The past 6 months

I have been reminiscing (that can't possibly be spelled right..hmm) today and have been thinking about our family pictures over these past 6 months, so I decided to put them all in order. Most of them were on the top of the blog at one time or another and I will continue to update that picture often. But here is flash of the past...

How we started

and started to grow

and grew

 and grew

and changed

and changed 

and changed some more

then we started to shine

and eventually steal the show

even with a messy face ;o)

What happy times! I can't wait to see how our family continues to change over the next 6 months with our sweet little girl.

6 months

Last weekend Kenley turned 6 months old. Today was our visit to the doctor for our 6 month check-up and all I can say is she is such a big girl ;o) We have been saying for the last few weeks that we can't believe how long she looks and how big she is getting. We have noticed the carrier is MUCH HEAVIER to get in and out of the car let alone carry for any distance further than 15 feet.  Today we found out why. Kenley is now a whopping 17 lbs and 28.5 inches long (that's why her super cute new overalls that we wore ONCE are too small...ugh). She gained 2lbs from her last visit at 4 months and grew 3 inches (this may be off since we think the nurse measured funny last time). The visit itself with the doctor went quickly and we didn't have too many questions. We will be adding a daily meal to our eating routine and can move on to 2nd foods and start trying combos. In fact, tonight we had blueberry pears. YUM! Developmentally we need to just keep practicing sitting (which she is doing quite well lately) and then on to crawling. We also were told to start baby-proofing the Hotel Brockman. All in all the doctor confirmed what my little lady's outfit said today... "She's Purrrfect!"

Happy "Bee"ing me!

Over the river and through the woods...

to Pat and Donna's we go went. This past weekend we travelled south over the Mississippi river and through the woods of Festus, MO to visit my godparents. This was Kenley's first trip to their house and we all had a lovely time. We got there on Friday around 5 and got home Sunday around 6. It was a wonderful weekend and went by much too quickly.

While there Kenley enjoyed:

Playing on the floor and practicing sitting like a big girl

Watching Poo Bird and Otie (the birds)

Swimming in their swim/spa

Hanging out in the 4 seasons room and posing for pretty pictures

and learning to play the piano with Aunt Donna.

Kenley is becoming a very good traveler. I can't wait until we take her on her next big adventure to FL this fall. I'm sure we have a few more smaller trips planned here and there too, and we definitely need to travel back to Pat and Donna's for another fun filled visit.

Father's Day Weekend

We have been pretty busy this weekend. Friday, we decided to get Kenley's 6 month pictures taken. It was a little over a week early, but we are busy these next few Fridays. They went really well and she smiled so big for the camera. The picture lady did think she smiled bigger for Clay so he was responsible for standing behind the camera to make her smile and I was responsible for sitting just out of the camera's view and holding on to Kenley or making sure she didn't fall. For one set, she was sitting up on a table and I had to hold her by the sides of her fat rump to keep her from falling. I'm sure most of you have seen them on Facebook already or on our Shutterfly site, but for those who haven't (and for me just to show them off again), here are a few of our favorites.

Then on Saturday, we headed to Decatur to see my mom and dad's new trailer and celebrate Father's Day with them. We had a nice lunch at Carlos O'Kelley's, a short visit at the nursing home with my Grandma and Grandpa, and then some excellent Kreckles lemon ice cream for dessert. It was a wonderful day (at least until the car ride home when Kenley got very fussy and refused to sleep). Here is a picture of Kenley eyeing her Grandma's lemon cone. I was too busy enjoying mine to tease the baby. I can't wait for the day she can enjoy one herself. 

Today we celebrated Father's Day in a very low key manner.  We got up and had Clay open his cards and gift. Kenley made sure to sit like a big girl in the chair and help, however, she is learning to look at the camera, so every time I went to take a picture, she would stop helping and look up. Here she was helping read the card.

and then she helped open his gift from her.

again she caught the camera, so I decided just to take a posed picture of Kenley and Clay celebrating his first Father's Day.

The gift Kenley got Clay is a statuette for his desk. Here is a better picture of it.

I ran and got donuts for breakfast and we spent the rest of the day much like any other Sunday. We relaxed some and Kenley and I napped. Clay got to watch some baseball and play PlayStation. We did make a family trip to the grocery store as we were completely out of food and hadn't had time yet this weekend. Although we didn't do much, I hope Clay had a wonderful 1st Father's Day. He is an excellent father (and husband) and he deserves a big Thank YOU for all that he does for Kenley and me every day. We love you Clay!!

Now Kenley is in bed, Clay is playing PlayStation again and I'm wrapping up this post. Have a few things to do tonight around the house and then back to the grindstone tomorrow. I hope all you other dads that read this (prob like just 2 of you... my FIL and Bill) had a wonderful father's day too!

Shadows