Looking Cool

She loves to wear her sunglasses.

Big Girl Potty

It's been six days now that Kynzie has been going in the potty, with only a few accidents. At first we were "bribing" her with candy but now she forgets to even ask for it. She doesn't have to be reminded to go either. We've been keeping her naked and keeping the potty in the living room. Next step: panties! She's so proud of herself...what a big girl!

Kynzie's First Haircut

She was very excited about going to get a haircut.

Once we got there she began to get skeptical. But she quickly got over it. She got to sit in a really neat pink car and wear a pretty pink cape!

She drove the car while she got her haircut.

There was a yellow car at the booth next to hers that she wanted to sit it. We kept reminding her that after her haircut she could sit in the yellow car.

I was very impressed by how well she sat still.

She got a toy frog to look at so she would keep her head down.

Getting her bangs cut.

She smiled when she looked in the mirror and saw her pretty new do.

She got to ride this horse two times while we were getting ready to leave. Once we got home, I said something about her haircut and she reached up and touched her hair and said "My hair got all gone."

Laughing Boy

Sibling Play Time

Kynzie always insists that Ryker play too. She likes to show him everything.

Ryker tries really hard to scoot forward to get himself some toys.

Daddy And Baby Snuggles

We were watching videos of animals on the computer and Kynzie thought Ryker needed to watch too. She asked to hold him.

"NOOOO!! MORE ANIMALS!!!!!"

Ryker looks like he's giving the evil eye.

Napping Kynzie

After refusing to take a nap in her bed Kynzie fell asleep on the couch.

Kynzie's First Real Owie

Kynzie was playing with her giant stuffed dog on the couch and fell and hit her face on the coffee table. There was so much blood!

She's so tough. She screamed for a minute but pretty much stopped crying when Daddy picked her up. I think Ryan & I were more traumatized than she was.

Even Daddy had blood on him.

She thought it was paint.

All that blood and yet such a little gash!

Ryker's Play Gym

Ryker loves his play gym. So much that he will even stop crying if I lay him under it.

He grabs the animals and attempts to put them in his mouth.

Kynzie and Daddy built this tower. She insisted that I take a picture of it.

Sweet Daddy Snuggles

Such a sweet, happy boy.

This is what I found upon returning downstairs after my shower. How come he never falls asleep that easy for me?! It seems like the kids are always on their best behavior when I'm not around. I worked today and Kynzie slept 10:30, two hours later than normal. And Ryker slept in his swing from the time I left at 5:45 until almost 11!!

Dress Up

Kynz was attempting to read her brother a book or two. He clearly wasn't too happy with the situation. He normally loves laying under the little play gym, grabbing and batting at the little animals.

"Mommy, I'm pretty!"

Sometimes I still can't get over what a girly girl she is.

I put Ryker in his bassinet while doing chores and came back a few minutes later to find him sleeping on his tummy. The last few days he's really mastered rolling from back to front. If you lay him on the floor he'll be 2 or 3 feet away from where he started in no time!

Wishing Flowers & Food

She loves wishing flowers. She was just trying to show Jonathan but he couldn't help but blow on it.

Eating Jonathan's PB&J. I had made her pancakes....and they decided to switch meals.

Ryker Picture

He's getting so big! At his last appointment on the 15th, he weighed 11 lbs 4 oz.

Falling Asleep While Eating

Water Play

We have a little pool out front that Kynzie loves to play in. She mostly enjoys pouring water into cups and watering buckets. And she loves putting on her pretty swimsuit!

Painting

In need of some fun indoor fun, we decided to bust out the paint for the first time. Kynzie had so much fun. Her favorite was the purple paint.

Every time she ended up with a little bit of paint on her hands she would ask us to clean it off. She really doesn't like her hands dirty. So Ryan attempted to explain that it was okay to have paint on your hands, that it was fun. He continued by painting her hand so that she could make a hand print. For a minute I thought it was going to cause a meltdown. She thought the hand print was cool but of course immediately wanted the paint off. Silly girl.

Fourth Of July

We went to Fort Vancouver for fireworks...they claim to have "the biggest show this side of the Mississippi." Ryker stayed with Grandpa and we were excited to take Kynzie. I even showed her videos of fireworks before we went so that she would know what to expect and not be scared. The last shuttle from the mall left at 8:30 and the show started at 10:00. Since Kynzie's bedtime is normally around 8:30, we had a pretty tired kid on our hands. As soon as we got there she started running one million miles per hour....after all, she didn't want to fall asleep. She even got to eat some ice cream which is out of the ordinary for her. What a treat!

Kynzie loves riding on Daddy's shoulders. But Daddy's shoulders don't care for it too much.

It was only a brief moment before she got back up and started running again.

Ryan held Kynzie up so she could see all the excitement. He had told her before to "not be scared", so once the show started she said over and over again "not scared, not scared." I'm not sure she understands what "scared" means.

This $5 light toy was well worth the price. She thought it was so neat.

Overall, we had a pretty good time, but didn't make it home until nearly midnight. We were all exhausted. Keeping up with Kynzie was quite a handful. We've officially decided not to do the fort again until the kids are old enough to handle staying up so late, and not run around like crazy uncontrollable little monkeys!

Happy Talking Boy

New Outside Toys

Kynzie really likes her new bubble mower. Funny thing is, I don't know that she even noticed the bubbles. She likes the sound it makes when you push it. Unfortunately shortly after I opened it and brought it outside I had to put it away because it was causing fights. Must be an awesome toy!

Mommy: "Kynzie, watcha doin?"

Kynzie: "I'm swiddding Mommmmy!!"

(She answers with a "duh" attitude)

Although there's plenty to do outside, our little artist wanted to color.