No words...just priceless!!!

This picture says it all. Both kids playing with their computer...PRICELESS! Kaylee only lasted 5 minutes, but it is a start!

Peak and Pit

As you all know I am a reality show junkie. I don't know why it sucks me in, but it does. As I was watching the Kardashians they were talking about the pit and peak of their trip. They said they did this a lot as they were kids. Fast forward to a week later as I was sitting in a meeting a friend told me about a family she knew that did their pit and peak of the day at dinner. Then in a book I am reading the guy talked to his kids at bedtime about the successes of their day. I started thinking and felt that it was "my sign". I told Wes that I wanted to start doing this at dinner with Landon and Kaylee and it has been PRICELESS!!! Landon is now starting to ask us before we ask him. I LOVE IT!

Yesterday, we were going to dinner with friends so I knew we wouldn't have that sit down family time so I decided to ask him about his pit and peak while we were in the car. We talked again about what each word meant and that sometimes we wouldn't always have a pit, but we should always find a peak of the day even if it was a rough day. He sat for a minute and said, "My good thing (peak) was helping Nana Irene get Isabella's shoes from upstairs. My bad thing (pit) was we didn't get to eat upstairs for lunch." I had to laugh because I was able to come to the conclusion that he likes to go upstairs at Nana Irene's house. He quickly wanted to know what mine were and as soon as he walked in the door he asked Wes what his were too.

I love two things about this...it starts a conversation about our true feelings about the day instead of just "it was fine". I think this ritual will be important as they get older, but it is precious to hear now too! The second thing I love about this is it is a ritual they can continue when they have kids. I love starting new things as a family!

Where is Landon?

Landon loves playing hide and go seek. This time he had Nana looking for him. He was getting frustrated because Nana could always find him, but the funny thing is he giggles the whole time he is in hiding so it makes it a little easier. This time he said he had a really good hiding place, and he was right.

Can you find Landon in the playroom? (Look closely!)

There he is in the toy box.

He was so excited that no one could find him!

I love this kid!!!!

Kaylee's New Shoes

Great Grandma Daniel bought Landon his first pair of shoes when he was a baby so she was very excited to buy Kaylee her first pair of shoes too. Since my mom and grandma were in this past weekend I decided it would be great for them to be there when we bought them.

We got her some cute little pink tennis shoes from Stride Rite.

She was hysterical. Here she is checking them out. I am sure she was saying, "What are these things on my feet?"

Then she was off and playing!

Landon's Old Hiding Place

When we first moved into this house we weren't able to fill up all of the cabinets in the kitchen so Landon decided that one of the cabinets was his hiding space. Well, Kaylee has hit that age where she was trying to climb into the cabinets. The only difference is we have JUNK in all of them. Friday I spent nap time cleaning her out the same cabinet that Landon used to play in. I put some of her toys in there to lure her in. When she got up from nap she was so excited to be able to climb in and not get in trouble.

Then Landon had to try it out too. She was excited to have him in there with her. I think he is a little big, but they had fun together.

I can't believe he used to be her size.

Kaylee says, "No more baby food!"

After Kaylee was sick she started fighting me when I tried to feed her. She would swat at the spoon and get it EVERYWHERE!!! I was getting really aggravated because she wasn't eating and she was making a mess! While my mom was here I decided to try "real" food with her. I cooked her some peas, carrots, and a half of a grilled cheese. Then it was time to try it out.

and a little play time.

Then she decided that she didn't want me to break it up. She would rather just take a bite out of the sandwich herself.

I think for her first try at food she did great. I am so proud of my baby girl!

Pinterest February

This month it has been easy to keep my New Year's resolution of doing at least one thing off of my pinterest board since it is Kaylee's birthday. Here are the projects that I have completed this month.

This is a wreath made of yarn. I took styrofoam balls and wrapped them with yarn. This will hang on my front door for her party.

I finished her tutu for her first birthday pictures. I was very proud of myself!

These will hold the silverware at her party. They are vegetable cans, wrapped with scrapbook paper, and wrapped ribbon around it.

I have really enjoyed doing these little crafts!

Roseola is the Answer

Last night Kaylee woke up at 12:30am and 6:30am wanting a bottle. As much as I hate getting up in the middle of the night it allowed me to check her temperature and it was a sign that she was starting to get her appetite back. I was very excited to see that she still didn't have a temperature! At the 6:30 feeding I changed her diaper with only the bathroom light on and then she cuddled with me in bed. I was going back and forth as to whether or not I would take her to the Dr. this morning. I decided to go ahead and get her dressed and then make a decision. Well, that decision was VERY easy when I took her pajamas off. She had a rash all over her tummy. Within the hour it was on her scalp too. My girlfriend Kristi called and said that she thought it was Roseola because her daughter had the same thing. Well, she was right after a 5 minute observation from Dr. Messick he confirmed that it was Roseola which is a skin virus. He said she isn't contagious as soon as the rash comes. I am so glad that we now have a reason for all of this, so happy it is over, and more than that I am VERY EXCITED that my Little Bit is smiling and playing for the first time since Sunday night! (5 LONG days ago)

It is just a virus...

Sunday Kaylee started acting odd. By odd I mean she didn't want dinner, wanted me to hold her, and cried when I put her to bed. This is not her at all. She is a little piggy, is very independent, and loves to go to bed. Well, when she woke up on Monday morning we realized why she was not herself. She has a 101.5 temperature. Needless to say she stayed home with Wes and by the time I got home she had a 103 if we let her go without tylenol/motrin. Wes called the nure advice line and they said to keep doing what we are doing. She woke up on Tuesday with a 102 temp and Wes decided to go ahead and take her to the Dr. After a check they said the words that I HATE to hear. He throat is very red and infected, but it is not strep. It is just a VIRUS...UGH!!! When a mom hears the word virus it means no medicine and a waiting game. Unfortunately, it was a LONG waiting game. He fever went on from Sunday night until today (Thursday). I was very lucky that Wes was off Monday - Wednesday. I ended up having to stay home today with her. By this afternoon her medicine had worn off and she didn't have a temperature. She is just very tired and VERY cranky. I am hoping that she wakes up without a fever.

(We already have an appointment with our favorite Dr. tomorrow for the incase she still had a fever. I think we might still go to just see what they say and have them check her throat again.)

Kaylee - 11 months and my try at photography

Wes bought me my nice camera 2 years ago, and I adore it! I haven't taken the time to really understand all of the different things that it can do, but I have definitely used it a lot. Well, I haven't been great at taking Kaylee in to get her month to month pictures done, so I have been relying on my camera a lot. This time around I had to do an actual "session" with Kaylee to try to get a picture that I could use on her one year old magnet. I e-mail my girlfriend Allison L. to get some of her photography suggestions, and I think that they worked. These turned out much better than I ever expected. The weather was even working with me. It was 70 degrees outside.

Kaylee didn't know about the grass on her feet.

As far as Kaylee she is getting so big! We have come to the conclusion that she might look like me, but she has Wes' personality. She has no fear and is very determined or stubborn.

11 month

- We have heard he say "Lanlon" a couple of times

- She is wearing 18 months clothes because she is so tall

- We have started to move up to Stage 3 foods because there is more to eat. She has been a little piggy.

- She loves toast with butter

- She has really started walking around holding onto things.

- She has started letting go and just standing. She stares at her feet like she knows they are supposed to do something.

- She still chews on EVERYTHING!

- She is starting to understand and listen when we say "No"

- She has learned to say "no"

I can't believe that we are planning a 1 year old party. Time has gone by really fast.

Who needs toys?

I have realized, now that I have kids, that it is true that kids would rather play in a box than the toy that was in it. Wes had bought us logs for our fireplace, and Kaylee went straight for the box.

The I bought a new car seat for Wes truck and both kids had a BLAST playing together in that box too.

Hapy 34th Birthday Wes/ Daddy

Friday night we took Wes to dinner at Olive Garden fro his birthday and then we we went home and had birthday cake. We decided to just get one BIG cupcake for Wes.

Landon was trying to give Wes his birthday spankings and Wes in turn pulled Landon's shirt over his head.

We had family birthday on Friday night and went out with friend's to eat at Taverna Plaka on Saturday night in Atlanta. It was a great birthday.

Pinterest - January

My goal has been to do one pin off of my boards on Pinterest each month. I could sit at my computer and pin all day long, but what use is it if I don't start trying some of them. This month I actually finished one project and have a couple in the works. This month my push has been getting stuff ready for Kaylee's first birthday, and I finally completed her invitations. I was very excited about how cute they turned out.