Childproof

I guess its time to childproof the kitchen!

Tall Tall Trees

Are we crazy or what? She is on those rocks pretty much by herself. We must be insane....

A few weeks ago Todd and I went on our first family vacation that didn't involve our extending family. When I say first... I mean our very first since before we were married. This was our "honeymoon" and we were lucky enough to have Kensington with us.

We went to Angel's Camp and stayed in my parents timeshare. I'm normally a planner but I didn't plan any activities for this trip. We were just going to wing it. The first day was kind of a bummer because we couldn't find the lake we were looking for and ended up having a picnic in our car instead. By the time we found a lake it was almost sunset but we hiked around a bit and got some fun pictures. The 2nd day we went to Tall Trees State Park to see the GIANT sequoias. They were AMAZING! I've never seen trees so tall. We decided to do the 5 mile hike instead of the 1 1/2 mile walk so we could really be out in nature. Todd carried Kensington the whole way because no plan meant no baby backpack. The trees were amazing and even though we were both exhausted by the end it was a great hike. The 3rd day we went to Moaning Caverns. Its one of many caves in the area. We climbed down 240 stairs (165ft) into this cave. There were cool rock formations and an underwater stream. They turned out the lights and it was so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face. 240 stairs down meant 240 stairs back up. My legs hated me. After the cave we went back to the trees to try out the 1 1/2 mile walk. Again Todd carried Kensington. We headed home on Sunday just in time to unpack and get ready for a very busy week. I love vacations and I'm ready for another one!

A Random Survey

So I've been staying home with Kensington full time for 3 1/2 months. I really enjoy being at home with her and watching her change a little every day. I've noticed something though.... I feel like I'm ALWAYS cleaning. I cleaned a lot when I worked because I was only home so much and so a descent portion of my time at home was spent cleaning. I thought this would get better once I was home because I would have more time to clean and therefore could actually finish and not always have something to clean. So are you always cleaning your house or am I just messier than most?

Countdown to Christmas

I LOVE advent calendars. I wish I'd had one as a kid but I don't think I knew what they were until I was in high school. My friend had a really cool homemade one that I liked and so she sent me the directions and I made one too. I finished it just in time to use this year.
Click HERE for directions