8 Months!

 This little beauty and her sisters had a great time playing at the park this weekend!  It's hard to believe that Katie is 8 months old already!  She's a crawling maniac!

 Miss Katie loved crawling around on the rocks

 She loved watching the other kids play on the swings and slide on the slide

 It was also a great opportunity to get some pictures of Katie for her photo album.  I'm feeling a little bit of a bad mom, the other two girls had their pictures professionally taken EVERY month until they were a year old.  The last time Katie had her pictures professionally taken was when she was 5 months old.  Although I've been happy with the pictures I've taken of her I feel like maybe I should be taking her in every month like the other girls.  Hopefully she doesn't hold it against me when she's older!

 This is my favorite for this set!  I love that she is standing and looking over her shoulder at Mommy.



Lacey

Lacey,

what can I say about her?

She is a thoughtful almost three year old,

she love to look at the sky to see if she can see Daddy 'frying'

loves to play outside, but really hates bugs!

loves to be a little, ok A LOT silly,

and she keeps us on our toes! 

She comes up with some of the funniest phrases, we never know what's going to come out of her mouth next.  She has a VERY large vocabulary, well beyond her years! 

She loves cuddle, kisses and hugs!

And you know what?  We love to give her those too!

Arrrrghhh!

Have you ever seen a cuter Pirate? 

me either 

keeping the hair out of you eyes is important when your a pirate

otherwise you get frusterated and yelll ARRRRGGGHHH! 

And then you find your target you've been looking for!

She loves to play pirate with Kylie.  They both have such an amazing imagination, its so fun to listen to.

Parade

Kylie dance in the parade!  It was so fun to watch, she had a great time.

Of course there was the high school marching band.   They were great!

The haunted house hearse...

What would a parade be without every tractor known to man...well maybe not EVERY tractor but a bunch of them

Katie enjoyed the parade too!

I think this car could use some help!

Now that her performance is over, Kylie gets to enjoy the parade too!

Cowboy church?  Why not?

It was a great parade.  Kid got lots of candy for me them to eat too!

Flash Mob!

Kylie danced in her first 'Flash Mob' dance today.  She had a ball!  The high school cheer leaders held a 3 day cheer clinic to teach all of the girls Kindergarten thru Eigth Grade (that wanted to participate) a dance to perform in the parade that was held on Saturday.  Everyday she came home and had to show me more of the dance she learned.  She is already waiting for the next cheer clinic so she can learn a new dance.

The danced to 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough'.  I'm always amazed at what these little ones can learn in such a short amount of time...6 hours to be exact...over a  3 day time span.

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7 Months

I've been having so much fun taking pictures lately!  But with taking them comes editing them.  I really enjoy editing them, but I have a terrible time deciding which edit I like the best!

I really like black and white pictures, however the color ones also look great!

Katie is like both of the other girls, loves to have her picture taken and will sit and smile for quite a while.  Although I think that will be ending soon since now she has become a 'master' crawler!

This one is definately one of my favorites.

What about you, which one is your favorite?

Mission Accomplished!

Kylie and I had a fun day taking pictures.  She loved it, I kept telling her the whole time that I was sure that she had modeled for pictures before.  She thought that was so funny, and kept telling me over and over that this was the first time.  She loved the fact that it was also Mommy and me time...her favorite thing.  Doesn't matter what we are doing, ifs its just the two of us she is happy.

I was hoping to get some good pictures of her, hoping that I could NOT have to take her in to a photographer to have them taken.  I was pleasantly surprised when I got home and started looking at them, I feel like its MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

I love how they turned out.  What about you?  Which is your favorite?

Labor Day!

Today we went to a parade in a neighboring town.

The kids got entirely too much candy

During the parade Katie was able to fall asleep.

After the parade there was a petting zoo for all to visit.

The girls loved it!  Kylie held baby rabbits, Lacey pet them.

They were both amazed at how soft they were.  Mommy had temporary insanity for a moment and actually considered a bunny for a pet...thank God it was only temporary!

They also got to feed the animals.  I though Lacey would be too scared to feed them...I was wrong.

Kylie got her face painted...just a small painting because the truth of the matter is she hates face paint.  Loves the look of it, hates the feel of it!

There was also a band playing, lots of kids playing on the playground, and several vendors.  It was a great time!

Butterfly Butt

Lacey was found a moth in our family room.  She was totally intrigued by it, she watched that moth for at least 10 minutes.  Then, when he moved, she was SO excited!

Look who's crawling!

It isn't the most graceful she just started crawling 2 days ago and she's already trying to pull herself up on different objects.  She was up on her knees near a box yesterday.  We are in trouble!

I'll Stand By You....

The words don't necessarily match the pictures its showing, but the message of the song is perfect.  We want Kylie to know that no matter what she's going through, we are her for her....always.

Take my picture too!

When I was taking pictures of Kylie's first day of school and Katie being 7 months old Lacey decided she should have her picture taken too!  Take my picture too Mommy!

This was the result

She is definately showing her true colors these days.  I think she is trying to figure out her place in our family.  She's been testing the limits lately...A LOT

I love her so much, its hard to believe in a few short months she is going to be 3!

She is a fun little girl with a crazy personality!  She loves to be silly, loves to sing, and hates to be ignored (or if she perceives it as ignoring).  She will not allow that to happen..."MOMMY TALK TO ME!!!!!" is what you will hear.

Lacey's Stats...

We had to do a school physical before Lacey was able to go to daycare in our new location.

Here are her stats!

Weight: 32.2 pounds  72%
Height: 35 1/2 inches  19%

Combined percentile:  72%

Doctor said she is doing great, is meeting all of her 3 year milestones perfectly!  Yay!

First Day of School

Kylie had a great first day of school. Mommy probably had a harder time than she did with going to a new school.  I wanted to walk her to her class so I could see her classroom and meet her teacher and she politely told me that I could leave.  I told her that the gym monitors told me I could wait with her, that it was OK and again she politely told me 'No, I could leave.'  I said well what if Mommy wants to stay and walk you to your classroom, she politley told me again, 'No, you can leave and your embarrasing me.'  At that point I took my hint and Lacey and I left.  I'm so proud of her for handling the change so bravely!  At the same time I REALLY wanted to see her classroom!  Why does she have to be so independent?!

She was so excited when I came to pick her up.  I think she went on for 15 minutes before she slowed down telling about her teacher, classroom, classmates, the rules, everything you can imagine.  Kylie was happy that 2 of the kids from her after school care are in the same class and they sit right by her!  She even has a desk all of her own.  That really thrilled her.

Over all she really likes her new school and teacher.  Lets hope for a great year!





Katie's 7 Month Pictures

Look who's 7 months old already!?

She is really trying hard to crawl

I keep saying it should be anyday now...but we are still waiting

Love this one!  She is squealing with delight!  Probably Kylie behind making her laugh :)

She is finally starting to like 'some' of her veggies.

She is growing up right before our eyes.

She loves her sisters, Mommy and Daddy.

She loves her new daycare, Grandma Sheila and Papa Ronny

She is is a blessing...

Which one is your favorite?

Kylie's 7 year Doctor Appointment

My baby is getting so growing so fast!  Today I took her for her school physical.  She is just an half an inch shy of 4 feet tall!  She's 47 1/2 inches and 72 pounds.  The doctor said she's very healthy and progressing just as she should be at her age.

This was also the first time we've met this doctor.  She seemed very nice and I think she will be a nice fit for our family.  Lacey is the next one to go for her physical.  I'm sure she will do fine too!

Flying with Daddy!

 Kylie was so excited when Greg to her her was going to take her flying in Papa's new airplane.  Kylie definatly has her Daddy's love of flying.

Preparing for flight!



Getting ready to go!

This is what she thinks about flying....picture speaks for itself!

She had so much fun!  Thank you Daddy!!!

Happy Birthday Kylie!!!!

Kylie's birthday cake on her 'actual' birthday!

Happy birthday Kylie!  Mommy and Daddy are so blessed to have you in our lives.

Butt Bomb!

It's a little hard to see but I think you get the idea...

Katie's 6 Month Pictures

Mommy took Katie's 6 month pictures again this month.

This one is Mommy's favorite.  Which one is yours?

 It's hard to believe that it has been 6 months already that this little beauty entered our lives. 

 She is sitting up now, and is trying to crawl.  Sometime during month 7 I do belive she will crawl then look out world!

 She loves her sisters, she gets SO excited when she sees them come into the room.

 She started eating baby food, however I think she is going to be a picky eater.  It seems that the only veggies she likes are of the orange variety, forget about anything green!  She cries when you try to feed green beans or peas to her.  She loves all fruit!

I think she is going to be the kid that says forget about baby food, and give me the REAL stuff!