Kyla - 3 Months

Little Kyla is three months old and boy are we all enjoying this stage. I forgot how fun babies are at this age. Kyla sure has grown a lot in just the last three months. Take a look at just how big she has gotten. This is her as a newborn, at one month, at two months, and at three months.

Kyla is smiling all the time and her colicky periods are getting shorter. She is cooing and making lots of fun new sounds as well as working hard to move her hands and grab things. She has already learned how to grab my hair. Kyla loves to sit up and when I lay her down or put her in the swing; she stretches and uses her little abs to try and sit. She really likes the bumbo chair. She also likes to stand on my lap and look at the things that are going on around her. She especially likes to watch her big sisters.

Kyla knows who her mom is and is already showing signs of stranger anxiety. Isn't she too little for that? I expect her to let anyone hold her but the last few times I have given her to someone else she looks at them, her little lip starts to quiver, and she screams until I come and rescue her. As soon as I hold her she stops crying right away. She has even done this a few times when people just look at her. She goes to her dad and she tolerates all of the love from her sisters but she is already a little momma's girl.

Kyla sleeps through the night most of the time but her naps during the day are still very sporadic and inconsistent. She sleeps in her own bed in our room great at night but she won't sleep in there for long stretches during the day. I can get her to take a half hour nap in there if I am lucky. She sleeps the best when I hold her during the day. She still nurses every three hours during the day and is awake more often and likes to interact with us.

Kyla will wink at me all the time. She still spits up a lot and she cries frequently during the day but she doesn't cry near as much as she used to. Kyla has had a bad cold these last few days but that hasn't stopped her from smiling. I just feel bad for her since she sounds so congested. We all seriously adore this little girl. Brynlee likes to pretend Kyla is her baby all the time and she tries to change her, dress her up, and take care of her. Annalyn is constantly giving Kyla kisses and doting on her. She is one well loved little baby. Happy three months Kyla girl.

August 2014

The first week of August was full of lots of fun and excitement with the celebration of Janeen's wedding. It took us about a week to recover and we spent the week playing at home doing crafts, playing outside, and relaxing at home. My girls have been really into dress-up lately. Annalyn has been on a swimming suit kick where the only thing she wants to wear is a swimming suit. During the third week of August I stayed home a lot while we potty trained Annalyn. Although we made a few trips to the park, the ward party, and grandma's house that week. Then I ended up getting really sick with some kind of a stomach flu. I had a high fever and felt miserable for a good three days. It made me really grateful for good health. Luckily no one else got sick. Here are some of the pictures from the last month.

This is Elsa. Brynlee was eaten by a witch but will return in a few days. In the meantime Elsa is staying with us.

Brynlee dressed Annalyn up in the fancy little outfit one day but when Annalyn came out she didn't have a shirt on. Brynlee pranced Anna out and announced to Joel and me, "This is Ariel from Pagoon."

"Where is her shirt?" Joel asked.

"Dad," Brynlee responded, "Mermaids don't wear shirts, they only wear bras." Brynlee then marched Annalyn back to her room and then Annalyn strutted back into the room with this little piece of fabric that Brynlee tied around to make up her bra. 

Not only does Annalyn love wearing swim suits, she likes to carry around some extra ones just in case she feels like changing. One day she fell asleep on the carpet with her extra swim suits in her hand. On another day we went to visit grandma and Annalyn was wearing a swim suit while Brynlee was wearing a winter hat and scarf. It wasn't that cold but it wasn't hot either. When we walked outside Annalyn exclaimed that she was cold and Brynlee was quick to tell Anna, "Yeah, Anna, that is why you should've wore a snow hat, like me."

Annalyn only likes to eat "See E Oh" in the mornings for breakfast and will often times eat two or three bowls along with all of Brynlee leftovers. Her favorite thing is to get a straw and blow bubbles in it. She also likes to wear my lipstick. 

My girls love having picnics outside and inside when it is a rainy day. Brynlee is good at packing the lunches. They have also been playing with Kyla a lot lately. Brynlee likes to pretend that she is Kyla's mom. My mom brought over some clothes that she found at a garage sale one day and Brynlee matched them up into outfits and planned what she wanted to wear for the next week. 

 

My mom really wanted pictures of all of the grandkids and we attempted to take a group shot one morning but the kids were not very cooperative. 

We played outside a few time this month. Annalyn decided she isn't afraid of water balloons anymore so she had fun playing with them. Joel had to help come up with the entertainment for our ward party so he brought the train there and it has been at our house for the last few days. Annalyn would rather ride on the four wheeler with Joel since she thinks it is too bumpy in the back but they still love that thing. We played on the waterslide a few more times but we are ready to take it down now. It is starting to get cold. 

I finally decided to brave taking all of the girls out by myself so we went to Walmart and we managed it pretty well with only one major meltdown from Annalyn and a few minor ones from Brynlee. Kyla slept the whole time so I figured with my sister Alesha's help we could manage a trip to the mall since I really needed some new shoes. That trip was terrible. Annalyn fell asleep on the way over so she was grouchy and the baby cried the whole time she was in the stroller. Alesha carried Annalyn, I carried the baby and pushed Brynlee in the double stroller. We got lunch in the food court but Brynlee was really mad when Anna got the toy she wanted. Then Annalyn got yogurt on her skirt and decided she needed to go potty so she started stripping in the middle of the food court. When I wouldn't let her change she threw herself on the ground, cried, and rolled away from me and then promptly stood up and started to take off her skirt and panties. Brynlee had to go potty to so I left the baby with Alesha and took the girls to the bathroom. I quickly helped Annalyn in the stall and Brynlee went in by herself. Anna was almost done when I could hear Brynlee calling me. "Mom, help me mom! I need to poop some more but my poop won't come out." How am I supposed to help her with that? After washing Annalyn's hands I went in to help Brynlee, she didn't even shut her stall door. Annalyn tried to crawl under the door and bumped her head and got a good cut and started crying. I was glad to get out of there and Alesha was happy to see me since Kyla cried the whole time we were gone. I had to put Kyla in the moby wrap so she would stop crying. That made trying on shoes kind of tricky and I never did find any sandals. I did buy some shoes since it was such a huge ordeal I didn't want to leave empty handed. Eventually we took the kids to the indoor park to play and then we left.  

Life sure has been exciting lately. I love these girls. 

Janeen's Wedding

Joel's youngest sister, Janeen was married at the beginning of August and we had a lot of fun celebrating her marriage with all of the family. Janeen looked beautiful and we were excited to welcome Jacob to our family. Now My girls have an Uncle Jake and an Uncle Jacob. All of Joel's siblings and all of their children were there and we had so much fun together. The adults spent a lot of time getting ready for the wedding while the kids had a blast playing together. The kids went swimming twice at the big pool and they played on a big blow up water slide one day. They played on Aunt Joanna's swing, went on some train rides, painted, watched movies, and played with toys. They had a blast. Brynlee even got to spend the night with her cousin Madison one day and she didn't want to come home the next day. She has been begging to do that again.

Janeen was married on Friday morning in the Boise Temple. It was so neat to be with all of Joel's siblings in the temple. Joel and I were married in the same place so it brought back lots of good memories. Janeen wanted all of the grandkids in the pictures so they all came to the temple after the wedding. I had my sister Alesha bring our girls to the temple. This was the first time Kyla has ever been away from me. It was only for like an hour so we both handled it well. Kyla is the 30th grand baby on Joel's side of the family so there were a lot of kids. Everyone cooperated for the pictures so they didn't take very long. Then we were off to eat lunch and hang out with the kids until the reception started that night.

Joanna did most of the decorating for the reception and everything looked beautiful. There were sandwiches and fruit and veggies to eat. After my girls ate and had some cake we sent all the kids into the other room where they played games until it was time for Janeen to cut the cake. After the cake all of the grandkids sang and danced to the Everything is Awesome song. They even got Janeen and Jacob to come and dance with them. Brynlee got way into the dancing but Annalyn just stayed by me. Eventually Anna danced for a little bit and then the reception was over and we got to watch Janeen and Jacob drive away in their nice decorated car. I went home and put the kids to bed while Joel stayed to help clean up. I wish I brought my camera with me because I didn't get any pictures.

On Saturday we spent another day with Joel's family. The kids went swimming and played while we hung out and talked. I decided we really need to get Brynlee some swimming lessons. She would hardly get in the water. Then we went to the ward rodeo with Joel's family. Brynlee and Annalyn got to ride horses with Aunt Joanna and they loved that. Brynlee was acting kind of funny that night and we decided we had better take her home when she threw up all over outside in the dirt. She seemed fine after that so I think she just got to hot or something. We had so much fun hanging out with family. It was nice to have so many people around to hold the baby and play with my girls. It was so fun to celebrate with Janeen on her special day. We sure are excited for her and we are happy to welcome Jacob into the family.