Pot Roast

Ok I know this post is a little bit ridiculous but I am proud of myself so I'm writing about it anyway!!  Since having Kaylee, I have tried really hard to make dinner every night.  Since my cooking skills were practically nonexistent, I've had to build from the ground up.  For the past month or two I have made something new almost every single night and am starting to get a little more confident in my cooking abilities.  However, one meal that I have stayed away from is pot roast.  I'm not sure why.  It's not the hardest meal I've ever attempted but it is one of my all-time favorite meals and so I think I just didn't want to mess it up!  But I got over my fears and attempted a pot roast this week and I'm happy to report success! It was delicious and I made sure to savor each bite :)  Pot roast seems like a big hurdle to me so now I'm anxious to try other things.  What should I attempt next?!

Pumpkin Carving

I wonder who first thought of pumpkin carving?  Whoever it is was a genius. I love pumpkin carving so much (even though I'm not very good at it...). We decided to just get one pumpkin this year and each carve a side of it at the same time.  It was a little tricky trying to carve at the same time the other person is jostling the pumpkin while they carve, but it made it more fun.  We bought a pumpkin carving kit after Halloween last year for $.50 and have been waiting all year to use it!  It was definitely worth the price we paid :)  I thought this monster was super cute and Richard made fun of me for choosing to carve a scary Halloween monster because I thought he was cute!  

 Richard did a mummy that was really hard but he did a great job on it.  

We might go get another pumpkin before Halloween because we loved carving so much.  (Plus, I burned the seeds from the first pumpkin so I have to get another pumpkin and redeem myself so that we can have our traditional yummy pumpkin seeds).  Hmmm...what should I carve this time?

The Inevitable

Trust me, I KNEW it was inevitable.  But I think I just kept telling myself I'd get lucky one more time.  When I get Kaylee ready for her bath, I take off all of her clothes, including her diaper, on the changing table in her room.  Then I grab my cute little naked baby and hurry to the bathroom.  Let me stop you right there because I know what you're thinking.  Yes, I KNOW it's not very smart and yes I DO know better, but it's so much easier this way!  My big mistake happened yesterday when we stopped on the way to the bathroom to wave hi at Daddy and I tickled her tummy so she would give him a big smile.  However, I guess this way I can blame Richard for being the distraction instead of admitting that it's my fault for being so dumb :)

Laughter is the Best Medicine

For some reason, Kaylee is not a big laugher.  I guess we are just not funny enough or something because we'll get a giggle out of her every now and then but she hardly ever laughs.  But this particular day I guess she was really ticklish because she was laughing like this for a while.  I love it!  I couldn't decide which video was cuter so you get to see both of them (sorry about the sideways videos.  I don't know how to change them..).  I could watch these over and over and never get sick of it.  I love that adorable little girl!!! 

Witch Hunting

 Thursday, my sister invited me to go to Gardener Village with her and some of the fam for a witch scavenger hunt because her kids were out of school for fall break.  Unfortunately, a LOT of other people had the same idea so it was pretty crowded.  Other than that, it was a ton of fun and I loved helping the kids find the crazy witches all around the Village.  I love going to creative activities like this (especially free ones!) and I'm trying to go to as many of them as I can while I am still around to be with my family.  Plus, at the end we all got a cookie so what could be better?  :)

New Talent

Sometimes I don't know where Kaylee picks up the new things she can do.  But they usually make me laugh and this one is no exception.  She's been doing this for the last 3 or 4 days straight and it puts a smile on my face no matter what.  This was the best video we could get of it but every sound you hear in this video is her except the few at the end are me, trying to get her to keep doing it.  So adorable!!!

6 Months Old!

We finally got Kaylee's 6 month appointment out of the way.  Can you believe she's 6 months?!?  Neither can I. 

Our little princess

 

Here are her stats:

Weight: 15 lbs (28%)

Length: 26 inches (60%)

Head circumference: 16.5 inches (30%)

She is a tiny little girl but what she lacks in substance she makes up for in strength.  The doctor kept saying how strong she was and what good muscle control she had.  He even said that she sits as well as most 9 month olds!  Atta girl Kaylee :)  She is eating a bunch of baby food now and LOVES it (except for peas, but I hate those too so I can't blame her!).  I'm sure it won't be long now before she starts crawling because it drives her nuts to have something out of reach.  Better start baby proofing our apt now!