Friday, July 15, 2011
It's the Simple Joys
The heat has been steadily rising over the past little while and in our new apartment we do not have Central Air Conditioning. It hasn't been bad until recently, but now it has become almost unbearable. So, we decided it might be a good idea to look around for a window air conditioning unit. But, before we invested too much time and energy into shopping around we decided it would be a good idea to check with our landlords to see if they would be ok with it. Well, to our surprise, our landlords were not only ok with it, they offered to buy it!!! YAY!!!! We have the best landlords! Not only did they offer to buy it, but they offered to buy a high quality one that will keep our entire apartment cool instead of just the cheap one that we had planned on buying that would only cool our living room. So tomorrow we are going shopping and tomorrow night we will be spending our evening in comfort. HOORAY!!!!
Thursday, July 7, 2011
This is the Post where I Amaze Myself.
Seriously, when was the last time I posted so frequently? I guess I can be amazing! Just kidding. But in all seriousness, recently I made it a goal to blog more often because this is the closest thing I get to actually writing in a journal. So here I am! Blogging again! Sometimes I'm afraid that what I have to share will actually be really boring for most people though. So, if you are reading this, and it's boring for you, feel free to tune out. I promise I won't hate you. Not forever anyway. haha
So, not too long ago I had one of THOSE experiences. You know, the experiences that Moms have that they will tell their children over and over about. Especially when the Mom needs some sort of leverage to get their kid to do something or to guilt trip their kid about something they've done wrong. Well, from now on whenever baby K gives me a hard time I can tell her, "Well, I cleaned up your poopy after you smeared it everywhere during nap time so that means you have to...! (feel free to fill in the blank here with whatever you wish. Things like washing dishes, weeding the garden will be appropriate)"
Yep, that's right. In the tiny amount of time between when I heard her wake up over the baby monitor to the time I went in to pick her up from her nap, she had pulled off her pants, pulled off her NASTY dirty diaper that was loaded with poopy, and proceeded to smear her poopy everywhere. And when I say everywhere, I do mean everywhere. The bars of the crib, the mattress, the wall that was within her reach, her legs, stomach, chest, arms, and (worst of all) all over her FACE. So what did I do? Well, I did the only thing a mother should do in the situation. I giggled a bit, and ran to grab the camera before cleaning up the nasty mess. After all, a Mom needs blackmail material for the future right?
I then proceeded to give her not one, but two baths. I got her all rinsed off at first and then had to let the icky drain away. Then I had to clean the bathtub quickly before giving her the second sanitizing bath with plenty of soap. In between the baths while she was standing on the bath room rug waiting (pretty patiently, actually) she decided it would be a good time to squat and pee. Awesome. Now I had to scrub the baby clean, scrub the bath room rug clean, and scrub her bedroom and crib clean. It took a lot of time to clean it to where I was satisfied, but you know what? I still love being her Mom. It's not the most glamorous job in the world, but when these frustrating moments come it's easy to remember back to the time before she came to our family. I so desperately wanted to be a mother. I longed for every single one of these experiences. Having struggled through infertility, it's easier to appreciate my little blessing. Even when she is being a little monster and creating messes (that I have to admit are sometimes completely foul and repulsive.)
By the way, the funniest part? Malone really laughed at me for having to be the one to clean up that mess. But guess what? A few days ago when I was out with the girls, Malone was giving baby K a bath after dinner. She decided to even out the score between Mommy and Daddy and pooped in the bathtub.
So, not too long ago I had one of THOSE experiences. You know, the experiences that Moms have that they will tell their children over and over about. Especially when the Mom needs some sort of leverage to get their kid to do something or to guilt trip their kid about something they've done wrong. Well, from now on whenever baby K gives me a hard time I can tell her, "Well, I cleaned up your poopy after you smeared it everywhere during nap time so that means you have to...! (feel free to fill in the blank here with whatever you wish. Things like washing dishes, weeding the garden will be appropriate)"
Yep, that's right. In the tiny amount of time between when I heard her wake up over the baby monitor to the time I went in to pick her up from her nap, she had pulled off her pants, pulled off her NASTY dirty diaper that was loaded with poopy, and proceeded to smear her poopy everywhere. And when I say everywhere, I do mean everywhere. The bars of the crib, the mattress, the wall that was within her reach, her legs, stomach, chest, arms, and (worst of all) all over her FACE. So what did I do? Well, I did the only thing a mother should do in the situation. I giggled a bit, and ran to grab the camera before cleaning up the nasty mess. After all, a Mom needs blackmail material for the future right?
I then proceeded to give her not one, but two baths. I got her all rinsed off at first and then had to let the icky drain away. Then I had to clean the bathtub quickly before giving her the second sanitizing bath with plenty of soap. In between the baths while she was standing on the bath room rug waiting (pretty patiently, actually) she decided it would be a good time to squat and pee. Awesome. Now I had to scrub the baby clean, scrub the bath room rug clean, and scrub her bedroom and crib clean. It took a lot of time to clean it to where I was satisfied, but you know what? I still love being her Mom. It's not the most glamorous job in the world, but when these frustrating moments come it's easy to remember back to the time before she came to our family. I so desperately wanted to be a mother. I longed for every single one of these experiences. Having struggled through infertility, it's easier to appreciate my little blessing. Even when she is being a little monster and creating messes (that I have to admit are sometimes completely foul and repulsive.)
By the way, the funniest part? Malone really laughed at me for having to be the one to clean up that mess. But guess what? A few days ago when I was out with the girls, Malone was giving baby K a bath after dinner. She decided to even out the score between Mommy and Daddy and pooped in the bathtub.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
So much news, so little time
Well, it has been quite a long while since the last time I blogged. Things have been so busy, it's ridiculous! But I don't think my life would feel normal without the busy-ness.
For starters, Malone found out a paper of his was declined to a journal that he submitted it to. Boo. They said it wasn't the right fit for the journal, but that it was good so he should submit it to a different journal. So, now it is submitted to the new journal and we are waiting to hear back about this second go-around. Wish us luck! He really needs this publication so that he can graduate on time. On a more positive note, he has had some real success recently at work. He has discovered something that could be kind of a big deal, so he's (momentarily at least) on cloud nine.
In other news, I got accepted to the Social Work program I applied to at the school I am attending! Yay! It has been such a relief to know what my plan is for school for the next couple of years. They had to reject about 30 applicants, so I feel very blessed to have been accepted.
K baby has been growing like a weed! She is getting taller and she is developing right on track. She only has a handful of teeth left to come in, and I recently trimmed her hair for the first time. Granted, it was just her bangs because they were getting in her eyes, but I thought it was a milestone! I was super nervous, but I didn't cry and it came out looking really cute so it's all good.
This summer our family is also growing a garden. We have some great friends who have graciously allowed us to use a portion of their garden space. We are growing lots of corn, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, cantaloup, watermelon, cucumbers, and zucchini (which already has some baby zucchinis coming on!). So far everything seems to be coming up very well and we are super excited to have some home grown produce. Apartment living has its downsides, one of them being not having a yard with our own garden space. But thankfully, that's not a problem for us this year!
Speaking of apartments, we actually moved from our cute little house. Our friends helped us arrange to move into the apartment they were moving out of for their new job. The apartment has a third bedroom and a little bit cheaper rent. The utilities are also a little less expensive and (YAY) it has a dishwasher!!! We were so sad to leave our house behind though. We formed so many good memories there and we loved not having neighbors in our faces all the time. We will miss it. But although change is hard sometimes, it is also good, and we are absolutely loving our new place!
Ok, to end this long narrative, this past week we had quite an adventure. On Friday we were scheduled to go camping for a family reunion. We decided it would be fun to take an extra day and go up for a little camping trip on Thursday, just the three of us. That way we would already have things all set up for Friday and we would get some quality family time in. Well, we were having a really great time until at 3:00 a.m. we had an unexpected visitor to our camp site. We were sound asleep when a Sherriff's deputy came and knocked on our tent. To make a long story short, we had to be emergency evacuated from the campsite because the creek we were camping next to had flooded and washed out the road bridge. We had to leave almost everything behind (including our car), were shuttled across the water, and a deputy gave us a ride home. They wouldn't let us go get all our stuff back until Monday. It was sort of scary and a lot annoying being without our car. Most of all, however, we were thankful that we were all safe. K baby even slept through (almost) the entire ordeal. Now we are back to normal life and can smile at the whole thing.
One thing's for sure though, that experience taught me a valuable lesson. I really should put 72 hour kits in our car trunk for emergencies. I can't imagine what we would have done if we had been stranded in our campsite. All we would have had to exist off of would have been Doritos, Orange slices (the candy kind. Not the healthy kind. We were camping for goodness sake!), marshmallows, and a few bottles of water. It wouldn't have lasted long and we could have been in real trouble. I am going to be putting those 72 hour kits in both our car and in our apartment right away.
Well, that's it for now! I'll update with pictures soon.
For starters, Malone found out a paper of his was declined to a journal that he submitted it to. Boo. They said it wasn't the right fit for the journal, but that it was good so he should submit it to a different journal. So, now it is submitted to the new journal and we are waiting to hear back about this second go-around. Wish us luck! He really needs this publication so that he can graduate on time. On a more positive note, he has had some real success recently at work. He has discovered something that could be kind of a big deal, so he's (momentarily at least) on cloud nine.
In other news, I got accepted to the Social Work program I applied to at the school I am attending! Yay! It has been such a relief to know what my plan is for school for the next couple of years. They had to reject about 30 applicants, so I feel very blessed to have been accepted.
K baby has been growing like a weed! She is getting taller and she is developing right on track. She only has a handful of teeth left to come in, and I recently trimmed her hair for the first time. Granted, it was just her bangs because they were getting in her eyes, but I thought it was a milestone! I was super nervous, but I didn't cry and it came out looking really cute so it's all good.
This summer our family is also growing a garden. We have some great friends who have graciously allowed us to use a portion of their garden space. We are growing lots of corn, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, cantaloup, watermelon, cucumbers, and zucchini (which already has some baby zucchinis coming on!). So far everything seems to be coming up very well and we are super excited to have some home grown produce. Apartment living has its downsides, one of them being not having a yard with our own garden space. But thankfully, that's not a problem for us this year!
Speaking of apartments, we actually moved from our cute little house. Our friends helped us arrange to move into the apartment they were moving out of for their new job. The apartment has a third bedroom and a little bit cheaper rent. The utilities are also a little less expensive and (YAY) it has a dishwasher!!! We were so sad to leave our house behind though. We formed so many good memories there and we loved not having neighbors in our faces all the time. We will miss it. But although change is hard sometimes, it is also good, and we are absolutely loving our new place!
Ok, to end this long narrative, this past week we had quite an adventure. On Friday we were scheduled to go camping for a family reunion. We decided it would be fun to take an extra day and go up for a little camping trip on Thursday, just the three of us. That way we would already have things all set up for Friday and we would get some quality family time in. Well, we were having a really great time until at 3:00 a.m. we had an unexpected visitor to our camp site. We were sound asleep when a Sherriff's deputy came and knocked on our tent. To make a long story short, we had to be emergency evacuated from the campsite because the creek we were camping next to had flooded and washed out the road bridge. We had to leave almost everything behind (including our car), were shuttled across the water, and a deputy gave us a ride home. They wouldn't let us go get all our stuff back until Monday. It was sort of scary and a lot annoying being without our car. Most of all, however, we were thankful that we were all safe. K baby even slept through (almost) the entire ordeal. Now we are back to normal life and can smile at the whole thing.
One thing's for sure though, that experience taught me a valuable lesson. I really should put 72 hour kits in our car trunk for emergencies. I can't imagine what we would have done if we had been stranded in our campsite. All we would have had to exist off of would have been Doritos, Orange slices (the candy kind. Not the healthy kind. We were camping for goodness sake!), marshmallows, and a few bottles of water. It wouldn't have lasted long and we could have been in real trouble. I am going to be putting those 72 hour kits in both our car and in our apartment right away.
Well, that's it for now! I'll update with pictures soon.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Which Option Will You Choose?
If you are reading this post, you probably know at least one of the women in our family that our team is celebrating this year by running the Race For The Cure. If you do know my Aunt Billie or my mom, Nancy, I think you will agree that you have truly been blessed because of your association with them. They are each wonderful and we are so thankful that they are survivors of breast cancer.
If, however, you have not been so lucky as to know these women, let me introduce them!
This is my Aunt Billie. She was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago.
This is my Mom. Her name is Nancy. This May marks a decade of survival from breast cancer for her. (By the way, the handsome guy snuggling up to her is my Dad. Aren't they just so cute?)
We are so blessed to have each of these wonderful women in our family and that they are in remission from breast cancer. Unfortunately, the fact is that there are thousands of other women who suffer from this terrible disease every year. Knowing the devastation our family faced when my Mom was diagnosed and treated with breast cancer, we want to do whatever we can to ease the suffering for others who are facing this experience, and I hope that you will want to help as well!
With that goal in mind, we have decided to form a team and run the Susan G. Komen Race For the Cure in Salt Lake City on May 7, 2011. Our team name is "Fighting Back For The Rack." To learn more about the race, click HERE.
Now, let me answer the question I know you all are thinking: "How can I help?" We have a wide variety of ways you can support our team! Let me tell you about the options.
OPTION 1:
The first option is donating directly to our team. To do this, click HERE. This link will take you directly to our team page. From that page, click the button on the right that says, "Donate to this Team!" and follow the instructions.
OPTION 2:
If you don't have the spare cash to donate to our cause, don't worry we completely understand! For those who fit that situation that live nearby, we have another option! If you would rather, you can donate gently used items that you no longer need that we can sell at our fundraiser yard sale on April 30th. So use this as an opportunity to get that spring cleaning done, get those closets cleared out and let us use those items to raise money for a great cause! 100% of the proceeds from our yard sale will go to the Susan G. Komen Race For the Cure. Contact me at maloneandbrittanyadopt@gmail.com for more information. And be sure to spread the word to your friends and family so we can benefit from their donations as well! Or, if you do not live nearby, you could always host a fundraiser yard sale on behalf of our team in your area!
OPTION 3:
As a third option, if you cannot donate to our yard sale, we would love to see you come shopping at our yard sale! It will be held April 30th at 8:00 a.m. and we will have TONS of items including furniture, men's, women's, children's, and baby's clothing, homemade treats, etc... so you are sure to score a good deal! Keep watch for more information about our yard sale which I will post soon.
OPTION 4:
If you are like me, then you LOVE to go shopping. If this is something you also enjoy, then our fourth option is for you. My sister is hosting a boutique where a portion of proceeds will be donated to our Race For The Cure team. It will be held April 16th at Hanbury Manor clubhouse (251... W. 1600 N., Logan) from 10 am – 7 pm. She’s got some great stuff, so go check it out! She is also going to donate 30% of all online purchases over $10 to the team. Check her out online at http://thehandmadeheritage.blogspot.com/
OPTION 5:
If the first four options just aren't involved enough for you and you live somewhere within driving distance of Salt Lake, then our fifth option is sure to suit you! We would love it if you would join our team! To join our team, click HERE and then click the button on the right that says, "Join Fighting Back For The Rack." It's a non-competitive 5K (approximately 3 miles) so you can go at your own pace. Lots of people walk and push strollers so if I can do it, I know you can too! Of course, for those who would rather, there is also a "Sleep In For the Cure." Lol
OPTION 6:
For our sixth option if you are in personal contact with a business that would like to support our team, please let me know at the aforementioned email addressed. We would love to get involvement from small or large businesses for our team and will be willing to post their business information if they do sponsor us. If this option suits you, contact me as soon as possible so that we can be sure to advertise for them.
OPTION 7:
Of course, one of the most important things you can help us do is SPREAD THE WORD! Share this web page with all your friends and family.
OPTION 8:
Finally, if you can think of a way to support our team that I haven't mentioned yet, then feel free to get creative! Any assistance, big or small, will be greatly appreciated. Ultimately, the goal is to help those in need and every little bit counts.
Whew! I know that was a lot to throw at you, but the best thing is that if you are reading this message, then I am sure you can find one of those options that will work for you. No matter which of these options you choose, we appreciate your support! It means so much to us that in your own way you are helping us celebrate our survivors.
If, however, you have not been so lucky as to know these women, let me introduce them!
This is my Aunt Billie. She was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago.
This is my Mom. Her name is Nancy. This May marks a decade of survival from breast cancer for her. (By the way, the handsome guy snuggling up to her is my Dad. Aren't they just so cute?)
We are so blessed to have each of these wonderful women in our family and that they are in remission from breast cancer. Unfortunately, the fact is that there are thousands of other women who suffer from this terrible disease every year. Knowing the devastation our family faced when my Mom was diagnosed and treated with breast cancer, we want to do whatever we can to ease the suffering for others who are facing this experience, and I hope that you will want to help as well!
With that goal in mind, we have decided to form a team and run the Susan G. Komen Race For the Cure in Salt Lake City on May 7, 2011. Our team name is "Fighting Back For The Rack." To learn more about the race, click HERE.
Now, let me answer the question I know you all are thinking: "How can I help?" We have a wide variety of ways you can support our team! Let me tell you about the options.
OPTION 1:
The first option is donating directly to our team. To do this, click HERE. This link will take you directly to our team page. From that page, click the button on the right that says, "Donate to this Team!" and follow the instructions.
OPTION 2:
If you don't have the spare cash to donate to our cause, don't worry we completely understand! For those who fit that situation that live nearby, we have another option! If you would rather, you can donate gently used items that you no longer need that we can sell at our fundraiser yard sale on April 30th. So use this as an opportunity to get that spring cleaning done, get those closets cleared out and let us use those items to raise money for a great cause! 100% of the proceeds from our yard sale will go to the Susan G. Komen Race For the Cure. Contact me at maloneandbrittanyadopt@gmail.com for more information. And be sure to spread the word to your friends and family so we can benefit from their donations as well! Or, if you do not live nearby, you could always host a fundraiser yard sale on behalf of our team in your area!
OPTION 3:
As a third option, if you cannot donate to our yard sale, we would love to see you come shopping at our yard sale! It will be held April 30th at 8:00 a.m. and we will have TONS of items including furniture, men's, women's, children's, and baby's clothing, homemade treats, etc... so you are sure to score a good deal! Keep watch for more information about our yard sale which I will post soon.
OPTION 4:
If you are like me, then you LOVE to go shopping. If this is something you also enjoy, then our fourth option is for you. My sister is hosting a boutique where a portion of proceeds will be donated to our Race For The Cure team. It will be held April 16th at Hanbury Manor clubhouse (251... W. 1600 N., Logan) from 10 am – 7 pm. She’s got some great stuff, so go check it out! She is also going to donate 30% of all online purchases over $10 to the team. Check her out online at http://thehandmadeheritage.blogspot.com/
OPTION 5:
If the first four options just aren't involved enough for you and you live somewhere within driving distance of Salt Lake, then our fifth option is sure to suit you! We would love it if you would join our team! To join our team, click HERE and then click the button on the right that says, "Join Fighting Back For The Rack." It's a non-competitive 5K (approximately 3 miles) so you can go at your own pace. Lots of people walk and push strollers so if I can do it, I know you can too! Of course, for those who would rather, there is also a "Sleep In For the Cure." Lol
OPTION 6:
For our sixth option if you are in personal contact with a business that would like to support our team, please let me know at the aforementioned email addressed. We would love to get involvement from small or large businesses for our team and will be willing to post their business information if they do sponsor us. If this option suits you, contact me as soon as possible so that we can be sure to advertise for them.
OPTION 7:
Of course, one of the most important things you can help us do is SPREAD THE WORD! Share this web page with all your friends and family.
OPTION 8:
Finally, if you can think of a way to support our team that I haven't mentioned yet, then feel free to get creative! Any assistance, big or small, will be greatly appreciated. Ultimately, the goal is to help those in need and every little bit counts.
Whew! I know that was a lot to throw at you, but the best thing is that if you are reading this message, then I am sure you can find one of those options that will work for you. No matter which of these options you choose, we appreciate your support! It means so much to us that in your own way you are helping us celebrate our survivors.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
I can't believe it's already here
Well, my baby is turning one! I can't believe it!!! I know this is cliche, but it really does seem like yesterday that I was in the hospital anxiously getting ready to meet our baby K.
Recently baby K has been getting more teeth. She has ten now, including two molars! She has also been learning to walk independently. She can take up to six steps on her own. She has learned to go up and down short flights of stairs, albeit precariously. But she has absolutely NO fear which is awfully worrisome. She goes down steps head first, approaches animals (like my siblings' cats) without hesitation, desperately tries to stick her fingers under the vacuum while it's running, and recently leaped off the edge of the couch when my back was turned for a moment. She has also discovered that she LOVES to "talk". Sometimes all I can do is laugh when she's sitting by herself playing with her toys and talking to them. She sometimes says, "tickle tickle tickle" and will pretend to tickle things. She "tickles" me, the carpet, her hair brush, her teddy bear, EVERYTHING. She has also learned to wave hello and goodbye really well and will sometimes tell people "hi." She is also developing a little bit of stranger anxiety and will get kind of shy around people who approach her directly that she's not really familiar with. I love to see her grow and can see little changes and progress every day.
Malone and I are still just plugging along. Malone passed his oral examinations and is now officially considered a PhD candidate. He just has to receive a first author publication and complete his research hours in the next couple of years before he writes his dissertation and has his defense. I say "just" but really it is quite a workload he has left ahead of him. But I am so proud of him for his accomplishments! This is a huge milestone that he just passed and now we're looking forward to completing the next.
I am still hard at work in my classes, work, and relief society duties. But foremost, of course, I love being a mom. I am anxious for the semester to conclude so that I can enjoy my summer vacation. Malone is looking forward to me having more free time as well. He has been so good at being supportive of my education goals. I am also anxious to get beyond my exam to qualify for my Social Work program. Wish me luck!
I will post later with pictures from our K baby's first birthday.
Recently baby K has been getting more teeth. She has ten now, including two molars! She has also been learning to walk independently. She can take up to six steps on her own. She has learned to go up and down short flights of stairs, albeit precariously. But she has absolutely NO fear which is awfully worrisome. She goes down steps head first, approaches animals (like my siblings' cats) without hesitation, desperately tries to stick her fingers under the vacuum while it's running, and recently leaped off the edge of the couch when my back was turned for a moment. She has also discovered that she LOVES to "talk". Sometimes all I can do is laugh when she's sitting by herself playing with her toys and talking to them. She sometimes says, "tickle tickle tickle" and will pretend to tickle things. She "tickles" me, the carpet, her hair brush, her teddy bear, EVERYTHING. She has also learned to wave hello and goodbye really well and will sometimes tell people "hi." She is also developing a little bit of stranger anxiety and will get kind of shy around people who approach her directly that she's not really familiar with. I love to see her grow and can see little changes and progress every day.
Malone and I are still just plugging along. Malone passed his oral examinations and is now officially considered a PhD candidate. He just has to receive a first author publication and complete his research hours in the next couple of years before he writes his dissertation and has his defense. I say "just" but really it is quite a workload he has left ahead of him. But I am so proud of him for his accomplishments! This is a huge milestone that he just passed and now we're looking forward to completing the next.
I am still hard at work in my classes, work, and relief society duties. But foremost, of course, I love being a mom. I am anxious for the semester to conclude so that I can enjoy my summer vacation. Malone is looking forward to me having more free time as well. He has been so good at being supportive of my education goals. I am also anxious to get beyond my exam to qualify for my Social Work program. Wish me luck!
I will post later with pictures from our K baby's first birthday.
Monday, February 7, 2011
When did that happen?
Our Baby K is starting to try to walk! She pulls herself up on all the furniture and will let go with both hands to balance herself for a few seconds. She also has a baby walker that she has become quite proficient at using. It seems I'm about to have a toddler on my hands! The funniest thing is that I'm not really even sure how she learned to do all this. Only about three weeks ago we were worried because she wasn't showing much interest in crawling. But now she is crawling on her hands and knees like a pro and using the furniture to move around the room.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Nothin' Much
Well, it has been an awfully long time since I posted. Things have been so busy! School started up again for us and I have been swamped with homework. This semester I am taking two social work classes, an English class, and a psychology course. It seems my professors this semester are big fans of busy work. But the material is fascinating. Good thing I love it because I'm applying for the social work program this semester! In fact, I have been finding my coursework so interesting that for my birthday I am asking my hubby for The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders by the American Psychiatric Association. I guess that officially qualifies me as a nerd. Other than school I have been staying busy with work and of course being Baby K's mommy.
As for the hubby, he is working on getting his first first author publication. Hopefully (fingers crossed) this will happen within the next month or so! Other than that, he just keeps plugging along in his program at school. He has the very last part of a big test coming up in a few weeks, so he is hard at work studying for that.
Baby K is growing in like a weed. It seems like her vocabulary is growing almost every day! She has mastered the words: mama, dada, and baba. She will also occasionally say: no, and uh-oh. She gives kisses, although they are still much more like head-butts. She loves to snuggle and she will clap when she's happy about something. Her rescent fascination has been playing peek-a-boo and she likes to throw things on the floor to watch me pick them up. She is proficient in the army crawl, and tries to crawl on her knees if she isn't in a hurry. She has also learned to pull herself into a standing position and will sometimes move her feet forward like she's trying to walk. As of this past week, she has six teeth. We are so proud of her!
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Happy Holidays!
We are so loving every single minute of the holidays with our Baby K. She is such a joy.
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