August 17, 2008

It has been quite a while since I last wrote and posted pictures, so I will try to do a catch up post. Kyrah has not been doing too much different - oh don't get me wrong, she learns new things everyday, but no big milestones lately. She has been a jabber mouth this past week, babbling all day long. She will start talking when you ask her "Where is the puppy?" She will start looking around and start saying things, I have not noticed if she says the same babble when we ask that question, but I am trying to pay attention to that. Today, she did say "Da Da" and it was too Dennis, so maybe that is starting to stick. Typically it is just babble.

Here are some pictures of her showing off her new jammies. I really like these because they are a two piece and are very easy to get one. She doesn't like to sit still after bath for lotion and jammie time, so you have to find something quick and easy to put on.

Check out Daddy sneaking in a smooch.
She is also showing off her new toy. The pupose of this toy is for her to either ride it and move her feet or push it and practice walking - so far she just sits on the floor and plays with the different things on it …but I know one day it will get used like is should.


Her she is looking at Lupa. She loves Lupa and will just laugh when Lupa comes around. Poor Lupa takes Kyrah's "petting" which is more like slaps, sometimes it scares me and I think Lupa will bite her, but Lupa has never made one aggressive gesture towards Kyrah at all. She is a good puppie.

Next is Kyrah putting her jammies to good use. Babies are so sweet when they are sleeping...

Check out all the toys! In this picture you can only see two binkis but trust me there are probably 4-5 hidden in there somewhere. I just can't decide when to take the binki away - she just loves it so much. It will be a very sad week for her when we do decide to take it away.

Kyrah continued her fun weekend by playing in her new pool Grandma bought her. On Saturday, it was blazing hot so after a nap, there wasn't a whole lot we could do outside, but were tired of being indside, so we got out her pool knowing she loves water and figured she would enjoy this. Also we were trying to find something that would make her happy - she was kind of fussy today - not sure why - must have just been one of her off days. Well she ended up skinny dipping in the pool - hopefully she will only do this as baby and never again when she is older or Dad may have a heart attack! Here are her x-rated photos in the pool. By the way I can tell I am still a new mother because it is still weird for me to call Dennis Dad, when I write "Dad" I automatically think of my Dad - even after 8 months it is still weird to me, I am sure once Kyrah starts saying "Da Da" I will get used to it.


Look at those cute cheeks!



After the pool, I was actually able to put a little bow in her hair. Her hair is so soft and slick that bows don't stay in very well, and true to that statement, this one only made it for about 15 minutes.

We finished up the weekend by going to a church picnic on Sunday. While there, we saw Uncle Steve, Aunt Tami, Chloe and Elijah and Grandpa (who complains he never gets to see her). So she got to play with them a bit, and watched a tractor pull - okay only 2 tractors - it was hot and loud and though she liked the tractors there was no reason to stay for the entire thing. After the picnic we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house were everyone else eventually showed up as well. Grandpa got to hold her a bit as did Grandma, so that should make them happy for about a day. Don't worry - once Dennis starts softball practice with the High School Girls team (he is assistant coach) she will be going to the Grandparents house everyday and they will get lots of Kyrah time.

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.