Kenzie- 6 months

Kenzie turned 6 months old yesterday, and what a wonderful 6 months is has been :)

• Her 6 month checkup is not until the 24th (I will have to leave early on the second day of school) so I dont have her measurements, but I will update them after her appointment.
• She can get wherever she wants, including up the stairs, by doing her lung or army crawl. She would be crawling if she could figure out how to work her arms.
• She loves to chew on everything she gets her hands on, especially paper. :( Our phone book only has a half of the back cover because she has got ahold of it several times and gnawed on it till it was soggy then tore it off.
• She can sit up by herself, but its more of a side way tilt.
• She LOVES Maddie...she will do the biggest belly laughs whenever Maddie decides to pay attention to her. Maddie has figured out that she is the reason Kenzie laughs and has started to pay more attention to Kenzie, which is wonderful.
• She is wearing 3 month and 3-6 month clothes and size 2 diapers.
• No teeth still, even though she has been acting like a teething baby for 2 months now.
• I still nurse as much as possible, but now that school has started back, she has started drinking alot more formula. Today for instance, I fed her before I dropped her off at Lacys house, she ate 18 oz. while I was at work, I fed her again when we got home, and will feed her at least 1 more time, maybe 2 before she goes to bed. However, she didn't have any baby food today.
• We have tried all the #1 vegetables and she ate them all with no reactions. We have tried bananas and pears for the fruits, so far so good. Up till now we have just been feeding her one tub a day, but I think we will start one fruit and one vegtable now that she is actually 6 months old.
• She still spits out a pacifier most of the time and inserts her thumb instead...this drives me crazy, but what can I do?

Bracing Myself!

August is a VERY busy month for me! Let me explain. (Warning, this may be very unorganized and bounce around a bit.)

• First of all, my sweet darling (independent and sometimes too big for her britches) daughter is turning 3 on August 22nd! So sometime this month, I think we will have a checkup with the pediatrican, but maybe not, because I dont have an appointment wrote down...Im calling Monday to check.
• My other sweet darling (fussy gussy) daughter is turning 6 months and she does have a 6 month check up the week school starts.
• I also have them scheduled for individual pictures at Sears (Kenzie on the 17th and Maddie on the 21st.) I like to have them as close to the actual day as possible.
• Then of course staff development starts on the 11th and actual school starts on the 23rd.
• Maddies party is at the Bronte pool the day before school starts.
• I have an orthodonist appointment on the 24th I believe.
• My classroom is very very far from being organized and ready for school....although I do have a plan in my head, and thats the hardest part for me. I have not been to thrilled with the way my room ended up the last two years, but with my pie shape room its been very difficult to find something that worked well. I believe I may have a good solution this year and cant wait to get it set up to see if I like it.
• This year for Maddies birthday, we have talked to some family and decided to get Maddie a cheap metal swingset (well, not really cheap, but not the really expensive wooden ones that I want them to have someday). Since we know we will not live here forever, I dont want to build a big wooden swingset, just to take it down in 1-3 years when we move. So as soon as I finish this post I will start looking online to get one ordered.
• On top of all the expected August to do items...we are still working on the bathroom remodel. So far the tub, faucets (sink and shower), tile around the shower, and new light have all been replaced. The only things we need to finish are priming (already started), painting, putting up the trim, and caulking the edge around the tile (we had to order it, so we are just waiting for it to come in)
• On a GOOD note, Josh and I will also have our 4 year anniversary on August 19th. What makes it even better, is that since Target was having such a good sale last month on Kitchen Aide Mixers we went ahead and bought it as our anniversary present to each other! So not only am I the proud owner of a Red Kitchen Aide Mixer, I also do not have to worry about shopping for an anniversary gift this month on top of everything else.
• Oh, did I mention that our friends Henry and Stormy will be headed to the hopital in about 6 hours to have their baby girl! Yeah! Shyanne will also be having Jaxon in the near future, so it looks as if we will also make time to do a couple of hospital visits to meet some very beautiful babies!
• I am also still having some issues that occured after having Kenzie, so I will more than likely be going in for a check up sometime myself.

So like I said...I will be bracing myself for a very busy yet WONDERFUL month of August!