Short and Sweet

Hello all 2 of you that read this! I wanted to share with you one of my new favorite pictures of my little girl! Jay and Lindsey built a fort one day and I got this as she was crawling out of her fort for another book! She is absolutely gorgeous!

Playgrounds and Brats!

I took Lindsey to the park yesterday. Lindsey thinks she is 10 year old. She gets up on the biggest slide and heads down, no worries. I normally get on the equipment with her and hover over her like a helicopter but this trip I decided to lay back and hover from afar, well kinda. When we got to the park we were basically the only people there so Lindsey had the whole place to herself. School soon let out and the kids showed up. Moms sat at the benches and let their (older) kids go. The kids were in their own world and Lindsey did not fit. She was too slow and too little for them to be bothered with. Lindsey just wanted to slide. I had 1 too many conversations with the kids about sharing as the moms sat and read their books and never once saw their kids. I had to bargain with on kid to let Lindsey slide. I told the little girl that they could slide 4 times before Lindsey even got up there. All the frustration I felt for my little girl, I don't think she even noticed. If the kids wouldn't let her slide she just went to another one and squealed with glee, clapped her hands, and signed more! We went down more slides than I can count. She finally got tired of the slides and went to swing. I would try to push her and she would point at the swing next to her and yell SIT! So I had to sit in the swing by her and swing with her! She is so big! What I do not understand is these parents who let their kids go. I don't even care that the kids don't share but those moms were missing out on so much fun. I love getting on the equipment with her and see every smile and clap! Those moments are too precious to miss out on for a book!

That trip to the park really hit home with me. I have no problem chillin' with pootie at the park but at home is another story. There is always laundry to be done, something to be cleaned, or homework to be tended to. All of those will be there after she goes to bed. The moments I miss because I think my house is not perfect will be missed!

hmmm. . . .

I have been pondering my blog for a while. I read other blogs and am so inspired, then I sit down to write and well there is nothing inspiring there! Frustrating! I want to blog so I can show Lindsey my thoughts as she was growing up.

Speaking of growing up, Lindsey is huge! She is 21 months and full of attitude. She never stops moving! Well, except for her favorite Canadian cartoon, Miss B. G. This sweet little girl never cared for t.v. until we cut off cable and now she can not get enough of Qubo. Qubo, is a cartoon channel that we get over the antenna and all the cartoons are Canadian made. 30 minuets each night she will sit sort of still and watch in amazement! I love it!

Recently, Lifechurch.tv did a series on margin. So now we are on a journey to create margin. Time we are good on, money not so much. So we have now cut off cable, eating out, shopping, groceries, ect. If it can be cut we do it! The one thing we have not cut out is tithing! No matter how tight the week we tithe no matter what! God has truly blessed us. The money goes farther, saying no is easier, we don't fight! Jay and I want so badly to not owe anyone but GOD. I hope as we go through this journey I can share the ups and downs on here!

Well, I guess I made up my mind! I am going to continue this blog at least so I have an outlet for all that life throws my family!

Best Sunday in Awhile!

OMG, I posted what twice in a week! Look out blogger world Megan is on a roll!

I wish I had pictures of our awesome day, but hey, I am the mom who took her 15 month old to get her 1st birthday/baby dedication pics is August. O well! If you would like to see her pics send me a message and I will shoot you the link. I don't want any random internet perv looking at my kid!

Now the good stuff! Sunday, was the best day we have had as a family in I don't know how long! To start it off Lindsey slept in till 9! She woke up so happy. Jay was so sweet and let me get ready for church in peace and quiet while he fed and dressed her! I just think I looked so bad Saturday he would have done anything for me to not look that bad ever again! We changed our Saturday morning Panera to Sunday and had an awesome breakfast. For once they were not out of everything and since we went during "church" time there was NO ONE there! Next, we had an hour to kill before church so we ran to Target and bought Lindsey the cutest shoes EVER! Again, no one was at Target! Se refreshing to be the only ones in the store! Side Note: wanna enjoy yourself while shopping and eating go while people are at church! Maybe it will only work in the Bible Belt! Church was next on our agenda! I knew it would be good when we dropped Lindsey off at her class and she was all smiles and no tears! Boy was it good. Christine Caine preached and God answered some major questions I have been struggeling with! We watched our worship pastor baptise his wife! I could not stop crying as I watched all the lives that were being changed! God is good! Well, after nap time we went to the Lake and rode. Jay made it around twice and I pulled Lindsey for the 1st time and rode 14 miles! (better than Jay has done pulling Lindsey!) While Jay was finishing up his ride Lindsey and I explored all that is Lake Hefner. She was in heaven running through the grass and meeting new people. She would stop and stare at everyone. After she would stare at them for a few mins. she would dance her sumo dance and wave and smile. At one point she started yelling DOG and began to run after it! Thank God she has short chubby legs! They can't go as fast as she wants. Well when her daddy made it back we headed over to POPS in Arcadia. Lindsey deserved a treat for being in the trailer for 1.5 hours. We bought her, her 1st coke. Rootbeer was on the menu. She was not too keen on the taste but loved the foam that would come out of her cup. She shook and shook that cup just for the foam! She ran around the grounds and waved and yelled bye bye to all the bikers as they came and went! The ride home we listened to Lindsey talk to her shoe! Her voice is so sweet! I love it when she just jabbers about the world! We put her down to bed around 8 at 10 she was crying so I got her and layed her in bed with us! BIG mistake! To her the day was not done she wanted to play some more! We had to be mean and put her back to bed and let her cry it out! The day was so great! I can not wait till next weekend when we can do it all again!

Yeah Yeah Yeah

Ok, lets get this over with! I know it has been forever! This post is all text and no pics!

I am a horrible mom! I have just now scheduled Lindsey's 12 month pics for tomorrow and she is 15.5 months! 3.5 months . . . not a lot has changed. . . right???? Well actually it has! My baby is so big and I hate it! I can no longer lay her down and she be in the same place I left her. I now turn my head for a second and she is in another room detroying something! Long gone are the days of formula for a meal! I now prepare 3 meals and a few dozen snacks a day for Pottie! She is such a good eater. We were at the Dr. and I was complaining that Lindsey's full button was BROKE. He laughed and said he never hears that one. Moms are always worried about their toddler missing a meal. Let me tell you she has NEVER missed a meal! She will push the high chair to me to let me know it is time to eat. She is a very determined baby!!!!! We now, at the age of 15 months, have 1 tooth and another poking through! We are a little redneck!

Hopefully we will have pictures to show to the world soon! Love mycrazy baby!

Future Nurse?

Lindsey's awesome cousin Erin bought her, her 1st pair of scrubs! She wore them just like her momma! He butt was hanging out and she was walking on the bottoms! If Lindsey follows in the ways of the Kumpe family she will have no choice but to be a nurse! The calling seems to run in our blood! I would be a proud momma to watch her get pinned!

This is the same look I give my patient's when they ask me "special" questions, like can I go swimming in the lake now that I just had my body cut open, or can you wipe my behind even though I can but I am incredibly lazy!!!!!!!!!!

Lindsey's 1st Birthday!

Holy Cow Lindsey is ONE! A year ago I was soooooo swollen and ready to get her out of me! We have come a long way in a year! We started out in the NICU, went to the first three months of hell, to easy sailing! So far Lindsey has been a blast to raise. When she looks up at you with those big brown eyes and smiles o my heart just melts! There is nothing better than watching her push her little Lion in the yard turn around clap and smile! O I love her!

Here are a few pics from her party! (I downloaded them in the right order this time) My family and Jay's family came all the way to OK to celebrate her big day! She loved all the attention! We are so blessed to have a family that loves us sooo much! Lindsey would have never gotten here in one piece without them! We are eternally greatful!

Now for the pics!!!!!!!!!

This is the shirt mom made her! I do not know when she had time but I loved it!!

Lindsey was sick two or three days before her party. I kept her home from school and got things ready for the party. I gave her a peach to chew on to keep her busy. We had to take a bath after the peaches! She loved em though.

After the peaches quit working I gave her puffs. She decided they tasted better off the floor.

I could not wait till the party to give Pootie her gift from us! She loved it! She puts oe hand on the steering wheel and one on the door! She is ready to drive! 

So there are pics of her smiling but I could not see them when I was downloading the pics! I swear she loves it though!

I LOVED the cake! It was sooooo yummy! I made those flower pots and cookies. Trust me they look better in the picture than they did in real life! 

This is Lindsey's 1st cake EVER! I was a nervous wreck! If you know me you know my baby does not eat junk!!!! #2 will be at her next birthday and no sooner!

This is the aftermath!!! Jay and I had to give her a bath! There was cake EVERYWHERE! She was so happy though.

Notice the outfit change!!! Lindsey got so much loot! Thank you to all who gave her something! We are so blessed and thankful. 

The end of the party! She was soooooo tired! She loves her pony though. She sticks all kinds of things in the basket! 

The party was great! We had a great time with all our family and friends. We even picked up some random neighborhood kid! Stay tuned for the next post 1st haircut!