I believe I left off in July of 2013. It's almost 2014, so I want to finish my photo journal of the year for our family and give some fun updates on the girls!
Here's what we've been up to since July:
At the end of July, my good friend Brittany came to visit!!
We went to Klyde Warren Park
Brittany reading to the girls
Brittany got to learn what it's like to get ready with 3 kids!! Here we are at the Cheesecake Factory with Erin and Jo.
Here the girls are dressed like some true country girls!
(Kinley on the left and Kenzie on the right)
Kinley dressing up
A trip to Target (there's actually not even enough seats for the girls in the basket)
Play date at my house- sweet baby Esther is surrounded with love
Kenzie (on the left) and Kinley (right) driving in a little car at the mall
Celebrating my brothers birthday
We went to see Josh Turner in Oklahoma (August 2013)
Kenzie put on "lipstick," which was really markers
Nino playing with the Blows and my girls
(Noah loves Nino too)
Daddy taking the trash out... Shiloh loves being silly with him
It was so hot in August that I took the girls to try their first slushies. They enjoyed them for a bit and then had more fun making a mess with them.
M&M helping Daddy mow the lawn
Daddy teaching Shiloh how to give a massage.
Shiloh drew a picture of me with her in my tummy! I thought it was adorable.
Always a good time with another princess around. We love Evie!
Here are the hostesses at my house with Becca and soon to be born little Evelyn.
Fishing with Daddy
Visiting Daddy at work
Our first day of school and my first day working as a teacher there!
All the girls gave their teachers a little welcome gift that looked like this.
McKinley (purple bow) and McKenzie (pink bow) LOVING school!! (Here they are in the "alligator" (elevator).
McKenzie loves to sneak into Shiloh's bed at night.
Here is Shiloh all ready for her first night at Awanas. She LOVES it!!
First hair cut- thanks Sami!!
Kenzie dressing up
Getting professional family pictures!
Kinley
Kenzie
Kinley and Kenzie on their 2nd Birthday at the Dallas Zoo.
Kinley and daddy
Kenzie and Daddy
Shiloh also loving the carousel
Kinley snuggling with Daddy
Celebrating my moms birthday
Marc and I were able to make it to my good friend Amanda's wedding! I was so glad to be there because all of my precious ones were sick and we weren't sure if we could go until the last minute.
All three of us are expecting!
Kenzie getting diagnosed with Asthma
Mimi and Papa came to visit so we went to the zoo!! They had all the girls ride a pony!!
Kinley loving the "horsey" with Mimi!
Kenzie enjoying the "horsey" too!
Sadly, we didn't get many pictures from their trip because we all got a really bad stomach bug the night we went to the zoo. Thanks for coming to visit Mimi and Papa!!! We loved seeing you and really loved having you help take care of us!
Here the girls are about to blow out the candles at their birthday party (rescheduled because they had gotten sick for the first one)
Celebrating Pops' birthday
Snuggling together!
Evie's birthday
Shiloh's Birthday
Halloween
Family donut date
Painting
Both girls have asthma now
Sleeping in a tent with Daddy!
Oma's Birthday
Celebrating Lily and Parker with Sara
Letting the girls dress themselves
Friendsgiving at our house
Seeing the Markhams
The exciting day we lost power and had a huge snow storm
Shiloh made a decoration for Mimi and Papa
We attempted potty training... they were NOT ready. (Kinley on the left)
We found out we are having a GIRL in May 2014!
Christmas Eve
Christmas Morning!!
Our family trip to the Great Wolf Lodge!
At story time (which is the only activity we got to do because me, Shiloh and Kenzie got the flu and had to leave early)
Shiloh has loved dressing up like Doc McStuffins
From July to December, our family has started school, celebrated lots of birthdays, had lots of outings and gotten sick a whole lot. This is our first year going to a really large Mother's Day Out Program, so we are all working on building up our immune systems to keep up with all the germs.
Here are some fun updates specific to the girls:
Shiloh (4 yrs and 3 months):
-Shiloh is learning to read!! She can sound out simple words and has quite a few memorized, so it appears as though she can read a little more.
-We've been working on addition and subtraction with her.
- She loves to make up stories with her dolls and can get captivated doing this; sometimes she'll spend up to 2 hours alone in her room pretending with her dolls and animals (typically it's about 30 minutes, but occasionally, it'll be 2 hours)
- Shiloh still LOVES her technology. She has lots of games on her leap pad, leap reader and of course the iPad that she loves to play.
-I've also noticed that Shiloh needs a bit of alone time each day. She will usually ask to go to her room to play alone for a while. I often wish I had a monitor to see what she's doing when this happens. I can hear at her door and it's so fun to hear her playing and using her imagination (I sometimes just wish I could see her too)
Kenzie:
-We've been introducing the Leapreader to Kenzie. This is a little toy that will read the words to certain books to her as she scrolls over them. She typically likes scrolling over the pictures and the Curious George Book is her favorite.
- Kenzie is a life of the party lady! She is usually ready to laugh and run away to spice things up.
- She still loves to play with Shiloh and Kinley!
- At night, Kenzie is usually trying to sleep in Kinley's or Shiloh's bed; because Shiloh and Kinley can't handle it, we don't allow Kenzie to do that. Soon though, I'm sure someone will be able to handle it and then Kenzie will want a little sleeping buddy.
Kinley:
- We've been introducing the Leapreader to Kinley also. When she focuses in, she can read to herself for just a bit with the Leapreader.
-Kinley loves to have a good time, but is a little more of a background person. She's not usually fighting for the limelight like her two sisters are these days.
-Kinley is also pretty aggressive; typically if one of my girls is hitting- it's going to be this little lady. When she gets in trouble, she looks at you as though she is completely confused about why you are punishing her. She has gotten the innocent look down!-Kinley is VERY detail oriented when we do crafts. I've found it interesting how she'll already try to stay with-in the lines.
The three girls have been playing together so much lately and I've loved watching their relationship develop! Shiloh is quite the ringleader typically, but Kinley and Kenzie have also got their wills.
It also seems as though McKenzie and McKinley have gotten even closer. They can go off and play tag and chase with each other; their laughs are so contagious when they do this that I find myself giggling with them from across the room.
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