Six Months = Unbelievable (Part 1)

How can time move so slow when you're a kid but so fast when you're an adult? It doesn't make sense to me.

It doesn't make sense that my Kynnedy is 7 days away from being HALF a YEAR old. We were at the hospital just yesterday right?? We were just telling our families we were pregnant last week, right???

It doesn't make sense that she can look like me and look like her daddy all at the same time.

It doesn't make sense that she is actually a human child. (that sounds weird but it's true..for me anyway).

It doesn't make sense when people call me a mom. It still sounds weird to me.

It doesn't make sense that I've already had to clean out her closet and drawers of outgrown clothes 3 times.

What does make sense? She's mine and I love her.

5 Months and counting

Kynnedy, you have grown and changed so much in a short amount of time.

In the first few weeks, you were pulling yourself up into sitting positions, but you couldn't seem to stay there. By New Year's Eve, you sat up unassisted for the first time!

You outgrew the bassinet because you would pull yourself up in it to look at the dogs over the edge.

Your hair is growing longer and getting more and more of it.

You make this humming noise that is so funny to watch. I think it must feel funny on your lips. Then you started "talking" saying "ya ya ya ya", mainly when you were tired or trying to be funny. Then you sometimes get on a gurgling/laughing kick that lasts until you tire out, which is also funny.

You love your dogs, Chloe and Roxy. They sniff you all over and try to lick your hands and face and you think it's the funniest thing ever. You giggle and smile and look to Daddy to make sure you're still ok.

We tried to give you rice cereal, but you didn't like it at all. Then we tried oatmeal, you kind of liked it, but not for very long.

You grabbed anything and everything that was anywhere near you, and attempted/managed to get it in your mouth.

You celebrated your first Christmas. You got a bunch of presents from your grandparents and you had lots of fun chewing on bows.

You helped celebrate your great-great Grandma's 101st birthday.

You stayed with your first babysitter, outside of family, for the first time.

You got your first picture taken with Santa Claus.

Christmas Eve at Grandee and Grandaddy's

Time to wake up! It's Christmas!

New Year's Eve

Merry Christmas!

4 months

Kynnedy, 4 months was a big month for you!

-It was your First Thanksgiving!
-You chewed on your thumb a lot.
-You could go 3-4 hours between feedings.
-You found your feet.
-You rolled over from back to tummy. Which it made you spit up every time. And then you would get mad because you couldn't roll back over.
-Your eyebrows were getting darker.
-You wiggled and squirmed a lot.
-We practiced sitting up, but you would start falling head first, and then get mad.
-You took the longest naps at home (2-3 hours, twice a day), and only short cat-naps when you were away from home (20-30 minutes, 2 or 3 times a day).
-You've started putting your arm above your head when you eat or when you are relaxed, kinda like Daddy.
-At Thanksgiving, Mommy was holding you and you were looking at Grandaddy and you fussed until Mommy passed you to Grandaddy, then you were happy. Grandaddy was pretty proud.

New trick

I always hesitate to post videos on Facebook, but I think I'm safe here.

Kynnedy recently started making this really loud noise with her mouth. It's HILARIOUS. To us anyway.

I was going to upload another but this thing took like a week to process. So nevermind.

We working on getting her to laugh. We can only get the good laughs when the camera is not in her face. She gets easily distracted by the camera. 

Kynnedy and Politics

Kynnedy has become quite the political social butterfly.

This was her at her first watch party - the primary - July 27, 2010 - 8 days old

This was at her second watch party - the runoff - August 24, 2010 - 6 weeks old

And this was her third watch party - general election - Nov 2, 2010 - 3 1/2 months old

And she's become quite the little chunk!

She is so much fun. She is so happy to see us in the morning. We get all sorts of smiles then. She's able to hold her head up really well and we're working on the sitting up too. Love love love her.

My Three Month Old Baby Girl

At three months, you...

started laughing, not real loud or very often. But just a little.

started grasping and pulling things, like mommy's hair.

held your head up all the time.

played with your hands, folding them together and chewing on them.

liked to be entertained.

could wear headbands now.

celebrated your first Halloween and dressed up as a mermaid.

grew and changed overnight!