Freeman/Laidlaw Turkey Run

The Freeman's are coming! The Freeman's are coming!! It was almost like an invasion but a wanted invasion!! My dad, Mom Gen and my sisters came to conquer Covington and that they did! There were many highlights that included food, football and fun family times! From a game of Apples to Apples to celebrating Hanukkah, to seeing more family to eating A LOT of food, we had SO much fun with my family. Here are a few (okay a lot of) moments that were captured...

Luncheon with the Cousins

Coloring time with Nana G

don't mind the marker nose

Chill time with Zeyda

I'm a little scared that she looks so comfortable in this position!

Washington and Wisconsin playing at the SAME time... what to do???

2 televisions of course!!

Blake and his turkey!! YUM-O!

Peek-a-boo Mommy!

Kenz is LOVED!!

Aunties Marissa and Rachael

Freeman/Laidlaw Turkey Day 'RUN'

Snow, Snow and MORE Snow!!

Is it really November and snowing THIS much? In the last 2 days we have had about 8 inches of snow at our house. I stayed home with Mackenzie on Tuesday since daycare was closed and I took Wednesday off to prepare for the Freeman/Laidlaw Thanksgiving! Here are a few pictures from our snow time!

The Real Boss

The snow fell hard and fast today while we were all at work so daycare closed early. Since our daycare loves us, well really Kenz, they took her to their house so Blake could work a bit longer before calling it a day. Blake ran to pick her up and took her back to his office to pick up a few things and Miss Mackenzie was quick to jump into the boss role!

new bundle!

Moving and a new bundle!! Wow, what a month it has been. Blake and I are expecting a new little one in July... hold on tight, it's about to get interesting!

Commuting to daycare

It sounds ridiculous that we commute Mackenzie to daycare, but yes we do. We LOVE Ages in Stages so much we, really I mean Blake, drives her the 45 minutes to daycare before he takes himself to work. Our previous 5 minute dash home has turned into a show time for Blake and Kenz. It's a time filled with singing songs, playing peek-a-boo (keep your eyes on the road Daddy) and talking about their days. I have to admit I'm jealous of their time together but so glad that they have it. Since Blake is in Portland on business this week, I'm filling in as Kenz's driver. I had to capture this on film, of course! I would take this commute any day over the train into the city!

18 months!

It's official, we will no longer count months again in Mackenzie's life. From the moment of conception we counted days, weeks and months... over 2 years later we make the step to counting years. It's momentous as a parent to see those brief minutes of the last 18 months flash by and think of the next 18 plus years that will likely flash by just the same. Blake and I are so proud of the big girl Kenz has become. She's speaking in full sentences at times and knows so many objects by name and sound. She is learning Spanish and sings many songs with Blake and I, her favorite is "itsy bitsy spider" and "bumble bee". Many times Blake and I catch each others eye and beam with pride together when watching our girl play, sing, talk, and run. Kenz is content with coloring or playing with her toys by herself. She went for her 18 month check where she weighed in at 25.6 lbs which puts her in the 67% of growth percentile (just slightly less than her 15 month check up, likely due to increase in activity level). She is now 33" tall, which is 2 feet 9 inches and puts her in the 86% of growth percentile... our little munchkin... is so big!

Making a house your home

After 4 and 1/2 wonderful years we have lived in West Seattle in a townhouse that Blake bought while we were dating. It was a home we got engaged in, brought our pup Hudson home to, got married in and brought our first baby girl home. As many memories as that home gave us, it was just time for us to go. We found a wonderful home southeast of West Seattle that has a big yard for Huddy to play in and has only one level for Kenz to conquer. Although we are a bit farther from the city of Seattle it is so worth it! When preparing to move one must ready the house for the new tenants... Kenz wanted to help! Kenz helped pack the kitchen with me and helped clean up the yard with Daddy. Pictures of the new house to come...