Our Lady Bugs First Halloween...

Kylie may not remember her first Halloween, but I will, so this is a BIG deal to me *giggle*. We couldn't decide what to dress her up as. I was disappointed that all the baby costumes were the buntings, or in the store they were just little hoodies. Those are not costumes. Ugh. But then I got a call from my mother in law. She was at Kohl's and found a lady bug costume in Kylie's size. Her daddy wanted to dress her up as a monster, but we couldn't find one we liked that was feminine. We weren't going to dress her up as a lady bug because that was an obvious choice *laughing* and its not "scary" as my husband put it. Well, lady bug it is. And how adorable! Mommy and Daddy are not dressing up this year...maybe next year. We are going to take Ky out Tick-or-Treating at a few houses...mostly friends. I will post pictures of her in her costume later.

Wedding Attire

She looked so adorable at our friend's wedding...which of course means she attracted too much attention...I began just simply replying every ones, "Aw, she is too cute." comments with, "Thank you. Her name is Kylie, she is almost 6 months old." because it always lead to the questions of name, age, etc. *giggle* What can I say, my daughter turns heads everywhere we go. In the grocery stores, I have to cover her up sometimes because people get in her face.

Video

YAbsolutely precious! YNot only does she have this amazing giggle that will melt your heart...she also sits up all by herself, Officially, as of yesterday. YIm so proud of her. YShe is still working on crawling, trying to grow up tooo fast. YShe is so determined. Y

Splish Splash...

Kylie discovered splashing in the bath...its adorable. She smiled so BIG. I love it! We tried her Halloween costume on today too...she is soooo A-freakin'-dorable.

On a not so fun note, my poor sweet Kylie Bug is miserable today. She is just teething so hard. We had a rough night last night, she woke up looking for her sizzle at 10, 12, 3, 6, and we were up for the day at 6:30. This is a VERY unusual sleep pattern for her. She usually sleeps through the night and is ready for the day between 6:30 and 7:30, but her poor mouth is just not allowing her to sleep in comfort. I don't know what to do. I feel I have tried everything. She doesn't nap during the day like she should, she sleeps for like 15-20 mins and then is awake still cranky. Needless to say, we are over this teething stage. BOOO to teething!

What a BIG girl...

Kylie is growing TOO fast.

She is now eating rice cereal from a spoon and bowl. Oh my.

We haven't started any other foods yet...just getting her familiar with the spoon. Let me tell you what...she is so good at it already. I was surprised. I thought it would take her a while to feel comfortable with swallowing a thicker substance, but she had a blast with it. Her noises...PRICELESS! I love it.

We have been working with her on sitting up...she almost has it. She is still a little wobbly, but she almost sits up on her own. I had her up on her hands and knees a couple times yesterday...it was very impressive.

I had a few friends comment on my Facebook status regarding this...I don't take offense to peoples opinions, and I 100% see what they are trying to say...however, in my personal opinion as a mother, I don't want her to grow up fast, but there isn't anything wrong with teaching her how to do the things she wants to do. I know when she is good and ready, her body will work with her mind, but I feel so good being there, as her mother, and helping/teaching her. Its a rewarding feeling knowing that everyday her and I work on her sitting up on her own, trying to crawl, eating with a spoon...we are doing it together and she is everyday becoming closer and closer to doing those things by herself. Its emotional for me knowing she will be speaking, walking, go to school, have a bad attitude because she is a pissed off teenager, get a job, get married, and one day, my baby will have a baby of her own, but its the facts of life...you cant stop it, so I simply want to be apart of the moments as she is growing...I want to be part of the reason she learned to crawl, speak, and walk...its inevitable...babies grow up...so instead of wishing she would stay little forever, I am going to roll with the milestones, and we will do it as a family. :o) Its one of those GREATEST parts of being a mommy and daddy.

Anyway, on to another topic...Kylie had her first trip to the fair...she loved it. Mommy tried Funnel Cake for the first time...LOVED it. Lol. Daddy won her a Red Sea Turtle from the balloon popping game. We had a blast.

I love the Fall/Autumn...its been raining, thundering and lightening...its awesome.

Halloween is just around the corner and Kylie is going to be a Ladybug. SO EXCITED!!!

5 months old...

Where does it go?
She is seriously already 5 months old?
Oh dear!

Picking up where we left off...

Okay, so I didn't have a chance to type all the information I wanted to before KylieBug started waking from her nap the other day.

She had her 4 month check up about a week or two ago, she is a healthy 12 lbs 4 oz and the nurses were very impressed with her growing/learning progress. She is holding her head up so well on her own, and damn near sitting up without help. She is so interactive with smiling, giggling, talking, and she can pick up, hold, and put things in her mouth like she has been doing it for months. She is one smart baby girl. And if she wants to get somewhere, why crawl when she can roll? *giggle* You think I'm joking, this girl is a Rolliepollie...she is so determined, so she rolls from back to tummy, tummy to back, till she arrives at her preferred destination...its fabulous...no doubt a crack up...but I have caught her quite a few times trying to crawl...she just hasn't quite figured out how to work the front yet. However, its not always all smiles and giggles...she is teething so horribly and it breaks my heart to see her in such agony. When she was 2 months old, as you may recall, she was breaking through her bottom left front tooth...well, that one decided to hide back under the gums and her right second from the front one is pushing through with full force it seems. Anything and Everything she can get in her mouth she will chew on...I'm no fan of the teething days. This sweet thing, though, I tell ya, she warms my heart with every coo, smile, giggle, and even just a simple touch. Its a feeling that no one but a mother or father feels...an experience most definitely worth having. I think a life without kids would be a life with something BIG missing...almost dull...your wallet, however, would be much fuller and happier. *laughing* Could diapers and formula get anymore expensive? Good Grief!

Well, its off to bed for this mommy/wifey...but here are a couple of new pictures of my gorgeous, healthy, growin' girl!

So much going on...

I have really been slacking off on blogging. Basically life is just crazy hectic right now...I don't even know where to begin at the moment. We moved, and that was more stressful than it needed to be. Leave it to Home Sweet Home Reality to make things difficult. Its a long story, I don't think I'm even going to attempt to type it. Besides, its not something I want to put in my daughter's blog book. Yes, I have been printing out all these blogs so that she can read them when she gets older and know what life was like when she was a baby *wink*. Hopefully she will enjoy reading them. I know if I had something like this from when I was a baby, I would think it was the coolest thing. Times just change so much as you grow. What is new to us today is going to be so outdated when she is 25. Oh geeze...25. Haha!

Anyway, now I have things going on at work that are causing chaos and stress. But, we have survived so much already, I'm ready to tackle this mess too. You do what you have to for your family...if this means taking off the gloves, then so be it. I'm ready to fight for my rights. I am a mother, first and foremost, jobs come and go...however, I wont lay down and let them kick me. So anyways..that's the stressful stuff, but life isn't always so bad. There are some pretty awesome things going on in our lives too. We made new friends. As a matter a fact, I have been acquainted with Gabby for a couple years now, but I told her about the open apartment next door and her, her husband, and their daughter moved in. So now, Kylie and I have friends to hang out with and its just a few steps from our doorstep. I love it! They are awesome people. We are very fortunate to have found such good friends. Matthew and I invited them over for dinner last night, we had some mimosas, spaghetti, garlic toast, and salads. It was delicious!

Well, being a mother means having only a few minutes to do what you want...my baby girl is waking up from her nap, so I have to cut this short. 'Till next time...whenever that will be...