milk, milk, and MORE milk.

just thought i would do a quick blog to update what we have been up to these few weeks..
We had Kinsey's 12 month WCC and she is very healthy, but her growth has slowed down a bit according to the growth charts.  (she is only 18 lbs!) Thank goodness she has an AMAZING dr and always knows just how to explain and make us feel like we aren't horrible parents! he basically said she is not getting enough calories and when i told him she refused to drink cows milk and i was giving all i had to still breastfeed, he said that was exactly why she is not growing at the correct rate.  so we left the dr's office with me feeling horrible and like i was starving my child :( but i was determined to get her where she is supposed to be by her 15 month check up.
since the dr visit we have finally gotten Kinsey to drink cows milk!!! it was rough at first because all she wanted was to be breastfed and her apple juice in her sippy cup. so we got the flavored "breakfast" mixes and would make strawberry and chocolate milk and she seemed to tolerate it better, thank goodness! now we are able to just poor it right into her sippy cup and she drinks it without a fuss! im so so so relieved! on the other hand.. i never thought i would be sad to quit breastfeeding! i loved every min of that time with her and even those late night feedings.. i guess you will have to experience it to know what i mean. But yes i am so SAD i no longer breastfeed! not to mention it is SOOO painful haha this may be TMI for some but it really feels like i have rocks in my chest! hopefully that goes away soon..
other than the whole milk situation around her things have been pretty good.. Brandon works 24/7 and i am busy keeping up the house and taking care of kinsey and school! I also decided this past week, I am going to redecorate my house.. i have had these decorations since brandon and i got married and its time to say bye-bye! im going for a vintage, old home look in my living room and my "vision" is so much fun haha i found a lady selling old window frames for 10 bucks!! i grabbed me some of those and cant wait to hang them on my walls! i will post pic when its all done :)

Fun to be ONE!

Kinsey is no longer a baby... she is now a TODDLER!! Can you believe how fast time has gone by?! I am having a hard time accepting the fact :(  She is so much fun at the age she is now with her personality shinning through.. but I still think of those times when she would just sleep in my arms and we could cuddle ALL day long.  Now I get to cuddle with her for only about 10 min when she first wakes up and the rest of the day its me chasing her around.
The week of her birthday was the CRAZIEST week I have had in quite some time.. I had 3 tests to study for, finish all the last min touch ups on our house, and get ready for her party!  Needless to say I bombed one of the 3 tests and got very sick after Kinsey's party!  But everything else was perfect!
The morning of Kinsey's party I was frantically going to all of Weber States testing centers to take a test and my luck was horrible! Davis campus had a 2 hour wait, the Marriott Health testing center was closed, and the student services had a 30 min wait.. Those were the longest 30 min must I say haha and that is the test I bombed! oh well..
Now onto the important things.. :) Kinsey's party was a HUGE success with almost everyone showing up! She got spoiled with love and gifts!  I made a feast with meat balls, wings, veggie tray, fruit bowl with homemade dip, and cupcakes.  My mom made her dEEEEElish spinach, artichoke dip as well.  After we all ate Kinsey started to rip into her gifts and that's where the fun began :)  Every time she would unwrap a gift and it was clothes she would hug them and say "awwwwww" and smile so big!  She is a very smart girl and knows whats best ;) Next came the cake of course.  I made her cake in the shape of a cup cake and it was angel food cake with homemade whipped cream and fresh strawberries.  We discovered Kinsey is not a huge fan of cake but really likes angel food cake so I just had to make her favorite!  At first she was lady like and was just licking her fingers and not making a mess.. that didn't last for long though ahah she started to take hand fulls and rub it in her hair, all over her chest and was even holding some out to share with others :)  Overall she had a GREAT turn out and had so many friends and family there for support and love. 
I LOVE YOU KINSEY BEANS and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

my everything!

she loves new clothes..

Kinsey has a ball pit similar to this one at her gym and LOVES it, so now she has one to play with at home from Mommy and Daddy :)

Happy Birthday Kinsey Beans!

bleh!

this is just a quick post to vent on how SICK i am of decorating, updating, cleaning, organizing, painting, etc!  I have been working on this house for over a month now and the results show how much work i have put in but i am still getting discouraged!  will it ever be done?? my goal was to have the place DONE by Saturday feb 5th for Kinsey's first birthday party.. and i better stick to it!  there is only little things that need to be done now but those little things add up to be quite a big project!  and tonight was my breaking point lol i went to school all morning, took Kinsey to our "mommy and me" class, came home and discovered she is not a happy girl today and is teething so i got ZERO done since she wont let me leave the room or put her down.. somehow i managed to cook dinner for the family and when brandon walked in the door from work he goes straight to the love sac in front of the TV and sits there!!!!!  REALLY?!?!? that pushed me over the edge so i handed him the toilet paper holder that needed to be installed in the bathroom downstairs and said "read the directions, figure it out!!!!!!" i know he has NO idea how to put it on and he will always use that excuse to get out of things if i dont put an end to it right? well lets just say i am curious to see what it looks like when i go down there lol he is NOT a handy man because his dad always did that stuff for him and never taught him.. so i am the one always fixing things and to be honest.. I want to start playing stupid now so i dont have to do it anymore hahaha

well.. i just needed to vent :)

Happy Birthday to ME!!

Well I am legal now.. On the 28th I turned 21.. can you believe it?? haha  I really do feel like there is no point in aging anymore... I hope someone finds the "magic" pill soon that prevents aging because I have heard that after your 21st birthday, years FLY by!
My birthday this year was all weekend long.  Friday was my acutal birthday and my mom ordered take out from Andy's greek souvloki ( I LOVE that place).  I just wanted to hang out at her house and be with family rather fighting the Friday night crowds at a restaurant!
Saturday night Brandon and I went out with our friends Christee, Austin, Chad and Jacie.  We ate dinner at Squatter's and had fun watching the boys drink their nasty beer..  They wouldn't admit it but it was gross!  After dinner we headed over to GreenStreet!  I was so excited to hand the guy my ID lol BUT when I handed it to him, he scanned it and the scanner came back "UNDER-AGE" I don't know why that made me nervous but it did.. he looked at my birth date and then handed it back to me and said "good-luck" WHY would he say that?? ha Whatever.. Since I am still breastfeeding I only allowed myself to have 1 drink so I had to make it a fun one :) Jacie recommended the AMF and it was tasty! The rest of the night consisted of playing pool and dancing!  I loved dancing with everyone and was so happy Brandon actually danced with me :)  That was a GREAT night!!
Sunday was the birthday party with my dad's side of the family.  We usually get together once a month for those birthdays.  It has made us such a close family :)
Overall my birthday "weekend" was a BLAST!! its one i will remember forever!

Brace Face

Ever since I can remember, my teeth have bugged me! its not like they are horrible, but they just aren't as straight as i would like them to be and my bite is pretty bad.. So I decided why wait any longer? I got braces put on 3 days before my birthday :) Happy Birthday to me right?? lol I will be honest and say I didn't think they would hurt this bad! I couldn't talk without my teeth radiating with pain, not to mention trying to eat! OUCH! And trying to be graceful and eat without getting food stuck in them is almost impossible (gross, i know..)  But they have been on for a week today and i am finally able to eat and talk without my teeth hurting, I am still working on trying to eat without food getting stuck!! The good news is, the orthodontist said i will probably only have them on for 12 months :) Lets hope it stays that way!!!

IT WILL ALL BE WORTH IT IN THE END!