December 4 - 10, 2011

Kinley turned 7 months old this week! Unfortunately, due to my condition, I ended up taking her picture sitting on my lap instead of her chair in her room. We also had some good friends visiting us from Missouri. TJ, Courtney and Paxten stayed with us for a few days. Enjoy!

Kinley turned 7 months old on December 4th. She is getting so big and I absolutely love this age, she is just so dang cute!

Height: Not sure but last month she was 28 inches (95%+), so I'm guessing that she is at least an inch longer if she follows her past few months.

Weight: Again, not sure but last month she was 18.14 oz. (90-95%), so I'd guess at least a pound or two heavier this month.

Feeding: Kinley is still eating an 8 oz bottle every 5+ hours, three in a day. She also eats 3.5 oz. of 2nd stage baby food twice a day. Kinley still loves whatever we put in front of her and has yet to not eat anything.

Sleeping: I can't stress enough what a great sleeper our little Kinley is. She still sleeps anywhere between 10-12 straight a night. Her naps are more consistent, taking a longer nap in the morning (1.5-2.5 hours), and a shorter nap in the afternoon (1-2 hours).

Size: Kinley wears size two diapers but as soon as they run out she will be moving into size 3 and is wearing 9 month or 6-12 month clothes. I have even put her in some 12 month outfits for the length and they fit her well.

Milestones: Kinley loves to be apart of whatever is going on so she will roll around the floor or sit up to see what is going on. I'm afraid that she is close to crawling, which I'm not quite ready for. I'd like to have my leg healed before that happens so I can get her if I need to. Kinley had another tooth pop through on the bottom,her third tooth. Kinley LOVES playing with her brother and he LOVES making her laugh and smile. It warms my heart to see these two together. You can tell how much they both enjoy being around each other, which I hope lasts the rest of their lives.

4 Months old

09-04-11

5 Months old

10-04-11

6 Months old
11-04-11

Our beautiful, adventurous, charming daughter, 7 months old!
12-04-11

Colton and his big beautiful blue eyes.
12-05-11

Colton showing some love to "sister" with Grandma watching.

12-05-11

Kinley perched on my lap. She ends up on my lap often and, surprisingly, enjoys sitting with me. I love it!

12-09-11

Colton loves playing with his "letters" and he is getting really good at recognizing them and putting them in their proper place.

12-09-11

One of my dearest friends, Courtney, returned to Vegas with her family for a vacation. We were lucky to be able to host them for a few days. Colton loved playing with Paxten. Eric and TJ catching up with Paxten checking things out.

12-10-11

Colton hanging out with Kinley before she goes down for the night.

12-10-11

I thought I would update you on how my progress is going with the injury. I had surgery on December 6 and was able to come home on December 8. The surgery went very well, yet I was in some pain but the physical therapist got me up and walking on crutches the following day as well as rehabbing my leg in a CPM machine which bends it back and forth. The first time we did this I could only get to 45 degrees but after being home for a couple of days I can now get it to 60+.

This is basically my life right now. I'm propped in a reclining chair with my leg in a brace and ice is on it almost 24/7. I get up with the help of my awesome hubby and crutches to go to the bathroom, but that is about it. We have rented a wheelchair is helps when we need to go to appointments, etc.

I have this table next to my chair and everything that I need is right there. My pain meds (very important), phone, lotion, monitor and the lovely shot on the right. I have to give myself a shot in the morning and at night in the stomach to help with blood clots that can be common after leg surgery.

Even though our life has completely changed, I cannot express how grateful I am for the all the thoughts and prayers that have come our way. We are blessed that we have family who dropped everything to come help us out. My dad and Ruby were the first to come and they came at the most difficult time, before I had surgery and I was in horrible pain. Yet, through their caring and support helped make it better by doing whatever was needed, from cleaning to laundry to putting up our big tree and helping me wrap gifts. Barb and Dave were the next to come and were a huge help because they were here when I went in for surgery and were able to be with the kids while Eric was with me in the hospital. It was a huge relief knowing that they were caring for them. They also helped out with cleaning, etc. My sister will be coming the first weekend in January and David and Deb will be with us the end of January. We are very lucky to have such great people in our lives!