I'm Married to an OLD man

On December 1st my hubby turned 23!!! He is not the type that likes to celebrate his birthday so we just had a casual day full of loungin by the fire, snugglin as a family and just being lazy!  His mom fixed us a great dinner that we went and ate later that night.. Ribs, salad, potatoes, cheese bread! YUM YUM YUM!  I feel bad I didn't plan out a big day full of activities but every year I have been with him (5 years!!) all he has ever wanted to do is just relax, so this year I thought I would let him do what he really wanted to do hehe.

It just so happens that my brother Colton's birthday is the 3rd so we had a combo birthday get together for him and Brandon.  My mom ordered pizza and we just had a great time as a family!

Another birthday in my family is my cousin Michael and his is the 8th so we will be having another get together with my other side of the family for those 2 guys this week ha ha..(now do you see why I just let Brandon do what he wanted to do on his real birthday?? poor guy is having 3 parties!) 

  I am so thankful to have him as my husband and daddy to my little girl! He is the best and puts up with my complaining and nagging so I know I am truly lucky to have him!!

Happy Birthday BABE! I LOVE YOU!

9 month old check up!

Now that Kinsey is 10 months old I thought I better get on here and update from her 9 month apt ha ha boy I suck at this whole blogging thing... I am just to dang busy!

Anyways, Kinsey is growing perfectly!! Zane (her doctor) showed us her growth charts and she is climbing them just like she should be, so that makes us very happy :)  At that apt she weighted 16.15 lbs (20%), her height 27.25 (50%), and her head circumference 43 cm (25%). So pretty much she is a lean little girl with a small head, and I think that is so perfect for a girl! 
Kinsey LOVES to play peek-a-boo and play with any toy or thing she can get her hands on.  Brandon and I laugh all the time because she will grab everything she can reach and set it next to her and wont start playing until everything around her is pretty much in her lap ha ha I guess its a good thing she is an only child for now..
She is on pretty much the same eating and nap schedule..  I am trying to shorten her morning nap so she takes a longer afternoon nap, but that is a slow process ha ha She LOVES to eat with everyone else around her so she is now starting to have more of the foods we eat which is nice because who would want to eat mashed up pureed crap all the time lol
Kinsey is now crawling on her hands and knees.. She was over at my Mom's house when I got a text saying she was now using her knees instead of the army crawl :( I was at work and it made me so sad to think I missed it!!  Other then crawling EVERYWHERE she is now pulling herself up to stand on anything she can find.  A couple of days ago she even got brave and took her hands off but then realized what she was doing and fell to her bum.  This time is really rough for me because she falls and hits her head then has a bruise or lump and it makes me so sad!! She only cries for a second then is all better and wants down to climb on something else so I know it doesn't ever hurt her too bad.. I promise I don't beat my child!!  She has also started to pull herself up in her crib to call for us when she has slept enough ha ha I love my little QT!

She no longer only has just her 2 bottom teeth! She now has her 2 top teeth and boy are those things CUTE!!  I didn't know this until my mom informed me, but usually when those top teeth come in there is a gap in between them ha ha They are so cute and even show when she smiles!!! Now we have two top teeth to brush instead of just the bottoms.. At this rate we are going to have to start flossing lol

5 Generations!

Grandma and her GrandGirls

Kinsey and her cousin Adelynn

My Family

Halloween!!

This was Kinsey's first Halloween and I think she had a blast, in my opinion lol.  Brandon and I made her costume too!!  She was a cute bumble bee :)  We made a tutu and then bought a black turtle neck and I put yellow electrical tape in stripes around it then we found adult leg warmers that were black and white striped so we got those as well :)  She was all decked out in "bee" attire!  Brandon had to work during the day so that meant it was just me and my Kinsey beans to have fun during the day with all the festivities!!  We started by going to my moms to show her off to Grandma, Grandpa, and the uncles. They gave Kinsey her favorite thing, juice boxes. Then I took her to Lee's Market where they were having a trick-or-treat for little ones.  Kinsey didn't know what to think off all those people and all the crazy costumes.  She sat in her stroller as we walked around to the different stands to collect our treats.  She got a capri sun, lots of laffy taffys, "scarrots", and a few other little things.  She held on to the air head for dear life!! After we left Lee's we went to Brandon's moms house and she got more treats like suckers and fruit snacks.  Then I just had to go show her off to the people I work with lol.

After our morning of festivities my bumble bee took a much needed nap and so did I lol :)  Dad came home and then we were off to our friends Austin and Christee's house to trick-or-treat and watch the Utah game!  Kinsey loves being around those guys and even loves their new puppy Gracie ha ha 

Overall our Halloween was a very fun day and Kinsey had a blast!!!







Busy parents!

Brandon and I have been so busy with work, school, Kinsey, and the everyday things and even house shopping!!  We are still full time students, Brandon does online school with University of Phoenix and I go to Weber State. Brandon is still employed full time with Qwest and I still work as a receptionist at Ogden Clinic 2 min away from my home.  We just started shopping for homes last month and are looking into moving further south to the Kaysville area.. The only bad thing about that is your penny doesn't get you very much in Kaysville as it does in Ogden ha ha.  Brandon is the one who is being hard to please (who would have thought he he) so I have kinda left him up to finding the homes to look at.  I just requested to have 2 bathrooms and at least 3 bedrooms and I will be a happy girl! Our first outing when we went to go look at houses really gave Brandon a reality check ha ha they were mostly foreclosures so the carpet was GROSS and the walls were in serious need of some cleaning and paint.  I could see past all that and really liked some of them but I think a few of the homes just made Brandon cringe and not want anything to do with them ahah.  I will keep you all updated on the next adventure we have looking at homes ;) 

P.S. It a good thing we have an amazing friend and agent that is so patient with Brandon and I ;) Thanks Christee!!!!

Kinsey and her new skills..

Boy oh boy has she grown up so fast these past few months.. She doesn't seem like my little baby anymore, she is more like my little lady!  She is at the funnest age right now and Brandon and I are enjoying every minute of it.

Here is a list of new skills my "little lady" now does:

- At 7 months old she was scooting backwards and would roll to get to her destination.  I began to worry because friends that have kids around Kinsey's age were crawling on all 4's, but then I realized once she starts to become more mobile then that means lots more work for me to keep her in one spot ha

-Kinsey is now 8 months old and has mastered the army crawl!  She is fast too lol don't let those little arms fool you, they are dang strong lol

- Brandon is now starting to realize that he cannot leave any small objects on the floor like candy wrappers, because Kinsey now wants to eat and put whatever she can find in her mouth.  The other morning she was crawling around upstairs between our room and the bathroom, and somewhere between those two areas she found a little piece of a stick and stuck it in her mouth.  I sure hope Brandon learned his lesson after she threw that up!

- Sippy cups are so last year for Kins lol she prefers to drink out of a straw like a big girl!  She was at my moms house one evening and discovered how to suck out of a straw and now that's all she wants to do!  So I went shopping and got her some cups with straws that are similar to sippy cups.  The funny thing is they say for 18+ months.. I guess Kinsey is just 10 months ahead of the game ;)

- Our beauty queen is still on the same schedule for eating and with the 2 naps a day and is doing really well :)  When she is tired she sure does let you know by yelling at you or giving you the look like "are you serious?" ha and when you lay her down she grabs her binks and rolls to her side and doesn't make a peep after that!  She enjoys her beauty rest..

-At 7 months old Kinsey started to say Dadada and that made for one proud Daddy!!  It just melts Brandon's heart when she looks at him and says dada.  I was upset at first that she didn't say mama first but what can ya do?!

-At 8 months I got my fame and glory when Brandon called me and said Kinsey was saying Mama!!!!  I was at work and so upset I wasn't there for it but it is the neatest thing when she looks at me and says mama :)

-Kinsey still only has her two bottom teeth but defiantly puts them to good use lol  She loves her "snacks". After her 3 o'clock breastfeeding I offer her a little snack that either consists of juice, yogurt bites, puff crackers, or recently she has been having fruit strips that are kinda like the fruit leather.

-Munch munch and more munch!  Kinsey will eat a full meal at her scheduled time and if she is sitting with anyone or can see anyone else eating she must eat too and eat exactly what they are eating.  I call this "social eating" lol  If I feed her lunch then make me a pb&j sandwich I MUST share with her or else she gets pissed!!! Same goes for dinner lol I have to give her a little bit of whatever we are eating.  It makes me laugh!  I sure hope she keeps up the good eating habits and is not a picky eater ;)

I cant believe my little girl will be 9 months in a week.. time has gone by way to fast!!  I am told daily by different people that I have the best and cutest baby and I truly feel blessed to have such a great daughter!  She is my everything :)

Im a SLACKER!!

WOW, where do I even begin?? I don't know how I missed blogging for 2 whole months!  It could be that I have been going crazy with school and playing with my sweet daughter ha ha well I will try to remember all we have done these past 2 months and update everyone :)

WAHOO for number 2!!

Just thought I would do a quick post to say Kinsey now has her second tooth!! We no longer have to call it "brushing her tooth" we can now say we are "brushing her teeth" lol  She is just so dang cute I cant help but brag :)  I found this tooth the hard way then I was feeling around in her mouth like I do every night and she bit down on my finger!! Serves me right for sticking it in her mouth right?!  Needless to say, her first tooth is now very visiable and her second one is poking through :)

Happy 2 Year Anniversary!

We have made it to the 2 year mark, wahoo!!!  Brandon and I have been through some rough times these past 2 years and we are still trying to learn more about each other :)  Brandon worked so hard to plan this special day for me and I had a BLAST! We took Kinsey to my moms house where she stayed the night.. it was tough leaving her and knowing I wasnt going to be the one putting her to bed :( but I did it ha ha.  Brandon wouldnt tell me where he was taking me or what we were doing so it was all a surprise and for anyone who knows me knows i LOVE surprises.  He took me to the Melting Pot for dinner and I think that was a brave move on his part because that is now on my top 3 list of fav restaurants.  We had a 4 course meal that consisted of spinach artichoke dip, then a Cesar salad, then our main dish that was oh so yummy!, and last but defiantly not least our dessert ;)  We had so much fun just talking and trying all the different foods in the different sauces.  It took us over 2 hours to eat lol  He also had set up to have flowers delivered to me at our table!! Isn't he just so sweet!! I am so so lucky!!
After dinner he took me to the hotel he had reserved for us and it was the nice Marriott in Salt Lake :) I am so spoiled.  We dropped our stuff off at the room and headed over to the Gateway where Brandon let me shop and pick out a shirt to go along with my salt water pearls he gave me!! YEA :)
We then decided to go back and sit in the hot tub for a little bit and boy was that an adventure lol  we were the only Americans in there.. everyone was speaking a different language (mostly Chinese) and taking pic of everything.. me and Brandon are prob on someones facebook by now lol
The next morning we both woke up at 8am!! Our one chance to sleep in and we get up so early because we missed Kinsey and wanted to hurry home to pick her up :)  She was spoiled by Grandma Kristy!!

School Has Started

Well I am back into school and loving it so far.. I am taking Biomed Core with Lab, psychology, and Math 1010.  My classes are so much fun and I think its because I lucked out this year with great professors :)  I am trying my hardest to stay on top of studying and so far so good!! GO MEEE!!  Life is a lot more crazy now and I am so glad I have such great family to help and support me and most of all watch Kinsey while I go to school.  I will blog more about school as I get more into the semester.. I hope my positive feelings don't change too much ;)

Strike 3

So I have came to the conclusion that I am a total klutz!!  I fell down my stairs AGAIN and this time I have to blog about it lol  I was trying to be the neat house wife that I totally am not ;) and while I was carrying the vacuum down my stairs I fell.  The best part of it is the vacuum made it safe to the bottom, I just didn't think to step on the last stair so I fell forward and landed on my knees on our TILE floor.  I sat there for a minute thinking to myself "ouch that's going to leave nice bruises on my knees!"  Then when i stood up I noticed blood running down to my foot and my pants were ripped on the knee.. I then lifted up my pant leg and yep there was a nice split on my knee gushing blood!  I sat there laughing at myself for a few min while trying to get it to stop bleeding.. but it just wouldn't.  That's when I decided to take a closer look at it and realized I needed stitches ha ha  I called my mom to see if she was home and luckily she was so she came over to sit at my house while Kinsey slept and I went to get stitches in my knee :)  Everything went well and it didn't even hurt ha ha  5 stitches later I was walking out of my work with a smile! Thanks Dr. Christiansen!!

beautiful huh?!

This is the bruise on my other knee

6 months old arlready?!

Wow how time has flown by these past few six months!!  It just seems like months are turning into weeks and weeks are turing into days :(  Kinsey had her 6 month Well Child Visit and everything went really well as always.  She is now 25 1/4" tall (30th%), 14.14lbs (25th%), and her head is only 40.5 cm (5th%).  She is just our little petite girl :).  Kinsey is eating at the same times every day and now we have added a solid food at her 11 (lunch) feeding.  She doesn't complain about that because I usually give her a full serving of fruit and a little bit of veggies.. we save the big serving of veggies for dinner lol.  She goes to bed between 7-8pm and will wake up around 7am.. sometimes later if I am lucky!  She is sitting up all on her own and people always comment when I have her sitting in the shopping cart at the store on how well she sits up for her age!  She is very coordinated!!  I had to move our coffee table into our closet under the stairs so Kinsey would have more room to roll around in our living room ha ha she will start out on her back in the center of the blanket and will end up clear on the other side of the room on her belly playing with a toy she found.  She is so much fun to just watch and observe. 
I have started "baby proofing" some of our house thanks to Grandpa Rob for buying the outlet covers :)  I will probably only put locks on some of the cabinets in the kitchen but other then that I want her to just learn what is ok and what is not so wish me luck with that lol 
Brandon and I both came to an agreement to space out some of the immunizations for Kinsey since her visit for 4 months old left her sick for about a week!! So we only had her get half of them at her 6 month visit and she did so much better :)  We will catch up with the rest at her 9 month check!

First Tooth!!

YEP Kinsey officially got her first tooth on August 6th (her half birthday ha ha)!  She had been teething for quite awhile and wasn't sleeping very well, and we could just tell she was uncomfortable..  Kinsey and I were over at my mom's house and my mom was feeling around in Kinsey's mouth to see if she could feel anything.  Sure enough she felt a little sharp tooth in there ;)  I will try to get a pic of it now since it is a little bit more noticeable and post it on here!  I love her little pumpkin smile!!!

Summer Days

I am enjoying every minute of being at home with Kinsey during the week!!  She is so much fun to play with and at such a great age where her personality is defiantly coming through lol  Kinsey is now only taking 2 naps a day and I LOVE it because now she is awake so much more which means more playing time :)  She has been eating solid food for a couple months now and enjoys it so much ha ha she even yells or gets mad if I take to long for the next bite!  I have been doing really well with making my own baby food - I buy organic from Good Earth and take a couple hours every other week to make it..  So far I have done sweet potatoes, butternut squash, apples, pears, green beans, peas, and peaches.  I am thinking I might have to start buying her food when I start school in a few weeks though :( 
Kinsey is now sitting up ALL on her own and prefers to play that way.  When she is on her back she would rather be on her belly and when she is on her belly she would rather be on her back ha ha.  Watching her sleep and all the different positions she puts herself in at night is quite funny as well!  She is her own little lady and already knows what she wants!
Yesterday we went to my mom's house like we normally do on Monday nights.  Kinsey loves her grandma and grandpa and uncles so much!!  I love the way she flirts and smiles at them as soon as she sees them!  After we went to my mom's we stopped by my dads to pick up some things and he gave her a Green Apple licorice and man did she LOVE that!  I would take it to bite the soggy part off so she wouldn't choke on it and as soon as it would leave her hand she would start screaming and pull the pouty lip out ha ha she is only 6 months old and already knows how to get her way!!

Blessing Day

We finally got Kinsey blessed!!  I wanted to make it a special day for her and I think she had a lot of fun :)  Our sacrament meeting starts at 9 am and even though that is pretty early for most of my family, everyone still came to support her.  Brandon and I splurged on her outfit and spent over $70 but she was so dang cute, and it only happens once right?! I don't even want to know how much we are going to spend for her first birthday yikes!!
The night before her blessing I made homemade cinnamon rolls that are so much work but I think they are worth it :)  Then that morning I had to get up super early to set them out to rise and get myself and my princess ready.
Brandon's dad gave Kinsey her blessing and it was such a great one!  I knew he would do a great job :) In the circle with her grandpa was her daddy, Uncle Tyson, Great-Grandpa Schwartz, Uncle Shane, and Bishop Bingham. 
I along with my mom left the sacrament meeting a little early to get back to my house to set everything up.. When people started coming it reminded me of how small my house it ha ha but amazingly enough everyone fit!!  We ate my homemade cinnamon rolls, a breakfast casserole, fruit, and milk and juice.  Everyone seemed to enjoy the food because we only had a tiny bit of leftovers :)  Thanks everyone for coming to support Kinsey on her big day!!!

REAL Salt Lake!!!

For the 24th of July we went to the REAL Salt Lake game and it was the first time for all three of us :)  Once again Brandon's parents were able to get us some awesome seats to the game and we even road down in the car with them so it only cost us the nachos and hot dog we had for dinner! Kinsey was such a social butterfly and loved every minute of the game.  Her arms were just flapping, she was screamin with excitement, and flirting with everyone who made eye contact with her.   We had some of the opposing team fans right above us and they sang the WHOLE time!! "ole ole ole" was stuck in my head for days ha ha  It was so hot when we first got there so Kinsey ended up striping down into just her diaper and she was just fine with it :)  The people around us kept commenting on how cute all her rolls were!  REAL scored the first point and boy did they make so much noise ha ha.  Streamers were flying everywhere, it was quite crazy!  Then the team from California (I cant remember their name) scored shortly after and the singing fans above us threw so much confetti and streamers I had to cover Kinsey's head because it was hitting me pretty hard lol.  The game ended up being a tie...
After the game was over they had a firework show and at this point Kinsey was so tired she just slept the whole time, which I am very surprised because those fireworks were so close and LOUD!!  We got into the car and waited forever to get out of the parking lot!! It took so long I even had time to feed Kinsey.  Brandon had gotten us a Pepsi to share that night and I only drank a tiny bit of it because I didn't want the caffeine to effect Kinsey but just those few sips made a difference.  She was laughing and cooing so much lol it had everyone in the car just laughing!!  She was so cute but I'm glad we had the long car ride for the caffeine to wear off and for her to crash.

ugh it's hot MOM!!

Flappin those arms ha ha

ARISE

Wow I have been such a blogger slacker!! We have just been so busy so its been hard to keep up..

Brandon and I had the opportunity to go see the program put on by the youth called "Arise".  They planned this for over 2 years and the youth practiced for 6 months!!  It took some major convincing to get Brandon to even go with me ha ha.  His mom got us some tickets since his younger brother Taylor was in it.  I had a friend from work go the night before and she gave us some AWESOME advice :)  We were told it was very hot and kinda miserable at first so we decided to have my mom watch Kinsey and boy are we glad we listened to that advice!  I probably lost at least 5 pounds in sweat that night ha it was so so hot and muggy ugh.. Brandon even went to get us some icees thank goodness that helped a little bit.  After the sun went down it was so much more enjoyable.  The program was amazing.. words cannot describe how great it was :)  They broke the record for Weber State on the amount of people on the field because there were so many kids!!  I was only able to get one pic because we forgot my camera - good thing for cameras on the phone ha ha 

Miss America!

Wow did we have fun on the 3rd and 4th of July!  We went to the parade as a family on Saturday and Kinsey had so much fun :)  It stared off rough when we were trying to find a place to sit because people start putting their chairs out a week in advance, I swear!!  When we found an empty place to put our chairs, this lady kept complaining saying we were in her spot so we relocated just so we wouldn't have to listen to her complain anymore lol. We found a perfect place in the shade and it was all good from then on.  Kinsey loved watching all the floats go by except for one of the semis honked the horn right in front of us and that kinda scared her but other then that her legs and arms were a goin and she kept trying to talk to them lol she had a BLAST!  After the parade we drove up to Cherry Days and walked around there for a bit.  Kinsey chose this time to take a quick cat nap in her stroller while we ate.  Brandon and I got Zeppies ice cream and I of course shared mine with Kinsey ha ha Brandon gets mad at me all the time for sharing my food with her!  My excuse is I dont want her to be a picky eater ;)  After we left Cherry Days we had to go home so Brandon could get ready for work.. BOOOO!!!  The rest of the day was just me and Kinsey hangin out and later when Brandon got home we lit some fireworks!

On the 4th of July Kinsey and I got ready and went to church.  She is such a good baby- I know I brag about that all the time but it's so true!! She just sits on my lap and listens and when she starts to get tired I cuddle her in my arms and she sleeps the rest of the time. She very rarely makes a peep..  Then we came home and took a nap as a family ;)  Brandon had to work that day as well :( but he got off earlier so we had a little BBQ with just us and we made cheddar brats with corn on the cob, pasta salad and watermelon!  Kinsey LOVES watermelon lol she was smiling and laughing the whole time she was eating it!!!  It also gave her so much energy so she was able to stay awake and watch some of the fireworks with mom and dad ;) 

Grillin' and Swimmin'

We love to sit outside as a family and just look at the mountains or just hang out and we do it a TON!  I found this swimming pool at Smith's a couple weeks ago for only $10 and had to buy it for Kinsey - I guess it was for me too lol.  She loves being in the water and is such a little fish!  It's so much fun to put her in her little swimming suit with her hat and dressing her up!  I cant wait until we have a house with a deck so we can have more of a backyard, but what we have is perfect for our little family for now :)

While we grill or just sit outside, Kinsey will sit in her bouncer and just play, smile and laugh!  She loves being outside with her mom and dad :)  How did we get so lucky to have such a perfect little girl?!

Father's Day

It has taken me so long to find the time to sit down and update our blog!  I guess it is summer time and that means we have just been havin fun outside right?!

Brandon had his first Father's Day and he seemed to enjoy it :)  I decided to be nice and to let him sleep in lol Kinsey and I gave him a nice stainless steel grilling tool set because every dad needs one of those.  I was hesitant to give it to him because the night before Brandon was asking his mom what he should get his dad and she had said a grill brush and his response was "that's LAME!" ha so I was worried he would think the same about our gift.  He seems to like it though haha 
We went up to his parents house to have dinner and relax with them.  We ended up getting his dad a skewer contraption for the grill lol  Then after we left there we went up to my Aunt Holly's to see my dad and Grandpa Burbank and ate some more there lol  Then our last stop was my uncle's house to see my other grandpa and my mom's husband Rob. 

It was quite an eventful day but Kinsey is such a good baby and is so sociable :)  Brandon is such a good daddy to her and she is so very lucky!!

How many have you done?

I am super bored today and sick of cleaning so I figured I would sit down and finally do this just for fun lol.  It is a list of 99 things you can do in your lifetime and if you have done them already, make them bold.  So if you are as bored as I am give it a try!

1. Started your own blog

2. Ate so much candy you got sick


3. Slept under the stars

4. Visited Hawaii - long time ago :(

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity - I've dontated..but not very much :/

7. Been to Disneyland

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis - why??

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea -  talk about scary!

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill -  not very often haha
24. Built a snow fort -  good times

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a Marathon - only walked a marathon..

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice - the one in Vegas I have lol

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted -  well a guy in Vegas drew it with a sharpie.. does that count lol

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theater

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching

63. Gotten flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten Caviar

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating - fish count?

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life - I have def helped many people's lives but idk about saving them ha

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone - since 7th grade and its the same number and everything!

99. Been stung by a bee

4 Months Old

Well Kinsey is growing up so fast and learning new things everyday it seems like.  She had her 4 month well-child check last Monday and everything went pretty good - except for those nasty shots!  She was in such a good mood the whole time we were waiting for the dr, she was talking and smiling and just having a grand ole time lol When the dr came in to check her, she was flirting with him so much ha ha it was too dang funny!  He was looking in her ears and she just stared at him and smiled and would blink her big blue eyes.. she already knows what to do to get her way ;) They gave her the the two shots (one in each leg) and the oral vaccine YUCK! I felt so bad for her.. before she started crying she stuck out her bottom lip and it started quivering.  Sadest thing I have ever seen!  I hate when she has to get shots but for the rest of the day she is always attached to my hip and I cant put her down, that part I LOVE ha it gives me a perfect excuse to not to a thing around the house and to take naps with her.

Kinsey is still just rolling over from her stomach to her back.  She loves the sound of her own voice and still has the nickname "lil Mariah Carey" because she can get some high notes ha  she is now sleeping 11 hours straight, goes to bed around 8pm and wakes up at 7am :)  She is getting closer and closer everyday to sitting up on her own.  I put her in her little boppy and she is quite content as long as she has some toys around her to play with.  Another new thing is we have started rice cereal and we are now up to 2 different vegies, butternut squash and green beans.  Her first attempt with butternut squash was kinda funny lol she gagged at first then reached for the spoon and wanted more.  She also LOVES green beans, the first time I fed them to her she was getting mad and yelling at me because I wasnt getting them in her mouth fast enough ha ha  Kinsey giggles everyonce in awhile now (espeically when we play peek-a-boo) but not as often as I like!  Her laugh is my FAVORITE sound so of course I'm not going to get enough of it!