San Diego!

Last weekend Russ and I got a great opportunity to go to San Diego and watch the Chargers and Dolphins game. Oh, did I mention it was all expenses paid?! Yeah, it's something to do with Russ' job and suppliers or something like that. They gave us 2 tickets to the game, plus they paid for our amazing hotel room for one night, they took us out to a nice dinner and out for drinks.....lots of drinks! We got to ride on the Trolley and when the Trolley wasn't running later in the night we got to ride the bike carriage things....Kinda like a horse and carriage, but no horse, only a guy pedaling the bike! Our bike driver guy was very interesting, he carried medical marijuana in his canopy for all to see...weird. After bar and club hopping we took a cab back to out hotel. Lemme tell you, it was the most exciting cab ride I think I will ever experience. It was a minivan, it had tv's in the headrests and a sub woofer so loud my whole head vibrated. He proceeded to change songs/music videos while driving on the freeway and making crazy turns....oh man, it was fun! Haha, I couldn't stop laughing.
Now it's time to talk about my baby girl. My mom and dad too her to the Doctor today for her 9 month checkup, even though she is 10 months tomorrow.....she's a month behind, oops! I had to work so they asked the questions and she even got a flu shot! Here are her stats:
weight: 18lbs 8oz-30th percentile
Height: 29inches-80-85th percentile
head: 17.75inches- 71st percentile
She has two new teeth popping in, on the bottom joining her first two teeth! We got the ok to start brushing with a toothbrush and some non-fluoride toothpaste. We are switching her formula for a better transition into milk when she turns 1! She is doing great! She loves to eat fruit-peaches, bananas, cantaloupe, honeydew, and watermelon. She eats scrambled egg whites and toasted bagels....she's a great eater! She has turned into such a cuddler. She will just come up to you and bury her head into yours and squeeze you. Ugh, I can't believe how big she is getting!

She's walking!

Kenzie is walking all over the place!

I can hardly believe my baby girl is walking, she is only 9 months old! I feel like she JUST started crawling and getting into everything. Now, she is walking and getting into more stuff than ever! We have baby gates and locks everywhere, I think I kick one at least once a day stepping over. I would have to say that the walker did her good. I know everyone is against walkers because of safety reasons, but if they were that horrible would they still be on shelves available to purchase? I don't think so....She used in moderation. She was in it only at Nana's house, downstairs only, and for not more that 10-15 minutes at a time. Now she is a walking machine, she pulls herself up anywhere she can and then walks across the room, or through the kitchen into our bedroom...she's so funny! She laughs and giggles when she's walking. She does this cute new thing where she shrugs her head to to side and smiles so big, like she's being shy, but she does it ALL THE TIME! When I try to feed her her first bite of food she does it....weirdo! Lol. I have yet to take her to her 9 month check-up....I know, I'm slacking...but when we do I will post her stats to see how much she's grown....she is tall and skinny. I feel weird saying my 9 month old is still wearing 6-9 month clothing when everyone else is talking about their 5 month old wearing 12 month clothing! Kenzie eats a lot, she eats fresh peaches and bananas....all her baby food, cereal, puffs, wagon wheels and bottles galore.....she's still skinny!

Her top teeth should be coming in soon! She has been SUPER cranky and irritated and she has boogers like no other! She also chews on celery sticks, wash cloths and her teether with ice cubes in it like there's no tomorrow.....come in already teeth!

Here is a video of the cranky Kenz...well, she pretends to be cranky.....

Family Trip and new Milestones

Well it's been about a month since I wrote last....(it's not like anyone reads this anyway.) But we had our annual trip to Big Bear, CA and this was Kenzie's 1st trip...last year she was in my belly. Well, we had a GREAT time and enjoyed spending time with our extended family. I didn't take too many pictures, I'm not good with that stuff, but I did get some from our trip up the ski lifts and back down again.

Fell asleep for the hike down

Riding up the lifts


Last Monday Kenzie hit 8 months! I can hardly believe my baby girl is getting so big! She is crawling, pulling herself up and even trying to take steps. She cruises around the furniture and she lets go and stands, balancing herself. She is too much! She is still a babbling queen and she loves to laugh and giggle. She is definitely a girlie girl. She loves drinking juice from her sippy cup and she even tries to drink out of a regular cup (with my help and supervision of course!) Her top teeth still haven't come in, but I think they will be here soon! We have a walker at my parents house for Kenzie to explore in and she has a ball. At first, when she didn't know how to scoot in it, she didn't like it so much. But she finally figured out how to walk in that thing and she is gone in an instant. She zooms around, runs into furniture and the walls and she just repositions herself and keeps on going.


I am still working and it's wearing me out more than ever. I don't ever have a weekend with my family where I don't have to work unless I request some days off.....I would like my schedule to change, but that's not going to happen.
So things are going good overall. We are happy and healthy, ready for the cooler weather to hit. I'm so over summer! I want my power bill to go down! My goal is to lose some poundage before next summer, because if things are going up like they are now, we are planning to get pregnant next summer sometime. So this gives us about a year to get our finances in order and for me to lose some weight, and hopefully we will be buying a house here soon as well. Lots of goals and not too much time, but we will see! I really want to make sure our kids are somewhat close together.....everyone thinks I'm crazy. Well, I'd better get some rest. The little stinker wears me out during the day!

Time Flies....

So I am sitting here wondering how time snuck up on me. I guess being busy and being a first time mom I didn't realize how fast babies grow. I mean, I knew she wasn't gonna stay little forever, but she's really growing into a person. She babbles like there's no tomorrow, so forget watching a tv show or movie in peace. She is always on the go. She still doesn't crawl but she finds her way around just fine. I have a habit of just sitting her on the floor while I hop on the computer for a minute or two to keep my sanity, and she normally would just chill and play with her toys. Well today she made me realize I can't do that anymore....she was right next to me and the next thing I heard was the cat food bowl spilling over....she had crawled/scooted a good 5 feet or more within a few minutes and found the cat food bowl!! Her new "thing" is pulling herself up.
Apparently she is skipping the crawling stage, she wants to be upright and holding on to something. She can pull herself up to her knees, but not her feet....yet. She can move from lying on her stomach to a sitting position as well. She almost had me in tears today because she is growing so fast I can hardly believe it. When I went in to get her from her nap she was sitting up in her crib and she had somehow pressed the button on her crib toy so the nature sounds were on. (it hangs from the side of the crib and it lights up and plays music and nature sounds.) She saw me and got the biggest grin on her face...ugh it just melts my heart.

So we went to the M resort to check out the 4th of July festivities, but it didn't turn out to be what we expected. The hotel/casino is amazing, but the shindig wasn't. So we ended up going to the District with my parents where there was live music and people everywhere. We ate at Lucille's and got done just in time for the fireworks they had at GVR. Kenzie was interested for a few minutes, then she was over it. But overall she had a great first 4th!


My favorite moments being a mom are:

• The messes she makes. Even though I may not be too happy at first, I always get a good laugh out of it.

• When she sees me and smiles as big as she can when I get her up from her nap.
• How she lifts her arms up for me to hold her.
• Her screams and giggles when she thinks something is funny.
• How she laughs and hits the mirror when she sees herself.
• How smart she is. She tries to wave and is starting to do some sign language.
• When she opens her mouth wide and covered in drool and plants one on your cheek or mouth.
• When she grabs my hair and pulls me toward her.
• When she cuddles with me and puts her arm around my neck.
• How I get to hold her until she falls asleep at night.
• Kissing her cheeks just to her her scream and giggle with delight.
  

There is so much more, but those are the times when I get close to tearing up because I can't believe what a beautiful person she is becoming.....

It's been a year!

Saturday is our one year anniversary! Time flies! My mom surprised me today with a gift. Well, she told me her and my dad wanted to do something nice for us for our anniversary since we didn't get a honeymoon.....So they got us a room at the South Point and they are watching Kenzie Saturday night! I know that doesn't sound too exciting to most, but being away from home one night will be awesome. We can go to dinner, go to the movies, go bowling, play BINGO! We can drink and not worry about driving anywhere....so awesome!


Kenzie got her 6 month pictures done on Saturday and I am so excited to get them! We got the disc so I can have unlimited copies of them. As soon as we get them I will be posting them! She is growing so fast I can hardly believe it. She sits in my lap facing me and leans in against me and hugs me and laughs. She is moving around, scooting and rolling....not crawling yet! She is almost there though! She gets her knees up a bit but then gives up and rolls over. She is still a funky napper, but she sleeps throught the night now! Well, last night she did.....930pm-9am......I'm loving it. She is very shy towards new people but she quickly warms up. She is no longer sitting in her carseat in grocery carts, she has a seat that goes in with toys and it covers up the cart so she won't chew on it. Sh likes to laugh and scream when something is funny, I guess it's more of a squeal....but it's too cute.

I am sitting here with my poor deprived kitty on my lap, she is so lovey just wanting attention from me....she is here because Kenzie is taking a nap. This is the only time my little Paige can get my attention.
Well, a lot has been going on! Kenzie has been sleeping in her own room and new crib that my dad made for her. She does really well. Some nights are definitely better than others, but I'm just glad she sleeps in there! Here is a video of her splashing away in the tub, she loves it so much!




And for the not so good stuff....Russ' hours have been cut at work...no bueno. So our once comfortable lifestyle is now on lock down...and get this, instead of letting him have Monday's off so I can pick up some more hours at work, they're making him work 8-3 Mon-Thurs and 8-230 on Fridays....LAME! So that means there aren't any possible times for me to make some more money by working an extra shift. They don't realize that we have a family to provide for, that we don't make hundreds of thousands of dollars like they do. We are trying to figure out a way to get outta my car lease so we will be able to eat, when they're driving around in one of 4 cars......it's disgusting to me. I never thought once we'd be the ones in this situation, and it sucks.

On top of us being broke, we found out yesterday that my Gramma Elaine has breast cancer. No good. Although it is at stage zero, and her doctors are saying "if you have to have breast cancer, this is the best kind to have." As far as they know it's contained and she will have surgery to remove it and some radiation. We are all thinking positive and we are positive she will get through this just fine. Just another bump in the road.

Well I better go wake up Russ so we can get my car smogged.....Registration is due, perfect timing, right when we are piss broke.....sweet.

Craziness!

So the past two weekends have been crazy! We moved last weekend as well as me working both days. I will never do that again! I was exhausted! Then over the week I organized and unpacked little bits and tried to recover from all the moving, I was sooo sore! Then I just worked 3 opening shifts, Friday, Saturday and Sunday....so I had no "weekend." Being up at 4am on those three days is not fun.

Kenzie and Daddy resting after a day of packing!

Ok, ok, I will stop complaining! We are still not all the way unpacked and we still have to get Kenzie's room ready! I am so excited to finally be decorating a room for my princess! She is such her own person now. She laughs and giggles all the time and she loves attention! She rolls over quite consitently now and she is moving her legs alot, trying to figure out how to crawl! She sits up pretty good now too, still falling to the sides trying to grab toys or her toes!

I am so excited about the two little teeth coming in on the bottom! I am so ready for them to be completely out so she isn't miserable anymore! She is growing so fast, she will be 6 months before I know it! She is a big girl, not fat, just tall! She is a skinny little thing but she is definitely a Kealey girl when it comes to size! We are not petite by any means. I am nervous about summer coming, she sweats so much as it is and it's only getting hotter! She will definitely be wearing her sundresses, jean shorts and tanks all summer! She loves hanging around in just her diaper now, she seems more comfy than with clothes on. She loves to be naked!

Kenzie~5 1/2 months