For those of you who don't know, I am one of three girls. And my three girls are the first three grandbabies on my side of the family. Also, of the nine grandkids on the May side, only two are boys. So, you can imagine how exciting everyone is for the newest addition: Jaxon Hogan, my sister Lexie and her husband Shane's baby. Welcome to the world, cutie! 7 lb. 11 ozs., 19.5" long, born Aug. 24, 2008.
On Monday, Kira started her first day of Kindergarten. Yeah! She was so excited. I thought she might have a hard time when I was leaving, but the only person that was upset was Kamber, because she couldn't go to school, too! She has done great so far. . . here is a picture of her with her backpack. Again, no idea what is with the face. . . either I am a terrible photographer (very possible) or Kira just doesn't photograph very well. Anyway. . .
Today she managed to get lost. Appartently she lined up with the bus kids at the end of the day and was about to get on a bus when her teacher realized she was gone. There were several teachers out looking for her and the rest of the class couldn't be excused until she was found. That's my girl!
http://www.bettycrocker.com/Recipes/Recipe.aspx?recipeId=9054
Yum, yum, yum! I made this with fat free sour cream and it was a pretty nutritious meal, too!
Okay, I am sure this is extremely tacky, but I need some encouragement to lose some of this baby weight. So, I am going to use you all to keep me going! I have a little side bar with the amount of weight I want to lose and each day I will add (hopefully never!) or subtract to it. I am hoping that with everyone I know watching my weight loss, I won't have the nerve to cheat. So, thanks for your help!
Okay it seriously looks like we dyed our baby's hair. She has really dark hair, but the roots are growing in very blonde. I am so excited! Brandon was a little toe-head and I have really wanted one of our babies to be really blonde. Maybe Kendi will be that blonde for me!!!
Okay, one more. Have any of you ever tried to get your baby to sleep on their side? From my experience it is nearly impossible. They always roll onto their back. Not so with my little babe. She LOVES to be on her side. If you put her on her back, she will roll to her side. And she rolls from side to side. Yes, ALREADY ROLLING!!! Can you believe it?
The big 5! Kira turned 5 on August 9th. She told me she wanted a suprise birthday, with a pink cake and number candle on the cake and green sprinkles. She was very specific. I am not sure if she really knew what a suprise party was, but I decided to try and suprise her. We didn't tell her it was her birthday all day and then we suprised her at the Reeves' home with a pizza party. This was the look on her face when we walked in and everyone yelled "Suprise!"
And no, I have no idea what the deal is with her smile. That's just Kira for ya!
At the hospital I had a nurse telling me about all the people she knew that were born breech. . . and how backward they all were! I was hoping she was wrong, but Kendi does have a few odd habits. She is rather cranky and doesn't like very many things. She likes her swing okay sometimes, but at 4 weeks figured out how to roll out of the swing.
The goofiest looking one ever! What a silly girl. These are called Soothies and she loves them! Kamber was very good about falling asleep with the binky in and then spitting it out shortly thereafter and staying asleep. Not so with Kendi. She wakes up if the binky comes out and, yes, you guessed it, starts crying. What a goober!
Okay, here is the newest tag. The Olympic 8's:
8 TV shows I like to watch:
House, So You Think You Can Dance, Grey's Anatomy, Bones, American Idol, ummmm, So You Think You Can Dance, Word World, and Backyardigans. (Yes, I do have 2 toddlers-- it totally counts!)
8 favorite restaurants:
Cheesecake Factory, Red Robin, Salad Creations, Chipotle, Panera, Papa John's, the Smoothie place (what's it called? And yes, it counts-- it is a full meal!), and Hot Dog on a Stick (No, I am not 12-- I just like corn dogs!)
8 things that happened today:
All 5 of us got to church on time, I colored pictures with my girls, I cooked lunch AND dinner, I lost 1 more pound, I ate too many jelly beans (Jelly Belly Cold Stone series- SOOO good!), I laughed at this new blog I found (thanks Lindsey) http://www.cakewrecks.blogspot.com/, watched the Olympics, and kissed my baby lots and lots!
8 things I am looking forward to:
Brandon finishing school, moving to a larger place, being done with physical therapy, being skinny again, running again, having a neat and clean house (I am feeling so motivated today!), getting some (or all) of the Little Miss/Mr. Men series of books for the girls (I LOVED these as a kid! So cute!), Halloween
8 things I love about summer:
Ummmm, well. . . . I love Kira in the summer, Kamber in the summer, Kendi in the summer, Brandon in the summer, swimming is okay once in a while, and. . . well, have you ever been to Vegas in the summer???? I love that after summer is fall. . . does that count?
8 Olympic events I want to see:
Gymnastics, swimming, track, long-distance running (boring, I know), volleyball, beach volleyball, diving, basketball, gymnastics
8 things on my wish list:
two more hours a day to myself, to be skinny, to be in shape, to be able to organize my house, more money, to sell my creations somewhere-anywhere!, my baby to sleep all through the night, a wider backseat in my car, a bigger house, a sewing ROOM (not a sewing patio!), the ability to eat ice cream and jelly beans and not gain weight, cute clothes, my arm to have full extension, oh wait-- was it only supposed to be 8? Oops!
8 people to tag:
Okay, everybody I know-- all 8 of you! ;0)
Does anyone have any good ideas to get my little one to sleep longer at night? Every hour and a half just isn't working for us. And yes, she is eating A TON! At this rate she will be 20 pounds by 2 months! I just can't get her to sleep longer than an hour and a half at a time for most of the night, although she does fall asleep fast. Any suggestions?
(Holy cow, there really are other people out there with my name! And spelled the same way, too! I guess there are other people besides my parents who don't abide by the "i before e except after c" rule! ;0) )
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