Wow! Where did the time go?!

Holy smokes! I have completely neglected my blog for the past 2 months?!!? So sorry. Luckily our lives are pretty uneventful with the exception of our sweet little miss. She keeps us busy and entertained.

I know everyone raves about how wonderful their kids are, but Kayleigh is truly an awesome baby. I definitely think that Kyle and I hit the jackpot with this little one. She will be 5 months in 9 days. 9 days!! Again-I have no idea where time has gone. She's growing up so insanely fast. We took her for her 4 month appointment a couple of weeks ago. She finally started to gain a little more weight(now at 12.6), but is still in the 23rd percentile. I'm not really worried-she's eating and gaining weight and those are the most important thing. Length was 24 1/2 in and somewhere in the 60th percentile. Kyle and I are just convinced that she's going to be a skinny girl. Although since the doctor cleared her to eat rice cereal now, her little thighs are definitely starting to chunk up. So cute! She also got her 2nd round of shots at the doctor. Same result of course-cute, happy, smiling face until she realized something was pricking her. She was a trooper and was over it in 5 minutes. She did great last time after her round of shots-just tired, but no fever. I was hoping that would be the case this time and it was. She was just really tired, but never had a fever, and most importantly still slept through the night. Her first experience with rice cereal was hilarious. Her facial expressions were hilarious. Of course it's something new so it's taken her awhile to get used to it, but she's finally getting the hang of eating with a cereal and kicking it all to the back of her mouth to eat. I was a little worried about how she would handle Daylight Savings Time. She goes to bed at 8 and I typically have to go wake her up around 7:15 in the morning (did I mention she's a sleeper?). But to no avail, she did amazing! No problems whatsoever and it was a smooth transition. You would have never known that we gained an hour back.

She is doing so many new things since my last post it's unreal. She is now laughing (music to my ears), rolling over from the left side on her back to her tummy making tummy time no longer as much of an issue as it used to be, she can sit up in her Bumbo, she's definitely learned who Kyle and I are, and she has found her feet which are her favorite thing these days. She can even suck her toes-can you do that? haha. On a serious note, I have to sadly admit that she is totally a daddy's girl. She is all about Kyle right now which breaks my heart and makes me smile all at the same time. She's always got her eye on him.

We got a new couch a couple of weeks ago....FINALLY! It's an early Christmas present from both sets of our parents. We have desperately been wanting to get one for almost a year now. We ended up getting a sectional with an ottoman and a chaise and we are absolutely in love. It's been the best gift ever. Only downside is that Kyle is on a comfortable couch again, making him fall asleep anywhere from 7-8 pm again. The dogs are not as big of fans. With the new couch came new rules-NO DOGS ON THE COUCH! Tucker has adjusted, Zeke-not so much. We have to set the ottoman a certain way, use the gate from the stairs and a chair from the kitchen to block off all access points onto the couch. We were sitting something in the ottoman so they couldn't jump over it, but Kyle didn't do it the other day and came home to Zeke laying on the couch. Crazy dog just wants what he wants. Overall they've been good about not jumping on it considering how used to it they were before the new couch.

It was Kayleigh's first Halloween this year. She was my little baby bumblebee. Rather than go out and spend a ridiculous amount on a costume, I just grabbed some wings and a headband from Meijer for $5, some striped leggings for $10 from Gymboree that I had a gift card for, a black onesie we already had, and a black tutu from Target for $6. $11 spent total. She looked too cute! We went to my parents house first so that they could see her in her costume, and then went to Kyle's parents. She was a trooper but was up and missed her 7 pm nap so she got a little cranky and exhausted by about 7:45. I'm looking forward to next year when she can walk around with us for Halloween.

Fall and I have a love/hate relationship. I absolutely LOVE fall because of the beautiful weather, leaves changing colors, and anticipation of all of the wonderful, fun holidays that are coming up. However, I also hate fall because it's now dark when I'm driving home from work (yes, I'm still here until about 5:30 or 6 EVERY night), and the colder weather. I despise the cold weather and even more, the snow that will grace it's presence on us before soon I'm sure. Having said that, I can't wait to eat Thanksgiving dinner and celebrate Kayleigh's first Christmas. She'll still only be 6 months and really won't understand but she's already made Christmas exciting again just by being here.

I'll try to be better about posting.

Sunday at the Park

This weekend was pretty low key for us. We only had one thing really planned and that was Phil and Jessica's annual luau that they have at their house for close family and friends. We had a good time and ate some great food. It was nice to talk to everyone and catch up. Kayleigh definitely got spoiled and was passed around to virtually everyone there. Kyle and I could definitely tell it was different having her with us in comparison to years past because we ended up leaving around 10 because she was tired and just would not stay asleep when I put her down. I'm starting to realize that if we are not home when it's time for her to go to bed, she has a hard time staying asleep. I think there is just too much going on and she knows she is out of her element. So we saddled up and came home. I think she was asleep as soon as we hit the interstate.


Sunday was just quality family time for us because Kyle worked all day Saturday at the Imagination Station for overtime. We knew we wanted to take the dogs somewhere new for a walk. Now that we are finally getting into our new "normal" it was time to give the dogs some of the attention they used to get. Kyle has really been wanting to go to the Battlefield and take them by the creek to see what they do. We tried this, but there was some sort of church luncheon there and there were too many people there to just let them off their leashes and have fun. So we went back to the car and brainstormed. I suggested going to Prophetstown State Park because I knew there were trails and the dogs would LOVE it. Kyle agreed so we headed that way. We were a little bummed when we got to the entrance and realized that you had to pay to get in. It was $6 for the day for a car. We knew we obviously wouldn't be there all day, so Kyle really didn't want to pay $6 to take the dogs for a walk, but I talked him into it. They needed to go somewhere, it was a gorgeous day, and we were already there. I've lived in Lafayette my whole life and that was my first time being there and man was it gorgeous there. It was so quiet and peaceful. I was surprised to find out how many things you can do there. You can take a camper or a tent and camp, they have a playground and picnic area, biking and hiking trails, and even a full court basketball court. We just parked the car and did one of the biking trails. With Tucker's leg he can't really walk as far or do as much physical activity as he used to so we have to be sure we don't push him too much. We ended up being there for about an hour and a half. It was SO beautiful. We let the dogs walk around and of course sniff EVERYTHING! To say they loved it is an understatement. We left and decided that we are going to get a yearly membership there. It's only $36 which isn't bad and we would definitely get the use out of it. It's not that far from home and we could go there at least 6 times a year to get our money's worth. Kayleigh enjoyed the walk and sightseeing as well. Speaking of-I think naptime is over-I hear some cooing and laughing. Here are some pictures from the day.

Kayleigh loved the walk and looking around at the park

Mission accomplished-the dogs were EX.HAUS.TED!