Schnepf Farms

Last Thursday we went to Schnepf Farms. It was a little hot, but we still had a great time. It was Kayleigh's favorite things- being outside and animals. There was a little petting zoo, kids rides, food, and of course pumpkins! Kayleigh picked out a pumpkin for each of us and she really took her time to find a perfect one for everyone. Taylor also loved to be outside and look around. We were headed home and it was already past nap time so Josh decided we needed some ice cream. Then I decided we needed to go to the water park area at San Tan. We got home after dark and we were all exhausted. This will have to become a yearly tradition!

Taylor Pictures

Here are some recent pictures of Taylor. She will be 4 months on the 23rd. She is the sweetest baby ever. She is so calm and good natured. If you talked to her she just smiles. She is also becoming ticklish, which has been so much fun to make her giggle. She is almost able to roll over all the way,but not quite yet. I tried to get a picture of the girls together, but Kayleigh got mad every time her sister would touch her. Then I just put in a picture of Kayleigh at nap time. She sometimes will just talk for two hours strait, but on this day she actually did sleep. Just on the floor in the middle of the room, still cuddled to Ernie!

Playhouse Disney Live

Kayleigh went to her first show last night! My mom took Kayleigh and I to Playhouse Disney Live. It was so cute and we had so much fun. This was our only picture because the camera battery died. Kayleigh sat in her own big girl chair and watched the entire show with wide eyes. She was so good. She wished Pluto and Buster were there, but still loved seeing all of the other characters. As they were doing "roll call" and introducing the characters she yells, "Momma where's Pluto?" It was so cute to see all of the families there, we even ran into the Glassmans. Thank you Grandma Lisa for taking us and to Papa Mike for getting the 3rd row tickets- we loved it!!

Joys of Breastfeeding

I was able to capture this tender moment between Kayleigh and Ernie today. As many of you have heard Ernie will cry often because he wants milk (as Kayleigh tells us). She is always sticking her food and drink into his mouth, but one day she said he wanted milk. I was thinking she would, like always, just stick her cup in his mouth. This time she lifted up her shirt and placed Ernie's head kind of by her belly, held it there for a few seconds, then said "All full Ernie? Good job!" Such a good little Momma. We asked her if Bert gets milk and she looked at us like we were crazy, as if she would nurse someone elses baby!

I just thought this picture was dang cute. I bought these boots on sale almost two years ago and forgot about them. She found them in her closet this morning and fell in love.

Good Night!

Abc's

Ernie Baby

Kayleigh has a new cousin on the way. She has named her cousin Ernie and when asked if it is a boy or girl she says it is an "Ernie Baby." I don't know that Jared and Carrie have a list of names yet, but I think Ernie is a favorite. We are all so excited!! Kaykay talks about it all the time.

Big Girl Bed

The time has come... my first baby is in a big girl bed! Little monkey learned how to climb out of her crib, so Daddy had to convert it into her toddler bed yesterday. She was really excited about it. She slept great last night. We put a mesh bed rail thing on the front because she is such a mover and would probably end up on the floor. She is "napping" right now. A few minutes ago I heard her shut her toy box that holds all of her blankets, so I went in and told her to stay in her bed. Her bed now has about eight blankets in it, but whatever! This all started because she was becoming the queen of stalling before bedtime. "Just one more book and I no cry," was what we heard about a dozen times. Then we would finally walk out of the room and she would scream her head off for more books. Well on Wed night as I was walking out of her room she proceeded to hop right out and I caught her half way out of her crib. She did this about three more times. I caved and read all her stinking books, so she would calm down and not break her neck trying to jump out. The next morning she told her Daddy, "I be naughty. I climb out of my crib. I cry like a baby. Mommy say no no. Kaykay say more books, more books. I be naughty!" She told us the story quite a few times. I would rather forget the screaming episode- I am sure there are more where that came from!

Follow up....So Kaykay walked around her dang room for just under 3 hours. She was nice and quiet, but no sleeping. All of her pj's from her drawer ended up in her bed! What a stinker, so much for today's nap!

Taylor & Grandma

There is just something about Grandma Lisa's voice that Taylor loves. She has really started to smile and "talk" these last few days. She is getting a lot more interactive and we are having so much fun!