Pre-Pee (Pretty)

Kayleigh loves having her toenails painted. My mom painted these for her. When she walks around she looks down at them. If they catch her eyes she will say pre-pee and makes sure that everyone around see them. She is sooo girly!

16 Weeks

I did a horrible job of documenting my pregnancy with the bear, so I am trying to be better. Feel free to not read this.

Here I am at 16 weeks with the new baby. I have only gained 10 pounds so far, which considering I gained 60 last time, I think I am doing pretty good. I still have ridiculous cravings for Big Red, but unlike last time I am trying to ignore them. Other than that, I really don't have as much of an appetite as I did last time. Which is good because I am bound and determined to fit in that 25-35 pound weight gain thing.

I have been having some wicked heart burn with this one, so I have just resorted to drinking Maalox out of the bottle even though I am sure that a milkshake would make me feel much better :).

At my appointment today, the baby's heart rate was 140. In 2 weeks we go for our big ultrasound. I think it is a boy.... but I don't feel as strongly about it as I did with Kayleigh. I knew she was a girl.

PS - I am not wearing makeup and my hair is a mess, so I photoshopped some glasses and a hat.

MY house.

I made Kayleigh a play tent to go over the card table like I made price. She calls it "MY house." She is constantly wanting me, Sean, or Cosmo to get in there and read books with her. Last week she even ate breakfast in there by herself. She has been having so much fun, but it will have to come down soon because I am getting tired of tripping on it!

Sweet Summertime

We love to go hangout in the back yard when daddy gets home from work. We let Kayleigh eat her popsicles out there..... for obvious reasons. Even her "slow melt" popsicles can't stand up the the heat we have been having lately....ughhh.

Splash Park!

There is a splash park down the street from our house. I take Kayleigh all the time, mainly so that she will take a good nap. Sh absolutely loves to go "play."

Well......

I don't think she is so sure about this....

My new little sister, Maggie!

Water Hose Fun!

We had Sean's family over last weekend and somehow the kiddos ended up playing with the water hose. They had a great time and made a huge mess!

We don't bite Daddy.

Kayleigh- Today you bit daddy because you didn't want to put your shirt on, you wanted to keep coloring. He wanted to be upset with you, but it was just too funny.

Friends

Lately everywhere we go Kayleigh needs: "ite-iog" (white dog), "E-eyor" (Eeyore), and a blankee. I make her carry them (I know, mean mommy) because I hope that she will realize that she does not need them all. Well, she could care less. She is so good at loading up her little arms with a blanket, White Dog, Eeyore, and a cup. It is such a site!

Oh, and something cute about White Dog and Eeyore: She got attached to both of them completely on their own. Matt and Amanda gave her (the first) White Dog, and Jackie gave her Eeyore. So each of her friends came from one of our siblings. I thought that was sweet.

Color Time

The Bear loves to color on the table, the couch, the floor, junk mail, Cosmo...... you get the picture. So have resorted to making her sit in her high chair. I got her this cute "moo" marker the other day that moos when you put on the cap. She of course loved it and it kept her busy long enough for me to cook dinner. I think she looks like a lovely little artist, don't you?

Oh yeah, and sorry for the rotten job I did on my blogging spree. I mean ridiculous. I have plenty of excuses.... computer problems, photography dry spell, a big project that I am working on.... is that enough?

Horsey...

Also known as Daddy is a pushover and just can't say no to his little girl! I don't know how he does it, but he will play horsey with the Bear on the tile floor! You can't tell from the dumbfounded look in the pictures, but she really loves it!

Blogging Spree

So apparently people have stopped reading my blog (no names, Alan). Not that there has been anything to read lately.... so I am challenging myself to a one month blogging spree. I will blog something everyday until May 16.

Get excited!

Easter Egg Hunt

We went to our church's Easter egg hunt on Saturday. It was so cute to see Kayleigh actually get it this year. Last year she only got one egg, and then a kid came and grabbed it from her. I thought the whole thing was going to be a bust because we got there about 20 minutes early. Kayleigh wanted to go pick up the eggs (or as she called them "balls") so badly. We had to hold her back. After a donut and talking to some friends, she cooled down. When it was time she knew exactly what to do. She was so cute picking up as many eggs as she could. They were falling out of her basket just as quickly as they went in. One of the eggs broke open and she figured out that they were all full of MA MAOOOs (marshmellos), and the hunting was over....

We had such a good time!

Go Dog, Go!

I don't think she will ever get tired of this book!

My Sweet Kayleigh Bear,

You have become a toddler in every sense of the word. You are into everything. You could eat crackers and ranch dressing all day long and be happy. You have me read you Go Dog, Go over and over.... so much that I have it memorized. You are obsessed with puppies and point them out every time you see one. You love to test the limits. I have to tell you daily not to stand on your table, but you look at me and do it anyway. You color in your nice books no matter how many times I tell you not to. When I take away your crayons, you throw yourself on the floor and kick and scream for a few minutes before you get distracted. Oh, and yesterday you wrote on my coffee table with the blue crayon. Eesh.... You are obsessed with shoes. You love to wear our shoes around the house. Today in Old Navy you threw a fit because I didn't buy you a pair of flip flops. You threw your Croc halfway across the store because you were angry. I guess that was better than hitting yourself in the head.... that is what you usually do. You call anything you drink "milk." You don't really like water (or as you call it "milk") but you LOVE the milk out of the fridge. You are quite bossy also. You tell daddy everyday where to put Cosmo's food and drag us around the house to get us to do what you want. You are quite the cuddlebug and share bear when it comes to mommy and daddy. I love to hear you "talk" to yourself while you are laying in your crib in the mornings. I love you SO, SO much. Please stop growing up.

Love, Mommy

Spring Break!

Sorry I have been MIA. I had a horrible stomach bug and now it is SPRING BREAK!

Teeth

Even Eyores brush their teeth!

Life.

1. Someone (probably me) forgot to put the frozen corn up. Hope it is still good.
2. Cosmo, Kayleigh dropped food. Come clean up!
3. I trip over this toy at least once a day. It would disappear, but Kayleigh really likes it.
4. The rug is outside. Kayleigh pulled a pan that was soaking off of the counter and got soapy cheesy spanish style rice all over it. It was gross.
5. Clorox Anywhere spray = my favorite cleaning product.
6. Maybe one day we will actually get the counter fixed, until then the blue tape will stay.
7. Ughhh, I have to work Parent's Night Out this month.
8. It seems like I see that roll empty more than I actually see paper towels on it.
9. But it's ok because I mostly use un-paper towels. The throw away kind would have been nice to clean up the mess from earler (see #4).

Little Miss Independent

Can dress herself!

Baby Bunny

Kayleigh has been hilarious lately after she gets out of the bath. She is so wound up that she starts running around the house stark naked. There is nothing like watching a cute little toddler booty run by. It makes me so happy every night!

PS- Tomorrow is the TAKS test. I am SO happy to get it over with and get on with my life. If you think about it, please say a prayer for relaxation for my kiddos tomorrow!

Tantrum

Pronunciation: \ˈtan-trəm\

Function: noun

Etymology: origin unknown

: a fit of bad temper

Playdough!

My mom gave Kayleigh this playdough for Christmas. She loves playing with it.... well, really just putting it in and out of the container. She knows that it must stay at the table and does pretty well with it.

Are you serious?

First off, I LOVE my husband. I really do, but I just had to tell y'all this story.

So last Saturday (yes, I am THAT far behind in blogging) Sean got Kayleigh up and let me sleep in (see why I love him?). I was happily slumbering when he woke me up and told me to get the video camera. Did I mention that this was at 7:45 AM? Well, I jumped up and asked him what was wrong. He informed me that there was a possum in the trash can and he was going to tump it over and let the possum go. "Are you seroious?" Imagine my annoyance when I asked him if the possum could get out on his own and he responded with "no." So really, that possum would have still been there at 9:00 when I got up. So, eventually I got out of bed and got the video camera. Sean was excited to have the video on the blog, but it was extremely anti-climactic. You see, Sean expected the possum to jump out and do something funny. Instead, it did exactly what a possum is supposed to do, it played dead.

So, to appease my husband, here is a picture of the little guy.

Ucky

First off, don't worry, the Bear is not sick. She is obsessed with blowing her nose, runny or not. She politely asks for toilet paper and then she wads it up and blows her nose. Sometimes she will tell us that it is "ucky" and throw it away. Usually, she will carry it around for a while. I guess it is much better than having a kiddo with snot always on their face!

What does a bear say?

Me: "Kayleigh, what does a bear say?"
Kayleigh: "Hey (we are still working on adding Sic'em Bears)."

Bubbles!

Its been a few months since our first bubble fiasco, so I figured maybe we should try again. Well, Kayleigh has decided that she LOVES bubbles now... so much that we already used the entire bottle of Mr. Bubble. She loves to get them on her hand and have me blow them off into the air. She also gets a kick out of trying to scoop them up with her cup and pushing them all to one side of the tub.

Oh, and just look at that picture. Who is that big girl that kinda looks like me in my bathtub? Seriously, where did my baby go???

Adore.

Elmo "Bia-per"

Kayleigh loves Elmo and figured out that he is on her Pampers. Well, to save money I bought Walmart brand last time. Now everytime I change her she grabs the diaper and pathetically says "Elmo Bia-per (diaper)." Talk about making me feel horrible about switching to generic!