Brother and Sister

It's a love/hate relationship. Lucky for us, it's mostly love.

All about Kendree

Pictures of our sweet little girl taken in succession.  I love looking at sequences like this.

How to

kick a football when no one will hold the ball for you....ala Easton.

I'm so glad Ray got these pictures as Easton has decided he doesn't like to do this anymore and I think it is hilarious.

When Grandpa Comes to Visit

He takes LOTS of pictures, and we love it!

[pictures from when Ray was here earlier this fall.  I'm a bit behind.]

More Halloween

Thought I would post more Halloween pictures for the grandparents.

The pumpkin Easton "carved." [meaning that he LOVED helping me draw the face, but once the insides were displayed in all of their glory, he ran for the hills]

After I had altered Kendree's turtle costume so that people would know she was a girl [read: added the pink bow] I decided that I better see just how okay she would be with wearing the hat and got these expressions.

She was an angel as usual and gave me the biggest grins!

Finally a few more shots of our little turtle and Buzz.

For my reference: Turtle costume from BabyTrend (when they existed).  Easton wore it in 2008 (seen here).  Buzz Lightyear costume and inflatable wings(purchased separately) from Amazon.  And if you ask me, the wings totally make the costume.

Comes back to bite us in the...

Whenever Easton is emitting an unpleasant odor, we ask him if he has pooped.  He ALWAYS responds with "No" no matter what the truth is, so after that we always say "Let me see..." as we open up the back of his diaper to check.

This week someone in our family tooted (name withheld to protect the innocent).  Easton asked if that person had pooped.  That person said no and then Easton proceeded to say "Let me see..." while trying to pull open the back of that person's pants.

It's just one of those things that begs to be documented.  Sorry if I grossed you out.

Kendree - 8 months

Man, every month that goes by leaves me with my mouth hanging open, wondering where the time has gone!

This little princess is getting so big!

The updates:

• She is a pro sitter-upper and prefers to be in that position when on the floor, so she can see everything that is going on around her!
• Claps her little hands--which may be close to the cutest thing ever. 
• Loves all foods.  Easton had clear favorites at this age.  She will eat as much food as I will give her.
• Puts everything in her mouth--but shows no signs of teething (that is just fine with mama).
• Has stopped sleeping through the night.  She gets up at 4am for a feeding, but would then sleep until 8 or 9 if I would let her.
• Is taking two naps a day regularly with the occasional evening cat nap.
• Is a little stranger-shy.  Especially so when she is on the tired and/or hungry side.
• Prefers girls to boys (sorry, it is true).  This does not apply to her daddy, but all other boys are second-rate.  My mom says that this is pay back for Easton, who much preferred the boys to the girls.
• Isn't too close to crawling.  She gets her hands all ready, but hasn't yet figured out how to get her knees underneath her.  Again, another thing that mama is not pushing at all.
• Gets wherever she would like to--between rolling, scooting and pivoting. 
• Doesn't have consistent ticklish spots--every day is new.  Quite the challenge when you are dying for some Kenny giggles!

And now, on to the pictures. Yesterday was her official 8 month mark and she was in a gorgeous dress from Aunt Kari, so I decided to take some pictures.  I have 15 pictures that look very similar to this:

Dumb camera.  I'll have to dress her up again!

Easton loves her, she just isn't so sure about how she feels...

And now some shots from today:

And a video of the clapping.  Just imagine that orange ring is not in the way. Oh, and the "thing" she keeps turning to look at is her older brother.  She still adores him!