3 months already?!

Today is Kennedi's 3 month "birthday". I can't believe she's been with us 3 months already! Time really does fly, no matter how much you try to slow it down, or how many pictures you take! Tomorrow is my nephew's 2nd birthday..before I know it K will be turning 2. Until then, we will just be trying to make as many memories as we can. Kids really do make life go by faster. Unbelievable.

Tonight was our 2nd night with cereal. The first night K didn't really get much cereal in. She got so frustrated with that spoon, she wore herself out and ended up passing out before she even finished her bottle. We tried mixing a little in her bottle, which i was skeptical of, due to way to much paranoid reading on the internet & in books. I had always thought, sure, put in in the bottle..until I started reading. More and more articles said that babies could choke on cereal in the bottle, so me, being the paranoid mom I am, wanted to stay away from that completely! We ended up trying it, and K was also frustrated with that. It made the milk too thick (duh) and it kept clogging up in the nipple. So, tonight we mixed up some cereal in a bowl, and K seemed to be much more patient tonight. She really seemed to be getting the hang of it!

A Burley/bike update: The Burley Bee with the infant insert ended up being too big for K. SHOCKER...she is so tiny! We tried to make it work to no avail. We are thinking of putting a big blanket under her little butt to maybe try and boost her up a little bit. We shall see. We did have a moment of inspiration this morning. K woke up at around 5:30 and we just decided to get on up and go walk. So, we did. We walked and walked. I was quite proud of us. Sheri even tried jogging a little bit. She was always a jogger..me, not so much. I'm trying though. When we were done walking/jogging, we came in and did a little ab routine. I'm just hoping we can keep it up!

We took K to Buffalo Wild Wings tonight. She loves going there because of all the TVs that there are to look at! It's so funny to watch her take it all in. It was nice to just have a family night. We don't have enough of those. Life is good. :)

The Sweetest Sound

I'm not sure what's been in the water (or formula, more like it) lately, but we have had a fussy baby on our hands! The past few days have been pretty similar in the fact that Kennedi wakes up quite happy, has a bottle, sleeps a little more, wakes up happy again, has another bottle, stays happy for about 30 minutes, and then proceeds to go into a series of meltdowns for the rest of the day. Right at this second, knock on wood, she is in her swing quietly (with the exception of a few loud, random farts) watching ESPN. Yesterday we were both so frustrated I finally took K outside. I didn't even put on shoes, I just walked out. We walked up and down the street, and she enjoyed it. My feet, however, did not. They are still sore. Next time I'll make time to grab shoes.

Speaking of ESPN, the child watched every softball game we put her in front of. The College World Series was a couple of weeks ago, and she was starting to track things really well at that point. If she was in front of a softball game, she was happy! What can I say..like Mommy, like daughter!

We are up to about 5 ozs everytime we eat, so you know what that means..BIG BOTTLES! Ahhh..already she's growing up too fast! Sheri said we should make some 6 oz. bottles and we could make some money off of them. I guess those parents that want a slightly smaller bottle would buy them. This way they feel like their kid isn't quite growing as fast as they really are. Ignoring the inevitable! I do have to say though, this bottle is almost as big as she is!

In other baby news, K is cooing up a storm. We aren't quite at a laugh yet, but we are getting there. A few times Sheri and I have looked at each other thinking what we just heard was a laugh, but we determined it was just an exaggerated coo. :) She is holding her head up really well now, and can support her entire body weight on her legs, which isn't supposed to be happening yet apparently! We are trying to increase her tummy time, but she HATES it! She is loving sitting in her Bumbo chair though.

I, trying to be the good Mommy, have started to piece the scrapbook together. Lord have mercy, I didn't know where to start. I think I have finally organized enough, though, and have actually gotten about 5 pages done. Between Facebook and Grumpy Gills I haven't had time to do much more. Plus our printer is not printing pictures at their best quality. Needless to say, it's frustrating.

Sometimes I catch myself just staring at her. Like right now, she's just sitting over there, kicking her little legs and twirling her fingers together. I wonder what she's thinking. (She's probably thinking "Mom, seriously, I know you heard me fartin' over here..now could you please change my diaper?") Ok, I'm back...I had to change that diaper. P.U. :) All the stinkies, all the tantrums don't add up to the completeness I feel when she's lying on my chest, though. When she sleeps, the whole world is at peace. That sweet breathing is the most perfect sound in the world.