More Birthday Photos

So I always do this in the wrong order. I did the movie first, and then I forgot that if I do "More Birthday Photos" they'll actually show up BEFORE the movie. Oh well. Here they are anyway (from Conner's b-day party on Aug. 4)!

Kylee decided that if she wasn't going to get any presents, she would just claim the pretty green bow.

When Conner stole it from her she was not too happy, but politely asked him to give it back.

Then she thought she would just take it back, since it seems babies don't understand the concept of sharing.

Finally she decided she would have to take it back by force. She's never been one to lose a tug-o-war, so I think she thought this was her best option!

Laughing

The other day was Conner's birthday, and Grandma Karen threw a party for him at her house with yummy cupcakes and presents and everything. After the presents, Rachel and Richie started hitting a ball back and forth over Kylee's head, and she thought it was sooo funny! She was hysterical. If you listen really close you can hear her shrieking with laughter. I was kind of too far away for the camera to pick it up very well.

This was Kylee's first experience with carrots. So far, she loves every food we give her.

She does think she is big enough to eat it herself though, so it makes a bigger mess than when I just feed her and don't let her get the spoon.

Andy hates when I take close-up pictures, but I think they are cute, and Connie did say she wants to feel like she can see Kylee "face-to-baby-face."

One day when Kylee was practicing climbing up on the tile, I heard her start yelling so I went to look. She was stuck between the back of the couch and the tile. I'm not sure how she got back there in the first place. Needless to say, the couch is now scooted back to within an inch of the tile!

If you zoom in on this one, you can see two of her teeth. She just grew the 3rd one yesterday, so I haven't gotten a picture of it yet.

And here she is with her new shoes practicing standing up. She pulls herself up on everything now. The table, the couches, the cd player, the laptop (which is pretty funny because it's only about 1.5 inches tall, so she puts her hands on it and stands up, and then her baby bum just wags around in the air because she can't straighten up). She'll just stand there and look around at everyone for several minutes, then sit down and find something else to pull herself up on.

Our Day at the Zoo

Yesterday Kylee and I went to the Hogle Zoo with Kacey & Branson, Nikki & Conner, Crista, Rachel, Abby and Mia. It was hotter than heck outside, and Kylee didn't really get the point and spent most of her time chewing on her sippy cup...but it was fun! In this picture, I was trying to get Conner and Kylee to look at me, but they were too busy staring at the giraffe directly above their heads. I thought he might spit on them. (See photo of giraffe about 4 photos down...it got out of order somehow!)

Standing in line to go on the train...

Kylee got a little hungry and thought she needed a snack. The train conductor girl was not her best friend when she snatched her ticket away.

And here we all are, except Crista, who took the photo. It was a fun day!

(The picture below is the giraffe that got so much attention from Conner and Kylee)

Growing Up

One of these days when I'm not so lazy I will add more pictures. Kylee now has 3 teeth, all on the bottom. The third one grew today. We knew it was coming when she woke up crying at 1am for the first time in months. Poor girl! She tries so hard to be good all the time! She also eats real food, and thinks she is big enough to hold the spoon by herself. She learned how to get up the stair from our living room onto our tile after many hours of trying/frustration, during which mean old mom (that would be me) video taped instead of helping. About 2 days after learning to crawl, she decided that she should now stand up. She uses anything and everything she can get her hands on to pull herself up to a standing position. I bought her a pair of tennis shoes to wear for balance. She's growing up too fast! I have pictures of the eating, the standing, the teeth and the shoes...I just never put them on here! So...vote on the latest poll and I'll put up more pictures this weekend!