just held on to her and comforted her for about 10 mins. Is still don't know how long she was awake but i feel absolutely AWFUL about it. Anyways.....moving on...she forgave me and we had a good long talk about it last night, LOL. Baby talk that is :)
Kenzie has officially moved up to sitting in high chairs at restaurants now. CRAZY huh? She likes to drink out of a straw if you fill it up and then release it into her mouth. She loves to play with food too so i figured it was time.
We have also moved up to size 3 diapers, and though they are big on her, size two was too small. I can't believe how fast she is growing up. It feels like just yesterday that we were buying little bitty 40 packs of newborn diapers. Now we're buying huge boxes of size 3's!!
Well i should get back to her now...i think the entertainment value of the jumparoo has worn off. LOL

Call me Beethoven...


I love her little fingers :)


The pics is fuzzy but here she is on the 4th in her USofA garb :)