Restaurant Etiquette

I thought Kelsey was going to learn good Restaurant etiquette because we are always at one...but I guess not.

Change in plans...update

Well, our finalization date was changed. :( We are sad. The judge was not going to be available on the 30th...so it has been changed to April 13th.

Now for an update on Kelsey. She went to the doctor last week. She is now 32" and 24 lbs. She got 2 shots and more bloodwork. So, it was a tough visit for her.

Here are a few new pics of the babe.

Uncle EJ and Kelsey...she thought it was sooo funny to 'kick' him when she'd swing forward.

Finalization

I got a call from our attorney today that we have a court date!! We will go before the judge on March 30th to finalize Kelsey's adoption. After receiving the court documents we will be able to apply for Kelsey's citizenship. YEA!!

Dippin'

Kelsey has become quite the master of eating out...sadly enough. In the last week she has been to Cracker Barrel, Red Lobster, Applebee's, PF Chang's, and McDonalds! Okay, so I've not really cooked much lately. ;) It's a good thing she is not a picky eater! Recently we've been letting her dip her french fries in ketchup. She loves it. I think she only ate 3 french fries but had half a cup of ketchup!! She also loved the honey mustard. She is a dipper!

UPDATE!!

Soooo, it has been a long time since I've updated. There has been alot going on and I wasn't sure I was going to blog about it. But, here it is...we found out in January that dad has colon cancer. We were all pretty shocked, but his diagnosis was pretty promising. He had surgery toward the end of January and they were able to remove all of the cancer. They also removed his gall bladder and over 100 lymph nodes. The gall bladder was removed because the doctor thought it may give him trouble in the future and figured why not take it now...so he did. He removed the lymph nodes because they looked inflammed and he thought the cancer may have spread. However, the cancer had not and all 100 came back negative. So, we were very blessed. Dad went home from the hospital sooner than we'd all hoped and he ended up back in the hospital the next week. This time he stayed a little longer, but left feeling much better. So, dad was in the hospital the 2nd time for mainly an infection. He was able to go home today, but will have some home care and will be back in Lexington next week for more doctor appointments. So this has been our main focus for the last few months.

On a lighter note, Kelsey has turned 15 months and growing like a weed. She is learning so many new things each day and it is so much fun to watch. She has recently discovered she can walk backwards. It is so funny to watch.

We had 1 nice day last week...the only one we've seen since this fall and probably the last for awhile. We actually had snow yesterday!! Anyway, we took advantage of the pretty spring-like weather and took a quick trip to the park. So, here are a few new pics of the babe.

It's official...she is a monkey. She was able to hang from the monkey bars for a long time...by herself!!

I think she is going to be a frisbee golf player. That will make her daddy happy.

She's a writer!

Kelsey discovered writing about a month ago. She doesn't care for markers and only takes a crayon if she has to. However, giver her a pen and she goes to town!! Of course, we think she is a little genius and here is a little proof for those not completely convinced. ;)

Okay, here is the teacher in me but check out that near perfect pencil grip. I mean come on, what other 14 month old holds a pen like that?!

I know you are impressed, but wait, there is more!! She is going to be ambidextrous!

Columbus, Ohio

I had a reading conference in Ohio this weekend. So, Rusty and Kelsey came along. It was surprisingly warm in Ohio for this time of the year. They were thawing out from the wintry blast that hit all of us the past few weeks. While I was at the conference Rusty and Kelsey did some exploring in and out of the hotel.



On day one, they checked out the hotel pool. Rusty said the water was a little chilly, but I think they had a good time anyway. Kelsey got to wear her new bathing suit and try out her new float.



Later that day, we went to the Cosi Museum. It was amazing and Kelsey had a great time. There was an entire section for younger children. Kelsey had fun climbing and playing in the water area. They even had little raincoats for the children to wear while they played. It was where we spent most of our time.
Here are a few other pics of different things at the museum.

This was Kelsey's favorite thing to do in the room. We packed an entire suitcase of snacks. I had to empty it because she wanted to SIT on the food. Once it was empty, she proceeded to climb into the suitcase. However, that was not good enough. She wanted all of the food back in the suitcase too!! So, here she is putting the food in the suitcase with her.

Most of you know, Rusty never meets a stranger. If he wasn't showing Kelsey off to some random stranger then he was getting comments about his UK hat. One day he ran into the hotel manager in the lobby and he is originally from Kentucky. So, he told Rusty he'd send some goodies to the room for us. Kelsey liked the goodies he sent us.



And of course, we had to make a stop at Chuck E Cheese on the way home. Kelsey had been so patient with mom and dad as we ate at all of our favorite spots. So, we had to make a special dinner stop for her. The last time we went was on her birthday and she wasn't real excited about most of the rides. But now she is a day shy from being 14 months and SOOO much has changed...she loved the rides. I guess now she is a big girl!


Well, this is probably one of the longest posts. I'm not much on writing. I'm usually just a picture poster. But, I had so many pics and had to explain them all. It was a good trip. The conference was very good this year, Rusty and Kelsey had a great time, and I got in a little bit of shopping. But, I'm glad to be home and in my own bed and back on schedule. It's after midnight and I just put Kelsey to bed. Yea, we've not been on a very good schedule the past few days.