Soccer

When I was younger there were two words I would never put together. Soccer mom. I was never going to be one. Yet here I am. A soccer mom for my third season. It's a title I wear proudly.

Being a mom is an amazing thing. It changes you from the moment you see those pink little lines. And it continues to change you . And before you know it you're collecting bugs in jars, singing Justin Bieber songs and searching for a soccer ball sticker to proudly put on your minivan. (By the way, I always knew I wanted a minivan.)

(Insert cute photos of Kayla will her soccer teammates. I'm not one to post pictures of other peoples children so just pretend I put them here.)

Soccer is over. She had her last game Saturday and last night we went out for pizza with her team to celebrate. We ate, they received their medals, we took some photos. And let's just say it was loud. But it was good.

And even though I originally thought this would be her last season of soccer it's not. I think it's just beginning. We're both looking forward to soccer starting again in the fall.

Kayla's in a commercial!! (and life lately)

A couple of months ago Kayla did a taping for a commercial. It's a short little commercial to thank police officers for keeping our schools safe. It will air soon on a local channel here in Richmond, VA. But I'm so excited, and so is Kayla. I mean, how many kids can say they are on tv??

(WUPV-CW Richmond)

We haven't been up to much lately. Just hanging out, seeing friends here and there, attending one of my friends wedding. We've been staying home mostly. I kinda feel like I'm at a stand still. Just waiting for Kayla to finish her first year of school in a couple of weeks. How that is even possible is beyond me. I'm going to have a first grader! 

You know how when you have a baby people tell you time goes by so fast? Well, when they go to school it goes by even faster.

Here are some pics of our life lately. Some big camera ones but mostly phone ones. Hope you all have a great week and hopefully I'll be back with something more interesting to say soon.

Love this photo of Kinsley on the trampoline. It was taken on my phone but it's getting printed, big.

We had some visitors!

And this one is very into bugs lately. And mama doesn't like it but I'm trying to.

I'm hoping the caterpillar lasts in his cocoon, she is super excited about him changing into a butterfly.

And one last one.

my birthday

Yesterday was my birthday. I'm 27 years old. I guess I should write something profound. Or write about how much I've grown and changed in the last year. But I'd rather share these photos.

I love these photos. They are goofy and silly and not frame worthy (or are they?? lol) but it's me and my girls having fun, on a normal day, in our normal clothes. It's how we are most days.

We didn't do much for my birthday. Had dinner at my dad's. We ate cake. Opened presents. Just hung out. But I was together with my girls and my husband. (A rare sight) My husband made us breakfast and even cleaned the dishes and kitchen afterwards. I hardly had to do any of the disciplining and I was even told to go out shopping alone while I had the chance. So it was good day.

Sometimes the days that aren't planned, the days where you do nothing special in particular, are the best days.

kinsley girl

Oh Kinsley. My sweet girl. I know I'm a little ok, a lot biased, but I think she is the cutest thing ever.

I mean, how could you look at that face and not love her? You'd have to be cray cray.

I never did a 17 month post on April 10th. I guess that's because there is nothing new about 17 months. She's been walking. Talking. Sitting. Climbing. Eating. Sleeping. Pooping. Yeah, I said it. All these things have been going on for awhile so no need to be redundant.

The only thing that has become more apparent as time goes on is not only is she my mini me looks wise but personality wise. The only thing she got for her daddy is her love for cleaning.

The other day I was cleaning the living room. She picked up Kayla's shoes, brought them to the closet. She can't open doors so I opened it for her and she put the shoes in Kayla's shoe basket. She also picks up little pieces of paper on the floor and puts it in the trash can. But all the weird quirks? Like how I gasp and scare everyone to death when something happens...she does. She also does this weird "rah rah rah" thing but you can blame that on me because I do it back...although I didn't in this video because I didn't want to look crazy. But I guess since I admitted to it that was kinda pointless. hmm, anyway.



She did learn how to sing happy birthday which sounds like hap-a-dab-ba. It's the. cutest. thing. ever. Seriously. I tried to get a video of it. You can ignore my singing.



She brings so much joy to me everyday. At every age I keep saying, "this is the best stage yet" but this one? Right now?? Best Kinsley stage by far.

Flowers are tasty, dontcha know?

I can't imagine our lives without her. I'm so glad God knew our little family wasn't complete and brought us the best surprise ever. Now I can finally say without a doubt in my mind our little family of five is complete.

And yes you can see my little clicker, lol but I still love this photo!

Happy Wednesday y'all! (I never say y'all, or dontcha' know. I guess I'm just in a weird let's use every accent(??) you can think of mood. Or maybe I just need adults to talk to...yeah, I think that's it.)