Happy 5 Month Birthday Kendyll!!

Oh my has she grown! Our baby girl is working hard on sitting up on her own these past few days. As you can see by the video in my last post, she is very excitable, too. She's still waking mama up once or twice a night, but she goes back down to sleep pretty easily. A far cry (ha!) from what the six weeks were like. Still very tolerant of Ryker, she really enjoys watching her crazy brother run around the house. Ryker is maturing as well and doesn't feel compelled to smack her head or poke her eyes out every chance he gets. Time-outs have been very effective on him.

Kendyll is very strong and is rolling over from front to back very easily. She also loves to try to sit up from a lying position. She can't sit up yet, but looks like she's doing crunches. The ladies at her daycare call it baby pilates. :)

Kendyll gets really hungry late in the day but isn't taking to solids well. She just prefers the bottle. It's definitely harder to dedicate time to helping Kendyll eat more when there's another little one running around demanding attention. I keep trying, though.
She just talks up a storm if you give her a chance. She loves any time I can devote to her, but also fairly independent and is happy sitting in her chair or jumperoo watching her brother.


Happy Girl

New hobby: playing with feet.

Ryker loves to give her kisses.

Happy 3 Month Birthday Kendyll!!

The fourth trimester is now complete! I have no complaints. Kendyll as been a great baby. I always thought Ryker was a pretty good baby, but Kendyll is even more laid back. I thought for sure that with one good kid meant the second would be the opposite. I'm happy to report that is not the case; we feel very blessed in many ways with these two miracles. It helps a lot that we have a better idea of what we're doing this time around.

At Kendyll's 2 month appointment, which was really closer to 2.5 months, she was 16# 24". It's been a couple of weeks since that appointment and she definitely feels heavier than that. She's on her way to being big and tall like her brother! She tends to clusterfeed from about 5pm-8pm and that sets her up to sleep 6-7 hours. So mom is usually only getting up once per night these days. At this rate she'll need a new carseat soon. She'll also be growing out of her bassinet and will need a crib. We'll be shopping soon for her bedroom set and I guess I need to get a double stroller one of these days! It's nice enough to go for walks now. Kendyll hasn't had a stroller ride yet. Something tells me she won't mind at all.

She smiles a lot and we can get her going just by looking at her and saying "a-goo"; which is what she says. She seems to be happy that we're speaking her language. Overall, Kendyll just doesn't seem to mind much. The dogs barking, Ryker screaming, Ryker patting her head, Ryker kissing her, Ryker shaking the jumperoo that she's in...nothing seems to bother her. About the only thing that she doesn't like is a wet diaper or an empty stomach. Very low maintenance for a baby!