September in Colorado

We were really lucky to be able to spend a weekend in Estes Park, Colorado in September. Our good friends Brett and Robin moved to Colorado about 4 months ago and they had access to a condo in Estes so we went with our little girls and had a great time. We ate homemade ice cream multiple times, went to the candy store, saw a herd of elk multiple times, went swimming, took naps, had donuts for breakfast and grilled steak and corn for dinner, etc. It was wonderful. A really cool part about it too was Craigs parents were there finishing a week long vacation also so we were able to spend the day with them. It was so fun seeing Dan and Sharon with Kailin. She was so sweet and did such a great job. Here is a slide of pictures from our trip. We love Estes Park. About 5 years ago it is where we went on our Honeymoon and it will always be one of my favorite places.

So.................

So I don't know if anyone reads our blog anymore and to be honest I really haven't seen it lately either. I feel like I have been so busy with vacations, working and Kailin oh yeah and couponing(my new favorite hobby) that the blog has been on the back burner. I have had some interesting feelings lately regarding where I am in my life and I really feel like I should add them in here as a journal. This is not meant to be a downer just some thoughts. One is How good is inspiration if it does not lead to action? I was thinking of how many times I have heard of amazing people doing amazing things and I think..wow I want to do something like that..yet I haven't. Also another thought I have had is regarding Facebook. I love facebook, because I love seeing peoples pictures and how their life is going however sometimes I am disappointed by links that people put on facebook. Another thing I have been sad about lately is seeing old friends that use to be really strong in the gospel who are no longer close. For example one friend who I always thought of as a strong person now has a religious status of undecided. It makes me sad to wonder what has happened since I saw this person to change them. So I guess along with everything there is good and bad. A good note is my sweet Kailin. She is such a beautiful little girl and so happy. Her facial expressions crack me up and she is so full of life and so pure. It brightens my day to see her every day, I don't mind waking up when she does in the night so we can have some sweet quiet time together, I don't mind cleaning her up after she makes a mess with rice cereal or after she makes a mess in her diaper :) I just love my little bug so much. I guess I now know what moms have always told me that you just can't explain how much you love your child until you have one.

Because she is such a sweet little one it makes it really hard for me to go to work. I don't mind working and to be honest I feel really blessed to have a job during these tough economic times but lately as Kailin is getting older each day worked is getting harder and harder to leave her. One of my challenges lately I guess.

On a positive note we have had a lot of fun since september including vacations to Colorado and Georgia, so enjoy the pictures.

Hi Everyone

Hi,

This is Kailin. I am now six months old or so I am told. I just got back from a really long plane flight with mommy and daddy, they said I did good. I had such a fun time playing dress up in Georgia with my cousin Ellie. She was so sweet and even let me borrow her tutu for some pictures. Here is a preview of one. My mom takes a lot of pictures and since she is pretty busy who knows when she will get more pictures up. I love you all.

Hugs and Kisses,

Kailin

Laughs

We have been so busy lately and will post about that later, but for now I wanted to share a cute video of our bug laughing.

Kailin playing

Here is Kailin squealing a bit :)

5 Months!!

Kailin is getting more and more fun every day. She is constantly learning so much. I was going to post when she turned four months but her appt was so close to her 5th month that I thought I would just add the highlights here. She is still really petite. Here are her stats:

Weight: 12lbs 14 oz 18th percentile
Height: 24 1/2 in 34th percentile
Head circumference: 41.75 58th percentile

As of now this is what she likes:

ESPN with daddy-especially Boise State Bronco highlights
She loves Daddy and will stop anything to watch what he is up to.
She loves a horse toy she has
The exersaucer
The bumbo and play mat
Books
Music
She loves, loves to splash in the bath water and then looks confused when she splashes water on her face.
She loves her mommy and smiles every morning
She loves to chat and really likes to squeal(sp). In fact she will squeal over any other communication.
She loves to sleep in her crib
Rice cereal

What she doesn't Like
Loud noises that catch her off guard
Being too cold or too hot
She goes back and forth between liking her binkie and not liking her binkie, as of now she likes it.
Does not like the booger sucker
doesn't like to be in one place for too long, she gets bored. On the 5th of September we took some pictures of her.
Funny things we love about her:
She is very selective on who she smiles at, poor Ashley who watches her has only gotten a few smiles.
She is starting to jump in her exersaucer and thinks it is the best thing ever
She has rolled over a few times and we are working with her to roll over more.
Sometimes she just likes to complain.
We absolutely love this

I am a little biased but I think she might be one of the cutest girls I have ever seen, people all over tell me she looks like a porcelin doll with her pale skin and blue eyes. I think I would agree.