Oh my sweet little Kinsey Jewel,
You are the epitome of strange sweetness. I love you.
You will be 3 in just 7 weeks and you are still taking 2+ hour naps. Which is working out great for Daddy, cause he needs naps too. :)
However at night you are so funny. You are excited to go to brush your teeth, have Daddy sing to you, and go to bed around 9:30- BUT you talk and jabber to yourself until 11pm! Combined with how slow you wake up in the mornings and after your nap I think you might take after Daddy and be a night owl. Too bad. I was looking forward to when you got a little older leaving Daddy behind early on Saturday mornings and having Mommy-Daughter time. . . drinking hot cocoa, chatting, getting our nails done, going for a walk in the Fall sunshine, and things like that. . .
I guess we'll have to find another time to do those things. :)
In addition to this certain quirkiness, I have noticed that you are getting so much stronger and decisive with what you want to do and when you want to do it. You grab my hand and pull hard...to get me to come where you want me to go. I love that you have your mind made up, and are determined to get your way. That will help you later to not give up when things get hard. However we have many times when you are NOT happy when I refuse because I have to get ready for work, or get you dressed or just need a minute to myself. HOWEVER:
I love that you want to be with me.
I love that you get excited about learning new things.
I love that you are starting to understand WHEN to say "Please" and "Thank you".
I love your adorable face.
I love your cute little bottom.
I love your crazy hair, and that you are always trying to brush it out of your face.
I love your pudgy hands and arms.
I love that little gap between your two front teeth.
I love that you close your eyes when you're swinging.
I love that you kiss me while smiling.
I love how you look at Daddy with joy in your eyes.
I love you so much Kinsey Jewel. Remember that always, no matter what happens.
Love your Momma,
Heather Jo
October 19, 2012
July 13, 2012
Wake Up Call
Every morning I awake with the sunlight and drowsily drink my coffee, watch some Criminal Minds reruns, and do my bible study. Then as time ticks away closer to when you start to awaken, I do the rest of my morning routine...showering, dressing, dolling(hair & makeup), lunch-making, and bag-packing. All the while I am awaiting a familiar sound. Your wakeup call.
When I hear, "Nooooo...sahwee"... I know you're ready to face the day!
If I go in before that I risk 30-60 minutes of grumpy princess, and let's face it- neither of us enjoy that. If I wait too long, then you start kicking the wall, throwing all your blankets out of your crib, and jabbering incessantly.
Its a tricky balance sometimes. And everytime, you make me chuckle and shake my head. . . . what a funny little princess I have.
Love, Your momma,
Heather Jo
When I hear, "Nooooo...sahwee"... I know you're ready to face the day!
If I go in before that I risk 30-60 minutes of grumpy princess, and let's face it- neither of us enjoy that. If I wait too long, then you start kicking the wall, throwing all your blankets out of your crib, and jabbering incessantly.
Its a tricky balance sometimes. And everytime, you make me chuckle and shake my head. . . . what a funny little princess I have.
Love, Your momma,
Heather Jo
June 11, 2012
2 Years, 6 months, and counting...
Here we are 3 years and 3 months after your daddy and I learned that you were growing inside me and were to bless us with your presence in just 8 short months.
You are 36.5 inches tall, and 37.5 pounds!
I have been cleaning out your closet like crazy the past couple months. I'm just relieved that summer is upon us so I don't have to throw out pants that are too short!
Although I'm not sure how much of that is a problem, because most of them don't fit around the waist.
We had some family pictures this weekend, which you cried through. So the finished product has you with sunglasses on to hide your puffy cranky eyes, and a snot smear on my shirt sleeve. :)
Oh well, I suppose that's typical.
Your Momma,
Heather Jo
You are 36.5 inches tall, and 37.5 pounds!
I have been cleaning out your closet like crazy the past couple months. I'm just relieved that summer is upon us so I don't have to throw out pants that are too short!
Although I'm not sure how much of that is a problem, because most of them don't fit around the waist.
We had some family pictures this weekend, which you cried through. So the finished product has you with sunglasses on to hide your puffy cranky eyes, and a snot smear on my shirt sleeve. :)
Oh well, I suppose that's typical.
Your Momma,
Heather Jo
February 22, 2012
The "bye"
For the past year or more you have always referred to the toilet as the "bye". This stems from your original interest in coming into the bathroom with me, and watching the toilet paper and "such" flush down, and I would say "bye bye" and voila: toilet=the bye.
What's funny to me is that sometimes I wonder how you keep "the bye" and "bye-bye" straight in your head. It's amazing to me.
And still when I have to pee, you run in after me, ask for a square of toilet paper so you can throw it in and watch it swirl away.
I wonder if you ever will be potty-trained because other than watching it swirl, you seem to have no desire. Until last night.
I brought home a new board book called "Potty" by Leslie Patricelli.
You have one of these books called "yes yes, no no" and love the pictures.
So when I saw this one, I was crossing my fingers, and hoping that you would like this one too. And maybe, just maybe it would peak your interest in going potty on "the bye".
It's a small step but you made me read the book 4 times in a row. And although you didn't run right to the bathroom to imitate it, I take it as a hopeful sign that sometime in the near future, you will go on "the bye".
With adoring love,
Your momma,
Heather Jo
What's funny to me is that sometimes I wonder how you keep "the bye" and "bye-bye" straight in your head. It's amazing to me.
And still when I have to pee, you run in after me, ask for a square of toilet paper so you can throw it in and watch it swirl away.
I wonder if you ever will be potty-trained because other than watching it swirl, you seem to have no desire. Until last night.
I brought home a new board book called "Potty" by Leslie Patricelli.
You have one of these books called "yes yes, no no" and love the pictures.
So when I saw this one, I was crossing my fingers, and hoping that you would like this one too. And maybe, just maybe it would peak your interest in going potty on "the bye".
It's a small step but you made me read the book 4 times in a row. And although you didn't run right to the bathroom to imitate it, I take it as a hopeful sign that sometime in the near future, you will go on "the bye".
With adoring love,
Your momma,
Heather Jo
January 30, 2012
Say you're sorry!
Oh boy. It was a very interesting Friday night. I was sitting on the floor trying to eat my dinner, which you desperately wanted a bite of, but I'm trying to not treat you like a dog and give you scraps from my plate. So you turned around and proceeded to SIT, right on my dinner!
Then you're pants had mustard and lettuce hanging off them, and my dinner (a turkey burger) was smashed. Daddy was NOT happy with you. He wanted you to say you were sorry, which normally you would say right off if you heard annoyance in my voice. And had he not asked you to do it, I think you might have. But after he asked you- you just wouldn't say it. So you were sent to your room. And you bawled for a long time.
Finally I had to ask you if you were sorry and you said it.
I'm suspicious that you didn't actually mean it.
But we still love you, Kinsey.
Always will,
Your Momma,
Heather Jo
Then you're pants had mustard and lettuce hanging off them, and my dinner (a turkey burger) was smashed. Daddy was NOT happy with you. He wanted you to say you were sorry, which normally you would say right off if you heard annoyance in my voice. And had he not asked you to do it, I think you might have. But after he asked you- you just wouldn't say it. So you were sent to your room. And you bawled for a long time.
Finally I had to ask you if you were sorry and you said it.
I'm suspicious that you didn't actually mean it.
But we still love you, Kinsey.
Always will,
Your Momma,
Heather Jo
January 23, 2012
Silence No More
Dearest Kinsey Jewel,
Today you are 2 years, 1 month and 18 days old.
You are starting to say some phrases and they are SO funny.
First you started with "no". Which mutated into "Umm, no". (Which apparently I say a lot so I assume that you are imitating me)
Then you knew "kitty". and "this is a oof!" (that's a dog, fyi.)
Then you said "this is is a Wow!" and "this is is a Wee!", Wow being used for cool things, whereas Wee is used for the slide, a swing or any moving activity.
Then you added "I sahwee", after an incident we had where I got angry at you and grabbed your hand too hard, you started bawling, and I said repeatedly "I'm sorry".
You started the "I sahwee" the next day.
Now, with coaching from Daddy, you learned "Bwo", which is short for Qubo, the cartoon channel. So when we are watching football, or something else, and you feel like watching cartoons you started saying in a loud voice "Bwo!" "Bwo!" and pointing to the TV. If that doesn't produce the results you want, you steal the remote and try to change it yourself. :)
You of course have some food words also.
Juice, Cheese, "Nanana" (banana), Peas(actually grapes), "bwead", "ickle" (pickle), "foo" (food), "cwacker" (cracker).
Some other words you know:
"floer" = flower, somehow you leave out the "w"
"sey"= horsey
"cah"= car
Almost all of the alphabet, and the numbers 1-9.
Noises:
Kitty
Dog
Cow
Horse
Owl
Monkey
Lion
You haven't really began to speak full sentences. But most of the time I know EXACTLY what you are saying.
I love you, my jewel.
Your Momma,
Heather Jo
Today you are 2 years, 1 month and 18 days old.
You are starting to say some phrases and they are SO funny.
First you started with "no". Which mutated into "Umm, no". (Which apparently I say a lot so I assume that you are imitating me)
Then you knew "kitty". and "this is a oof!" (that's a dog, fyi.)
Then you said "this is is a Wow!" and "this is is a Wee!", Wow being used for cool things, whereas Wee is used for the slide, a swing or any moving activity.
Then you added "I sahwee", after an incident we had where I got angry at you and grabbed your hand too hard, you started bawling, and I said repeatedly "I'm sorry".
You started the "I sahwee" the next day.
Now, with coaching from Daddy, you learned "Bwo", which is short for Qubo, the cartoon channel. So when we are watching football, or something else, and you feel like watching cartoons you started saying in a loud voice "Bwo!" "Bwo!" and pointing to the TV. If that doesn't produce the results you want, you steal the remote and try to change it yourself. :)
You of course have some food words also.
Juice, Cheese, "Nanana" (banana), Peas(actually grapes), "bwead", "ickle" (pickle), "foo" (food), "cwacker" (cracker).
Some other words you know:
"floer" = flower, somehow you leave out the "w"
"sey"= horsey
"cah"= car
Almost all of the alphabet, and the numbers 1-9.
Noises:
Kitty
Dog
Cow
Horse
Owl
Monkey
Lion
You haven't really began to speak full sentences. But most of the time I know EXACTLY what you are saying.
I love you, my jewel.
Your Momma,
Heather Jo
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