Happy Birthday Granny and Great Grandad

Happy Birthdays!

Lovin Uncle Brian

Kinley has had both of her bottom teeth for a while. They came in on the same day around 6 months old. Which led me to believe that teeth come in symetrically in the mouth. Sounds logical right? Well my baby has chosen to do things her own way... the first of many I am sure.
Last Monday, her top right tooth came in. She was still slobbery and a little fussy so I figured here comes the other top tooth... no tooth

... no tooth... Then I saw it. The tooth just to the right of the top right tooth! O my, she has become a snaggletooth! It is so funny looking. She is still super drooly (as you can tell from the last post) so surely the teeth will even out soon enough. Here they are, the teeth in all their glory:

8 Month Old Kinley... slobbery shirt and all

This is what happens when Mom leaves me and Dad to get ready by ourselves. You can't tell but I have pink buttons on my shorts... one of which is missing. My shorts and shirt clash... to say the least. And I have Wolverine hair from last night's pigtails! A little boy even said "look at her hair" when Dad dropped me off at Norma's this morning. Oh my!!

Quote from Brandon for the day "We did the best we could."

I promise to take better 8 month pictures soon :)

Decisions Decisions

The Stinker Face

This is my "I am so cute, aren't you proud of me face?" Kinley is now officially a crawler. I cannot hold her off any longer! Since she started going to - I cant call it daycare, so I call it Norma's - during the day, she has become a super busy lady. She crawls VERY quickly and stands up every chance she can get.

We upgraded her to bathing in the adult bathtub and she loves it! She is eating snacks and sippin the sippy cup. She stands up and lets go of the furniture, like she is perfectly capable of standing on her own - which she is totally NOT capable of! She has the attention span of a fly... Poor Brandon is such a good daddy. He reads to her and all she does is climp all over him. One of my favorite sites I must say.

This past week was very hard on our family. For some reason going back to work last week for inservice was not that hard on me. Leaving Kinley seemed perfectly ok, she loves it there! She loves playing she loves all the attention that the other kids give her (she is the only baby.) To her, the other kids come to pay her attention. It is heaven!

But, this week was very hard. I didnt want to leave her, I missed her every day. And although I know that she is still having the time of her life there, I cant help but be sad that she is not with me.

It is a good thing that I LOVE my job, cause otherwise, I would try really hard to convice Brandon that I would never buy new clothes, he could get rid of my car and I would do anything else to be able to stay home.
But, right now I know that I am where the Lord needs me to be. I adore my students this year. The schedule is tough, but I have fabulous classes, especially my PALs class. They are wonderful!

And its a good thing I have such a great husband or I wouldnt have made it through the week. He cooked dinner every night and put in more of his share of parenting duties. All in all, its been good.

Week at the Lake

SEVEN MONTHS!!!!!!!!!!

Here I am, bug bites and all!

Kinley has had a very productive month this last month. Sad to say I was off for summer and never posted a 6 month official photo. I guess I was just being to busy doing nothing.

As you can tell we have a very busy little baby on our hands. She started pulling up in July and now she is obsessed! Who needs toys when you can stand up??? She has only truely bumped her head once, so I am proud to say she is quite balanced.

She weighs 17 lbs
Wears size 3 diapers
Still doesnt wear shoes, the childs feet are too skinny!

She can't wait to crawl!