And Mom of the Day Award Goes to....

She's still smiling at the end of the day! See her ears!

Kayla had a follow up visit today with her doctor. The infected ear looked fine, but the other ear looked like it had fluid on it. We are going to try some more medicine so that it doesn't flare up over the holidays. They went ahead and did her 6month well check up as well. Her length is 26 1/4 inches, weight is 16lb 2.5 oz., and her head is still small!--16 1/2in. Her doctor says she is right on track since she's rolling over--all around the room, sitting up on her own, transfering her toys from hand to hand, rambling, and reaching for everything. She is growing up so fast. I'm so lucky to have been home with her these past two weeks.

Yeah, I received the Mom Award today! Kayla got her 6 month shots (3) at the doctors office, then I got her ears pierced today. How mean! What a difference pierced ears make. She is so much cuter. I should have taken her a long time ago, but I was lazy. Yes, she cried, but just for a minute. I was in Clair's so I was able to pick up some hot pink, fuzzy thing for her to play with to calm her down.

Almost Crawling

Kayla loves her Auntee Jennifer. I know she is too young to be exposed to people like her but....

I try to put her hair up in a pony, she gets really mad at me.

Hello everyone, it's been a while! It is just so hard to find time to post. I usually have to wait for Matt and Kayla to go to bed. If I try to post during the day, I have Kayla on my lap and she's reaching for the keyboard and I'm deleting more than I type. She is at that age where she has to touch and grab everything she sees! Drives me crazy! She is also rolling over every which way---rolling across the room. She has not quite figured the crawling thing out just yet, but she sure tries. She gets her legs up and does a little rocking but no go. She will scoot across the room on her back though. Tonight she scooted from the middle of the floor to the rug by the front door. It was too funny. She's not going to have any hair on the back of her head next week if she keeps that up. She is now weighing 5lbs 12oz as of last Tuesday. She also got her first ear ache (ear infection)! Yes it's and ear infection and I kept calling it an ear ache. She is wearing 6mos and 6/9mos clothes and size 2 shoes. She has her Daddy's feet! She is also sitting up by herself, but if she looks or reaches behind herself, she falls over. She will soon have a flat nose.

Kayla's rounding 5 months! She's getting so big so fast. At her four month check up she weighed 15.3lbs-75% and was 25-1/2 ins. long-80%. It looks like she will be tall like her daddy--I sure hope so. We've started feeding her baby cereal so eatting time is just a little messy. She likes to grab my hand, when I bring the spoon up, and make me cram it in her mouth. It's so funny!

Happy Halloween:)

I finally got Kayla's pictures that we had taken for Halloween. They are sooo cute. I need to go next week to have more copies made and I will get them out as soon as I can. Here are some of the pics.

This is my favorite picture! At first I thought the Halloween pics were my fav. but the more I see this one, I just love it. Maybe it's because I got an 11x13 and it looks really good--really big.

Holding her feet was lots of fun. I think it makes her look like such a happy baby--like she is! These two pics are sightly different. It was so hard to choose one pose.

This one is great too. Just look at those dimples. She's got Matt written all over that pretty little face of hers. I can't wait until Christmas pictures!

She's rolling over!

Kayla is growing way too fast! I'm not sure what she is weighing these days but I'm sure it's close to 15 pounds. If you've seen her recently you could see she does not miss a meal! She is now wearing 6 mos. clothes, and they're all so cute. I have more fun playing dress up now than when she was in 3mos. Mark, she fits into the camo outfit you bought her! I've taken some recent pictures of her in it. I knew she would grow into it right before hunting season. "Lets go huntin dad!" All she needs is a gun.


Yesterday I cut Kayla's little side ponytail. It was so long, it was getting in her eyes. She is also starting to roll over. Today was the first time she rolled all the way over, and I was behind her cheering her on. Most of the time she gets 3/4 the way over and gets stuck. That darn shoulder! I have so much fun watching her; she's growing up so fast. She also still likes standing and she gets excited if she can hold on to your fingers rather than your hands on her waist. She'll even get to stomping that right foot--thats her practicing to walk.

I think she's starting to teeth, all the drool and constant chewing on everything is definately a clue. She always has her fist in her mouth and every now and then she will find her thumb. That's a big No No!


Two weekends ago Pat and I took her for her first pictures. They were Halloween pictures and were so much fun. She did really well. She started fussing at the end, but it was because it was time for her to eat. And not to mention we changed her 3 to 4 times. I will send the pictures on the 20th and try to mail them out as soon as possible.

Here is Kayla during her Tummy Time!!

If you haven't seen Kayla lately, she is getting very big. Of course she changes every day. One of her favorite things to do right now is look in the bathroom mirror at herself. She will go from screaming at the top of her lungs to smiling with a sweet little sound. It's kind of funny! She is also spending a lot of time on the playmat and in her walker. I know we are not supposed to put her in her walker right now because she is too small but she likes it for a few minutes a day. It's funny we have everything in the livingroom and we just rotate her every ten minutes or when she starts crying. I always try to put her on her tummy for some Tummy Time! and she gets really mad really quick. If I don't do that she'll never crawl!

Cameron and Savannah came over Sunday. They try to carry Kayla around and they struggle because she is so heavy. They hold and carry my cousins baby, Mattea, who is not quite as heavy. Savannah thinks she is a little mommy. She tosses the babies around, it scares me. Shelby came over Wednesday night and was pushing Kayla around the kitchen in her walker. I can't wait until Kayla is older that way I don't have to worry about what the bigger kids are doing to her. I think she'll survive them though.

Here is Kayla at Nanny and Papa's house for Papa's 86th birthday. She is just waking up from a nap.

Labor Day Weekend

We got to spend labor day weekend with Lorne, Kelly, and Sawyer. Kayla did very good the car ride there and on the way home. Matt got to spend a day playing golf with Lorne and I got to spend a day with Pat and Kelly at the mall. Sawyer did not mind too much that his parents was holding another baby. He just went about his business and did what he always does. He did like Kayla's bumbo though. It was so funny, Saturday morning he noticed the bumbo--something new and he had to try it out. Even when Kayla was sitting in it, Sawyer would try to sit on her lap. Kelly even pulled out some of his old toys (bouncer and playmat) and Sawyer had to try them out again. He looked so big in the bouncer--looked like a giant compared to Kayla. I bought Kayla and Sawyer some sunglasses to wear for some pictures. Sawyer wanted to wear the pink ones and the guys said he looked like Elton John. We also got to celebrate Matt's birthday Monday night. It was nice, Lorne grilled some hamburgers for us and Kelly cooked Matt his favorite cake--and sent the leftovers home with us, knowing we're on diets!! And we ate it!! Here are a couple of pics from the weekend.