What a Fun Weekend!

Kyrah had a great weekend. It started on Friday when Kyrah and Mommy went to the zoo with Jodie, Ellie, Hannah and Aliana - 4 girls under 6 and on one of the hottest days possible, but the girls were all very good. Kyrah loved the zoo - she pretty much like anything that involves a stroller ride. She did very well all day and liked looking at the animals and being outside. She was able to get closest to the penguins. The first animal she saw was a brown bear and she watched it walk around its habitat, then we went to the new penguin house - check out Kyrah seeing her first real penguin..

This is Kyrah and Aliana looking at each other in the Living World - I think Kyrah is more excited then Aliana, but Kyrah really hasn't found any strangers yet, although she does have a preference for Mom and Dad

Here is the whole crew of girls minus Jodi, taking the picture. Yes those are giraffes behind us. All in all the girls were very good all day and each one had their own favorite part of the zoo.

Here is Kyrah looking at the American Aligator. Aliana sat on the ledge next to the python and got scared being so close, but she didn't mind looking at the snakes from the comfort of her stroller.

Dale's B-day Party July 20, 2008

Kyrah and I went to Dale's 4 year old birthday party on the 20th. Daddy and Broc were at a baseball tourney so it was just the girls for most of the day, then Daddy came along after they lost. Kyrah was wearing her butterfly tank and spandix shorts - Grandpa made fun of her cubby legs - mean ol Grandpa!! Chub is cute on a 8 month old!

Here are some cute pictures of her practicing her standing....

Kyrah's First Tooth

It was a big weekend for Kyrah. We discovered her first tooth last night. We were shopping in Wal-Mart (ironically looking for food she could eat) when I just randomly put my finger in her mouth and felt a itty bitty tooth. It is on the bottom on the right side. Now the rash on her face makes more sense. It is probably from getting her tooth rather then an allergic reaction to some food she ate. My sister said I would definitly know when she started getting teeth because she would be crabby and up all night.... not such the case with my perfect baby! She hasn't been fussy at all and has slept great...Dennis and I have truly been lucky.

Here is a cute picture of her at a church picnic over the weekend sporting her cousin Lydia's cool shades. She has some of her own but won't leave them on very long. Dennis was able to snap a picture with his phone quickly to catch her in her glasses.

Ducky Theme Night

It just sort of happened but we had a theme night Tuesday night. Kyrah was playing in the bath tub and I finally remember to bring the camera in with me to snap some shots of this bathtub beauty and I caught her playing with her rubber ducky...

So after that we had to make it a theme night. She wore her ducky pjs and played on her ducky blanket (thank you Karen she loves it!) and played with her stuffed duck animals.

Water Babies

Kyrah had her first class of Water Babies at the local Community Center. She has been in the pool before and likes to play in the water. The class was to start at 10:30, but when we got there and changed and went to the pool, the instructor said it wouldn't start until 11:00. I knew this would not go well when she said that. So for the first 30 minutes Kyrah played in the kiddie pool area with the streams of water that shoot out. She had a great time and would try to catch the water in her hand. Look at her in her cute red monkey swimsuit! Ignore the camera quailty - it was a cell phone picture...

So when class finally started at 11:00 - she was starving. I had planned it so she would eat right after class which should have been over at 11 instead of starting at 11. Now for you and me a half hour difference on eating is not a big deal - for an 8 month old - it is a VERY big deal. She was fussy the entire class. She was in class with 2-3 year old kids so even though the teacher insisted she could do the same thing as the other kids, I just think it was a little advanced for her age. The teacher was expecting her to hold on to the side of the pool, then learn how to raise herself out of the water and to use her arms and legs to get out of the pool - she isn't even crawling yet how is she supposed to raise her entire body weight out of a pool... anyway, the rest of the class was Kyrah refusing to do the things the instructor wanted her to do like try to paddle her arms or lay her head back in the water. She was not into the class at all. Maybe next week will go better.

Picture update from the past few weeks

I have been writing about Kyrah lately but have not included many pictures. I just don't get them downloaded that quickly. So here are some pictures from July 4th.


Lydia and her cousins playing with smoke bombs - safety was a second thought to them this 4th of July - luckily no serious injuries...



This is Grandpas feeding Kyrah some ice cream cake from Dairy Queen. It has red whip cream icing on it - note her pretty red lips! Also note he fed her too much then then when Grandma picked her up - she threw it up on her.

Mean Uncle Steve! Usually Kyrah doesn't like it when he holds her usually because he picks on her or scares her, but she must have warmed up to him this time.

This is a normal thing for Kyrah - has to have her binki. She is wearing her cutie July 4th outfit that her cousins - Jess, Anna and Dale bought for her and her "First 4th of July bib".

Eight Months Old

On July 12, 2008 Kyrah turned 8 months old. Check you how much she has grown since 1 month...