I just wannna...

squeeze
these

cheeks!

love this lil man

way

to much!


I took these of Kellan the other day when he discovered himself in his swing! He was talking and smiling and almost laughing at himself! It was the sweetest thing to watch and just melted my heart!

Obsessed

Kerrington's new obsession...

Lip gloss, lip stick, or chapstick.

The only problem with this is that it typically never lands on her lips.

I got the BRIGHT idea to get her some chapstick for Christmas. I think she has eaten 80% of the chapstick. Oh boy...

The Greatest Show On Earth!

Last Saturday (I know...just getting around to blogging about it...eeeekkk!) we went with my family to The Greatest Show On Earth! It really was so much fun! I think I enjoyed it so much because I got to see it through the eyes of our baby girl! She really had a lot of fun and talked about the lions (roooarrrr) and the elephants (oooooo!) the next morning when she woke up!

We met at Mellow Mushroom for some pre-show pizza...yummy! Then headed over to the civic center. We went to the evening show and of course it was packed! They had a pre-show starting at 6:00pm so we got there in enough time to take it all in! The show consisted of many acts, including magic, tight rope, tumblers, dogs, elephants, lions, motorcycles, clowns, and birds to name a few.

Kerrington was a trooper through it all and stuck it out. Not surprised here. This girl would keep going if we let her, I really wonder how long she would stay up if we let her before crashing! She even stayed up for the car ride home!

It was a great time, I can't wait til they're back in town and we can go again with Kerrington, maybe next time they're here Kellan will be old enough to get excited about it too!

Here are some pics of the show:

K and her daddy getting a lil pre-show action in down by THE circus ring!

They brought out one of the elephants and she made a foot print with paint!

And of course daddy HAD to get her some Cotton Candy (that came with a complimentary hat, for the cheap price of $10!!!). Just in case you were wondering it was taken away from her soon after she got back to her seat, we didn't let her eat it all...

Kellan enjoyed the show for a lil while!

Mesmerized! (notice the tattoo on her hand!)

Elephants (or in Kerrington's words... '000000!' with a lil arm movement for the elephant's nose)

My favorite, the tumblers!

Zing, Zang, Zoom! This guy was awesome!

Smile

Capturing Kellan's first smiles!

Elmo Potty

Kerrington has shown some intrest in the potty on and off for a couple months. I haven't pushed it because frankly, I haven't had the time to devote to it! Well, while I was out today, I saw that Babies R Us had an Elmo potty. Kerrington is really in to Elmo right now so I decided to give it a shot. I got home, and after lunch we set it up. It is now 2 o'clock, she is napping, and she has gone pee pee in the potty 4 times!

We started offering her treats (Whoppers) if she went potty so she has gotten some goodies so far today! I hope that she keeps it up and we can (crossing my fingers) only have one in diapers soon! I know the down side to that is we'll have to respond to potty requests every where we go...but I'd rather do that then pay for more diapers! So, wish us luck! We'll see how it goes...

Eating her Whopper on her brand new Elmo potty!

Smiling (kind of) for the camera!

Big Sister

Such a good big sister...


helping out...

her brother...

any way she can!

Happy 1 Month Kellan

I know I've said it before with Kerrington, but I REALLY can't believe that my baby boy is already 1 month old! This month has flown by especially with the holidays. Kellan spent just one night in the hospital and got to come home the very next day, but spent the next four days underneath the bili blanket due to jaundice! The following two weeks our sweet lil one was sick. He caught the virus that our girl had the weeks before and we had to drop saline and breast milk down his nose and suction with every feed.


Finally at about 3 weeks he was healthy! It's been a crazy couple of weeks getting adjusted to another baby in the house. Needless to say, Kerrington has been doing some adjusting on her own as well. I'm not going to say it was easy, but I do think we're getting better.


Here's the latest on Kellan:

• Weighed 10 lbs 5 oz today at his weight check (Kerrington was 8 lbs 13oz at hers!).


• Still fitting is some Newborn clothing...barely though. Size 0-3M fits well.


• Wearing size 1 diapers.


• Feeding between every 2-3 hours for about 1/2 to 45 mins every feed


• He has had some good nights and bad nights with sleep. I know it's not good...but he's been sleeping next to me in bed. It's the only way that I can function (and by function, I mean get some sleep), so it works for us! Once he starts not eating quite as much we'll work on the sleeping thing.


• He's a gassy lil one...we've starting giving gas drops for that.


• His umbilical cord fell off last Wednesday (finally!), but we didn't get around to giving him a REAL bath until Sunday. He wasn't too crazy about it though.


• He seems pretty low key and laid back, but like I've been telling people, I think I'm probably comparing him to how Kerrington acts now so of course he'd seem that way! :)

We're loving our new family...I just wish time would slow down sometimes and not go by so fast! We are so blessed and so happy to be raising these two sweet little blessings!

Christmas Part 2

Last Thursday December, 30th Gigi, Papaw, and Aunt Mo traveled down from Indiana to celebrate Christmas with us! The got in right around Kerrington's bedtime so we just put her to sleep before they got there so she would be (um) a happy girl in the morning and not stay up to late. So, Friday morning we got up and kept the kiddos in the bedroom while we got everyone else up and ready for the big (second) Christmas surprise!

We had a good morning together of opening up Christmas presents from all the family up North. Kerrington and Kellan got spoiled, once again! We spent the rest of the day hanging out, playing with toys, and visiting. It was a great second Christmas!


Waiting to go out to the living room to see the surprise!

Minnie and Mickey stuffed animals!

She loved the Minnie Mouse music set!

Watching her Green Eggs and Ham dvd from Gigi and Papaw.

Dana and Kellan after opening all the toys.

Playing with her Minnie Mouse drum set!

The Family.