Where does the time go

OK I realize it has been forever since I have posted so I thought I would try to catch up now. We have been very busy now that basketball season is here. Kelvey and I try to make it to as many games as possible. For the most part she does very well. Kelvey is now officially walking as of last week. Fifteen months old and we have a walker. Maybe I can keep her clothes a little cleaner now. It is so sweet watching her learn new things. We had a great Thanksgiving with family her and in Knoxville. Kelvey and I also made her first trip to Iowa at Halloween for my cousins wedding. There were several people who had not seen her yet and we had fun spending time with family. Daddy had to stay home and work but maybe next time.
In all the chaos we also broke the news to family that we are expecting our second child in July. We are so excited and a little anxious to see how Kelvey deals with being a big sister. At least I have some time to get use to the idea. I know there is a lot more but that is the highlights.

We have been to several birthday party's lately!

At Ty birhday party

Hannah Grace's birthday party

Music Class

Iowa in front of the windmill

Hudson R party

Thanksgiving

Family pic

Decorating Kelvey's tree
She was such a big helper!!

Breakfast with Santa

All the cousings

Where have I been

I know many of you are eager for an update and wondering where in the world is Stacey. To be honest I have no idea what my problem is. I have to say I have no excuse just having fun. We have been dealing with a cold, then ear infection on top of teething and who know what else. I celebrated a birthday at the beginning of October, maybe I am in morning over having only one more year in the 20's.
Kelvey and I have been busy after we finally got her well. We have been to the zoo, had some visits from Grana and have even made it up to see her in Knoxville. Grana has been very busy sewing fall and winter clothes for Kelvey and others and I have become a bit out of control asking Grana to do so much. But I love and I know she loves it too. If only the weather would be cool enough for her to wear some of it. Don't get me wrong the weather has been great but summer is over people. I am ready for fall. Not so much winter but fall in the 60's sounds good to me. You watch we will probably skip right over fall and go straight to winter.

Like a already mentioned two weeks ago Kelvey and I enjoyed a long weekend in Knoxville with my mom and Troy. Last weekend we went to Kentucky and had fun hanging out with Ron's family. It took almost all weekend for Kelvey to go to Papa but once she did she didn't want anyone else. It was funny. Which brings me to our last issue. STRANGERS!!!! It is bad. It takes her forever to go to anyone she doesn't see often and I am worn out with the whining. I hope this stage ends soon but there is no sign of that happening. Oh well the girl lovers her mommy!!
Here is what Kelvey has started doing recently and no walking is not one of them. She love to copy some things. She tries to make the noises you make. Tonight she roared so funny. She loves trying to do things on her own and when she can't figure it out she will bring it to you to help. She loves washing her hands in the sink. She will pretend to use lotion/soap when she finds a lotion bottle. She is showing signs of standing on her own but you have to trick her to do it. Give her an object to hold and stand her up and she will stand but only if her mind is on something else. Tonight she stood up several times in the tub which makes me nervous! And last thing I can think of is she will help put her bath toys away when bath time is over. She thinks its a game. How long will that last????
Well I know I babbled a lot but remember this also serves as a journal for me so that I can look back as well. Have a great rest of the week

Already playing dress up!

Bath time over

Look at the giraffe


Outside with Popa!

Learning to use a spoon

Sometimes when I am feeding Kelvey she will take the spoon and play with it. So I decided to let her try to feed herself with the spoon like a little lady. She did a pretty good job for the first time. After a while she got sick of it and decided she could get the food in her mouth faster if she used her hands. We will keep practicing!

This and That

I promised some new pictures of Kelvey so thought I better get it in gear. These are just some random pictures of the last week or two!

More Birthday riding in her wagon!

In my big girl car seat!!!
Still turned backwards

Misson sippy cup accomplished!! Finally she got it down!!

Playing with Daddy in my Kentucky cheerleader outfit!
Thanks Anton and Amanda!!!

Eating birhtday cake. She didn't make as big of a mess as I thought she would!

12 Month Check-up

Kelvey had her 12 month check-up yesterday and she did great. She had to get several shots and they had to prick her finger. She screamed when she got her shots but got over it fairly quickly when Daddy gave her some puffs. That girl would eat puffs all day if you let her. AS for her weight she is still on the small side. 17 pounds and 28 1/4 inches long. So I guess the car seat will stay turned for awhile longer. After her appointment we went to eat dinner and them home to get to bed early. She had a little cold last week so sleep as been pretty unpredictable but no problems the last two night so let's hope we are back to normal. She seems to be waking up earlier but I will take it as long as she doesn't wake up 5 times during the night. She is not walking yet and doesn't show much interest. She pulls up on everything but walking is not a priority for her. Why try something new when I can get there faster crawling. She is still nursing once or twice a day but showing some progress in letting that go. I have mixed feeling about it but it's time to stop. Since she as been sick it is the only thing she will take to get fluids down her but she is doing much better with a sippy cup this week. maybe by the end of the week she will transition completely to a sippy cup. Other than that things are going great. I guess that is all. I will get some new pictures soon.

The Big Party

We had a big party for Kelvey's first birthday on Saturday. It was a crazy day but a lot of fun. Here are just a few pictures of Kelvey's big day! Thanks to everyone you was able to celebrate Kelvey's birthday with us. I will get other pics up from all the celebrations later!

We had a bouncy slide for the bigger kids!

Kelvey and Mommy before dinner time!

Kelvey having dinner!!

The birthday girl gets to do whatever she wants. Including crawling on the hard concrete! Just walk already!!!!

Most of the kids at the party with Kelvey and her cake

Birthday girl digging into her cake!

The big cake!

Opening presents! Thanks everyone!!!!

Playing with new toys

One year old!

WOW!!! Our little girl is one!! It's hard to believe that a year has gone by but its also hard to imagine life without her. We are so blessed to have this precious gift and can't wait to continue to watch her grow. We have a busy end of the week and weekend but I wanted to share some pictures my friend Kandace took of her for me in her birthday dress. I will post many more pics as we celebrate today and this weekend. I am not sure why the pics are so small but I am on a different computer. I must have saved them differently. Have a great day!!!

Early Birthday present

I wasn't going to post pics of Kelvey's early birthday day present from Grana but since Grana blew the surprise and Kelvey is playing in it now I thought I would. Grana made Kelvey a tepee for her birthday last weekend and since it is good size it is a bit hard to hide it from her so I decided just to let her have it now and I will put a bow on it or something for her birthday. She really enjoys it. She will go in it and get real quiet so I am always checking on her. I think it is her quiet place!!!

First time in my tepee!!
Thanks Grana! Your the best!!!

I love it !!! Isn't it pretty mommy!!!!

This is one of my favorites from last week. Kelvey loves being outside and in her swing!

Lake

IT is past midnight and this is when I decide to update.Why you ask??? Well during the day Kelvey keeps me busy between mini breakdowns due to sippy cup training , teething and weaning. Its a crazy day. And evenings all I can say is I am addicted to the Olympics. I watch that darn t.v from 7 to 11 or later. So that is why I am blogging now. And why go to bed when Kelvey is off and on in her sleep. Not sure what's going on with her. SO here's a quick view of the last two weeks.
Last weekend Grana came and spent some time with us! Mommy, Aunt Michele and Grana got to go to a late movie Saturday night, Thanks Daddy for watching Kelvey while she sleeps! Yes we made it easy on him or actually me! I relax so much more when I know she has been fed well before bed reasoning behind the late movie. But we had a great time. Then Grana went home and Troy came in for meeting and spent time with us. Unfortunately Kelvey had not had great naps and she must be teething because she was not in the best of moods. Something I have been dealing with this week. I am blaming it on teeth.
The weekend before we headed up to Kentucky for a birthday party (I forgot the camera) and enjoyed some time on the lake. IN fact Kelvey did the funniest thing and the only pic I got was on my cell phone so I will try to get it soon. Anyway Kelvey and I were in the water and I decided to try to use her pool float with the life jacket to make it easier on me. Well it worked beautifully, after some playing in the water she got sleepy and feel asleep in her float. It was so funny that she was able to get that relaxed in the water. I think Coach Daddy enjoyed the weekend too. He was able to get on the boat for the first time since his accident. We are so glad he is doing much better.

Well I will post pics later Kelvey is screaming! What in the world!!! Those darn TEETH!!!

Daddy and Kelvey on the boat having fun!

CoachDaddy's first time on the boat since he hurt his leg!!!

Kelvey asleep in her float on the lake in the water
Sleepy girl!!

What a mess

Last night when I was trying to fix dinner Kelvey was crying and wanted to eat herself. Ron said he would feed her so to make it easy on him I told him to give her some leftover spaghetti and let her try it. I thought at least it will distract her long enough for me to get dinner in the oven. Well she ended up loving it. I have tried giving her plain noodles before but she was not a huge fan so I thought she would do the same thing. I was wrong she ate to helpings and Bristol came in and helped her(I mean me) clean up the floor. That's one good thing about having a dog who will eat just about anything! Needless to say after her dinner we went straight to the bath tub, which she loved! Next time I will not make it so easy for Daddy! I love that she can feed herself but she always gets so dirty and puts it in her hair. That means she needs a bath daily if not twice a day, and I can't handle that many baths. Oh well every once in a while it's funny and cute!

Oops! Daddy did it Mom!

Yummy!!

Bring in Bristol I made a mess!

Grana came for a visit this weekend and gave Mommy a little break!

Troy also came in on Sunday and spent some time with us. Kelvey and I meet him for lunch before he had to go home! Thanks BOO!!

A busy end to the week

Daddy has been home quit a bit this week so we have been busy playing and helping Daddy! It's been great for me. Not as lucky this week, Daddy has some inservices but Grana will be here Wednesday! Hooray!!! Here are some pictures of what we have been doing this week!

Kelvey helping Daddy in the freezer!
She was a lot of help wasn't she Daddy!!!

Wednesday we went to the Withrow's for dinner and then walked to the park to swing!

I wish I got a picture of Ty in his Johnny jump up it was so funny!

Kelvey love to swing!

Ty so serious!!

Ty and Kevley in swings

Saturday morning we got up and headed to Pulaski to see the Shirey's and the new baby ( Wil)!

Wil asleep so precious!!

Ty and Kelvey playing while we enjoyed Wil

Gerrod had to go to work so her are pictures of him saying his goodbyes to the kids!

Kelvey watching Gerrod leave she wasn't real sure about it at first!

Oh its ok Mommy and Daddy are still here!!

Sunday we went to Synetha's for her baby shower! She is having twins sometime in August, a boy(Dayne) and a girl(Joslynn). We had a great time and she looks great! We can't wait to meet them!