Saturday, November 14, 2009

Kinsley - 3 Months!

Kinsley's 3 month birthday was yesterday. We celebrated by hitting up a consignment store and getting a new "toy." See video below. :)



Kinsley has been steadily gaining weight and continuing to eat every 3 hours except at night. She eats a 3 course meal at every feeding. She usually has two appetizers of mommy's milk and then a main course of formula from a bottle. At her last appt. she weighed 10.13lbs and is in the 25th%. My friend Rachel always lists what her little girl can do each month, so I'm stealing her idea. Thanks Rachel!

At 3 months Kinsley:

  • smiles tons
  • giggled for the first time on the plane ride home from Dallas
  • likes to talk to anyone who will listen
  • loves looking in the mirror and watching videos of herself on the computer
  • is starting to like facing out in the Baby Bjorn
  • still loves her her swing(s)
  • grabs things accidentally but then purposely put things in her mouth
  • has very strong little chicken legs - she likes to stand, especially in front of a mirror
  • loves watching the movie Cars :) (see video below)
  • likes to watch the dogs play
  • is sleeping through the night, usually about 8-10 hours. Yipee!
  • has her mommy wrapped around her little finger.

Last weekend Louie, Kinsley and I went to Dallas so Daddy could go to a joints conference and get a break from work and Rochester. We ate Mexican food 3 days in a row! We stayed with our friends Lisa and Kris. They have a little one named Whitney who is exactly 5 months older than Kinsley. It worked out well because we were able to just borrow baby stuff so we didn't have to bring as much. Thanks Lisa!! I was not very good about taking pictures. I only got one with Lisa. :( We were really busy the whole time but that's no excuse! The few pics that I did get are in the slide show below. Louie was busy from about 7am-7pm every day but it was still good to get away. Louie says that coming back to MN gets more and more difficult every time. We are really looking forward to moving back to Texas. This Christmas will be the half-way mark. We started with 60 months and we are currently down to 31 months... slowly but surely we will get there. In the meantime, we are enjoying our everyday MN life, which isn't too difficult with our little blessing.

Enjoy the pictures and videos below!













Just had to add these before and after shots. Amazing!



Monday, November 2, 2009

Miss Kinsley

Kinsley news: We went for a weight check today and she has gained nearly a pound in two weeks! She was 9.8lbs on Mon. the 19th and is now at 10.7lbs. She has moved from the 12% to the 22%. Yay Kinsley!
My new favorite picture:

Louie's Birthday and Halloween

Louie's Birthday was Oct. 19th. We had a great dinner with some friends while my good friend, Kristin and her daughter, Madison watched Kinsley. Thanks Kristin and Madison!
Louie asked for money for his birthday to go towards his new and latest hobby, playing the guitar. I'm pretty excited about this one. It definitely beats hockey! His guitar is beautiful and he has already learned a couple of songs. He hasn't let me snap any photos just yet but I will post some soon.
Below is a slideshow of Lou's b-day and Kinsley's first Halloween. :)

Texas Trip Part 2

Kinsley and I had a blast on our trip to Texas. We had a total of 7 flights and she did great! I was a proud mama. Below is a slide show of my friend Katie's reception. So fun! My mom and Marcus babysat so I could go out with the ladies. It was so great to hang out with the girls. I also added some more photos to the the Texas Trip Part 1 slide show in the previous post. Enjoy!

Two more videos of Kinsley talking: