Kinley is 2!!!

Well now I have a 2 year old and a 6 month old! Amazing how much difference that year and a half makes at this age. 

Kinley is 2. I wrote about her in my own personal journal but didn't do a blog with pictures. And pictures are my favorite so....

Kinley is a perfect little mix of Taylor and I. At least I think so. She is super fun and energetic, but sweet and well behaved like Taylor. She listens and obeys pretty well (still working out a few kinks with hair pulling and pushing), but overall does well. She loves her baby brother and showers him with love and affection. He is her favorite person, and she is his. It works out well. She is full of laughter and happiness. Oh my goodness, she just radiates happiness. Kinley is beautiful. I look at her and amazed at how beautiful she is and think, "She came from me?!"

Loves: 

A few of her favorite things are singing, dancing, playing with her brother, being with her daddy, playing in her kitchen, reading books, doing puzzles, and sucking her thumb. She likes wagon rides, and walks, and being outside. She very much loves to sit in her car seat and loves to play with her cousins. She likes trains and dinosaurs. On occasion she enjoys dressing up with fairy wings and skirts. She loves to swing and go down slides. She is a fabulous little eater and will eat almost anything. She likes getting her teeth brushed and playing in the sink. She loves airplanes and watermelons, and her new squeaky shoes. She loves wearing her sunglasses, and seeing fishes, and giving long kisses with a "muah" at the end. She likes to color and drive cars. She loves to help with Tyson and feed him a bottle. She likes airplanes and wearing hats. She loves helping her daddy with yard work and watching "moomies". She likes cute little monkeys and eating any sort of treat. She likes getting her nails painted and washing her hands. 

Hates:

She isn't such a fan of dogs or animals in general. I think she likes them ok from a distance, but if they are jumping on her or around her she just won't have it. She doesn't like being forced to do things, which is a good thing she mostly chooses to do the right thing on her own. She doesn't like getting her hair combed, but occasionally will ask to put her hair in a pony tail. She absolutely HATES getting splashed by the bucket at Cowabunga Bay. She doesn't like when people grab her hand and try to lead or pull her around. She doesn't like when people are in her space.

It was so much easier coming up with the list of things she loves. 

She is a people person, happy, energetic, and talkative, but she also will cling to us in moments of unsurety. If she is tired enough she will ask for her bed. 

I LOVE HER! And she makes things so fun and exciting. She makes being a mom so fun and entertaining and brings a whole new level of excitement to the ordinary and mundane of life. 

2 years

1 year

Newborn!

Let me go digging for some of my favorite pictures from the last year. I know there will probably be way too many!

 

 

 

2 year old pictures! 

And yes, that was way too many, but I LOVE HER! And she is so cute, and we have had so much fun in the last year. :)

Half a year!

Such a grand milestone isn't it?!

Tyson is 6 months. What a pure joy that little boy is to me. He is so cuddly. He would let me hug and kiss him all day long without a noise, unless he was hungry and I wasn't feeding him all day long, then he would definitely give me a piece of his mind.

• Tyson is the hungriest little boy I have ever seen. He eats and eats and eats. At his 6 month checkup we were told he is in the 67th percentile for weight. Which made sense. But he is also in the 64th percentile for height. So I guess he is just proportionate to his height. Lol.
• If Tyson isn't eating he is probably sleeping. The kid sleeps 11-12 hours at night and 5-6 hours during the day. SUCH A GREAT SLEEPER! 
• Speaking of sleep, he can pretty much fall asleep anywhere, no matter how much noise. He is such a heavy sleeper. It makes things nice. 
• He still isn't such a big fan of solid food, so the Doctor said that was our homework for the next 6 months. 
• He can sit up for a little while, but then will fall eventually. Almost there. 
• For the most part, we just love him and cuddle him, and love him and cuddle him some more. I can't express how cuddly he is with me. 
• The boy still hates his car seat, but he got a new one, so hopefully that will make riding in the car a little more enjoyable for him. 
• He screeches....VERY VERY loudly. 
• He enjoys sucking his thumb
• His favorite person in the world is Kinley. She can always get a smile out of him. :)
• He also quite enjoys playing with his tongue and drooling, as pictured below. 

For the love of pictures...

Sleeping with his sister jumping on the bed.

Smiling in his new car seat. :)

I just loved this face.

Love his sister!

Sitting up!

Looks like his Uncle Dallin. 

New hiking backpack.