Happy Birthday Week Kenwood!!!

My precious angel is turning TWO this week!  I cannot believe he has been here for two whole years and at the same time I feel like he has always been a part of our lives!  For those of you who don't know the whole story behind our little miracle baby, I'll give you a brief overview:

Dillon and I got married February 2008...on our wedding night we VOWED we were waiting FIVE years until we started a family.  Well, God had a plan far bigger than we could have imagined and FIVE WEEKS after our wedding day, we had a positive pregnancy test! Well, well, well.

In April 2008 we announced the news to our families...my dad had made the comment that "this baby is a blessing, it's the circle of life guys, when God takes a life he brings in a new one."--This was supposed to be directed toward the recent loss of Dillon's grandfather...but again, God's plans were much larger than we could imagine.

In May 2008 my Grammy passed away...a few days later, my precious Daddy(who was my best friend) was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer and given only a few months to live.  So, needless to say this precious little baby that was in my belly was a blessing in disguise and our sole reason to go on living with a positive attitude towards our future....it was a very stressful and emotional 9months!!

On December 4th, 2008 our little blessing, Kenwood, graced us with his presence.  A presence that we all knew would have to fill a hole that would inevitably left in our hearts in the near future.  On December 11, one week to the day after Kenwood was born, God took my Daddy to Heaven.

A year in review:

 Kenwood's First Birthday

 One year photos

 February 2010

 Easter 2010

 Kenwood's gonna be a BIG BROTHER!

 Summer 2010

 Always a good eater!

 Fall 2010

 Fall 2010

Kenwood at Two Years:

Favorite Food-Hot Dogs, Spaghetti

Favorite Shows-Mickey Mouse, Dino Dan

Favorite Toys-Figurines, he loves all of Dillon's old plastic cowboys and horses

Favorite Animals- DOG, Horse, Dinosaurs

He says his prayers every night, and the first thing he thanks Jesus for is his dog...then Daddy...and sometimes we'll get lucky and Mommy will get in his list of Thanks!

Favorite Book- Dinosaur Numbers, Counting with Elmo

Favorite Place to go- School or Church....or of course Zeezi's house and Mimi&DonDon's house

Words he uses everyday- Dog, No, Eat, Mick (aka Mickey Mouse), RAAAAR, Saur (dinosaur), Coke(aka drink), Cars, Night Night

I am amazed everyday by the grace of God and by his divine presence in our lives.  He has plans for us that we may never understand but He has a purpose for everything.  I am so thankful that He chose me to be Kenwood's mother...this sweet little boy has made Dillon's and my life complete.

One Year Later

Oh the triumphs and struggles of parenting a one year old!  We had Kenwood's birthday party a week and a half ago and boy was it a full house!  He got so many toys that I don't even know what to do with myself! Half of them are hidden so I can re-wrap them for Christmas! Is that just a horrible thing to do? I figure he's only one, he doesn't know the difference!  So thank you all for the gifts and toys, Santa has been VERY good to us this year! :)

Oh, and since we hit the one-year marker the doctor wants me to start weaning Kenwood off the bottle.  Ya right. That bottle is like a prescription sleeping pill for my kid.  Yes, I am the bad mother that puts him down to sleep and hands him the bottle in his crib.  And yes, I've heard it's bad for his teeth...but we brush them morning and night (pre-bottle I admit) and aren't they going to fall out anyway? Anyways, I tried to wean it off cold-turkey...that does NOT work.  He screamed, a  lot. So, I gave in and took him a bottle and TA-DA! my little sleeping beauty was so peaceful!  Oh, and did I mention that he's not a fan of Milk in a sippy cup?  Isn't that just terrific.  He's supposed to have 16-24oz of milk a day...I'm lucky if he drinks 10oz.....soooo needless to say this bottle weaning is NOT going well.  I'm sinking.