5 months!

5 months has been so much fun. Kendyl is getting more and more personality everyday and Matt and I are having a blast watching it develop. It is especially fun since she has such a great demeanor. She is generally pretty mellow and happy which makes being a parent that much more fun. Here are a couple of the highlights (and low lights) of the month:
-Kendyl has started to get into EVERYTHING! She wants to play with anything that is in front of her...unfortunately, sometimes this was mom's study guide for her big math test.
-Still no teeth, but I am not going to complain about this because I am not ready for her to start biting me.
-She has started laughing a little more. For whatever reason she finds my mom's dogs especially hilarious...I don't get it.
-She has become a real mommy's girl this month. It's not that she doesn't like Matt or anything, but towards the end of the month she started a phase where if I was in the room she only wanted me and when I would leave she would start to cry. I think Matt's feelings have been a little hurt because she has always been such a Daddy's girl. I am sure she will come back around.
-She has also started pushing up on all fours recently. She has a real desire to get into things which I think will kick the urge to crawl into gear pretty quick.
-Apparently she does not like to sleep on her back anymore. The doctor's at the hospital made such a big deal about babies sleeping on their back to reduce the risk of SIDS. Naturally, I was all freaked out about it, but now that she can roll over she has been consistently sleeping on her stomach and it stresses me out! I know that she can roll herself over if she needs to, but she is sleeping with her face buried in the mattress. I have asked around a little and people seem to think that it's completely fine, but I am not sold yet.
-Probably the biggest thing that happened this month was when we had to take Kendyl to the ER. She had been back into a routine of waking up in the middle of the night so we thought that instead of feeding her carrots at dinner we would try cereal. In an effort to be healthy we bought the whole grain kind. Everything was fine. She ate it with no issues, but after we put her to bed for the night Matt and I heard her in her room coughing really loud so I went into her room only to find that she was covered in throw up! I pulled her out of her crib to clean her up and noticed that all the color had drained from her face. She was completely lethargic but was not running a fever. Obviously I was worried so we called the on call pediatrician and they suggested that we take her to the emergency room. While we were driving Kendyl began dry heaving which completely broke my heart. Fortunately, we got in pretty quick. Everyone kept saying how she was such a good baby. They had to get her temperature and check her blood pressure and she just rolled with the punches. To make a long story short they gave her some medicine to calm her nausea, but ultimately the cereal just didn't agree with her. I was very grateful there were no food allergies! Since then I have learned that you should really start with rice cereal because it is easier on their stomachs.

Here are some pictures from her 5 month photo shoot:

This on made me laugh so hard because it looks like such a phony smile.

Of course Katie had to try and steal the show. Kendyl doesn't seem to mind.

Sitting in a high chair like a big girl. She loved it because she could get into everything.

One of my new favorite towels. Thanks Wendy!

Cuddling with Matt :)

More time with dad reading a book.

Kendyl and Austin. She only napped 40 minutes this day. Normally she takes 2 naps (a total of 3 hours). She did not want to miss a thing while he was over.

My poor Kendyl bear when we were in the ER. She was SO tired.

This is how she sleeps now. You can see why I get so freaked out. I wake up about 10 times a night to check the monitor.

Giving Katie kisses :)

This was Kendyl's smile for a couple of days. I don't know why but Matt and I thought this was so funny.

So cute!

After church

Look what I can do!

My sweet bear :)

I walked out of the room for 2 seconds, came back in and she unfolded the entire pile of laundry that I had folded.

Katie and Kendyl on the way to work. (Yes we bring Katie to Grampy Mike's too).

Oh my gosh this was SO funny. We tried a new food (harvest vegetables and mixed grains). Kendyl HATED them! Matt and I were laughing hysterically!

4 months!

Our little baby is 4 months old now and this has been a big month for her. She is learning all the time and has been picking up a couple of new tricks along the way. Her schedule is now pretty consistent. She has been sleeping through the night (at least 8 hours) for a couple of weeks now which has been AMAZING! We decided to start feeding her carrots at dinner time which appears to be working for now. She smiles all the time and unless she is tired or hungry she is generally a pretty happy baby! Aside from Matt and I her favorite people are her grandparents and aunts and uncles. She especially LOVES Austin and Katie. She is also really starting to enjoy her toys and blankets. She has not yet narrowed down any favorites though. I think she just likes to have as many around her as possible? She is also sitting up now. On occasion she will need some assistance, but she pretty much has the hang of it now. I am not sure if we are just looking for it, but she really seems to like basketball. Whenever it is on the t.v. she just goes into a trance like state. As you can imagine, Matt just loves this about her.

Things I want to remember this month:
When she spits out the tip of her tongue (yes, just the tip. She is very lady like about her spitting :)
When she yells to get our attention...this may get old after a while but it's kind of cute for now.
When she would scream in between each bite of carrots indicating that she wanted more. I have already worked on stopping the screaming because she would get really loud, but it was a little funny.
How happy she gets in the mornings when Matt and I go in to get her out of her crib. She has a grin from ear to ear and kicks her feet frantically.
When I made her laugh for the first time. She still doesn't do it very often, but when she does my heart just melts!

Here are some pictures from this month in no particular order...there are A LOT!

She is actually 2 days shy of 5 months here but oh well...

She thought it would be more fun to play with the sign...

...then eat it!

So we lost the sign, added a bow, and a tongue!

This may be one of my favorite pictures :)

In her big girl pj's

Watching the basketball game

First time eating carrots. Such a mess but she loved it!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I think she looks like Matt in this picture.

There it is...the tongue :)~

It might not look like it in this picture, but Katie really likes Kendyl too!

She pretty much thinks Austin is the coolest thing that ever was.

Basketball is not enough. Matt wants her to like video games too...hmm

Happy girl :)

3 months!

I know it has been a while, but having a 3 month old and working full time can really rob any free time that you have. Going back to work is really hard. I miss her so much during the day, but it makes the time I have with her that much more special. We are incredibly lucky because we have family who is able to watch her. Depending on the day she is with Matt's dad (Grampy Mike), my mom (Granny) or Aunt Danielle. It helps put my mind at ease knowing she is with family.
During her 3rd month Kendyl began sleeping through the night (about 8-9 hours). It was WONDERFUL but short lived. She also began sleeping in her crib though when she got sick we caved and let her back in our bed again (for at least part of the night). Based on our scientific method of weighing ourselves and then weighing her we are guessing that she is somewhere around the 15 lb range. We didn't end up measuring her height though. The girl is growing like crazy. She is wearing 6 month clothes right now but at the rate she is growing she should be out of them within another month or 2. She is still only on breast milk, but it doesn't seem to be keeping her full through the night so we may have to start supplementing with some food or cereal.
Things I want to remember from this month:
-She LOVES bath time. She gets really excited and starts kicking. It makes a huge mess, but oh well.
-Rolling over for the first time (back to stomach only)
-Sitting (with assistance)
-First belly laugh...she has only done it the one time but oh my gosh was it the cutest thing EVER!
-She loves her little "playstation" that Meghan and Cindi got her. She is now starting to reach for toys and this one seems to be her favorite.

Here are some pictures (in no particular order):

This was towards the end of the month, but of well.

Sleeping in Mom and Dad's bed

Sitting in Austin's chair at his birthday party

She makes this face every time I wash her cheeks.
Loving bath time :)

Playing in her new favorite toy

Just being cute

After sleeping in her crib all night...such a big girl!

Are You Kidding Me?

While I was on leave I spent a lot of time feeding Kendyl in the middle of the night. In order to get a little bit of light without waking Matt up I would turn on the TV. In this time I have seen more stupid infomercials that I care to mention, but I am going to talk about them anyway because I find them comical. Here are my picks for the top 5 STUPIDEST infomercials (in no particular order):

1. The Shake Weight. I am not going to say what popped into my head the first time I saw this one because I know it popped into all of your heads as well, but what ever happened to old fashioned weights?


2. The 3-Minute Leg Machine. Ellen featured this on her show and I almost died laughing so I posted the video of her using it.





3. Bling Sting. Honestly, this is something that no adult should EVER purchase! I was telling Matt about it and apparently a couple of women have showed up to work wearing this. Again, are you kidding me?

4. Booty Pop underwear. I can't make this stuff up!



5. I saved this one for last because this may be the BIGGEST scam I have EVER seen!! It is called miracle water. I guess all you have to do it drink it and you will get whatever you pray for!!!


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Revenge

Matt got an I-Pod way back when the original ones came out. It finally stopped working a couple of months ago. Being a mail carrier, Matt really enjoyed bringing his I-Pod to work so that he could listen to it while casing and delivering his route. Shortly after Christmas I decided that I wanted to buy him a new one and surprise him. After a little research I went online and ordered one for him. I had it all planned out. My hope was that it was going to be mailed on a Saturday (which it was) so I could run to the mailbox and get it while he was at work. Then I was going to charge it and download all of his songs onto it so it was all ready for him. The following Saturday I would leave it on the counter with a note telling him to have a good day. I have mentioned on my blog before that I have pretty much (UNINTENTIONALLY) ruined every surprise Matt has ever had for me. Well, he finally got me back.
About a week and a half before Matt and I ordered a scale online (yes, I do a lot of my shopping online) and it was delivered while I was at the doctors. Matt thought it was his mom's Christmas present that had been back ordered so he opened it. When it wasn't what he thought he went on our Amazon account to see if his mom's gift had shipped yet. So he logs on to the account what does he see at the top of the page? A shiny new I-Pod touch sitting nicely under the "Shipped" category. As I was leaving the doctor's I called Matt to tell him I was on my way home and he precedes to tell me that we got our scale and he went on our Amazon account to check on his mom's gift. I stay calm HOPING that he didn't see it. Without skipping a beat he asks me..."Did you order and I-Pod?" So there you have it. All of the surprises I have ruined he finally got me back :( Needless to say he was very excited, but it definitely did not work out as planned.