Over a week

Wow! It's been more than a week since I posted. Very strange for me. I have found myself disappointed checking others' blogs and finding no updates so I hope that I haven't disappointed those of you that check my blog frequently. I'll try to give a complete update.

Last weekend my mom and dad came for a visit. My mom came earlier on Saturday morning so Clay and I could go look at an open house. We are looking to upgrade the Hotel Brockman next year and CEO Mr. Brockman would like to build so COO Mrs. Brockman and he went looking at spec homes. I'm warming up to the idea of building as long as all the numbers work out. We definitely need more space!! My dad came later in the day and we had some Monical's pizza for dinner and some nice time to visit.

Sunday was a very low key day and then it was time to dread going back to work on Monday. However, starting Sunday night we experienced some sleep issues with Ms. Kenley. We have no idea what was wrong but she just cried and cried and cried. Nothing worked to console her. Eventually I got her down around 11pm but she was up again around 4am and then about every 30 to 45 minutes. It made for a really long night. Monday and Tuesday night were also long but each night got a bit better and by Wednesday night we had our sleepy bug back. However it made for some LONG days at work when I felt so tired. (Probably another reason for the lack in blogging updates.)

This weekend was another low key weekend, which is good considering we now have something planned every weekend from now until August. Geez!

Now here are some other topic related updates...

Kenley seems to be enjoying herself at the sitter and even has a little boyfriend (much to her daddy's dismay). His name is Austin and he just turned 1. He likes to give her open mouth kisses on the head. It is simply adorable and I have to admit I encourage it when I pick her up daily. (Sorry hon!) There are just a few things that bother me about the sitter's. (I know there are always bound to be things when someone else is taking care of your child so much since no one does it EXACTLY like I do, so I know I shouldn't let them get to me, but they do.) The first thing is they always tell me I need to trim her fingernails. I do it as often as I think about it or as often as I'm able to get a 5 month old to stop squirming long enough for me to do it, but no matter how often I do it, they always say she is scratching herself or them. Well, just cut them then. I don't care. The other thing I am going to call the milk mystery. I will admit that I do not have a supply problem and we seem to have an overabundance of milk to take to the sitter and the rest is overtaking our freezer but it seems that they have even more. It always seems like I think they should have less left than they do if she eats as much as they say she does. The math never quite adds up in my head. Oh well, I guess I shouldn't fret. The last thing about the sitter is the fact that naps are still hit or miss. This one can actually be blamed on my inquisitive and watchful daughter. She doesn't like to nap if she thinks she is going to miss something. Given the action packed house at the sitter's she fights them tooth and nail to take naps which means I have a grumpy baby for the 2 hours/night that I get to spend with her before bed. NOT COOL! So please pray we get this napping thing figured out. For the most part she naps well for us at home and still sleeps at night so she should be able to do the same thing daily there. Keep your fingers crossed.

With the hot weather, we are wearing some of our newer clothes and Clay and I just find her as cute as can be. The other morning we put on this cute outfit which I think was in one of the many boxes we have received in the past from A. Val. As you can also see, she is learning to sit. However her biggest challenge is actually sitting still long enough to stay balanced. She likes to squirm too much.


Kenley is also trying new foods regularly. She isn't a huge fan of the veggies yet, but true to form for this household (and all little kids I've been told) she LOVES those fruits. We have had carrots, peas, prunes, pears, bananas, applesauce and green beans. We will be moving onto peaches next. We aren't a very neat eater and usually make a mess, but it's funny to see all the faces and she cleans up in the bath easy enough. We can tell when she really doesn't like something or she isn't hungry because everything that went in on the spoon comes out to the chin ;o) Much like this...

I took some other new pictures this week and will put them on Shutterfly, but also wanted to share some of our first family self portraits. For those that know me well, I am a big fan of the self portrait. Clay and I have taken many over the years and it works just right. My arm is just the right length. Today we were playing around and I made Clay get on the floor so we could take some self portraits of us as a family. Little bit more difficult with a squirmy bug but still cute, so I changed the picture above and also wanted to share this one...

She doesn't look too excited about it all, but she will definitely know she is loved. I'll try to keep the updates coming more regularly in the weeks to come. We have some fun weekends planned so I'm sure this summer will just FLY BY. As always, stay tuned ;o)