future....

Piano player!!! (like her daddy I hope)

Done.

I think it's safe to say that we're done breastfeeding! When Kerrington was born, my goal was to nurse for 1 year. We made it approximately 12 months and two weeks. I thought that the last nurse would be memorable, I would know it was the last...but I didn't, and I'm okay with that! Since K turned 1, we were just nursing about 2 times in a 24 hour period. I believe it was last week sometime that was the last nurse, but I don't remember!

I am more than grateful we made it to a year and didn't have to use formula! I loved the bond that it gave me and my girl, and LOVED the $$ it saved on our wallets! It definitely was a blessing and I thank the Lord that I had such a successful time with it.

I would say I'm a pretty strong advocate of it. If you can do it, do it! If you have trouble, seek help! There are so many resources out there! La Leche League is a great website : http://www.llli.org/

Crawling is for babies!

For the past two weeks my baby has made a transition....

I believe she has decided to prefer walking with her two chubby (probably not for much longer) legs! The week after her birthday she started with 3-4 steps here and there. I think that once she figured out that she can be just a bit more independent, there was no stopping her! So she has gradually progressed from 3 or 4 steps, to 5, 8, and the other night she took 15 in a row. She's walking outside, inside, stepping over rails...nothing is stopping this girl.



It's funny, you wait and wait for this moment, and then it comes, and all the sudden I want my baby back! Although it is bittersweet, it is incredible to be there to see her in these moments.

Jacksonville Zoo

Monday we went to the closest zoo to Savannah, the Jacksonville Zoo. It's not a bad drive, it took us exactly 2 hours to get there. We had such a great time, this is Kerrington's second trip to the zoo, I took her to the Cincinnati Zoo before we moved. We walked around the entire zoo and even took a train ride!

It was so fun to see Kerrington's reactions to the animals, I think she liked the elephants the best. The zoo also had a cute play area for the kids. There was a splash area, play ground and petting zoo.

After the zoo, we headed down to the beach to eat dinner. We chose Chicago Pizza. It was delicious! We decided to head home after dinner. It was an awesome day. I took a ton of pictures, here are some of the favorites:

Napping on the way

Ready to see the animals!

Checkin out the birds!

Pointing to the elephants.

Giraffes! You could actually feed them if you paid $2.

Waiting for the carousel.

She loved it! We tried to pick a less violent looking animal, but by the time we got to it another kid took it :(

Playing in the water!

That was enough to wipe her out!

By the Trout River

Our family.

Big boy!

Train ride!

On the way home! So, I have to write about why she is in a different outfit although I fear she'll hate me for it one day... (if you have an uneasy stomach, you may want to stop here)

We were on the way to the beach and I had given Kerrington a container of goldfish to snack on. She likes to empty them out and then eat them off her seat so that's what she did! I would look back and check on her every once in awhile. Well, I looked back at her and saw what I thought was a cookie crumb on her chin and I thought, 'how did she get cookies?". I hopped to the back seat to get a better look and what I found was the most disgusting thing I've seen yet. She had pooped, and lets just say, it was a bit runny. It went all over her seat, and she decided to play in it! I don't think she ate any. I mean, if she doesn't eat vegetables, she better not put POOP in her mouth! So, Drew had to pull over in a parking lot. We had to clean her, the seat, and get her a new outfit. Let's just say it's a good thing that we can have a sense of humor about things like that because we were cracking up the whole time. The rest of the ride home the van smelled like poop and skin so soft (Drew thought it might cover up the smell).

What a day!

Easter Weekend

Our Easter weekend started out on Good Friday. Our church had an incredible service remembering the death of Jesus. It was such an important time where we were able to grieve the death of our Savior. After the service I was really able to process and then begin to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus.

Saturday and Sunday our church had Easter services and we were a part of them. Drew of course helped with the choir on Saturday night and lead on Sunday, and Kerrington and I helped in the nursery. Sunday we attended church and celebrated or RISEN Christ. After church Kerrington napped, then when she woke up we had a mini egg hunt in our living room, opened baskets, and dyed eggs. It was a fun day.

Easter was so meaningful this year to me. I don't think I had ever processed the death of Jesus like I did this year before celebrating his Resurrection. I am so thankful for what He did for me...

(The pictures are a little backward, sorry y'all!)

Which came first...

the chicken or the egg???

Not sure, but last Thursday night Kerrington and I, along with the Lee's went to check out the chick hatchery at the Oglethorpe Mall! It neat to see Kerrington's reaction to the little chickies. She called them "Aaaayyeee", which of course translates to Ollie. I've noticed that every furry animal she see is now "Aaaayyeee" (and this also has become her dominant word). Her reaction was also very different from Marys too...unlike Mary, if I would have let her, I think Kerrington would have squeezed one of these little chickies to death. I love that she is so loving, and unafraid to reach out and touch new things!

One brave lil chick!

"Gentle, gentle" I think I said this twenty times!

Pointing and saying, "Aaayyyeee!"

I was so nervous that my child would be the one to kill a baby chicken!

Cute lil chicks!

Freshly hatched.

Just for fun we stopped to see the big Easter bunny...Kerrington was thrilled!

Easter Egg Hunt!

This past Saturday our church held an Easter Egg Hunt! It was a blast! They had stations to decorate cookies, make necklaces, get your face painted, and see bunny rabbits! They also had great worship time, a cute skit, and of course, an egg hunt! I was so excited to take Kerrington this year, because last year she was just a couple weeks old! I helped her out a little bit so she'd get more than one egg, it was such a fun morning!

Eating her decorated cookie!

Getting her face painted with daddy!

Petting the bunny rabbit!

She wasn't so sure about the big one though...

Getting ready to praise Jesus!

Reading her music.

Cuddling with mommy....she's got her necklace on that we made!

Getting her eggs!

With just a little help from mommy.

Checking out her loot!

Happy girl!