Sitting and Crawling and Standing... OH MY!

So we officially have a crawler in the house... She has been crawling for about 2 weeks now and everyday she gets faster and more curious. She now knows that the house doesn't just have a living room floor - it has a kitchen and dining room floor. 

It all started with sitting up - all babies get to it different ways but she insisted that she needed to sit up. So the boppy helped in the beginning

 

There were a lot of crashes in attempt to escape the boppy

 But she finally was able to do it herself! With still a few crashes

Then she tested the lean out and tried to figure out how to get movin! 

 I just like the one above because she went through a phase where she had to look under everything :)

Then came the belly scoot

And then the full knee crawl

Which came along with the immediate pulling up on everything! 

  

Look Mom! The dining room has this cool chair I should pull up on! 

 

What'd you say? No?

 Look! The house has another room! 

 She has now mastered the pulling up and standing on everything!

  

 And we used to be able to leave the room and she would be right where you put her...

but now life as we know it has changed! On the right was after I left the room for 2 minutes to change my clothes... And she was all the way on the other side of the room pretending to be interested in something else when I walked out. BJ found her trying to figure out why there was a gate on the fireplace. 

She will be walking before we know it! And I don't think we are ready! Where did our little baby go?! 

Signing off, 

Momma of a movin' and groovin' little girl

The fears of a Mom with a baby girl

I was so excited, over the moon to find out that we were having a baby girl. And now that she is here and getting bigger every day I wouldn't change it for anything! She is the sweetest, cutest, smiliest little thing and fills my heart with such joy!

But, and there is always a but... I worry about her. I don't worry about her getting big, learning to walk, falling, scrapes or bruises - those can all be fixed with Mommy love and bandaids!

I worry about her getting hurt emotionally. Little girls can be mean and cruel... and I worry about the mean things that could be said or done to crush her spirit.

I was picked on quite A LOT all through middle school and high school. Luckily, I have always been a bit oblivious to the world around me, well maybe completely oblivious. I tend to block out all the negative and see positive even in the midst of controversy. I call it an extraordinary gift that God has provided me with.

God has always been first in my life and I thank him for giving me my positive outlook and oblivious nature. I've always been able to shake off the mean words and go on as if nothing occurred (might be why I like Taylor Swifts new song so much)! I also had amazing friends that were outside of my school that were there for me - they didn't hear all the fun people made of me and helped me through those tough times. I also had a strong youth group and friends there that I leaned on.

I know to just give my worries to God and ask him to give Kenzie my oblivious nature when it comes to mean girls. Handing my worries to Him is always a weight off my shoulders... I know he will help her through her tough times just like He did for me. Doesn't mean I still don't worry about the little bug! I just know that God puts us through situations to make us stronger in life, in faith and in spirit.

I look at this sweet little face and think who could ever be mean to this beautiful, happy baby - but I know one day it will be on our door step and I will be armed with bible versus to help her through the tough moments.

Signing off,
Worried a little but giving it to God

6 Months Flew By!

It's truly amazing how fast everything is going by! It seems like just yesterday we left the hospital and got home with a tiny human that we had no idea what to do with. Now she is scooting, playing and laughing every moment of the day. It's mind boggling that this tiny human was inside of me and I grew her. A true miracle in my mind!

With that said I did her 6 month picture - she will be 7 months in 9 days but life is busy :) But I thought I would share them! She did amazing and was a real trooper through them and I think they turned out great!

Signing off,
Momma of the cutest baby ever! (I might be biased tho) :)