Friday, October 12, 2012

Just Horsing Around

We really enjoy going out to Brads parents. The kids love to see all the animals. Kynlie loves to ride Eddie and of course Kooper loves to see his PawPaw.
 


 
Since it's not 100 degrees anymore, we let Kynlie ride the horses. Kooper for some reason isn't too sure about riding yet. He'd rather have PawPaw hold him. Kynlie was riding "by her self" since she was one.



It's nice now that they are just across the pasture from us :))

They have a nice piece of land behind their house where we ride, but also they have a tank that's lined with trees. When the sun sets, it's so beautiful. I try to remember to bring my camera when I know we're going to be out there. I've taken pictures out there years ago when Kynlie was a baby that turned out perfect.

These are the ones I got the other night. We were just playing around. I love this girl!!!






Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Fall Y'all

I'm really enjoying Fall right now. I'm having so much fun decorating my front porch. Today Kynlie and I spend some time together while Kooper took his afternoon nap. We painted pumpkins! She had so much fun.

Lately she seems so much older by the way she's talking and acting. Prayers are being answered about her behavior. She's been doing much better. She has her normal fits, as all kids do, but like I said, much better!!


Our one on one time is so special to me and I know it means a lot to her as well. After we were done painting she said "I'll help clean up momma so you don't have to do it alone" So sweet! When we went inside she said "So, what are we going to fix for supper" Such a big girl. She's been into helping me make beds and gets so excited to show me her bed and how she's picked up her room.

(I think she's PERFECT)
I enjoyed taking some pictures of my fall decorations today. I think they turned out so pretty. I'm thinking of printing some and framing them around the house for the season. I have some other things in mind I want to add.




I'm about to go start supper while Kooper is still snoozing. Cheesy chicken and rice (not my Grandmothers recipe, although that's my favorite) Just something simple...chicken, melted Velveeta, rice, a can of cream of mushroom, & a can of rotel.
Have nice evening. I'll be back tomorrow....maybe :))

Monday, October 8, 2012

A change and random thought

I want to start off saying I have a saddened heart today. I saw yesterday where a blogger, who I've been keeping up with for years, husband passed away in a car accident. My heart breaks for this sweet girl and her family. I have never met her but feel as if I know her from reading her blog. Her and her husband have a little girl who will be one in November. Things like this really make you think. You can not take life for granted. No one is promised tomorrow or even the rest of the day. The turner family will stay in our prayers through this difficult time. Please keep them in your prays as well.

We have been busy bees lately with the move and soccer. I have a ton of random thought running through my head of things to blog about.

We recently made a decision to downsize our living in order to save money and get a head. With me not working, living on one income has not been the easiest but worth every minute to be able to be a stay at home mom. We are very blessed to have such great families that have helped us this past year. We felt it was time to change somethings so we could prepare for the future better for out two precious babies and our selfs.






Brads sister recently moved so her rent house became available and we jumped on the opportunity to move in. We are saving almost $400 a month!! It's a lot smaller than the house we just left but it's nothing we can't get use to. I'm glad we made this decision. I'll be very glad when we start to see the saving add up! The house is out in the country and has tons of room for the kids to play and Brads parents live just behind us across the field. That was a plus.

Kynlie has soccer practice every Thursday and games every Saturday. She really is enjoying soccer and I'm so happy! She didn't enjoy her self that much this past Saturday, because it was pretty cold and rain and she's been feeling bad too. So we didn't stay for the whole game.
She wanted nothing to do with taking soccer picture. I have no idea why. This picture makes me laugh so hard. All these boys smiling and the only girl not.


Kooper is a hot mess these days. He's into everything!! He's all boy, that's for sure! He has been sick lately. Upper respiratory infection and a double ear infection. Bless his heart....and mine! He's feeling much better today and actually playing. He's been sleeping better too. I think a lot has to do with his new room is very dark and cool and with his fan running he can't hear much around the house.






Fall has finally hit here. Let's hope it stays around. I've been enjoying decorating my new front porch for fall. One of my very favorite seasons to decorate.









With colder weather means hot coffee!! I can only drink hot coffee in the fall/winter. If I drink it in the summer I'll sweat to death. So I drink a cold coffee or dr pepper to get me going.



I got to get out the other night and enjoy a dinner with some friends. It was a short but very needed dinner and girl time



I caught a little rat sneaking a bite of sisters sandwich. I guess it's ok as long as he's eating something.



That's it for now. I'll see what pictures I have on my camera and hopefully can do another post soon.

As soon as bub takes a nap, sister and I are off to paint pumpkins!

With Love
Christie

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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Kynlie Turned 4!!

I'm so behind on blogging. Right now we are in the process of moving (more on this change later) and I feel like my brain is on overload with people to call and get things switched and canceled and so on. I actually have my computer logged on doing some things, so I thought I'd do a post.

On September 5, our sweet, sassy, energetic, full of life daughter turned 4! I can't believe it's been 4 years since that dark headed, round faced, chubby 8lb 4oz girl came in our life!! 4 years ago I became a mommy. Best day of my life!!!

She is so fun! She has a mind of her own and is very stubborn but can be so sweet. She's full of life and so hyper at most times, and as much as I would like for her to be calm most days, I wouldn't trade a second!!

She's been in MDO out since she turned 3. She'll move up to Pre K next school year. She missed the cut off age by 4 days, but that's ok. I think I'd rather her be the oldest than the youngest in her class. She's so smart...or I think she is. Her memory amazes me. She remembers things I can't, and things that blows my mind.

We had her 4 yr check up and she weighs 37lbs and they measured her at 40inches but I thinks that's wrong. She's just barley over the 50% mark on height and I thought she was tall for her age. She seems a lot taller than all her classmates and friends. She's a skinny little thing that's for sure. She wears 4T in length but can still wear 2t in waist. She has to have a 4T in dresses and shirts for length (another reason I think she's taller) and she wears a 11 shoe...that's right I said 11!! Most of her friends her age are wearing 7, 8, & 9s in shoes. Again, makes me think she's going to be tall and skinny.

She has the most beautiful big brown eyes!!! Her hair is still a blondish brown color and still does not grow fast. She's had 3 hair cuts in 4 yrs.

She's really into barbies these days. She'll still watch Dora here and there but not as much (Thank God HA). She loves to wear my high heels and walk around with a purse on her shoulder and a pretend phone in hand pretending to be a business woman I guess. It's funny!! She still will play dress up in her princess costumes, but that's starting to fade aways. She's just growing up on my too fast.

She is a very very funny girl! I went back and read a lot of old posts I made about Kynlie from birth till 2 yrs and every time I said something about her being funny and it's still so true! I wish I had a 24hr video of her because I can't always remember everything. Some funny sayings she says now are... Wash mouth for mouth wash. Door neighbor for next door neighbor. I so much love you for I love you so much.

We have her in soccer right now and I think so far it's her favorite activity she's been in. We tried Mommy and Me dance while I was pregnant with Kooper and she didn't not act right in it and I honestly think she was bored. We then tried gymnastics but pulled her from that not long after she started because she was not getting anything out of that class and the class went through 3 teachers. I think she will love gymnastics in the future but at a different gym and when she's old enough to understand what she's doing. She loves doing flips in the living room and she's pretty good not to have much practice.

She's not a good eater...at all!! Another thing I read while reading back on my blog, she was a great eater. Now all she wants is "wamiches" (sandwiches), fruit snacks, chicken nuggets, & cake cakes (little Debbie's). She loves juice boxes, but surprisingly she likes water just as much!

I'm sharing this because I want to document it so I wont forget (not that I think I will) and I want to be honest on here for my sake. We have recently put Kynlie on a very very low dose of meds to help her sleep and calm down at night. At her 4 yr check up her doctor said she may have early signs of ADD/ADHD. I've been saying this for ever. I use to joke that she was going to be my ADD kids and now it's not much of a joke, it's reality. She seems to have a behavior problem at home and in public. Although her teachers at MDO and church say she's fine. She's not at home for Brad and I. She has the hardest time falling a sleep at night, focusing, and listening. She can be up early and go all day and it will be 11:30 or midnight and she's still going strong. We tried all kinds of things to help her fall asleep like, no naps, earlier naps, shorter naps, no sugar, caffeine (which I hardly do anyways), movie in her room, no movie, reading, etc... nothing seemed to work. At 3 yrs the doctor said to try Melatonin drops. We have been using the tablets for a year now and her body has gotten use to them and they no longer work. At night she gets extra hyper and very disrespectful to Brad and I. So we talked to the dr and he suggest starting her on this medicine at night and see how it works. I was very nervous at first. The last thing I wanted to do is medicate her, but it's working so far and she's falling a sleep better. Her behavior is a little better but she still needs some working on. She's just a strong willed girl and wants it her way. Some times I feel Brad and I went wrong somewhere, but I think it's just her. We try our hardest to teach her right from wrong and have manners and respect and for the most part she has them all, just not for us and she can be a toot most days. This situation has become a daily pray for us. I wont give up on her and I will do everything I can to raise her to be the best girl, teen, young lady, woman I can.

I don't think it's possible to love her more than I do, but I wake up everyday and see her sweet face and I do, I love her so much it hurts sometimes!!! She is one of the most important persons in my life and I honestly don't know who I would be if I didn't have her in my life. I thank God for her everyday if for the toot she is. I'd rather have her the way she is than not have her at all!!!



Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch

Last weekend we were given 4 free tickets to a Wildlife Ranch about 2 hrs north of us. We couldn't pass it up seeing that the tickets were free and knowing how much Kynlie loves animals.

I was a long drive, but worth it because Kynlie had such a good time seeing the wildlife animals.

It was a small place, with very few exhibits but enjoyable.

Here are the pictures I took. Enjoy...

 She was so excited to pet a real Zebra

 Kangaroo
 Sally the Camel
 This is a Zorse. Half Zebra half horse.


 Our favorite...Zebras