Move Over Bubble Yum

We've got a new bubble blower in town!

This seems to be one of her favorite things to do. When she is fussy, she starts blowing spit bubbles and it calms her down. It's kinda gross, kinda funny and, honestly, kinda impressive! I can't even blow bubblegum bubbles that big!

Ribbit

Betcha' can't guess what these videos are? TONGUE VIDEOS!!

Lizard or Frog? You decide.

I'm not sure this ever gets old! At least, not to me.

Way Back When-esday - You Are Now Free To Move About The Country

Back in September I was able to capture this amazing photo which I still think should be in a Southwest Airlines ad campaign. Anyone know of any hookups?

Again, over the weekend, I tried to recreate the same picture, but wasn't able to do it justice. I seriously took over 50 pictures trying to get the wing to focus in the background, but I still couldn't recreate my masterpiece. This is the best I could do.

Dig out your old photos and play along with Way Back When-esday at Twinfatuation!

On a side note, I had to take Kaylynn to the doctor this morning. During the flight home she was tugging on her ears and since she has been home, she has been coughing a lot, running a slight fever and this morning she woke up with gunk in her eye. Turns out she has an ear infection in both ears and pink eye! Hopefully we will start to get it cleared up before we travel to Cali on Friday, otherwise, it will make for an interesting vacation!

Hunter Turns 1

Kaylynn and I flew to Tulsa (with the help of Grandma...I couldn't do it by myself!) for Hunter's first birthday party! I did not enjoy my experience flying back in September and was nervous about this flight too. The flight to Tulsa was picture perfect! She slept the entire time. The flight back was NOT picture perfect. She was fussy, tugging on her ears and coughing a lot. Getting through security is always quite the struggle, but we made it! Phewwww!

Our trip out there was short and sweet. We got to spend some time with Hunter and my brother...

...play with the kids...

...Kaylynn chased Hunter...

...Kaylynn was jealous of Hunter's toys...

...and we all had some great family time!

Hunter's party was so much fun! Hunter got lots of toys and Kaylynn enjoyed playing with them.

Happy Birthday Hunter!

Sitting on Santa's Lap

We took Kaylynn to the mall to see Santa and she did so well! She was mesmerized! Santa even gave her a book! I was very proud of her for not screaming!

Zoo Lights with Tay

We went to Zoo Lights tonight with some friends, Laura and Clint, and their 9 month old daughter, Taylor. It interfered with both of their schedules, but we sure made the best of it! Here are some pictures from the night.

All bundled up (it was finally cold!)...

The girls!

Both girls were amazingly good and they really enjoyed each other and the lights! Here is a little glimpse into the light show.

Little Miss Independent

I've been working endlessly on trying to introduce Kaylynn into finger foods and she just isn't having it. She will eat crackers and such, but if it's real food, forget it. I've tried pears, mashed potatoes (which isn't even a finger food), Cheerios, green beans, bananas and avocados. She has rejected them all. I gave her some grated cheese this week and she handled that just fine, but she has a hard time picking it up off the tray. I went to one of my favorite websites wholesomebabyfood.com and realized that I am way behind on introducing new foods to KK. So I made a list, went to the grocery store and pureed away tonight. I have broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, blueberries and cantaloupe! I also picked up some low sodium Ritz, graham crackers, yogurt, apple sauce, colby cheese and cream cheese. I plan on experimenting over the next couple of days. I'm super excited to start trying new things! I'm also going to attempt to add a third "meal" to her day. Right now she does 4 bottles and 2 meals. For her "lunch" today, she had a graham cracker and vanilla yogurt. She really enjoyed the graham cracker and even was taking bites of it!

I also read that she is supposed to start feeding herself. The website gave me tricks on how to to teach her to feed herself and so I had a bowl of thick oatmeal and gave her the bowl and spoon, and here is what happened...

Pretty good if you ask me. :) I'll keep on working on it, but as of now, I'm just glad she can hold the spoon and find her mouth!

If you notice in the picture above, she has 2 teeth on the bottom. Much to my surprise, I found yet another tooth today! (Actually, Ty did, but same diff) It's up top and pretty far to the right. Not exactly the place I was looking. ;) So far, we have 3 teeth! Yay for teeth! Boo for crankiness that comes with teeth. :(