6 Months Old! Should have made a cupcake with half a candle!

It's so hard to believe a 1/2 a year has already gone by! Yet again, I've fallen behind in my updates...so here's some stuff that went on this last month!

She is now sitting up all by herself! She's got great balance...but we keep pillows behind her still, just in case! We've moved past cereal and are on to veggies and applesauce. She's a great little eater! She's still not very mobile, still hates her tummy. I guess she is just content chilling out on her back and rolling from side to side! She somes pretty close to rolling onto her tummy, just can't quite kick all the way over. She got a little door jumper from Aunt Laura and Uncle Andy that she loves! It's so cute to watch her jump and play...she entertains herself for quite a while in that thing. She babbles away, and likes to spit/make rasberries! And she does a weird little shriek by breathing in...it's in 1 of the videos. What a goof!

October was a bit of a challenging month. A bit of sickness went through the house. We were told we had H1N1, but I'm not really sure...no one ever had a fever, so who knows. It was definitely viral, and Kenley and I both had it for about 3 weeks. Uck. It finally turned into something bacterial so we could at least take antibiotics to help get rid of it. So we got our happy baby back for a few days, then we started having some troubles with formula. Complete bottles that she would chow down eventually ended up all over daddy! And once on Steph...poor Steph! Bless her heart for dealing with fussy, gassy girlie for the past week! So we've changed formula for the 3rd time, and hopefully this will be the magic charm!

Halloween was fun...we headed to Emerson and South Sioux for the weekend to visit the family. Thankfully they got to see happy Kenley! She was a little lion...she wasn't cracked up on the whole costume thing, but she handled it pretty well! We went to Omaha earlier in the month to see Macy and Cameron....and Laura, Andy, Ty, and Ashlee :). We put them all in their costumes then...the girls were not to excited about that, but it was cute anyway!! Macy was a little chicken, and Cameron was a monkey....too cute!

Here's one more little tidbit that I'm quite impressed by. Since Kenly was probably a month old, I've been doing the sign language sign for milk before I give her a bottle. In the last couple of weeks, if she gets a little fussy, I'll do the sign and she opens her mouth and reaches for my hand like she reaches for her bottle! And sure enough...she's hungry! I just think that's pretty neat...I'm a proud mommy!

So here are some pictures and videos from the past month...

We're Rollin Now!!

Kenley started rolling over by herself on October 1st! Mama was pretty excited!! She hates being on her tummy so much, she would get so mad when we tried tummy time. She's not going to stay on her tummy at all now that she's figured out she can roll over...it might be a while before she rolls the other way to willingly get on her tummy! This video was the first time I saw her rollover...she had done it at Steph's (daycare) 3 times that day. It takes her a while to finally flip in the video, but now she does it as soon as we plop her on her belly!

Pics from September...4-1/2 Months Old

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Daddy with all his babies! The big 2-8! Again, a little late getting this up...his b-day was 9-14-09.

4 Months Old and Lovin It!!

Kenley turned 4 months old on Labor Day! We had our 4-month appointment on Friday...she weighs 15 pounds 10 ounces! Our little chunky monkey!!! And she's 26 inches long. She's really starting to hit some milestones now too! On August 31st, she laughed for the first time! So cute!! It brought tears to our eyes! I caught her laughing on video a couple of days later...it's down below!

She's really good at grabbing things now too, and bringing them to her mouth to suck on whatever it may be! She's getting really good at taking the bottle and shoving it in her mouth very forcefully! It's pretty cute! We tried cereal for the first time last night, but it didn't work out so well...I think she was a little too hungry and impatient for it this time. I think we'll wait another couple of weeks to try again. We got that on video too, with the "gimme bottle" action at the end. She's still not rolling over, or showing many signs that she wants to. She just started kinda rolling onto her side today when she was going after one of her toys to suck on it! And finally, we're pretty sure she's teething. We can see some little white shadows in her little gum on the bottom and she's gnawing on whatever she can like crazy...and seems to be a little more fussy...imagine that! Oh, and we started supplementing formula, too, last week. Her diaper blowouts were reaching about 4 a day, and mama's supply was dwindling, so we thought we'd give it a shot. She took to it like a champ, so now we're alternating breast milk and formula. Her blowouts have gone down in number, but when she does have one, watch out! Holy stinky mess! It gets everywhere! Hopefully I figure out a way to contain the mess eventually!

She's just so much fun! She has her fussy times, but for the most part, she's such a happy baby and full of smiles! She really misses her grandparents and cousins and aunts and uncles and other friends, and can't wait to see them soon!!!

GO HUSKERS!!!

My first Husker outfit!!! I have bunches of little cheerleading uniforms, but I'm not quite big enough for them yet! Later this season I will be, so watch out!!

3 1/2 Months Old

Mama started back to work, and everyone made the transition quite well...a few tears shed my mom, but that's to be expected! She loves Stephanie, her babysitter, and Daddy has his morning routine down. She sleeps through the night, he wakes her up to feed her and get her dressed and out the door by 6 a.m. Then I come home after work, sleep, get up, do some transcription, and go pick her up at about 4 p.m. So it works perfectly! We have all evening to play...she goes to bed between 9 and 9:30 every night. Here's some more pictures! That other little cutie patootie is Cameron, her cousin.

Videos

The first video is of Kenley and Macy, her cousin. Kenley is very hungry and thinks Macy's arm tastes purtty yummy! She's about 6 weeks old in that one. In the second, she's about 11 weeks old and chatting with mama.

Summertime

Here are just some miscellaneous pictures that I love. Everyone is doing great. Kenley is now officially sleeping through the night, usually 8 to 10 hours...Tom is going to love that! I go back to work Monday night :( not looking forward leaving my lil punkin, but she's going to a great babysitter, so that makes it a bit easier! She will officially be one of Steph's Barnyard Babies come Tuesday morning!

She's really sad that Mommy won't take her out in the sunshine too much this summer, but she was all smiles when she got to model her swimsuit that Gramma Jenny bought her! I'm really glad she didn't get my transparent complexion...the kid is already darker than I am and she hasn't even been in the sun (long enough to tan anyway!)! She's gunna be one of those little mexican looking white girls! Pat! She did get somethin' from you! :) I'm thinking she looks quite Zoolander-ish in the last pic...look at that aloof model face! Strike a pose! Lol!

2 Months Old!!!

Where does time go! Kenley had her 2 month appointment on Thursday. She's a growing girl! She's gained 5 lbs since her birthday...she now weighs 11 lbs 4 oz and is 23 3/4 inches long! She's a lanky girl...in the 75th percentile for height, and 50th for weight. Just perfect! I love watching her learn and notice new things everyday...she's so much fun! She's starting to talk up a storm now too!

Smiley Baby!!

She started smiling the weekend of Father's Day...Happy Father's Day Daddy!

We Survived the 6 Hour Trip to Holdrege!

And actually, that 6 hour trip was turned into a 10 hour trip! We made lots of stops. Once to chow, then we stopped in Omaha to meet the Langans (and eat), then again in Lincoln to eat..again...at Ty, Ashlee, and Cameron's. We finally got to meet Macy Jai! So that was really fun! They're gunna be such good friends! And she got to meet Uncle Andy and Aunt Laura, and Uncle Kaden, and Uncle Cooper! She was pretty excited about that! And she met my uncles and aunts and cousins too...it was a busy weekend! It was so nice to see everybody! This was Father's Day weekend...yeah I'm a little late getting this posted! So the girls are 6 weeks old here.

Isn't She Cute!!

Kenley will be 6 weeks old tomorrow! Wow! Time has flown! I weighed her today and she is about 8 lbs 6 oz...still a wee little thing! She's still in newborn size diapers and onsies! I can't wait to dress her in all her adorable little 3 month outfits, but they're all so big on her still! She's really filling out in her face and tummy though. We can tell she's growing just fine! She's becoming much more alert...staying awake for hours at a time now. And she's starting to smile at us a little bit...so cute!

Kenley's First Trip to Emerson

We went on our first 3 hour car ride this last weekend. Kenley did great, she doesn't mind car rides at all. We did have to stop once to get some grub because 3 hours is just about the limit we go in between feedings. We went back to Emerson for Tom's 10 year class reunion...yikes! So we left the kiddo home with Papa RC and Grammy Val and Great Grammy Barb. I think she was pretty easy on them. I sure appreciated it! Mama got to let her hair down for the first time in about 11 months! It was a nice weekend. She got to see cousin Cameron and Grammy Peggy too! She's going to catch up with Cameron one of these days...she's grown so much-she's almost as long as him! I haven't taken very many pictures lately, shame on me! She's changing so much so fast, I need to be taking them every day! Here she is with Great Grammy and Great Papa Clements and Cameron...

Our Precious Wittle Niece!!

Welcome to the world Macy Jai Cox!!!!! My brother and his wife Laura are the happy new parents! I'm getting this in a little late..she was born May 12, 2009, and she was 7 lbs 12 oz and 20 1/2 inches!!! And she has a full head of hair too!!! That must be from Laura and Tom's sides because Andy and I were super blonde and didn't have a whole lot of hair when we were born. She was a little stubborn on coming out to meet everyone, she thought she would just keep everyone in suspense for another day or so! :) So far, I've only been able to see pictures :( and I can't wait to meet the cute wittle sweet pea! She has a cousin that's pretty excited to meet her too!!! Here's some pictures that my brother sent me...I want to pinch those cheeks so bad! :)

Kenley's 3rd Week

Still doing great! I think we're starting a little growth spurt...she's eating more often and chowing down like a little piglet! She doing great with both breastfeeding and bottle feeding, so mama gets a break every now and then and daddy gets to have his special time with her too! She's starting to find her voice! She's still not fussy, but she has no patience when it's food time and she lets us know it! :) I can't help but giggle at her tiny little cry-it's kinda loud, but so puny at the same time! I'm sure it won't make me giggle so much after I've heard it nonstop for hours! I'm sure the day will come...

Kenley's 2nd Week

She's a growing girlie! At her 2 week appointment, she was up to 7 lbs 2 oz...she had been down to 6 lbs 1 oz in the hospital, so she gained more than a pound in a week! And she grew an inch and a half! She's up to 21 inches! She's finally started to fit into her clothes a little better...she's got a little ways to go though! She's still just as calm as can be...not waking us up much, and not fussing at all. Maybe a bit when she's hungry, but hey, I complain too if my tummy is grumbling!

Here's a little video I took when she was 13 days old...

Kenley's First Week

This child is spoiling us so far! She was pretty easy on us the first week. Of course we had to get up in the middle of the night to chow, but only once! She's not fussy at all either! Just sleep, poop, eat, sleep, poop, eat! She's awake for small amounts of time, usually after eating. She's so sweet and laid back...our tiny little princess!

Kenley Meets the Family!

This child is SO LOVED!!!!

Grammy Peggy;

Papa RC, & Great Gramma & Grampa Clements;

Papa Mason & Grammy Jenny

Gramma Val;

Uncle Ty, Aunt Ashlee, and Cameron; Uncle Andrew

I'm missing a picture with Aunt Katie...soon to come!

And Kenley CAN'T WAIT to meet Uncle Andy and Aunt Laura and new cousin MACY!!!! And of course she is really really excited to meet Uncle Kaden and Uncle Cooper! Those pictures will come later too!