On New Year's Eve Jeff's sisters Kathy & Nataly, Nataly's boyfriend and baby Drake came up for a visit! Jeff's mom is in Colombia, so she didn't make the trip upstate (Kenzie missed you Abuela!). We were very excited for their visit, although it was too short! The week before we were pretty much housebound so we were pretty excited for some visitors. For those who don't know, Jeff had surgery on the Wednesday after Christmas. A few weeks back Jeff found a lump, he made an appointment with his doctor and she sent him to get an ultrasound. After the ultrasound his doctor called to schedule an appointment later in the day to discuss the results. Obviously, if a doctor can't tell you results over the phone then that's probably not a good sign. The doctor suspected he had Testicular Cancer. She then scheduled an appointment with an urologist. The urologist confirmed that the tumor is cancer and needs to come out. So, Jeff had surgery to remove the tumor and his testicle on Dec. 29. He's been recovering well but still in a lot of pain! We have yet to meet with an oncologist, but we do know from the internet that the cancer he has has a very high survival rate! On Thursday we will meet with an oncologist to discuss if Jeff will need chemo or radiation! So we are hoping on Thursday to have a lot more answers about his treatment and so on! Right now Kenzie & I have been taking care of Daddy and nursing him back to health! Kenzie has been so sweet taking care of Jeff! She'll ask if he's feeling better or how his boo boo is. This week I went back to work so Jeff was alone with her for the first time after surgery. When she woke up from a nap Kenzie said "no da da, don't pick me up...you hurt your booboo"...so sweet! She loves her daddy! :) (Mommy does too!! :) I hope we were great nurses daddy, we love you!! :)
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Kenzie was super excited to see Titi & Tia! She would ask me "titi/tia here yet?" over and over again! Here she is waiting patiently for their arrival!
We got to spend some time with this handsome guy!
Kenzie was a little out of her element. She was very tired...it was past her bedtime and she didn't take a nap during the day. She was very clingy and whiny but she was finally able to enjoy unwrapping her presents!!
Drake looks like he's having fun...I think Kenzie was a little too concerned he was going to get her present!
The next day I tried to get pictures of Kenzie & Drake....I managed to get a couple cute ones!
This one makes me laugh....Kenzie was not well behaved during their visit! In her defense, I believe she was very tired from lack of naps and going to bed very late (after 10:15 PM on New Year's Eve) and getting up early! In this picture I believe Drake was worried to have a his back turned towards Kenzie. I think Drake was thinking, "are you serious, you're gonna have me turn my back on this cranky, kicking, hitting, biting 2 year old! No way!" (I don't blame you Drake!) Come on...look at Kenzie's face...she's trying to intimidate the poor baby by an intense, evil stare!
I just couldn't stop taking pictures of this little guy...he's too cute!!!
We manged to stay up for the ball to drop and then quickly went to bed after! We were very happy to have Jeff's family over because if they weren't here we would have probably gone to bed a lot earlier! Although Jeff was in a lot of pain he was able to stay up and snack on some goodies with us!
We hope everyone had a great new years! :)
Usually Kenzie lines up her animals but on this day they were loungin on the lifeguard chair...
Playing with shaving cream...I remember doing this in elementary school and loving it! I was quite older than Kenzie but she loved it too!
I know this is a very weird picture but there is a story behind it...I know if I don't post it then I'll forget why I took a picture of the toilet! A few weeks ago I was in the shower and usually Kenzie will watch tv on my bed but this day I couldn't find her. I found her in her bathroom just finishing up using the potty....by herself! It was the cutest thing....she undressed, pee pee'd, wiped (with tons of paper!) and then was trying to get her undies back on when I walked in! Apparently, she had a little problem tearing of the toilet paper from the roll! :) I was so proud of our Lil' Miss Independent! 
Santa definitely did a good job! Kenzie's favorites from Santa....Weebles tree fort, choo choo train, doctor set and 2 tiny princesses from her stocking! 
Around 11 my mom came over before she drove up to Syracuse and spoiled us with presents! Kenzie was feeling better by then and enjoyed unwrapping all her gifts! Kenzie's favorite from Grampy...Jesse doll (from Toy Story)! My favorite from Grampy....a new thermometer that takes a temperature in 3 seconds by swiping it quickly across the forehead! Fevers are not fun anytime but at least now I don't have to fight Kenzie to keep in under her armpit for 3+ minutes (which seems like eternity while it's being done!). 
