Busy Girl...;)

My last post was all about Kaleb, so I thought I would post about what Kallie girl has been up to. She, naturally, does not do much! But, she has started staying awake a little longer, so we are able to see some of her personality. She LOVES her big brother and cannot take her eyes off of him when he's around. (although, when his volume reaches a certain level, some of these looks may be glares!)

Being a girlie girl, I of course take every opportunity to dress her up! This outfit was sent to us by the Lankfords! Kallie wore it to Mrs. D's Hair shop!


Here she is chillin' with her brother!



She has gotten sooo strong! She loves to watch Kaleb from her boppy pillow!

She ended up falling asleep like this for about an hour! In the middle of the living room floor!

Unfortunately, that's all I have of her right now. I am sure there will be many more pics to come! --I better go get some sleep before she wakes back up!!

Busy Boy

I know that maternity leave is an important time to bond with the new baby, but let's be honest, she sleeps a lot!! So, I have gotten to spend some much needed time with Kaleb! He is growing so fast! I cannot believe how smart he is! I am not one of those crazy moms that is forcing education on him, (I have not bought My Baby Can Read...) but we do work in learning while playing. He already knows red, blue, green, and yellow, circle, square, star, triangle, and the letter K- without fail all of the time! He is also beginning to mimic everything we do. The best is when grown ups are talking and laughing and he overly exaggerates the laugh!

I could go on and on, but there is not enough time! So, I have added some pictures to let you know what else he has been up to!

Here he is trying on some of Kallie's clothes ;) He is working on putting on his own pants, so one day, while I was changing Kallie, I heard him say, "I did it" and turned to see this-


Kaleb LOVES his baby sister. Here he is pretending to nap with her!

...teaching her about the trains on Chuggington...

...and talking to her! "Hi Kayi (Kallie)"

One morning, after much laughter from over the monitor, Kaleb came into the living room like this--he wore this "hat" all morning!

Kevin caught the next two pics one morning at breakfast. He had his back to Kaleb and heard him say, "drink". When he turned around this is what he saw!

He is such a big boy! He didn't dump it everywhere--some ran down the chin--but that's the fun of drinking your cereal milk!

This year we went to the Christmas tree farm and cut down our own tree! Here is Kaleb helping daddy cut down our tree! (I HIGHLY recommend this experience to everyone! We got a 7 foot tree for $25.)

and finally, Kaleb was in the Madisonville Christmas Parade! Unfortunately, we didn't get any good pictures of him on the float, but here he is with Grandma Kay and Aunt Nay before!

As I said, he has been one busy boy! (and I have been one tired Mommy!) I am so thankful for this time at such a wonderful age!

Big Brother Kaleb

Throughout my entire pregnancy with Kallie I wondered about a lot of things. One of the least stressful thoughts was the one about what kind of a big brother Kaleb was going to be. He is such a sweet boy, but he has never really had to share... Would he be able to handle someone else getting our attention? Because he was still so young throughout the pregnancy, we couldn't really teach him, or prepare, him for what was about to happen. We tried! And sometimes we would get him to point to my tummy when we asked him where Kallie was, but it did not seem likely that he would understand until the baby arrived.

Well, now one month later we have the BEST big brother around! He talks to Kallie and asks to hold her all of the time! There is nothing more precious than hearing him say, "hay baybay--hold hold".

I caught a great video of him talking to Kallie this morning. Notice how he keeps repeating the word "truck". Just before this video was shot he was trying to convince Kevin to take him out in the truck. I think he is trying to teach Kallie the word so they can gang up on us!

I also got some cute pics!

I think this one looks like she's talking back!

Kaleb, you are my sweet boy and I love you so much! Thank you for being such a kind, loving big brother!