Our Little Ones: November 2009

The start of November has been pretty uneventful. I went back to work (boo) and the girls have been going back to daycare. Kami enjoys being the big sister and protecting her baby sister from all her friends.

Brooklyn went in for her 2-month check-up and was a little under 13 1/2 lbs and 24" long, putting her in the 95th percentile for height and weight. Yup, we've got a big baby! She's also starting to smile and coo at us, which is pretty darn cute. She loves looking at Grandpa Dokken and giving him lots of smiles!

Kami and dada went on a bike ride to the lake and they both had a blast. Notice how Kami smiles the same in all the pictures...cheesy grin!

Kami's quite the bathtub artist!

Apparently beating your dad is funny.

Garrett helping Kami put her ice skates on for our annual McCall retreat with the teens.

All ready to go!

Luckily there were buckets at the ice rink, because this is how she spent most of the time on the rink:

Note to self: next year, get more buckets. My back was killing me afterwards!

Trying to catch a sweet smile.

Check out her awesome hair! People stop us all the time in stores to pet her. Not sure how I feel about that...

It's a flying Kami!

Trying on her Batman costume from last year's Halloween. It's a bit short...

Nice princess crown! Kami's on a real princess and pony kick right now...eww...

Happy Halloween! Life is settling down even more now that we are back at home and finally unpacked from living at my parents' house for about 2 weeks this month. I'm going to start back to work this next Thursday (I'm not really looking forward to it, but it's a necessary evil if I want to continue to pay my bills) and the girls will start daycare. We'll be taking them to the same lady that Kami's been going to for a while, but during my maternity leave, Kami only went to Denice's house about 3 or 4 times. We meant to have her go once a week during the entirety of my maternity leave, but that didn't happen, so we're hoping that things go smoothly when we drop her off on Thursday.

We had a ton of fun with Halloween this year. We went to my parents' house to go trick-or-treating. Kami dressed up as a Minnie Mouse princess (no idea where she came up with that one) and had been planning to do so for about 2 months, so we bought her a Minnie Mouse dress and ears and paired them with a tiara and wand. She did a great job telling people "trick-or-treat" and "thank you" and now has loads of candy in her Disney Princess bucket. She's really on a princess kick right now and has already decided that she wants a Barbie princess for her birthday. Not sure if mama and dada have decided on that yet...

Brooklyn continues to be a sweet girl. Anytime Kami talks to her, she quiets down and just stares at her big sister. She loves taking baths and has even started sleeping for about 6-7 hours at night. She even had a few 11:30 pm-9 am stretches which were fantastic! She's starting to give us a few smiles here and there and is beginning to coo at us. Her hair continues to stand straight up and the mohawk seems to be creeping forward, just like Kami's used to. We get stopped a lot in public for people to pet her. Someone at church asked if I thought she'd get tired of it, but she doesn't know that it's not normal yet, so I figure she thinks that's what people do to you when they see you, although it does mean I have to wash her hair more often so it doesn't get too greasy. What sweet girls we are blessed to have!

One day, Kami didn't take a nap during nap time, so around 6, she was upstairs watching a cartoon by herself and I realized it was really quiet, so I went upstairs and this is what I found.

Two sleepy girls.

Trying to see what Dada's doing.

Helping Dada make a Minnie Mouse.

Playing with clay.

Big, chocolatey grin.

Dressing up for Trunk-or-Treat at church.

I say "smile," and this is what she gives me. What a cheesy girl.

Brooklyn's sweet face. I think she's growing into her huge cheeks.

Kami's a big helper in the kitchen and loves to "stir, stir, stir!" She helped me make a fabulous "chock-it" cake for Grandpa and Aunt Patsy's birthday.

Being a silly girl in Dada's hat...

and falling asleep in it.

She loves her Batman "hack!" She says "k"s instead of "t"s at the end of words, so "hot" is "hock" and "hat" is "hack." And there's your lesson in how to speak "Kami." Also, "mee-moes" are mermaids and the "beemin" is the laptop. No idea how those two came about, but at least we know what she's saying.

Kami likes sitting in Brooklyn's Bumbo seat. I guess she can do that for now since Brooklyn doesn't use it yet. We'll see how things go when she does...and check out that hair!