Zumba Zumba

Will my abs ever look like hers? I am starting to wonder. This leftover baby flab is starting to kinda depress me. A few weeks ago I bought Zumba on the wii. It seems to be a pretty good workout but mostly on my legs. I think it is fun but I wish I had more room in my living room and better shoes!!! But I do like it. It is nice to be semi active. I really wish I could shed these last pounds......

1st little ponytail!

2 days ago i decided to try and put a ponytail on Kelsey. I haven't tried it yet because I was so scared I was going to rip all her hair out! It is so thin and I have never really done little girls hair before. Her hair is plenty long enough just again, so thin! It was scary but it looked so cute! Her hair is starting to grow in under her hair from where it was all falling out. So it is finally beginning to thicken up so I am excited for future little ponytails! I love my little girl! She is growing up so fast!

Pool Time!

Kelsey loved her first swimming adventure! We went one day early to the pool before Trent went to work. It was so nice because we had the whole pool to ourselves and the weather was pretty decent. You should see the pool now that it is summer vacation. I am glad we got at least one day at the pool before school was out. Not sure how many lucky times we will get where it isn't overcrowded. I hope we can get out again! We had fun on our family outing and Kelsey just loves water!!!! Happy summer to you all!!

First playground trip

Every once in a while we will have a nice day here in Portland. Even though we should be having a lot more! It is the middle of June and I am sitting inside right now watching the rain fall outside. Yesterday it was 75 outside! The weather is being wacky. Anyway, a couple weeks ago I babysat Octavian, my little nephew, and we had fun going to the
little playground here at the apartments and then going on a walk. It was the first time I took Kelsey there and it was fun. =) The weather was perfect! Octavian had fun playing with Kelsey and Kelsey had fun watching him. I can't wait til she is a little older and play more with her cousins!

First Mother's Day

My first Mother's Day was excellent =) I had to give a talk at church which went pretty well actually. I could hear Kelsey talking in the pews with Trent and it was pretty cute. She is starting to become a little chatter box at church and it is pretty funny. After church we went and said Happy Mother's Day to Trent's Mom and gave her a gift and then we headed over to my parents for dinner and desert. My mom has a tradition where every Mother's Day she invites family over for strawberry shortcake! Yum Yum! =D Trent was a sweety pie and got me a gift. A locket shaped in a heart that says Mom on it. I absolutely love it and couldn't have asked for a better first mother's day gift! I love my husband and he will always hold a piece of my heart. Thank you for making it special Trent Trent! I love you!

4 months!!

Kelsey is 4 months old today!!

Stats:

Height- 25in. tall
90th percentile

Weight- 12.4 lbs
25th percentile

I have a tall and skinny girl! Who would have thought I would have a tall girl! She just might be taller than me someday =) We will just have to wait and find out! The Dr. said I need to try feeding her longer and maybe start on some rice cereal to try and get some more meat on her. So maybe this month we will try it out and see how it goes. The Dr. also said I need to try and put her on her sides more because her head is flat in the back. It kinda made me feel bad. She just doesn't like her tummy time or really being on her sides. So now I am all paranoid that her head is going to be flat forever and that it is all my fault. I just like playing with her on her back because she is so cute and likes to play on her mat. I guess I will have to try to be better.
She wasn't able to get her shots yesterday because she wasn't technically 4 months old until today. Lame I know. It was just a day difference! Oh well. So today I took her in to get her shots. She kinda fell asleep right before which I think made it more traumatic for her. There were two nurses and they each took a leg and poked her at the same time. It was so sad. She had tears running down her face. I did not enjoy that. But I am kinda glad they did it at the same time so that she could get over it faster. She cried for a few minutes and then passed out in my arms. My baby. But she has been fine today. No problems really so that made me happy. She just took a super long nap. Well long for her anyway. Anyway, here is some stuff about Kelsey right now =)

Kelsey is at such a fun age right now. I am really enjoying being her Mom. She is really smiley and starting to laugh a lot more. I love it! She is so cute! She is really wiggly and likes to kick her legs and feet all the time!! In the bath I have to make sure I am not standing too close because she splashes everywhere! She gets me drenched and leaves puddles on the floor and bathroom counter. She is really funny in the bath. Kelsey loves her bath time before bed!
She is really strong and can stand on her legs for a good amount of time. She doesn't really enjoy tummy time at all! But this last week she has been able to stand being on her tummy longer and I can tell she is getting stronger =) She constantly has her fingers in her mouth and drools everywhere! She likes to spit at me too sometimes. She is getting at the age where she really wants to sit up a lot more. So the bumbo is nice because she is able to sit up and play on her mat. So that is fun.
Kelsey is a jibber jabber. She loves to talk to me! And when there is a lot of people around she loves to just sit and watch them. She just likes to see what they are doing. Depending on the environment too she will just talk and talk to other people who sit in front of her and talk to her too. She really likes it when people talk to her. The more you talk to her, the more she will smile and talk to you. She is starting to kind of take interest in her stuffed animals with faces. It is pretty cute.
She goes through her fussy phases. I find that she is more fussy when she hasn't filled her diaper. Sometimes she will go a couple days without pooping. Those days aren't too fun because you can tell her tummy hurts. Other than that she is a really good baby! She sleeps 10 hours most night which is wonderful! I am still having a hard time getting her to take naps longer than 30 minutes. She will take like 4 or 5 half hour naps. I am hoping that as she gets older she will forget about that schedule and actually get on a sensible schedule so that I am able to get some things done around the house.
I love my little baby and I couldn't have asked for a more sweet little girl. She is my little angel and princess. I love her more than anything! I am lucky to have her in my life with a wonderful husband and father who loves her just as much as I do. What a lucky girl! I love you Kelsey girl! You make mommy so happy and proud!!!

Easter Madness

Wow. What a crazy Easter Weekend! I don't think we were home longer than two hours a day thursday through monday. All five Caudle boys were together which, anyone who knows them knows that they love to spend time together and be as loud as possible! It is always so busy when everyone is here. They are constantly playing games or just talking loud. haha! It is nice to get everyone together once in a while just because I know how much Trent enjoys it. It also means that I get to talk to the girls while the boys go do their thing.
During this break, Emily and I were able to spend some time together with our little girls which was really fun. I didn't get a picture of them together this time. I guess it will just have to wait. Lucy is crawling everywhere and she helped me discover what things around my apartment to be aware of =) Kelsey just loved to watch her play. She would just stare at her. It was pretty cute and funny. I think they will be great friends this summer! We spend a lot of time with the Caudle family. Saturday we were able to do a Easter egg hunt with the kids and go for a walk. It was such a nice day. Kelsey really enjoys being outside.
My cousins are also in town. One in the Navy and one in the Army. I haven't seen them in a while so on Sunday it was so nice to spend some time with them and the rest of my family for Easter brunch. I love Easter brunch with my family. And I love spending time with my cousins. It is so much fun. I just love them! We had a cribbage tournament after we ate. There were about 4 games going on at once. Sadly I couldn't continue in the tournament because we had to leave to spend Easter dinner with the Caudles. But it was fun anyway =) I played against my Grandma and left her in the stink hole. Which is 1 point away from the finish. I didn't even know that she knew how to play. So I learned something new =) She said she always used to play against my Papa and beat him. lol. We played in memory of him.
We then went and had a very nice dinner at the Caudle home. We also had an Easter program that my Sister-in-law Vivienne put together. It was nice to have a reminder of why we celebrate Easter and that it's just not for the bunnies or candy. It was a nice evening and I am glad we were able to spend time with both families for Easter.
Kelsey looked adorable in her Easter dress! I couldn't take my eyes off her! We also got a nice family photo that will always be special to me. I am glad though that it has quieted down. I am behind in my house work! Still got laundry to do, floors to vacuum, bathrooms to clean, and a kitchen that needs some help. So hopefully I can catch up on them soon! I don't like a messy house!

Hope everyone had a nice Easter and remembered what we celebrated it for. I am so grateful for the Savior and his eternal plan. Without it I wouldn't be able to spend the rest of eternity with the people that I love so much!