Playing & Squealing

Here is a video of Kinley playing and squealing. She's started doing this a lot. Sometimes its like you can't get her to stop. Its so funny, though.

This video is from the same night Kinley rolled over (April 13th).

Lazy Days

The other night she wore these pajamas that our friends, Josh & Amanda, got her. It was her first time to wear them. I think she looks precious in them. The top says, "I love Sleepy Time".
This is this morning...Kinley has discovered her feet and likes to put them in her mouth.

Playing in the bed this morning

Playing with Daddy

Kinley Rolled Over!

On Monday, April 13, Kinley rolled over from her belly to her back for the first time! Unfortunately, she did it that morning at the babysitter's house. I'm going to sound crazy, but I cried. I was so sad that I missed the first time. We had been trying and trying so hard. I have a ton of short videos of her trying to roll over and I was really hoping to catch the first time on video. I'm so proud of her but still sad that I missed it! But that night, I layed her on her belly and she immediately showed me what she could do! Here is the video:

Here are some pictures of her rolling over that night:

I am such a proud mommy! Its crazy how many pictures and videos I have of this little girl! I think I probably keep Walmart's Photo Department in business all by myself.

Kinley's First Easter

Kinley had a great first Easter. She looked beautiful! My mom wanted to buy her Easter dress so we went shopping together and found this dress and I fell in love! I thought it was perfect. I just wish is hadn't rained the whole day so we could have gotten some pictures outside. We went to church and then we went to lunch at my parents' house. That night Bryan was in the Easter play again and I worked the nursery.

Here is Kinley at my parents' house with the Easter basket they got her.

Mommy & Kinley

Our family on Easter...unfortunately Bryan was kind of closing his eyes

Kinley with Mommy & Gigi

Kinley and Uncle G (my brother, Grayson)

Here she is being cute!

Kinley & Coach (my daddy)

Kinley with Mommy & Uncle G

Kinley with Coach and Gigi

No shoes with her toes flaring out

This is Easter night with the basket we got her

Kinley & Mommy with her Easter bib on

Here is Bryan reading Kinley the Easter book my parents got her before going to bed that night

"It won't be like this for long..."

I don't know if everyone listens to country music, but Darius Rucker has a song called, "It won't be like this for long." Its about kids growing up, and it makes me want to cry every time I hear it. I was just thinking that it would be a good title for this post which is filled with pictures from different days and different things with Kinley. I try to treasure these moments because I know it won't be like this for long.

The Friday night before Easter, Bryan had dress rehearsal for the Easter play at our church so me and Kinley went to bed early and then we moved her to her bed when Bryan got home.
This is Saturday morning before Easter. She comes in the bed sometimes on weekend mornings. This is her new favorite sleeping position.

Playing with her Daddy

What a beautiful face!

Playing on the floor with mommy

I love this one!

I think she could be a baby model...but I am her mom!

Look how big she's gotten. She is now bigger than the pad we've been laying her on since her first bath.

Playing & Trying to Sit Up

The other day Kinley and I were playing on the couch and she was trying to sit up. Plus, I've been going crazy with taking pictures of her with the new camera. I get to save so many of her precious faces because the camera snaps so fast!

New Camera

Well, our camera that we have had for over 4 years finally gave out on us. I was a little sad to see it go because it has been every where with us and it took pictures that helped create so many memories for us. I got it for my 20th birthday. We took it with us to St. Louis, Chicago, Hot Springs, Branson, and Our Honeymoon! We took pictures with it at our wedding and when Kinley was born! We will probably hang on to it because I'm a crazy sentimental girl.

Now for the good news....We got a new camera! I love it! It is small and it uses a rechargeable litium ion battery that has lasted for almost 2 weeks so far on one charge. It takes the pictures really fast so we don't miss all the cute things that Kinley does. It takes really clear, crisp pictures! We are very pleased. By the way, it is an Olympus Stylus 1010.

Here is the first picture I took with the new camera!
You can add words to pictures

Here is one of my favorites!

More 5 Months...

I am very behind on my blogging. I am so sorry. I've been trying to spend as much time as possible with Kinley in the evenings so I haven't spent much time on the computer. Here is some more pictures from Kinley's 5-month birthday.

My granny bought this dress for Kinley and she wore it to church on her 5-month birthday
Here she is being silly

What a ham?!?!?

So cute!

5 Months Old

Kinley was 5 months old yesterday! I can hardly believe it. I have more pictures but I'm at work and this is what I had on my phone. She's getting so big! I left the room for a minute and she was erasing the number off of the dry erase board.

My Sweet Girl

Here is Kinley hanging out in our bed on Sunday afternoon. She was just happy to be hanging out.

Mommy Tip/Info: Foods to Avoid

I haven't done a "Mommy Tip" in a while...sorry about that. Today's is not going to be long, but it does include a link with most of the information. There are foods that are important to avoid in the first year of your babies life (and longer for some). Some people like to tell you that it won't hurt or that they gave it to their baby, but I have done a lot of research on this topic because it is important to me. I am very adamant about not wanting Kinley to have certain foods for awhile and that when I am ready for her to have those foods, I will be the one to give them to her. As a nurse, I have seen the serious side affects of allergies from things that seemed very innocent. Here is a link (http://life.familyeducation.com/feeding-baby/baby/50493.html?mail-03-30) to a list of things to avoid giving your baby and the reason why. Some of these foods are potential allergens. Some are choking hazards. Some could cause serious illness. Also, it is important when introducing new foods to your baby to only introduce one new food every 3 days to a week. That way you have time to notice any signs of an allergic reaction and you will know what they were caused by. Hopefully, your family and friends will respect your wishes on what you want and don't want your baby to have. If not, just share this information with them and hopefully it will help.

Prayer Request

I was just reading a blog that I follow and heard about a family who just lost their 8-month-old son. He died in his sleep. Their names are Cyrstal & Spencer and their son's name is Sage. So far, the cause of death is still pending one final test, but so far there has been nothing wrong found. Please remember this couple and their family in your prayers. Their website is: http://spencer-crystal5.blogspot.com/. From reading this blog and http://sagelawrenceeldredge.blogspot.com/, it sounds like they have a large extended family and a church family. They feel like their son had finished his mission and that the Lord has taken him home. I am amazed by the peace they felt almost immediately. This story really hit hard with me because Kinley is almost 5 months old and has been sleeping so well since she was 7 weeks old. I had started to worry less about her when she is asleep in her crib, but now I realize that something can happen at any age. All we can do is pray.

Family & Friends

I haven't been a very good blogger lately. Here are a few pics from the past couple of weeks:

Sleeping on Uncle G
Me & Kinley on my 24th birthday (March 12th)

Kinley and Izzy at church

Uncle G came over for dinner tonight and Kinley was captivated with him

Here it is ZACH! I still know at least as much "Saved By The Bell" trivia as you, if not more!

St. Patty's Day

This is a little late but I just had to share some of Kinley's St. Patrick's Day pictures!

She wanted to eat her tutu

"Mommy's Lucky Charm"