Wednesday, September 8, 2010

My little gift


I feel so lucky to have this precious little baby. I've realized how quickly time goes by and that little babies sure enough grow up to be toddlers. There are days when you are at the gas station for 20 minutes because your child throws up all over themselves and the carseat, and the gas pump falls out of the car and gets gas all over your feet. Those are days you'd rather just forget about. But then there are other days when you realize your baby is growing up before your eyes...like the first time that your "baby" walks from the car in the driveway into the house all by herself because you have 2 handfulls of shopping bags. Then later in the bathtub puts all of her bath toys away when you ask her to, even without showing her what you just said to do, then claps for herself. These days are the days to cherish - the ones to blog about so you can look back and remember!

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Miss Kierstyn can moo, can you?

Kierstyn says a bounty of animal noises, so I thought I'd capture them on video while she's still a little tot and it's super cute! Enjoy!

Friday, August 13, 2010

A Milestone!

Today was a very special day! It was considered Kierstyn's first "official" day that she has walked. Sure, she has taken a few steps here and there, but nothing that we considered actual walking! We have thought she would be walking "any day now" ever since she turned 8 months. Well, today is the day! We are so proud of her and excited for this milestone! Enjoy the video below!

Thursday, July 15, 2010

The Birthday Celebrations

Saturday July 3rd we went out with my parents to celebrate our 3 birthdays. One of our favorite restaurants is Kelsey's steakhouse. Our parents treated us so it was extra special. One time we went out (before having a kid) we saw a family at Kelsey's celebrating their kid's birthday. He was only probably 5 years old. I said "what kid requests a steakhouse and not chucky cheese? You KNOW the parents picked the place!!!" Well, here it was, on Kierstyn's first birthday and where did we go, the steakhouse! But she didn't eat so it was technically just for me and Adam's birthday dinners, hehe :)




Sunday July 4th we had Kierstyn's 1st birthday party:

Saturday, July 3, 2010

JULY 3 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIERSTYN!!!


One year ago was one of the hardest but best days of my entire life. After 30 LONG hours of labor I delivered the most beautiful baby girl who is the pride and joy of me and Adam's life! Kierstyn Emmaleigh was well worth the 9 long months of waiting. I prayed for this baby for so long and feel like I have been blessed beyond what I ever could've asked for! She is such a wonderfully sweet and pleasant baby. I cannot believe that she is already a year old! Parents of children tell you how fast time flies by and to cherish every moment with your kids. I now believe what they say is very true. We are so excited to watch Kierstyn grow up and see what is in the days to come! HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIERSTYN ~ We love you SOOOO much!

Friday, July 2, 2010

Another finishing touch

Last week I was {pleasantly} awakened two mornings to look out my window and see this...
Yep, that's right, heavy machinery! We finally made the decision to get our driveway paved and oh boy is it great. No more gravel on the carmats everytime you get in the car. No more struggling to pull the trash can down a really long driveway. And yes to smooth sailing for Kierstyn when she starts riding on her toys! Adam is thrilled to death, can you guess why? Oh yes, he can now officially snowblow his driveway with his John Deere snowblower attachment (couldn't do that with gravel)....oh boy :)

Here is the finished product:

Cousin Time!

Mid-June we were happy to have Amy, Brian, Rylie and Carter come to Chicago to visit us! Kierstyn had been long-awaiting her cousins to come. She had been waving to "Car-Car's" picture up on grammy's bookshelf for months, so she was thrilled to finally see him in person again! Boy did the kids have a great time together. Kierstyn just screamed because she was so excited...it made Carter a little uncomfortable at first but then he got used to her. The babies also kept trying to attack Rylie and whatever she was playing with. We kept joking and called it "attack of the babies" :)
We all spent some fun time together that week. Adam, Brian and my dad went to a Cubs game, we all went to the Shedd Aquarium (minus Adam since he had to be at work) and just spent some time hanging out. We sure miss having them around - it would be great if they could be closer one day!