Natalie's Birthday

May 15th was Natalie's birthday. I took her to her favorite restaurant, The Olive Garden, to eat. As you can see from the picture it was just the two of us. Our friends Corey and Erin watched Kinley for about 2 hours while we went to dinner. I had the gnnochi and chicken veronese and Natalie, who usually gets the chicken alfredo, tried something new after I said that she always gets the same thing. So she ordered the garlic tuscan chicken or something like that. Well my dinner was great and Natalie's was...not so great. She said that it was really garlicy. Well I felt pretty bad because I was the one that told her to try something new and so she did, but I hope that I didn't ruin her birthday dinner. Then for dessert our waiter sang "Happy Birthday" solo to Natalie and we shared a piece of black tie mousse cake, which was great. Overall Natalie had a great birthday.

Yummy

Just recently Kinley has develped a new habit. Everytime we change her diaper she grabs her foot, socks on or socks off it doesn't matter, and sticks her foot in her mouth.

Thank Goodness for Straps!!

Kinley doesn't like to be in her chair and on the floor, because she can't see what's going on. So we have started putting her chair up on the kitchen counter next to the sink so that when we are cleaning, washing dishes, making dinner she can see what we are doing. Well the other day we turned around and she was leaning forward in her chair. For all those moms that just got worried, we make sure that her chair doesn't move and that she is always strapped in.

5 Months Old

I can't believe that Kinley is 5 months old already. I took her in for a weight check a few days ago and she weighed 12 lbs. 10 oz. She only gained about 10 oz. in one month, but the doctor was not concerned at all. He said that she is just going to be small. She is actually really strong and developing really well. She is a very smart little girl. She learned to blow bubbles the other day and makes alot of noise while doing so. As you can see she also loves to kick her legs out straight and move her feet. If they are against anything she will try to knead it with her toes. She is still not sleeping well, but we are hoping this phase will end soon. She really is a happy baby though. When we go anywhere she smiles at everyone and they just have to stop and look and talk to her. It takes us forever to get things done, but we are just happy she is happy. We love our little angel.

The things parents buy for their kids

Kinley was getting bored of her play mat, so we decided to upgrade. We bought her this jumperoo, but she is still not sure how she feels about it. She will play for a few minutes and then she is done. We hope she will like it more when she figures out how to jump.

Fun Pics

I just think that these pictures are so cute of Kinley. Some mornings just after we wake up I look at her and I can't help but just count my blessings. She is so cute and sweet. I never want to forget how she looks and the cute faces that she makes now. The other pictures are of Kinley and her cousin Belle. They are great friends. Kinley of course is very curious of her and is always trying to touch and eat her. We love the picture of them holding hands though. This was also the very first time we were able to get Kinley to sit up on her own. She sat there like a pro for about 15 minutes. It is like all of the sudden it just clicked to her.

My two favorite people

This weekend we decided to go spend some time away at Park City. We were only gone for a couple of hours, but we had a great time. We bought Kinley some much needed summer clothes and also a some other fun items along the way. We love shopping for her. Ryan picked out this cute blue dress for her. We put it on her the next day when we went to church. Ryan also found his blue tie that matched. They were so cute together.