Keegan's Big Boy Room

It was such a bittersweet weekend for me.  Keegan will be three in just six weeks so it was definitely time to get him into a "big boy" bed.  We found bunk beds and a matching dresser that we fell in love with Friday night and by Saturday night I was a mom without a nursery.  No crib. No rocking chair.  Sigh. 

Keegan's excitement eased the pain for sure.  I pulled out the video camera because he was so funny.  He kept saying "You guys, this is AMAZING. Such a good idea!"  It was hilarious.  And I know it was time. 

He absolutely loves his new room.  Instead of rocking we now read books on the top bunk.  Ok...maybe I still rock him a little without the chair.  Lord help this boy. 

We still have plans to paint the room a gray/blue and replace the planes and trains with baseball décor soon but this is our first big first step.  How is he almost 3?!

Phone Pics

I downloaded some pics from our phones that were taken the last few weeks. 
Here are some of my favorites.....

Packing for St. Louis

Getting Kit dressed for Northern temperatures :)

Goodnight St. Louis!

My Silly Loves at BJ's

Bubble wrap as a wedding veil.... Why not? Love her creativity :)

Living in a choo-choo world these days

Love Saturday mornings at Dunkin :)

A little Hungry Hippo action. 

They have just started going off to their rooms to play together and I love sneaking around the corner to listen to them :)

Wow, Santa is so glad he brought Rainbow Loom Christmas morning. 

Ava is loom crazy over here!  She loves to make bracelets and necklaces for her friends. 

I love that this guy taught her how to make the different designs. 

Daddy is quite the bracelet designer these days :)

A sweet card she made me over Christmas break

With a picture of us on the back :)

And this little guy sure is filling up that car seat lately.  He looks so old to me.

I can't believe he will be 3 in just eight weeks!  Time keeps flying by....

 

Our Trip to Illinois

We were so blessed to be able to travel north this year to see all of our extended family in St. Louis and central Illinois.  We decided just a week before to make the drive. It was such a fun trip but it was cut a little short due to the blizzard conditions that were headed for the area.  We barely made it out in time! 

Our first stop is always Uncle Mark & Aunt Hazel's in St. Louis.  We made it there around 5:30 and had the best time!

Funny Uncle Mark

Hazel's old wonder horse was quite the hit!

watching a movie with Ryan & Krista

We headed out for Grandpa's house in Kenney, Illinois Friday morning.

And he met Kinley for the first time :-)

 The kids had fun playing with lots of old toys...

And eating some of Grandpa's homegrown popcorn

A fun dinner with Hutchison Friday night

We woke up to a cold Illinois morning.  I think the high was 18 the entire time we were there but the wind chill was much colder. 

The kids lasted only about five minutes playing out in the snow.

They are true Texans. Ha!

 Taking a milk break...drinking out of the same mugs that Daddy & Uncle used as kids :-)

 

 Jensen Family Christmas on Saturday

There were 37 of us!

Jeff with Aunt Lori & Uncle Kevin

Presents from cousin Jenny!

 We had to leave Saturday evening around 5:30 to beat the weather.  We drove all the way to west Memphis and stayed the night there.  And as I've mentioned before, I'm pretty sure hotels are my kids' love language.  They were pretty excited.  This pic was taken at 12:30am!  We had an easy drive on Sunday and made it home right at 4pm.

 It's never easy to leave and it was so wonderful spending even a small amount of time with family that we rarely get to see.  And because I know you are about 95% of my readers here I have to say Thank you, thank you, thank you for your hospitality!  We all had the most amazing time and we love you all :-)

A New Year!

We partied at Nana & Gramps' house on New Year's Eve.  We didn't quite make it till midnight but we celebrated until almost 11.  The kids played with Frozen characters and danced to the movie soundtrack most of the night.  They were perfect entertainment :-)

Here are some pics of our night as we brought 2014!

Happy New Year!