Kendall's 5 Month Pictures

I am not a huge fan of plain jane studio photography, but Tim thought that since the other girls had their pictures done in a studio, Kendall needed them too. I originally took her to Kiddie Kandids, but they are no longer. These pictures are from Sears. I scanned in the pictures so the clarity isn't the best, but still cute. Now that she has her "studio pictures" I am just going to do it myself from now on, or if my sister's in town, she can do it.

THANKSGIVING POINT

Lots of pictures comin' at ya! A few weeks ago we went with some friends to the Children's Discovery Garden at Thanksgiving Point. I can't believe this was our first time going here. It was a lot of fun and we will for sure be going back.

Tim's friend, Benton, is engaged to a girl named Laci and this is her daughter Chevelle. Addi and Hally love to play with Chevelle.

5 MONTHS

Kendall went to the doctor for her 5 month checkup (yes, I missed the 4 month checkup). She weighs 19 lbs. and is 26" long. In the 99th %tile in everything. We sure love this chunky monkey. I can't get enough of her slobber kisses, burrowing into my shoulder, her whole body moving every time she smiles and her cute cooing noises. Here are some recent pictures of our little doll.

Sportin' her first pigtail.

Oh the BUMBO chair. What a wonderful invention. Don't you just want to pinch her?

Joining us for dinner.

Kendall slept 12 hours a night by the time she was 6 weeks old. Then suddenly when she hit 4 1/2 months she started waking up TWICE a night to eat. What the! Then I tried giving her rice cereal and applesauce (which she immediately loved) before I gave her her milk at night and she started sleeping through the night again! I didn't think she needed anything extra. She looks like she's getting enough, right? But this babe is growing, growing way too fast.

Sometimes as a Parent...

...you just have to put your foot down.

The other day during dinner, Hally was being difficult and didn't want to eat her food, as usual. You can try any kind of bribery with this kid and if she doesn't want to do it, she won't. Plain and simple. She wasn't about to have a bite of her miniature sized sloppy joe. She told me that she hates it when I make yucky dinner. We told her she would have to go to bed if she didn't eat. She knows we're serious too. That didn't make her eat her dinner. The hungry people in Haiti that she prays for everyday didn't make her eat her dinner either. Then I said I would throw away her Easter Basket, CANDY included. She said, "Okay." So Tim put her Easter Basket in the the garbage and headed out to the dumpster. (So really he just set the trash outside of the door.) Her reaction to throwing her EASTER BASKET IN THE DUMPSTER? NOTHING!!!! She could have cared less as long as she didn't have to eat her dinner. The problem is, she really NEEDS to eat her dinner! SERIOUSLY! She's tiny and she might just blow away in one of these wind storms we've been having!!! I finally talked her into having ONE BITE! (After scraping most of the meat off.) This is her reaction. WOW. I really must be a bad cook.

After a long, calm, talk, she finally had 3 bites of meatless sloppy joe.

And most of her pasta salad.

Stubborn but so dang cute!

P.S. She did get her Easter Basket back the next day. We're not THAT mean. Plus, all that candy cost a lot of $$$, so I'm not just going to throw it away.

Easter

We spent Saturday listening to General Conference and dying easter eggs. I printed off some pictures of the General Authorities and whenever one would speak, the kids would have to find the picture and then color it according to what they were wearing. Then they had to tell me one thing the speaker was talking about. Of course their favorite part of the day was dying the easter eggs. Then that evening we went to How to Train Your Dragon, which was a way cute movie. Addi especially loved it. She keeps telling me how she dreams of Toothless (one of the dragons) every night and she was hoping the Easter Bunny would bring her a Toothless Dragon. Too bad the Easter Bunny couldn't find one.

So EGGcited for Easter!

Mmmmm!! Mom's going to make some yummy deviled eggs out of these pretties.

On Sunday afternoon we had a little family gathering at my mom and dad's house.

It was so fun to see Charm & Kerry, Darlene & Dave, Chris & Becky and my Grandma Rex. So much fun!

Kendall with my dad. See Tiffy, you were with us in the background! Look at your picture!

It's like pulling teeth trying to get Tim to cooperate when taking pictures!:)

Aunt Charmaine. I love Kendall's expression in this picture!

Kendall with Grandma Rex.

A visit with Grandma Rex

This is my Grandma, Pearl Rex. She's 92 and has lived quite the incredible life. She's raised 11 kids and has around 56 grandkids? I am too lazy to count right at this moment. She goes dancing twice a week. She's lived on her own since her second husband died a few years ago. She's also good friends with Orrin Hatch and other local leaders and has been kissed on the cheek by President George Bush Jr. She is a Republican through and through and has campaigned for all sorts of local politicians and had a hand in getting them elected. Her service to this state/nation have been outstanding. She volunteers her time to help children and many other organizations, tirelessly raising money for them. She's truly lived life to the fullest. I hope I can be more like her. I realize that she's getting older and a little more feeble as time passes. I have been thinking a lot about her lately and want her to know that I love her so much! Thanks for all you do Grandma Rex! :)

4 MONTHS...

...and wishing time had a pause button.