Happy 8 Months Baby Boy!

Happy 8 Months Mikah James!  You are the sweetest, giggliest baby I know.  You sleep 11 hours at night (bedtime normally about 7:30pm) , take two, two hour naps a day, have no teeth, and are almost crawling but not quite yet.  You try so hard to crawl and get both legs up and scooted under you then look at me for help(what do I do with my arms mom?) and then you belly flop.  Its cute.  Of course I'm your mom and think most things you do are cute...You are currently eating solids at dinner and while you did not like them at first they have grown on you a little bit.  You LOVE to nurse, you don't like bottles, and you like to have sippy cup to play with just because your sister has one.  Anytime she has one and you don't you try to take it away from her.  And let me tell you-when we take anything away from you- you object-its the loudest little squeal i've heard.  But again cute.....haha

Kensleigh and the stroller...

Kensleigh is at that age where you know she doesn't want to sit in the stroller any more-she wants to walk.  But then she touches everything or walks super slow or runs really fast.  So the other day we took a walk around our neighborhood and she opted to push her stroller around instead of sitting.  So I thought what the heck  it'll wear her out.  And she walked the whole way-I was impressed.  And it was so cute.  Before we left she ran upstairs to get her mini mouse and was so excited she even put her own shoes on (and on the correct feet too) I was impressed again...

Kensleigh you amaze me each and everyday.  You are growing too fast.  You are amazingly sweet and sensitive and don't get me wrong you have your moments (or days) too.  I love you!

(and yes I am working on my french braiding skills, so if ANYone would like to come give me a lesson I'd appreciate it. Kensleigh would too for that matter, everyday she asks me to braid her hair like Elsa's)

Easter 2014

All in all we had a great Easter, it was mostly calm and relaxing.  We got up super early to ensure we made it church on time and were able to park in the "preschooler" lot.  (Trust me, you don't want to haul TWO kiddos plus bags from the black lot) Then we headed to brunch at a new place by us that turned out to be wonderful, probably one of our new go to places... and then home for nap time!  Yes, I even snagged a nap too...It was by far the best nap I'd had in a long time (there may have been drool....) 

Kensleigh had blast going through her (and Mikah's) Easter baskets. Mikah had a blast chewing on his easter eggs.  And if you ask Kensleigh what Easter is all about, she will shout "HE HAS RISEN!" really loud and throw her hands in the air!   It's really so sweet and so innocent. 

I've been working on taking more pictures (one of my new goals) but scrolling through the bazillion of them I realized I need to work on a few more family ones (and maybe a few with me in them-ha!)...

Update: (Yes, I still try to blog!)

Whew, I never blog anymore. I long to get better and be more diligent, but not sure when that is actually going to happen.  I have two little kiddos who require my attention ALL. OF. THE. TIME!  Who am I kidding I love being their mom.  They are awesome in every way (except when Kensleigh purposely knocks over her friend Oliver or smacks Mikah on the head) Okay, so maybe not all of the time...

We are doing well over in the Kim household.  Kensleigh is becoming such a sweet little girl (yes, little girl-I can't believe she isn't a baby anymore) and Mikah is growing like a weed.  Everyday I try and tell him to slow down but he doesn't listen.

 This has been a big past 6 months for Kensleigh. She has learned to use the "big" potty, given up her paci, and sleeps in her very own big bed!  Luckily, she only tried to kill me when we were potty training.  At least now I know what I'm in for for the second time around.  But all in all it wasn't as bad as some of the stories I hear (or at least thats what i'm telling myself).  Transitioning her to her big girl bed was easy.  I was prepared to leave her in her crib forever,  but one night, early in Decemebr I looked at her and asked her if she wanted to sleep in her big bed or little bed-She said big bed and that was that. Giving up the beloved paci I was dreading.  She only got it at nap and night time, but she LOVED that thing.   I. MEAN. LOVED!  But we took a trip to my parents a couple of weeks ago, I didn't take one with us and while she asked about it she went to bed there without it. When we returned home she asked about it once and I told her I didn't know where it was and again that was that. Now, before the trip to my parents I tried cutting her paci, hoping she wouldn't want it anymore.  Well, that definitely didn't work out as planned.  She told me it was broken went and threw in the trash then preceded to pitch a  fit of scream-crying. I was weak, weak I tell you-I went, dug it out of the trash and gave it right back to her.  Now she couldn't suck on it, but she wanted it nonetheless.

Mikah is growing way too fast.  He is such a sweet baby.  Always happy.  He is now 6 months old! ( I know, i'm in denial too) But I love that he is becoming more interactive, playful, and wanting to move around and keep up with his sister.  And boy can she make him laugh.  They both get to just a cackling and it MELTS.MY.HEART.  He currently sits up like a little gorilla, you know with his hands in front of him holding himself up, kinda hunched over.  Its sweet.  Then he just topples over, looks at you and smiles. Then proceeds to try and swim his way across the floor.  He ends up rolling in circles across the room.  He will be crawling before I know it.  I'm not ready for that yet.

We have our days and our moments but all in all we are doing great.  Being a mom is the hardest job but I wouldn't trade it for the world, even on the bad days and the sleep deprived days.  (At least on the sleep deprived days I have my Spark to get me through!)

Dear Mikah,

Dear Mikah,

You are two months old! Whew, how time flies...You have been such a delight and joy in our lives and though it's only been 10 weeks I can't remember what our days were like before you.  You started sleeping through the night just last week.  I was just starting to wonder when you would drop that middle of the night feeding.  Though i'm happy to be getting a little more sleep myself, I find myself still waking up around that 4-5 o'clock hour and i'm slightly sadden at not getting to hold you close in the still of the night- just me and just you.

You love, love, love your sister.  You always give her a big smile when she comes near and believe me, she absolutely adores  you.  She is constantly talking about you, hugging and kissing all over you.  When she hears you cry, she makes sure to come tell me, "baby mikah crying momma" and every once in awhile she gets a pouty face and tears up when you cry.  She also likes to make sure you have a paci near. I have to constantly tell her not the shove it in your mouth.  You don't care too much for the good ole paci, your sister on the other hand...

You love to be held upright and patted on the back. You love to be in your vibrating seat when we are all in the kitchen cooking, cleaning, or eating.  Kensleigh likes to climb up on the counter and get in your seat too.  I'm waiting for the day she just sits right on top of you.  You follow my voice and look all around and when you find me you always give me a big smile; it melts my heart.  You grab and put the death grip on my hair; i've definitely had to start wearing it up more. You do this sort of  half laugh/cackle; it's really sweet.  You are a great sleeper and a great little eater.  When I first brought you home I thought I'd never get anything done because you ate so much.  But after about two weeks you fell into a good little 3 hour routine and have stuck with it ever since.

I was a little worried about having a baby boy, but you've made it easy.  You are such a sweet little blessing in my life.  I didn't realize how much my heart could love, until I had you.

I  love you,

Your Momma

Kensleigh's TWO!

Some turned two this past month!

We had a small little party with just a few friends this past weekend to celebrate Kensleigh turning two.  I'd think it safe to say that she has a blast.  We kept it simple this year.  I have a newborn and knew I had to if I was going to keep my head above water. 

She is talking up a storm these days.  I love watching her interact with others and also play by herself.  It's safe to say the child can keep herself entertained. I most often wonder what conversation she just had with herself or her baby doll.  My favorite word that she says right now is "bugfly".  It sounds like she's saying butterfly, but she's definitely calling a fly a bug-fly.  Cuteness! She is turning into such a sweet and "passionate" little girl.  My baby is growing up and she's only just now two.  I am blessed to call her mine!

Oh, Chick Fil A

The other day after our trip to the park I got the idea to go the Chick Fil A for lunch.  I was with a friend who has a two year old as well and she graciously agreed.  (Mind you this is the first trip I have taken both kiddos on besides going to the doctor and park.)

We are all in the parking lot getting the kiddos out of the car and we all hold hands.  Me with the baby carrier, then Kensleigh, her friend, and his mom.  It was cute, the two little ones holding hands, walking side by side.  We walked in and everyone in there stopped, looked at us and smiled.  Then a nice young man who worked there came up to us, greeted us, and said hey to the tots.  Very nice you think, but when he said hey to Kensleigh the screaming tears broke out.  (She does not like when people get in her face.)  I mean you would have thought he was trying to kidnap her, her cries were so loud.  Her little friend cried out too because Kensleigh had let go of his hand.  She wanted me to pick her up and then within another second Mikah decides to chime in.  So there we were all cute and happy and not two seconds later all in tears. I mean I wanted to cry because both of mine were crying.  My mind goes into panic mode, I mean I felt like I had a red arrow above my head flashing crazy just had a baby hormones over here.

Needless to say all the staff was extra nice and when all was calm we had a great time.  The little ones got to play and me and my friend got to chat for a bit.  In the moment I wanted to hide under a table, but now that I look back on it, it makes me laugh.  Babies will cry and two years will be two years...