Happy 1/2 Birthday To You!!!!

I can't believe that Kinlee is already 6 months old. I have to keep counting the months just to make sure that's right. It seems like time went by way faster with her than it did with Tray.

Just in the last month Kinlee has made some tremendous milestones. She sits by herself, she has been sleeping through the night for months now, she started solids, she can hold her own bottle, she is mobile (rolling and scooting), she is trying to crawl, and she is just a beautiful funny girl.

I can't wait to see what the future holds for her!

Here are some pictures of Kinlee's crawling attempts. She gets on her hands and knees and rocks now, and she will get the the point where she is standing on her feet with her hands on the floor.

I've been lost!!!!

Our Internet has been out for a week and I've just been so lost without it. Thanks to my awesome home teachers we are back in business! When I finally got to check my Google Reader I had over 50 blog posts to read! So yes we are still alive and I will make a update post soon!

Summer Lovin - Happened So Fast

Summer is just flying by. I must say that we don't do much to help it go by any faster. Most days you can find us sitting home in the AC watching So You Think You Can Dance. Some things that we have been doing include:

~Swimming at the Brigham Pool

Tray is a fish. He thinks he can swim and pretty much he can. I just put wings on him and he's good to go. He loves to hang out with Kabrie in the deep end and just off onto her head. Kinlee does ok but she would much rather sit out with Grandma and nap.

~Going "camping" with the Lund family

I say "camping" because even though we are up in the mountains we are staying in a cabin that costs 3 times as much as our house. It's so nice! Tray had a lot of fun with all the cousins. We had a lot of babysitters so I didn't have to worry too much about him getting into trouble.

~Getting new church callings

I was released as the Primary Secretary and now I'm an Activity Days Leader. It should be fun. I'm not too familiar with the program but I know they do a lot of crafty things. I'm sure I will enjoy it though. Travis is still in the Priests Quorum and loves it. They had a date night this week and we went ballroom dancing. It was so fun to learn the Cha Cha.

~Baking with Tray

I've been craving sweets lately, and in an effort to include Tray in more things I do, I let him help me cook. He LOVES to hold the mixer and he tries to crack the eggs for me. Here he is enjoying some brownie batter.

~Enjoying the warm nights

I've been going walking with a little group in our neighborhood a few nights a week. It's so nice to have adult conversation and get some exercise at the same time.

I hope the rest of the summer brings some more exciting events for us. But I'm not holding my breath for those to happen.

Oh Happy Day!!!!

So I'm a little behind on some celebrations.

First off.... HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY AUNT KELSEY!!!! I guess since we celebrated when you were here it kinda pushed it to the back of my mind and I forgot to post it. So sorry.

Happy Father's Day.

Tonight Travis and I were talking about some people we know of that are getting seperated and it made me think of how Trav and I feel towards one another. We both decided that we have something that a lot of couples don't. We have never had a fight. We have never had to raise our voices at eachother. And we can always come to an agreement. He is the best dad to my kids. Tray looks forward everyday to when Travis comes home. He is usually waiting at the door to give him a huge hug too. And I know that Kinlee already has him wrapped around her finger.

Also I want to tell my dad that I love him. I've always been a daddy's girl and I wouldn't have it any other way. He has such a tender heart and is so caring. He also is the best grandpa too.

In other news this week..... TRAY PEED ON THE POTTY!!!!!

I have never been so excited for pee before, but let me tell you about my happy dance. You would have thought I was going to Las Vegas for SYTYCD. He's so funny too. He will pee a little and then get a treat, and then pee some more so he can have another treat. We are still far from not wearing diapers, but at least it's a start.

And here is Kinlee in her swimsuit.

And the Culprit it.....

Tray had his appointment today with the ENT (Ear, Nose, Throat) doctor. The doctor had him sit on my lap and he looked up his nose and started pulling out crusties and something blue. Then he said we needed to move to the operating room. We put Tray down on a table and it took 3 of us to hold him still. The doctor used a little suction tool and soon enough out came a piece of blue foam the size of a quarter!!!! I about died! No wonder he had such a boogery nose all the time. The doctor also looked at his ears and said that he needed to see him again in a month to check his ears again and to look at his throat. I hope that Tray has learned his lesson about putting things up his nose.

Doctor, Doctor give me the news

Yesterday I took both kids to the pediatrician. Kinlee had her 4 month check-up, and Tray was complaining about his ears and he needed his nose checked for his habit.

Kinlee is growing so fast! The doctor was in love with her. He just sat her on the table and talked and played with her.

Her stats-

Weight - 15lbs 15 oz - 87%

Height - 25.5 inches - 85%

Head - 42.1 cm - 74%

Tray has another ear infection. And the doctor could only see mucus up his nose. But I told him about his horrible breath and other things and he suggested that I take him to the Ear, Nose, & Throat doctor. He has an appointment Monday for that. I know that going there is going to be a traumatic experience for us, but I hope that if there is something up there, they are able to get it out.

>-< I'm going bald >-<

Ok...I'm not really going bald, but my child is making me pull my hair out by the fistfuls. Most days he doesn't even make it an hour from waking up until his first timeout. I was telling my mom the other day about all the things that Tray does and she reminded me that I need to write them down because eventually I will find them funny.

Fancy Shoes -Travis's aunt gave me some church shoes that her boy had grown out of. These are Tray's FAVORITE shoes. He wears them from the time he wakes up until I go into his room and take them off while he is asleep. He has even been caught wearing just shoes and nothing else. He will not wear any other shoe. If I want him to wear anything else I have to hide his "fancy shoes".

Pajamas- My mom gave Tray these pjs one day because he got dirty at her house and he didn't have anything else to wear. Today he had on some different pjs and he found these in the dryer and immediately stripped down and put these on. He loves that they have a basketball on them.

Diapers- Tray isn't potty trained and isn't anywhere to being close. He throws a fit at the mention of the word potty. But every night I have to go in his room and check on him. The past 3 nights I have found a naked-bottom boy sleeping in his bed. In fact one time he had doodoo in there and it got on my comforter which is too big to wash in my machine.

Foreign Objects- For the past few months (I think since February or March) I have had a huge problem with Tray shoving things up his nose. He has had earplug pieces, foam, popcorn kernel, magnets, and his favorite.. chewed up pieces of paper. He has been to the doctor once and that was one of the worst experiences with him so far. They had to strap him to the Papoose to even look in his nose and even then, they had to hold him down because he was thrashing around. At this very moment I KNOW he has stuff up there and it's been up there for a while. I looked the other day while he was sleeping and I saw paper and something bright orange. I tried to sneak my tweezers in there but he felt it and threw a fit. I'm struggling with a solution to this. If I take him to the doctor I'm pretty sure they will have to sedate him to even look up there. Any advice for this problem is greatly appreciated.

Other Random Stories- Just a few more "Funny" stories. Tray snuck a pudding pack from the fridge and ate it with his fingers on my bed. While I was feeding Kinlee, he opened the over door to climb on the stove to eat some watermelon. The other morning he took a banana and smashed it with his feet into my newly cleaned carpet.

With all the struggles that I have with Tray everyday he always tells me he loves me and does some of the cutest things with Kinlee. He is really into playing with cars lately and loves to name them after family members. I love when we go on walks and he holds my hand. He really is the sweetest boy and I love him so much. I couldn't imagine my life without him.