When Nana and Grandpa come to visit

When Nana and Grandpa come to visit!

 Saturday-Friday
March 29th - April 4th, 2014

 

 It was Evan's spring break so Nana and Grandpa came to visit while he went to DC! They flew into Phoenix where we met them and spent a few nights at an awesome resort then came back to Fort Defiance for a couple nights. The pictures got a little out of order and I'm lucky to find 5 minutes to sit down and do a blog so unfortunately they are going to stay that way!

The Wigwam resort was beyond awesome! There was so many fun things to do, including lots of fire pits.

It was so nice to go out at night and still have it be warm, so not used to that where we live.

 



 

They had the best pool ever too! At least best pool of any place I've ever stayed at. Grandpa as always was great with his Grandbabies and spent lots of time swimming with them.

 

Ian only got to spend one night with us since he had to go back to work, glad we got some fun swimming time in.

 

I LOVE this little girl. She may be a pain in my butt, and more demanding of my time then I could have ever imagined, but I adore the heck out of her.

Not only was the resort super fun, but it was also gorgeous. We felt like we were at a tropical get away. I have lived in Arizona now for over and year, and when we first arrived I was shocked...completely shocked...like are we still in Arizona shocked. It was so pretty!

 

We just finished eating breakfast outside overlooking a beautiful golf course. Lucky girls!

 



 

 

Ian adores his little girl. I sure am lucky that he is so helpful too, I don't know how I'd do it without him.

 

This day just happened to be our wedding anniversary. How lucky were we to be at such an awesome place to celebrate. It is crazy to think 2 years has already gone by. Our married life hasn't exactly been easy on us (mostly job and money wise), but I can say without a shadow of a doubt that no matter what we go through this guy will always be right here next to me. He is a great match for my crazy personality! Always lets me vent and listens to me whenever I need to talk about something. Helps me pick up the house, because he knows a messy house is the quickest way to make Mama mad, and knows just when I need comforting. It's crazy how much our lives have changed in the past 2 years, here's to hoping they change a whole lot more in the coming years (fingers crossed for a new job)!

I just love this picture of these two looking at each other. She was such a little stinker and just wanted me the whole time (she is a major mama's girl), but that didn't stop my Dad from trying. Kinsley is lucky to have a Grandpa like my Dad

Brody of course had a great time with Nana, his second favorite person in the whole world (he openly admits this, poor Ian!)!!

 

We tried so hard to get pictures of Kins and Bro, but neither of them would work with us. My Mom even bought them cute new outfits just for pictures, you think they would be nice and give us a few good poses.

Despite the look on her face I still think this is a cute picture, look at the cute outfit!! And her skinny little legs, hardly a roll on them. I STILL cant get over how big she was at birth and how skinny she is now.

Headed to the pool! We spent a lot of time there.

 

The people that worked at the resort all drove these golf carts around, I guess Kinsley thought they looked fun :)

 

Bro just kickin it back, enjoying life.

He sure keeps us laughing! I love this silly little boy.

 

 

We seriously got pampered here. They always brought pitchers of ice water and cups to us. On top of that we ordered things and got them hand delivered to us while we lounged away on our chairs, like these smoothies and humus. Yummy!

 

And we got a smile!!

 

Just hanging out with the baby girl.

We loved the fire pits! We ordered smores platters and had a great time. 

 

I loved spending time with my Mom. She has become one of my best friends! Hardly a day goes by that we don't talk and I wouldn't want it any other way. Oh how I wish we lived closer.

 

My babies and I, I love these two so incredibly much!! This is such a cliché thing to say, but they really do make life worth living!

 

I am so lucky to not only have a great Mom but also a great Dad. He is so kind and loving, and has a great deal of patience. And incredibly giving. He wants to see his family happy and will do just about anything to make that happen. I love my Dad!

 

Roasting Smores turned into pyro fun...boys!  

 

They had games set up around the fire pits, I cant remember the name of this one but the kids sure liked it.  

Our last day at the resort, we were sad to leave! 

 

Tuesday we made the 5 hour trip back to good ol Fort Defiance. I was a little nervous to bring my parents here but also excited for them to see our home and where we live. When we first got to town we had to stop at the grocery store (actually in Window rock), I made my mom go in with me and got the look of horror I was expecting once we walked in. And to top it all off a nearly toothless guy asked to use my phone as we were walking out haha, I told her we were lucky he didn't ask for money but I don't think that made things much better. They got to see the Hogan's (round hut type houses consisting of one room, smaller then most people's mater bedrooms) that people really truly live in, oftentimes multiple families in one. The storage units people use as homes, the many stray dogs, the dogs that get ran over and lay there till they rot, the free roaming wild stock...including the 5 or so cows that were hanging out at the gas station, and the less then appealing way most peoples homes look. BUT they also got the see the beautiful rocks surrounding our town, the beautiful wild horses and the forests...yes forests in Arizona. I was happy to show the good and the bad to them, we take it all as it is! We didn't have much time at our house but we did manage to squeeze a dinner in with all 3 sets of missionaries, It was fun having my parents met them and telling lots of Rez stories, mostly about the crazy people who think they talk to horse sprits and the 3 Nephits...yes we have crazies here and that's putting it nicely. But enough of the crazy Rez, it was a great visit with my parents, the only thing that could have made it better would have been for it to be longer. I cant wait till next time!



11 Months

11 Months

Thursday

November 21st, 2013

Miss Kins was so not cooperating with pictures with month. This was the best I could get!

 

 Weight

Her last Doctors appointment was on the 11^th and her stats were 18 pounds 2 ounces for weight and 2 feet 5.75 inches, or 29.75 inches for height. From the charts the doctor printed off I can’t tell the exact percentile but for her height she is between 90 and 95% and for weight she is between 10 and 25%, that’s our tall skinny girl.

Health
She wasn’t doing too good again so I took her into the Doctor and she once again had an ear infection. I’m not sure if it was a new one or just the same one never went away. I feel so bad for her, I personally know what ear infections feel like and they are far from fun. I could tell her ears were bothering her because she would pick at them so much there would be scabs inside her ear. She also had a really bad cold and came home from her appointment with a humidifier, which I might add she absolutely and completely hated. She also is taking Iron supplement drops now because we found out she is anemic. Her doctor was hesitant to test her levels while she was sick but did anyways, and her results were low enough that is was more then just her cold affecting it, so our poor little girl for now is anemic. We knew something was going on because of her little desire to eat much of anything, hopefully the iron helps.

Sleep

She still isn’t sleeping through the night. But I am glad to say that towards the end of the month she started sleeping in again, so glad she isn’t getting up early anymore! Every night I lay a blanket on her and every single night she kicks it off. I’m convinced she doesn’t like them; she always ends up sleeping on top of her blankets. Like clockwork she wakes up between 4:30 and 5 every morning. Ian goes and gets her at that point and she stays in bed with us until he gets up again to get ready for work. She is kind of a crazy sleeper when she’s in our bed; she likes to sleep with her whole body on top of our pillows. Sometimes we will get lucky and she will cuddle but other times she makes having 3 people in a queen bed hard because she doesn’t even want to be touched.

Clothes

Still pretty much the same, 9 and 12 month clothes.

 

Diet

Her diet has kind of gone down hill this month. She doesn’t like to eat a whole lot of anything. When she is in the mood for eating she prefers normal food over baby food. One thing I can say for sure she does like is hot chocolate, if you have some and don’t share good luck! She has finally figured out how to use a Sippy cup, it’s about time little girl!!  

Crying
Other then her normal moodiness this month has been a decent one. She didn’t feel good for part of it so I can’t really count that against her. Other then her sick time she has been a pretty good baby J 



Milestones

Miss Kin’s is becoming cuddlier, this might not be a “milestone” for some babies but for this little girl it is!! At the end of last month she started saying Mama and at the very beginning of this month she was saying Dada but now she isn’t saying either. She only said Mama on and off for maybe a couple weeks and Dada here and there for only a week. She just doesn’t seem too interested in talking. She has become very good at walking with our aid, she hasn’t started walking alone yet but if she’s holding onto someone’s hand she does pretty well. She still has that bottom tooth coming through, no new teeth that are fully out. 

 

Products I'm loving

Her Ear drops and binky clips!!!

 

 

Fun Facts

As Always I have plenty of fun facts for this month. Bro and Kin’s have the cutest relationship ever! She tends to be a little bossy at times but he’s super sweet about it and just takes it. She LOVES him so much; she always wants to be around him and apart of what he is doing. Whenever he uses the restroom she always fallows, sometimes she manages to get in if he doesn’t close the door all the way and she will just sit in there with him and baby chat his head off. Other times he closes the door all the way, which doesn’t make her happy. She will literally wait by the door until he is done; sometimes she even bangs on the door and cries till he comes out. Brody goes to bed a little earlier then Miss kin’s at night, almost every night after he gets into bed she will crawl down the hall, push open the door and start giggling. She goes over by his bed and chats his head off, it is the cutest thing ever…she sure loves her big brother!

She loves dancing with me, I will hold her and dance around the room with her while she smiles and laughs the whole time. She especially loves when I spin her around in the air and dip her; this always gets the biggest smiles and giggles. She is also becoming super ticklish, pretty much in ever imaginable ticklish spot. As you can tell by all of these pictures she absolutely loves to stand in the window seal, it’s pretty cold here so we don’t go out a ton which I feel bad about. I know her looking out the window so much means she would love to go out, I can’t wait till it warms up a little! Other then the window seal and the back door (to look at the dogs), her favorite spot to be is on the top of Brody’s bunk bed.

Kin’s has always favored me, there’s really no other way to put it…she’s a Mamas girl! Which I love and hate at the same time, I love it but this mama would like a break once in a while…a break that didn’t require Ian to hold a screaming baby that more then obviously doesn’t want him. So I am VERY happy to say she is FINALLY starting to warm up to the idea of spending time with Dad, she is even starting to fallow him around the house a little….Thank goodness! I think this is a pretty common one with babies; she is obsessed with TV remote controls and cell phones. Its crazy how much babies catch on to, she will take my phone and put it up to her ear like she’s using it. Sometimes she puts it way back on her head which is even cuter. They can’t be tricked very easily either, I tried giving her an old remote control that didn’t work, ya she didn’t go for that! With how many times this poor girl has been sick she has taken her fair share of medicine, they must make them taste pretty good because she likes it a little too much, and she practically bags for it! Also on a positive note it is getting a lot easier to change her diaper and clothes, she doesn’t fight us quiet as much. Like I mentioned earlier she isn’t saying any real words, but she sure does lots of baby jabber. She is always pointing at things…everything really, puckers her lips and says “oooo”. She loves checking out anything and everything that is hanging on walls; if you pass a picture she will make you stop to inspect it. She also loves to wave, she waves a ton. As soon as you wave back to her though she will stop, but if you walk out the door or turn around she immediately starts waving again, haha we still need to work on that a little. And lastly, I am very sad to say she is revolting against her headbands. This one truly is sad for me for two reasons, 1. She doesn’t have much hair…at all so she can kind of look like a little boy without a headband on and 2. She is so dang adorable with them!! It’s been about a month since she worn them regularly. Really the only time I put them on her anymore is when we go to church or somewhere special, even then I’m always nervous she will pull it off and loose it before I notice. So there you have it. There is Miss Kin’s at the glorious 11 months, only one more month and she will be One year old!



Walking

Walking

Monday

February 3rd, 2014

 

Miss Kins has been experimenting with walking for around a few weeks now. First it started with 2 steps, then she got up to 6 then 10; She tends to take her sweet time with new things :) Tonight was the first time we noticed her using walking and her primary way of getting around. Since Ian got home around 4 she didn't crawl much at all. I think it's safe to say we have a walker on our hands!! This Mama has mixed feelings about this, it is so fun to see her doing something new and loving every minute of it...but its also sad to see her grow up. Like all moms say, where did my little baby go?! I do have to say that it is so strange seeing her walk around, this little tiny person, she thinks she's so big now it's pretty hilarious.  

 

 

It's super cute to watch because she's still so wobbly and unstable, her stomach tends to poke out and it's like she's trying to keep up with it haha. She is really good at catching herself from falling and usually gets right back up when she does. She remind us of Tommy from the Rugrats the way he just wobbles around, so cute!

 

She's also become a pro at bending over and picking things up while walking. So proud of our little girl. Now to conquer talking!!

 

New Favorite Seat

 

Kinsley went through a tiny time period where she liked this jumper, but overall never cared for it. I finally decided to take it down but haven't got around to putting it away. Well apparently she loves it this way! She brings a book over to it, puts one leg in and hangs out...silly girl!

 

 

Leap Frog learning

 

Bro and Kins love watching the Leap Frog letter factory together, and I love that they learn from it too!! Their age different might be a lot, but these two are best friends!

I love this picture of Kinsley's mouth full of pretzels.

 

 

All Bro has to do is hold his hand out and sweet kins takes care of her brother :)

 

Seriously love these two!