kinley's 3 !

kinley turned three last week! it is still amazing to me that my little baby is 3. it really hit me that she is now a big girl! she is potty trained, sleeps in a big girl bed & is now going to school!! she goes to school 4 days a week and is LOVING it! she loves her teachers and loves all the new friends she is making. it feels so good to have her in a place that she not only LOVES, but she also is working daily with therapists on her speech and gross motor skills. i feel i see a difference already in her speech and in her confidence in trying new words. we feel so blessed to have her where she is right now.

for kinley's birthday party we had the perfect theme. if anyone has hung out with kinley at all knows of her LOVE for dogs. actually kinley thinks she is part dog :) it is not uncommon to find kinley crawling on the floor and yes...quite often barking!! so the pink poodle party was PERFECT! we invited the family over to celebrate our sweet girl!

on her actual birthday we headed to monkey bizness! she loves this place! gaga, miss jaime and shelby joined us for a morning of fun celebrating kins.

we then grabbed some lunch and headed home for naps before our family fun night at chuck e cheese :)

happy 3rd birthday sweet girl!!! we sure do love you!!

days i always want to remember

last week we had some BEAUTIFUL days, so we took full advantage and headed to the park! the girls LOVE to be outside and i love it almost as much! i grabbed the camera and had a blast just taking pictures. it is days like this i always want to remember. when life seemed simple and a morning spent at the park made life seem perfect. i don't know why but there seems to be soo much tragedy around these days. sickness, marriages falling apart...etc.. It makes me really stop and take each day for the treasure it is. thankful i have 2 healthy girls, a loving devoted husband, and so much more. please keep this sweet family in your prayers. she is a young mother of 2 girls ages (12,10). my heart breaks for them! www.thesimplewife.typepad.com

so when life seems to get crazy and we find ourselves complaining, loosing our patience...etc. take a deep breath and truly thank God for all the blessing we do have and treasure each moment......

kinley started school!!!

kinley started preschool this past week. she is going to heritage elementary school in the "young 3's" classroom. kinley has been evaluated through early childhood intervention through the school district and she qualified for special needs or an "iep" which is a individualized education plan. this has been such a blessing, but at the very same time has been a hard process. it is never easy hearing your child has delays and is behind from where she should be for her age. they tell us most of her delays they believe are highly correlated to her chronic ear infections her first 2 years of life. she did not have a normal hearing screen till her second set of tubes was placed last december. we are just going on 1 year of her hearing normal, so of course her speech would be delayed. but they also stated she continues to be delayed in her gross motor skills, and motor planning. after her "iep" meeting last week, i could not stop crying on the way home. my heart just hurt for her..they said the noticed in her evaluation that she is very smart, and is very aware that she is is behind her peers in her speech. i also have noticed in the last couple months her withdrawing and going to do her own thing because she feels insecure that she can not communicate like her peers. the team feels very confident that with her coming to school and being with kids her age , and working daily with ot, pt, and speech specialists they will get her to where she needs to be for kindergarten. the team we are working with are AMAZING! they LOVE kinley and are always saying what a great personality she has and what a joy she is to be around. we love her teacher at her new school and they have welcomed kinley with open arms. i am so excited for this for kinley and i pray that this helps her so that she can communicate better. please keep kinley in your prayers that she would thrive in this environment! and prayers for her mama who is missing her baby girl at home 4 mornings a week :)

here are some pictures of our sweet kinley her first couple days of school. she is too cute putting on her backpack and walking into school! we love you kinley hudson! we know God has a VERY SPECIAL plan for your life! your joy of life and amazing smile have and will continue to touch so many people! we love you soo much and are so proud of you!

vegas :)

mark had a conference in vegas last week and i got to tag along! it was so nice to get some quality one on one time with mark in the evenings..as well for me to get to nice relaxation time during the day! it was BEAUTIFUL weather and i got to spend a lot of time by the pool soaking in the sunshine! it was AWESOME! when mark would finish a the conference we got to enjoy nice long dinners just chatting and catching up and then spend the nights watching the fun "shows" on the strip and did some slots :) mark even won $50 on a penny slot! kind of fun! we stayed at the trump hotel...which was so nice and even got upgraded to a penthouse suite...it was amazing! it had an amazing view of the entire strip! over all was such a great time just reconnecting with my AMAZING husband!

christmas 2010

we had a great christmas day this year. i think mommy and daddy were as excited for the kids to celebrate! the girl were so fun this year to watch open presents and enjoy the day celebrating the birth of jesus! mark made an amazing birthday cake for christmas eve for jesus. the girls thought that was pretty awesome. they LOVED singing happy birthday to jesus! the girls got their wishes from santa...kya got a netbook computer and kinley a new doll stroller, and they both got american dolls/clothes/ beds from their grandparents and family. they were soo excited. kya got lanie and kinley got a doll she named hudson :) both lanie and hudson have become a part of our family :) here are some highlights from the day. mommy's camera broke midway though christmas morning, so we had to make due with mommy's old camera :) we are hoping they can fix my camera..i have been in withdrawal not being able to take pictures since christmas morning :)