Birthday Boy

Joshs birthday was yesterday. He is officially 28 years old! He told me the other day that he is a little sad that he is closer to 30 than 25! Sadly, I will have the same feeling in a short 6 months. Because his birthday was on a Monday he decided he wanted to gather some friends and go to his favorite restaurant, Texas Roadhouse. Some of our good friends joined us and we could not have had a better time.

Getting older, I realize that we value the friendships we have more than ever. Josh had a great time just talking and spending time with them.

Joshua: I love you more than anything and I so happy I got to spend another birthday with you. You are the glue that keeps this family together and each day I am so grateful for you. You work so hard to provide for us and at the end of the day you come home so happy to see us. Kinsey is so lucky to have you as a father. We love you so much babe!

6 AND 7 MONTHS!!

7 MONTHS

6 MONTHS


Two whole months have flown by and I havent even updated on Kinseys progress.
Each day she does something new.  These past 2 months have really shown me how much she learns and observes each day. It seems that she has accomplished more in the last 2 months than in the last 7 combined.  Each day I watch with admiration at the little person she is becoming. I love her more than I could ever put into words and I feel so blessed to call her my daughter

Ok Ok now on to the good stuff. Currently Kinsey is:
Crawling if it is after something she really wants ie: the dogs. But mostly she does the inch worm: scoots herself from place to place on her belly
Can feed herself little snacks. (SOOO cute)
Has been introduced to the sippy cup. (Not too sure about it yet)
Is sleeping in her own bed all night. She goes to bed at 8:00 and wakes at 7:30.
Wears 6-9 month clothes and size 3 diapers
Eats a veggie and a fruit twice per day
Can say Da Da. (Sadly, no momma yet)
LOVES baby einsteins. (SO much so that she is in a trance throughout the whole movie)
Is a Daddys girl through and through. When he walks through the door her whole face lights up.
Is on all formula now. No more nursing! (Bitter sweet for me)

Squash, Green Beans, Bananas.....Oh my!!!

I tend to make Kinseys food only part of the time. I really should do it more. It is WAY more economical, however, time consuming. It really takes some planning to set aside an afternoon and just have a baby food making day. On my days off though I just cant get into the mood to do that. I really should be better about it.

Well the other day I decided bananas would be the food of choice. Turns out they are Super Easy and Quick.  

That is exactly what a working mom needs to hear.
Here are the results:

YUMMM!!!

Shoes Shoes Shoes

I know that most females enjoy Shoes!!! Well I am no different. I find myself trying to rub off my once greater than now, obsession of shoes on Kinsey. Its true that she has 5 different pairs of shoes. My  goodness...the girl is only 7 months old. In fact, I found myself more excited than a mom should be earlier this week because she could FINALLY into her gladiator sandals that grandma had bought her a while back. While she seems to tolerate me forcing these things on to her feet, I am not so sure that she loves it!! Oh well....give it a few years and I am sure I will have bitten off more than I can chew!
Ta Ta for now!!

What is up with this?

Ok so all of you parents who are reading this.....What is up with this face? Over the past few weeks Kinsey has been sucking in her bottom lip. I find that she makes this face ALL the time. I have had a few people tell me that their kids did this at her age. I just cant figure out why? I mean, to me she still looks absolutely adorable but it seems like the more we laugh and make fun of her for it, the more she does it. She is not teething yet. I have caught the candid pictures of "the face" and have plenty more. So everyone......leave me a message and tell me if your precious little one every made any of these funny faces!!!

Have a great weekend all!!

Back in the Saddle Again!!!

I am SO sorry I have not been on here in awhile to update.  For some reason I have felt overwhelmingly busy. Nothing new has been added to our already chaotic life, but I feel like I just cant get caught up. So much has happened recently I do not even know where to begin.


I Guess I will Start With the Most Important:

Kinsey celebrated her 5 month birthday at the beginning of the month. It is amazing how interactive she has become. In the last month she is now aware of her surroundings and the days of napping in her carseat or the middle of a busy restaurant are LONG gone. She tries so hard to sit up but ends up using her big belly to balance on. It is so cute to watch. She is still absolutely in love with Baby Einstein DVDs and sometimes I feel as if they are the only thing that lets me get any housework done. She is right in between size 2 and 3 diapers and is fitting into 6 month clothes. She sleeps in her crib in the beginning of the night but I usually wake up between midnight and 3 to bring her to our room. She is an overall happy baby and for the most part is quite content playing on her own. We do run into those days that the second I leave her side she starts crying. But it is those days that make me feel as if she still needs me despite her growing independence. Every day I love her more and I never thought it was possible to love something the was I love her. Mommy and daddy love you so much princess!

   

MONTHS 1-5

River Run, PBR and Mothers Day

RIVER RUN
I know this was over a week ago but it is definately blog-worthy. The Peters family participated in our annual River Run. This was actually Kinseys second year (I was pregnant with her last year). We woke up nice and early last Saturday and headed downtown. I just love all of the early morning hustle and bustle down at Douglas and Broadway. The streets were packed with athletic lookings folk, strollers, children and all sorts. We were very tardy in registering this year and had to do it the day of......Bad Peters family. We met Joshs dad and Step mom down there as the boys were going to walk with Kinsey and Debbie and I were going to run. We bid the boys farewell and headed to the front of the pack. We managed to do pretty well and finished. The cold air is pretty crisp on your lungs though. We waited and waited to see the boys. Well it turns as as the run was about to start Kinsey had her morning bowel movement and it exploded everywhere. I mean all over the car seat, out the diaper, all over her shirt and pants....and even got her socks. So needless to say the boys did not end up walking but instead cleaning up a poopy baby. Oh well. Megan suprised Debbie at the finish line with flowers for mothers day. We had been keeping in contact that morning and Megan knew when we were about to finish. You should have seen the look on Debbies face.....priceless. It was such a special moment.

PRO BULL RIDING

Saturday May 8th we attended the Pro Bull Riding show at the Intrust Bank Arena. It was an absolute blast!! We were celebrating our friend Lukes birthday and 7 couples attended. It was so nice to spend the evening with our good friends. Kinsey ended up spending the night with grandma and grandpa so not only did we get to have a night out on the town but we got a GREAT nights sleep as well. Grandma and Grandpa are the BEST. We started the evening out having a BBQ at the Kunkels. Then one of the couples that came got a limo, so we got to cruise down to oldtown in style. I felt pretty darn special :) Well Luke was the special one as it was his bday. It is amazing how big those bulls are close up and I cant even imagine riding one. (Although it may be fun to try.....) Josh and I got home about 11:30 and slept the whole night through until 8:00. Absolute Bliss!!!

MOTHERS DAY

Josh and I woke up Sunday on Mothers Day and drove almost 70mph over to grandma and grandpas house to pick up Kinsey. Although the night of sleep was heavenly, I missed my gal like crazy. Grandma gave a good report and said that Kinsey slept in her pack in play all night and only woke up once to eat. WOW. Maybe she should quit sleeping in our bed and move to her crib.......ok maybe not! Kinsey and I spent the morning in the church nursery caring for the infants. Well actually just I did.....Kins slept in a swing the entire time. It was so nice to get to care for the other babies while their mommies went to the church service. Kinsey and I will be doing this every 2nd Sunday of the month. After church we headed to the Kunkels where Nichole made us Reubens. They were AMAZING. I just love you friend. Josh and Kinsey got me this beautiful bracet with a heart on it. I am going to get Kinseys name engraved on it. It is a braclet I will keep forever, knowing it was my first Mothers day gift. *tear* We took Debbie flowers. She is such an amazing mom!!! We just love her to death. My mom had to work that night so my brother and I took her some flowers before she had to go in. Thanks for teaching me to always do the right thing mom. Although I dont always do it, I am grateful for your love and consistency. I love you!

My brother walked into my house with a bouquet of flowers and wished me a happy mothers day.....more tears...Donald, Debbie and Megan got me a zoo pass!! What a perfect gift. Kinsey and I love the zoo and now can go whenever we want.

Thank you so much for making my first Mothers day the best everyone. I love all of you and cannot tell you how much those gifts meant to me.

Most of all.....Thank you Kinsey for making mothers day!!! I love you more than I will ever be able to tell you. "My whole world.....it begins and ends with you."