7 months

To the sweetest, happiest most amazing baby- you have truly brought so much joy to our lives. We love you our little Kaylee-bird!

Happy Birthday, Grandma Monika!

We are so lucky to have you in our lives!

Kaylee's First Swim

This was Kaylee's first swim. She loved it! She was just silently enjoying it most of the time, giggling as I would sing and bounce her. It wasn't too hot outside and the water was absolute perfection. This is definitely why we pay a premium for living here. Kendall had a blast getting into and out of the water, jumping to daddy. Ah, summer- welcome back!

Happy Father's Day, Daddy!

Daddy multi-tasking with his girls...Daddy always puts a lot of food on my spoon, nom nom.
Daddy, look -I got you the noise-canceling headphones you wanted!
I colored the wrapping paper myself!
We love our daddy, he's the best!

Happy Birthday, Grandpa!

Chris and his little sister, Kat

Awwww, cute! :)

Kaylee's First Solid Food

"Gimme that."

Kaylee has always been a phenomenal eater. She nursed literally 3 minutes after being born and never had any issues with feeding at all. She can suck down a 5 ounce bottle in under 5 minutes! So I thought she may do well eating solids but I wasn't prepared for her to master it on her first day. Only 4 days later and she is eating 2 solid meals per day (and still nursing). This little lady is a dynamo!

10

A birthday balloon from a sister.
Out to eat his favorite:sushi. Just our little family.

A happy birthday boy. Happy 10th my little guy. You will always be my baby. I love you.

Mom Fail

As I was shepherding my beautiful angelic blonde cherub downstairs this morning I hear this escape her lips:

Dammit.

She looks up at me. I freeze, look at her. I try to stay calm and nonreactive. But she knows-she can tell she's onto something. For chrissakes, she's got the intonation right and everything! She's almost flirting with me:

Dammit.

A sly little smile and she proceeds downstairs.

*sigh* Do I really say that a lot?

Chris: You say that, like 50 times a day!

Kaylee Sitting - 6 1/2 months

A [random] morning in the life...

3:00am - Kaylee is whimpering. I think she is going through a growth spurt and I am worried I am not able to give her enough milk at night before bedtime so I have been getting up in the middle of the night to feed her. She nurses for 10 minutes and goes back to sleep. Thank goodness.

6:30am - Kendall lets out a high-pitched scream, knocks a piece of artwork off her wall (why do I keep putting it back up there?!) and screams, "Yo-yo!" in her loudest voice. Too tired to get out of bed, I ignore her and hope Chris will get up. He does. I take note of this. I will cook dinner tonight.

7:00am - Kaylee wakes up and starts making noices and scratching the sides of her pack n play with her fingernails. I get her and nurse her in bed. Soooo tired. We doze off together blissfully.

7:20am - I know Chris is waiting for me to come downstairs so he can get ready for work. I work fast: put Kaylee in her bouncer and lie to myself that I am going to take a quick shower. Ha. I never take a quick shower. In the back of my head I can already predict that today will be just like every other day: Chris will finally walk in with Kendall stomping along after him asking, "Mommy shower?" Chris will look at me with exasperation and exclaim, "Aly, you're DONE!" I will quickly get out, tuck my tail between my legs and slink downstairs with both girls. Long showers are soooooo worth it though. I feel like a million bucks.

8:00 am - I make Kendall her second breakfast. The girl literally has a pre-breakfast snack with dad, a breakfast with mommy, then eats mommy's breakfast.

8:15 am - Brandon has managed to get himself up at 7:20 when his alarm clock goes off, get dressed, and eat a dry bowl of cereal all in about 5 minutes. He now sits playing computer games and waiting for me to ruin his day by telling him to go to school.

8:30 am - Kaylee's first naptime. I walk the angel baby upstairs, sing the first verse of "Silent Night" and place her in her pack n play. She goes to sleep virtually instantly. I like this baby.

8:45 am - I kick Brandon out of the house and put Kendall in her crib with some toys for "independant playtime. (aka: Mommy time)" I go back downstairs, drink coffee and check my email.

9:00 am - I go back upstairs to pick up all the toys Kendall has thrown from her crib and we read/ get her dressed. I love these moments with just her. We lay on the floor on some pillows and I read the books she picks out, usually the same ones over and over. I don't get to pick the books *pout*.

9:30 am - Back downstairs for snacktime. Yes, even though Kendall has already eaten 3 times today she is hungry again. Hmmm, wonder where she gets that from? ;0)

10:00 am - We watch the Wiggles or Elmo. And by "watch," I mean: Kendall completely ignores the movie and tries to get me to turn on my computer's videocamera so she can watch herself. Sometimes I oblige. Sometimes I put a fun song on Youtube and we listen to music and make music videos that would make Mtv jealous.

That's about it for our morning routine. Stay tuned for our mid-day routine. Can you handle the excitement??!!

Random Kendall moment-Mommy's butt

Today while I was singing to Kendall right before her nap she looked up at me, pointed in the general direction of my midsection and exclaimed, "Mommy's butt."

I just love how she learns something new everyday. Apparently she has most recently learned about her derriere and it's nomenclature. She has a butt, and by golly, so does Mommy. She so proudly regaled me with this fact and I knew what she was waiting to hear, "Yes, that is Mommy's butt. Very good, Kendall. I love you, goodnight."

Sisters