A Day at the Beach!

This week we decided to take Kyleah to the beach for her first time! Since Shelbyville beaches were closed we went to Clinton instead. We sat up our area and put the umbrella into the ground, but the wind took the umbrella and mommy with it! We applied lots of sunscreen and we were ready for our day! Kyleah and daddy played in the sand and tried to make sand castles, but every time daddy turned his back Kyleah would crush them. Kyleah had her sand bucket, rake, and shovel and dug for rocks (even tried to eat one!). She flung sand all over our towels and even in mommy's mouth once! Eww! She was having a blast! We all went out for a swim and Kyleah kept trying to go under, but mommy wasn't sure about that yet. We'd been spending alot of time out in Kyleah's pool lately and Kyleah was starting to get brave in the water! We all sat up on the beach after a swim and all got a pretty nice tan! Seagulls started flying around near us and Kyleah immediately said "duck!", she kept her eyes on them until they flew away! The day was coming to an end and we were all tired! We packed up and left and Kyleah fell asleep on the way home!

"Eee"

This past week Kyleah has been just jabbering away! I can't believe she's saying so many words and it was as if it happened over night! Well it started as Chinese, where she learned that I don't know! She really emphasizes the letter "e" and will put it with any word! The past couple of days she has been saying her name! She hasn't got "Papa or Grandma" down yet but she's been saying "Debbie" and "Bobby"! She says "Teo(Theo)" and just started saying "no no no" and shaking her head! She also says "ABC" and will point to the refrigerator where all the magnetic letters are. We are still working on the walking and she will walk if you let her hold your fingers, but she will stand alone without any support! And if she gets a boo boo she will say "ouch" and rub it! lol

Cookie Dough! Yumm!

After craving chocolate chip cookies for two weeks now, we decided to bake cookies! Kyleah's baked before, but now that she's a little older, it was more hands on for her! She got to mix everything together and she helped Mommy put the dough onto the cookie sheets. Throughout this baking experience, we found that Kyleah was picking chocolate chips out of the dough and eating them! We all had a lot of fun, even though Daddy couldn't stand the hot kitchen, Kyleah and Mommy decided to stay and relax in the homemade kitchen sauna!

Ba Bye!

Yesterday afternoon Corey was headed back to work from his lunch break, and Kyleah was eating her lunch sitting in her highchair. Corey said his goodbyes and walked out the door. Kyleah watched Daddy walk to his car through the front windows, raised her right hand, waved and said "Ba Bye, Daddy!" I wasn't fortunate enough to have caught this on video, but last night and this morning she has said it a few times.

(No, a tornado didn't go through the house...it was Kyleah!)

It's really hard to get Kyleah to say this, and even tried to react him leaving! She didn't fall for it, you may have to listen to the first one a few times to catch it! She says it as soon as I started recording! This morning, I got her saying "Ba Bye Dadada". I'm still trying for that one really good one though!

Just Being a Kid or Clumsy?

I'm sure everyone knows by now that Kyleah fractured her elbow near the end of June. If you didn't, here's a short recap. Kyleah has magnetic letters that she got for her birthday. We had been learning ABC and 123 that week and she actually knows the letter B. She had a letter in each hand and was crawling in the kitchen on the wood flooring, when the letter in her left hand slipped out from under her causing her to land on her left arm pretty hard. Come to find out a day later, her elbow was fractured! She is now casted and will be getting it removed July 22! Oh my the stress of being a mommy!

About 1 1/2 weeks into this Kyleah, Grandma Debbie, and I had all gone to Great-Grandma Bev and Great-Grandpa Charlie's house to visit them before they left to Alaska. Grandma Bev had a big day planned for us with this dinner made and couldn't wait to visit with us! Grandma Bev was finishing up the dinner in the kitchen while Kyleah and Baby (the dog) were playing together on the floor. Grandma Bev noticed the dog didn't have much water and filled up the puppy's water there at the kitchen sink. When she turned around there was Kyleah and Baby right under her feet! She tried to step over them and tripped! The water spilt and Grandma Bev slipped in the water and fell. I was sitting at the snack bar and got pinned in between the table and chair and I couldn't do anything! When I finally got out Grandma Debbie ran in and grabbed Kyleah and handed her to me. Luckly Kyleah was alright, although she was laid out on the kitchen floor Grandma Bev seemed to only have her legs on Kyleah. Kyleah made it out with a small bump on the head and Grandma Bev with 5 staples in her arm!

The next day, Great-Grandma Bev called us and Kyleah and I went over to help her with the house before they left for vacation. Kyleah and I spent the whole day over there and everything was going pretty good. I decided to eat some watermelon and dropped the entire bowl, but caught it with my leg, giving me 3 bruises on my shin! Ok I dodged an accident! I was feeding Kyleah watermelon in the kitchen when she slipped on the floor and hit her nose on the chair!(might I add in the kitchen?) Yup, Kyleah had her first nose bleed!

Just yesterday, Corey and I got to spend a day together with Kyleah. We were in the livingroom listening to music and Kyleah was dancing, bobbing her head, and she fell onto her jack-in-the-box! (well sock monkey-in-a-box) Like 5 minutes later, Kyleah has a bruise on the corner of her eye! It looks better today, but I thought she was going to have a black eye!

Kyleah isn't allowed in kitchens now! 3 out of the 4 accidents that have happened recently have taken place in a kitchen!

4th of July 2009

We planned our July 4th this year to be spent in St. Louis, we had to see what the crazy was about! We decided we would make a whole day trip out of this and invited Papa and Grandma Debbie to come along. (For everyone that doesn't know, there is a festival down by the arch during this weekend.) So we packed up the vehicle and we were on our way! The day was kind of rainy, but what are you going to do after driving 2 hours, we made the best of it. Kyleah got to get her first taste of fair food (chicken on a stick, corn dog, smoothies and funnel cake)..yum! As much as we enjoyed all of the food vendors, we watched Train in concert, and got to see a dog show. Corey fought the crowd and got Kyleah a pink balloon and a glow stick necklace. When the fireworks started we were all nervous for what Kyleah was going to think! She loved them! She screamed and clapped her hands the whole time, we couldn't have asked for her to be any better! Even though the display was only 15 minutes, the day was so great, we couldn't complain!

The next day we went to Decatur's fireworks and cooked out before with Papa. Corey's sister, brother-in-law, and nephew met up with us at the house and we headed to the lake. We then met up with my sis, brother and sister-in-law, and all my neices and nephews! It was great to have all Kyleah's cousins together! The fireworks were great and lasted longer than St. Louis's! Instead of fighting traffic we decided to hang around a little bit afterwards and light sparklers. Another great night; we got alot of pictures, had a great display of fireworks, and avoided falling into the lake!

Monkey Turns 1! June 4th 2009

We couldn't believe the day had finally come! It seems just like yesterday that we brought her home from the hospital and wondered what she would be like, how her little personality would form. Well, at one year; she's sweet, but onry, definitely spoiled (but not rotten), goofy, and we recently found out she's accident prone! Back to the party! After planning for 4 months, Kyleah's birthday was over in a flash! We wanted something semi-small, but with such a large family, it ended up bigger than expected. The party went great! Lots of family and friends around and a beautiful day, with a little rain and clouds. Obviously the theme was "monkeys". Everything from hanging stuffed monkeys to banana candy! She made it out well with tons of great presents and lots of yummy cake left over! We were all exhausted that night and our last guests left about 8ish! It was such a long but great day and even though Kyleah won't remember it, Corey and I will never forget it!