GUESS WHO?

Guess who had her first night in her crib?
Yep last night I made the leap and put her in her own crib. She did actually quite well, only got up 3 times twice to feed and once just cause she woke up. I have been having her take naps in her crib for weeks just to get her used to it. So I think that helped. I don't think I did well last night. I didn't sleep very well. I am still nervous and scared and just want her to be safe. I know she is but I still worry about her. But she did great, we will see about tonight and how that goes. Maybe I will sleep a little more. Does it get easier as they get older? Having them becoming so independent?

Another first this week is Kairi can now roll from stomach to back and back to stomach. After our thanksgiving meal on Sunday Kelly and were cleaning up and he looked over at her and said; "wasn't she on her back?" yep she WAS that is the key... she was now on her stomach. so we missed the first roll but she still did it. But then the next day she rolled for me.

And this is where it begins!! She is on the move now!! She is a wiggle worm and this is just the begginning!! Am I ready for this?

The Question is Am I ready for this:

At Kairis 4 month appointment her doctor said from now to 6 months she can start eating rice cereal and then one new food a week. Well he said when I felt she was ready. Well I didn't feel she was ready at that time. But the last few days she has been watching me eat and trying to grab my spoon as I was eating. She wanted to try whatever I was eating. So while I ate I would give her her own spoon and she would go to town on that thing. She loved it in her mouth, she would smile everytime she put it in her mouth and she was so interested in this new object in her hand. So I figured she is ready to try some cereal.

At first she didn't know what to think of it. She thought it was pretty weird stuff.

But then she gobbled thats stuff up!!! As we were feeding her we were trying to make sure we were showing her the sign language that went with everything. Like more, please, food. Her little hands just don't move very easy. But she loved the cereal. So I think for a little while we will add cereal to her days just to see how she goes. Then slowly we will add different baby foods into her diet. Oh how do they grow up so fast.

Do you make your own baby food or just buy it? I kind of want to try the path of making my own for her. Thoughts?

Her faces while eating were classic. Then the babbling that went on after she would take each bite. Ohh Kairi I love you!! Thank you for making my days brighter!

THANKSGIVING

I love Thanksgiving!! I love the food, I love being with family, and I love being so thankful for the things I do have.

We had a great time this year. Kelly had to work all morning so it was just Kairi and I. I left her at my dads house in the morning to go and run a race. Yep I was one of the many crazy ones. But it has been a tradition the last couple of years to run a 5K the morning of thanksgiving. It kind of makes eating all day okay and worth it. This year though it was SO COLD!! When I left to go to the race it was 9 degrees. IT WAS COLD!!! But once I started running and got going it actually wasn't to bad. I didn't even feel my lungs getting cold. Granted I had a headache later on that day. But it was so much fun - its a good tradition that will keep me healthy in the long run.

So that is one of the many things I am thankful for. I am thankful for my health and the fact that I can run. I used to go to the gym everyday before I had Kairi and now that I can't go as often as I like I miss it. But I am thankful I still have the ability to work out. Makes me feel so good!!

Im also thankful for my family. For our little family, but also MY ENTIRE family. We all have our crazy Kooks about us but together we have so much fun. We laugh, we play, and I love getting together with my family not just for the holidays but for everyday occasions as well. I enjoy spending time with them and wish we could all do it more.

Im so thankful for this little girl. She really is the light in my day. She is so much fun and I don't know how I lived without her for so long. Her smile melts my heart. I love it when she cries for me and that sometimes that all she wants. Its nice to be needed in that way. Exhausting at times but I love it. I love being her mom and teaching her new things and showing her new things and being there when she does soemthing new, or sees something for the first time. Makes you apprciate life so much more. It also makes to want to be better so I can be with this little angel forever!! I couldn't imagine my life without her. She is my all, my everything.

Seeing a Chritmas tree for the first time. She thought that was pretty great. And yep she tried to put everything in her mouth.

I love you Kairi. This year we are most thankful we brought you into our family.

Another tradition Kelly and I started last year is after the Thanksgiving day with Family. We have our own Thanksgiving dinner with just us. We make our own feast. So here is Kelly enjoying that feast. I am thankful for Kelly. He works so hard so I can stay home with Kairi, he changes his shifts so he can be with her in the mornings while I am at work. He loves us and does so much fo us. Thank you Kelly for being a great husband and a great Dad!!

Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!

4 months old

How time does fly!! 4 MONTH OLD!!!

Stats:

12 lbs

24 3/4 inches long

Heathly and strong and growing like a weed...just not in weight. Thats okay I like her little she still fits in her 0-3 mth clothes.

She is giving Router a run for his money in the length department. He doesn't like laying on his back for this picture, we had to hold him still just to take it. He wasn't in to, I think he knows we are mocking him in a way. But we aren't we are just showing how big she is compared to him.

He was a good sport. He loves her. He is so protective of her. Whenever I am feeding her, he has to be in the same room, if not right at my feet the entire time. If she is napping and she starts to cry he is the first person to the door. Sometimes I don't even hear her and I walk past and there he is sitting at her door waiting for me to open it. He loves her. He is so gentle with her, he plays with her. He likes to run in circles around her and not really nip at her but just prounce into her and back. She loves it she watched him with a huge grin on her face. They are going to grow up to be best buddies I know it!

She had her first Movie Theater movie this month. We went to see the new Harry Potter movie. She did great considering it started at 7 and she goes to bed at 8. She watched the movie for about 20 min then hunger and tiredness settled in. I spent the majority of the movie on the side rocking her. Then after the movie someone had the nerve to say (loud enough for me to hear) "I can't believe she brought a baby" If I would have known who said that I would have gave them a piece of my mind. Geez. But other than that she did great. And the movie was AWESOME!!!!

How did I ever live without her? Kelly always asks why we waited 6 years for her. I keep telling him we had to be ready for her. Yes life is easier without kids, but it sure is a lot more fun with her here. Yes Mom you were right.

Aquarium

I figured since November is almost over I better get in this months blogging done.

So My Aunt Jolene and my Mom were taking my nephews Zack and Gavin to the Aquarium and they invited us to go along. We have always said we wanted to go there so it was perfect!! Well Kairi was okay as long as we were in the lobby, the moment we stepped into the archway leading to all teh fish a SHRIEK would erupt from her mouth. She wasn't having it at all! I don't know why either. I had to take her outside just to calm her down - to bring her back in and have it happen all over again. GEEZ Well Kelly got to calm down and to actually fall asleep. So combination of sleepy and weird dark creepy place it started out rough for us.

We ended up having a lot of fun though. If you haven't been there you should go its pretty fun. We got there just in time to see the penguins being fed. They turned out to be our favorite place, if only the penguin exhibit was bigger.

But for what roomt they had it was pretty great. We got to pet Stingrays and see sharks and a turtle that survived a shark attack. Watching my nephew Zack trying to pet the Stingrays was pretty humorous, the water was just deep enough that he couldn't reach them. But he did a great job of playing in the water!

Then off to the gift shop. This is where Aunt Jolene bought Kairis new favorite toy, her Octopus. It has many legs she can grab and stick in her mouth. She loves it!

Then Kelly found this:

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Yep Its a pad of paper MADE OUT OF POO!!! What would possess someone to make this, and why would you want to use it? It has poo on it! Then it made me think of my dear friend Amy Lou. Oh how she would love this. She always had stories of poo, gorillas eating their poo then little boys eating dog poo to imitate the gorillas eating poo. Ohh man we laughed for hours at her poo stories. So yes this is gross in a way but it brings back so many fond memories. Isn't it funny how something can trigger so many memories. Aww thank Kelly for sending me down Memory lane. Thanks Amy for all your funny stories!!

So in part we had a great time!! I love the sea life though!!

7 years

Happy Anniversary Babe!!

7 years ago it was freezing -10 degrees and we got hitched!!! Feels like yesterday but feels like forever ago. The temple staff tried to give me away to another guy, there was so much snow that day we almost got snowed in, I lost my earring, forgot our marriage paperwork.... so much happend that day. It was the best day ever though. And look at where are now? How time flies when your having fun!!

Thanks for making me laugh and smile all these years! Love you babe

Everyone has a favorite

This is Kairis new favorite thing. Its her sock monkey!! One day she wouldn't stay napping. She kept waking up and screaming and when I would go in there she would just hold my arm. So just like me when I sleep I like to have something to hold. Either a pillow or Kelly or whatever. So gave her the sock monkey. She grabbed that so fast and she napped 1.5 hours because of it!!! It was a life savor!!! SOCK MONKEY SOCKS!!! So no when we are in the car I take it wherever we go and she usually is pretty happy as long as her sock monkey is right there with her...or her octopus. she loves them both!!! If it helps her sleep Im all for it!! And I think its cute she is attaching herself to it.

Halloween

Yep its almost Thanksgiving and I am just putting up halloween.

Kairi and I carved pumpkins while Daddy was at work. She got very bored very fast. But a tradition is a tradition!

Kairi was 2 things this year for Halloween. First for our ward halloween party she was my good angel. As you can see I was the dark angel. We offset each other well.

Then on Halloween she was my little Pea Pod. Ever since she was a tiny pea inside of me we were always the Princess and the Pea so the theme worked!

Gardner VIllage witches!