Crying

It is 1am right now and I am up listening to Kyrie scream and cry. This is probably one of the hardest things about being a Mom so far. Let me explain...

Kyrie has not been sleeping well. She used to be a great sleeper - sleeping at least 10 hours a night without waking up. Ever since the teething started a couple months ago she has not been sleeping much. Naps are a rarity and sleeping through the night is not happening. She wakes up several times throughout the night just crying. The only way to get her to go back to sleep was if I held her. The second I put her back down in her bed she would start crying again. So apparently all parents let their child just 'cry it out' one night so they learn they have to go to sleep and we won't always come to the rescue. So tonight is apparently that night. I have not been sleeping much for a while now and it is wearing on me. But let me tell you - listening to your sweet daughter cry for a long period of time is so hard. I want to go and hold her to let her know that I care about her and love her. I feel like she thinks I don't because I am not coming in there to make her feel better. Which I know is not the case, but that doesn't make it any easier. Tough times. But I know that it is good for her and will be good for me too when she can put herself back to sleep and I don't always have to get up and come in there. So I pray it works. I pray that she will be comforted and get some good sleep. Lord knows we both need it!

Sounds like she is starting to calm down. I will make sure she is asleep before I go check on her and put her blanket over her. Make sure she is alright.

Well, that's all for now. I will post another one soon and talk about Kyrie's first Christmas and all. I just have not had time to put the pictures onto the computer - matter of fact I haven't even looked at the pictures form Christmas! So hopefully that will happen soon.

Night!

Pictures

7 months old

Kyrie's First Thanksgiving!

Loves to swing!

Got a climber already.

Advent

Kyrie just turned 7 months. We took her 7 month picture, but I haven't uploaded it yet! Here is her 6 month picture though. Seriously she is growing up so fast! The other day she was walking along the furniture then stopped and let go and she got real focused, put her hands out to balance herself and stood there for several seconds. It was amazing!! Some time soon she will let go and then take off and it will fun!

We are working on an ABC book for her for Christmas. I got the idea from a girl's blog I follow. I am pretty excited about it. I will post some pictures of it when we get it done and get it in the mail. But I thought it would be fun to do then I got this coupon at Target (which by the way I LOVE Target!) and it was for a FREE photo book from Shutterfly! How perfect is that? Anyway, so that will be one of her gifts. And it will have pictures of some of her toys and things she eats and family. SO excited for this!

With December begins the Advent season - which I had never really heard of until a couple years ago and I really think it is great. Our church is doing an Advent Devotional and I am really looking forward to it. Advent goes through the month of December leading up to Christmas to fix our attention on Christ. It reminds us of his death on the cross for the sins of mankind. And it also reminds us that one day he will return. This is a time to fix our eyes on Jesus and anticipate his second coming where there will be an end to all pain, suffering, and death. So anyway, there is a scripture reading every day and I am really looking forward to this time.

Well, I need to get to sleep! Goodnight!

Time Flies

Wow time sure does fly by. Sorry my sooner rather than later post ended up being later! :) Anyway, I wanted to tell you about Kyrie's first road trip. It was to Branson. We went with my Mom, Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Becky, Uncle Joe and cousins Thomas and Charlie. We rode with my Mom and Grandparents and man was their van packed. I feel like I am moving in because I have to pack so much stuff. Amazing that a small little baby has to have so much. My Mom had a little space to sit in the back! haha.

Kyrie traveled so well though. She played with her toys for a little bit then slept and repeated that. I was so happy and thankful. She is such a wonderful baby. We went to several outlet shops and the Bass Pro Shop. Then we went to the Dixie Stampede. Overall, it was a great trip. It was nice to get away for a few days and spend some time with family. Here are some pictures from the trip.
 

Kyrie sure is growing up on me fast too. I can't remember what I said in my last post, but she has been pulling herself up on everything for about a month now. She has been abele to sit on her own for almost a couple months now. She started crawling on October 30. She is getting faster at it too! I need one of those big gate play yard things to contain her while we eat or something. I put her in her pack n play sometimes, but there just isn't a whole lot of space in that to crawl around. Anyway, baby proof the house time has come! I am so proud of her though and how fast she is learning things. Lately she has been pretty confident when she is standing because she will let go and stand there for a second before falling down. But we have a feeling she will be walking early!! So excited for that. Here a couple pictures of her standing on the couch and then hanging out in her pack n play.

We also went to a pumpkin patch to take some pictures. She was so cute in her black skirt and short that said Lil Pumpkin. She was pretty distracted though by all the pumpkins and everything around her. It was tough to get her to look at the camera and smile. But the ones we got are still pretty cute with her checking out her surroundings. The last picture is priceless. She was pretty tuckered out I guess from all the picture taking that she just crashed in the middle of the living room floor when we got home!!!

We dressed Kyrie and Marlon up as little penguins for Halloween. It was adorable! But let me tell you - it is tough to get a good picture of a crawling baby and a dog at the same time. They both kept wanting to move around everywhere! Here is the best one we got!

Well, my little one is now almost 7 months old. I can't believe it!! As said before - how time flies. At her 6 month check up she weighed 16 pounds and was 27 inches long. She is tall for her age I guess which I kind of figured because she already outgrew all of her 6 month clothes and is wearing 9 month clothes now. I am truly blessed by this girl. I just want to hold her tight and never let go. I love her.

Not much else going on I don't think. Getting excited for the holidays!! I can't wait to get the Christmas decorations down and get them al up! I think Kyrie is going to love the lights and everything. Random - but I plan to start p90x today. I got to finish getting these last few pounds off and get into better shape. I ran my first 5k in over 2 years a couple Saturdays ago and it was tough!!! One because I didn't train for it like I should have, but also because I am just not in as good of shape as I used to be. So toning up with Tony Horton will help with that!

Anyway, that is all for now. I got to go and get some things done before she wakes up for the day. Going to be a grocery shopping day along with some laundry - fun times I know! I was going to leave you with her 5 month picture, but I can't find it right now...so I will post it later!

Post Coming Soon

I just got back from Branson last night. Well I got back from Branson Sunday night, but stayed in Broken Arrow with my family until yesterday. It was Kyrie's first big road trip and she did AMAZING!! But I will post more about this soon and some pictures too! :) So be watching for it - I will try to post sooner rather than later too. Right now, I have to go make sure I know what all I am voting for today - as far as those state questions and all that goes.

Brag time

You know I feel so blessed. People are constantly saying how great Kyrie is...that she never cries or gets upset really, she behaves when we are with a group of people, she sleeps all night and so on. And you know she really is a great baby! I just feel so blessed that the Lord has given us this sweet girl. She does sleep all night - 10 hours - and has been for a while now. You rarely hear that babies sleep that long at night. She really doesn't cry much - mainly when she is ready to eat and I haven't gotten it ready for her already or when she is getting tired she gets a little whiny. She smiles and laughs and is just so happy majority of the time. She seems content. Now she does squirm a lot and wants to be on the move or standing up or something, but that is because she wants to explore all these new things and check things out. Having people tell me that they hope their baby is just like Kyrie really makes me feel good. It makes me thankful. It gives me joy.

Here is a picture we took of her at 4 months! I am going to start doing this picture each month and watch her grow and see all the new things she is doing! We are a little behind, but a 5 month picture will be here soon! Wow - she is already pushing 6 months...

But Kyrie is growing SO fast! She can almost sit up all by herself. She kind of still falls to the side every once in a while. And I think she will be crawling within a few days or weeks. Anytime now. She has made so much progress towards that in just the past few days - it's crazy! She does roll all over the place. You put her on one side of the living room and next thing you know she is on the other side! So I have a feeling that when she does start crawling Mommy will be very worn out by the end of the day and will be getting plenty of exercise because she will be on the move and all over the place! :) But I am so excited for this next big milestone!

We welcomed my 4th nephew into the world yesterday around 6:55pm! Owen James - he weighed 7lbs  5oz. So sweet and very exciting!! He was so tiny - crazy to think Kyrie was that small just a few months ago - how time flies. But he really felt like a feather when I held him. It is so exciting to see a new life come into the world. Pure joy. Out family gatherings this year for the holidays is going to be blast! I can't wait.  

Joy

So I only have a few minutes but wanted to just update on a few things!

I really think Kyrie is so close to crawling! I am super excited about this. It may be next week or it may be another month or more before she does end up crawling, but she sure made some progress toward that next milestone yesterday. She definitely has the leg movements going and yesterday she was able to get up all on fours for the first time but her head was down on the floor. Then later, she got up on all fours and then lifted her head. It was only for a few seconds, but hey that's progress!! Now she just needs to learn how to move all fours at the same time! :)

She is also laughing a lot more now too! I played peek-a-boo with her while standing up and covering my whole self up with a sheet (she was laying on the floor) and then I would move the sheet and she would just laugh - not just the cute little giggle she did the first time she laughed, but a real good laugh! It was awesome. This was the first time she really got to laughing. Then later Brian was blowing on her belly and she started really laughing again. These are such precious moments in time.

I love that I could be having a rough day or upset about something and the mere smile or laugh from Kyrie makes everything just melt away. This girl means so much to me I just could not possibly see myself without her now. The Lord has truly blessed us with this precious daughter and for that I am so thankful. Words cannot express my gratitude to Him. She is a miracle to me and I pray I never take that for granted and cherish every moment with her.

Well, that is all for now. I think she may be waking up! Promise to make more time for this and do it more regularly!

Here are a couple recent pictures!

Left:  My Mom, Aunt Becky and cousins came up on the 21st and we all went to the zoo!! It was so much fun. Here is a picture from the zoo with my Mom!
Right: I went to Legacy Bank (my previous job) for an ice cream social with the Newcastle Fire Dept and they let us get in the truck. Kyrie put her hands up on the wheel herself then turned around to pose for the picture! It was so cute.