Kensie crawling.... finally!

Kensie finally made some progress with her crawling. For weeks she has been trying, but never quite getting it right. Honestly, I put her on the couch, just to get a picture of her reaching for the remote, which is pretty cute in itself. But, then she started to do the butt in the air thing and I noticed she was moving forward! What a treat!

New pictures!

Pictured above, Kensie and her new haircut! What do you think??

Well, it has been a while since I have posted, not for lack of trying! I haven't been able to upload pictures very well for weeks now. I would try and try, and the system would just time out! So, I downloaded a new internet browser and the first picture I tried to upload worked! Keep your fingers crossed that the trend continues.

Kensie has been eating a lot lately, and growing rapidly. She is eating yogurt and hard biscuits and all sorts of new fruits, like guava and mango! She is also becoming quite the busy-body, always having to see what is going on... even when she is supposed to be eating. She cries when we leave the room, and bounces with glee when we appear. She especially loves seeing animals, like Heather's dog Dugan and our cats.

Speaking of Heather, we went to Virginia Beach last weekend. Just me and the bean. It was not the most pleasant travel experience, but not bad. We had pretty sympathetic seat-mates, who found Kensie adorable... even when she was kicking and wiggling most of the trip. At the airport, during our first layover, I had to rush around to find hot water to heat a bottle. It was super tough, because I got behind some freak ordering a special coffee drink (not on the menu) at Starbuck's and the associate couldn't figure out how to price it. I did eventually get my hot water, but by the time I got to the gate, everyone had boarded and they were waiting for me! Ouch! I hate being "that person." On the trip home we had 2 hours to kill in Newark, so we got some Yo Baby yogurt and I fed it to her, while we watched the planes taxi in and out.

In other news, we are working on the house a lot, getting it ready to sell. We got new carpet and bedroom furniture. Had the stairs un-carpeted and finished (who new there was hardwood under there!). Have moved a lot of our "extra" furniture to the basement to make the place appear uncluttered. And have a new front door coming soon. The big things left are painting the front stoop and porch floor.

Happy Baby

Gigi visits

Gigi came to visit and did all sorts of fun things with Kensie, like reading books and eating yummy food. It was such a good weekend, to be able to relax and let grandma do all the little things!

Above Kensie got dressed up in her favorite Michigan outfit. We probably took about 10 pictures of her, and most of them were total duds. Sometimes she just isn't very photogenic! She'll need to work on her modeling skills if she ever wants to become an Anne Geddes baby!

Your baby can read!

No, Kensie is not actually reading yet. I see those commercials for the video tape that can supposedly teach babies to read and I scoff! Seriously, babies cannot read.

Babies chew on books. They haphazardly thumb through the pages -- sometimes backwards or upside down.

They do not read. I read to Kensie, and she loves it.

Teething Kensie

Well, Kensie has been teething. At least I think she is. Her runny nose and coughing is in its third week now, but she doesn't seem like she has a cold. She chews on everything, and is a bit whiney. Last night she was actually crying on and off for a few hours leading up to bedtime, so I gave her some Tylenol. She didn't have a temp, but I felt like I needed to give her something. She just seemed so uncomfortable and sad. The good thing about Tylenol is it makes her so tired, so she went to bed at her normal time of 7:30, even though with the time change she should have felt like it was 6:30. I guess I didn't need to worry about the time change impacting her schedule after all!

Along with teething Kensie has been working on crawling. The thing is, she doesn't seem to understand that she must use her arms and legs to move. If you put her on the floor, she lifts her legs and arms up, like she is trying to fly! But alas, this does not allow her to move from her to there... since she is not Peter Pan. Happy thoughts don't work in the real world. Need to use old fashioned hard work, Kensie!

Visiting our friends...

Yesterday we went for dinner at our friends' the Jennings. We brought very yummy Harry's pizza! Before dinner though, we had some "play" time for the kids. Kensie and Kendall really seemed to like the idea of another person about the same size to look at and touch. Kendall loved Kensie so much, she tried to munch on Kensie's hand! Kensie was so excited to be with other kids that she just kep smiling and bouncing and waving her arms. It was all very cute to watch...

After playtime we had dinner and talked about milestones. Kendall is already crawling around (well, more of a pulling around), which is just amazing to see. Kiera is working on potty training and doing very well at it ever since her mom (Cate) said that the stores have decided not to make big diapers anymore. What a creative way to motivate young Kiera! And Kensie is making great strides in her eating. She will try anything we give her, and generally gobbles it all down... from squash to hommus to guacamole! Cate even let us try some solid treats... Gerber puffs and biscuits. Kensie liked them both - no surprise there. I am so glad we visited... not only to catch up with our friends, but to learn about these new foods Kensie could try. I guess I just look at her and think, there is no way she could be eating "real" hard food. But, she can!