Father's Day June 15, 2008

Let me start by saying that Mike has always been a great husband, but the way he is with our little girl just melts my heart. He is the best Daddy and I love him more and more everyday for that!

Father's day and Mike's birthday were 2 days apart this year. We had a nice day, my mom came over with steaks and stuff to make an AWESOME dinner. We got him a picture frame and a few new outfits and Grandma got him a new outfit too and a bowling ball. Kylee started sitting in her Bumbo that day (it's a chair that helps her sit up). She is growing so fast!

Meet the Babies @ ELCC

We go to the Elizabeth Lake Church of Christ. When Kylee was born there were 2 other babies born about the same time. Reese (girl) was born the day after Kylee and Avery (boy) was born 10 days after Kylee. Another girl was due in August and the church had a meet the babies lunch for us on June 8th. Everyone brought in food and we got TONS of baby essentials. Our church may be small but it has a lot of LOVE. There are a lot of families with children that attend and it will be a great place for Kylee to develop friendships!

St. Mary's Fair

This is what Kylee wore to the St. May's Fair. She stayed nice and cool and the sun stayed off her had because of her hat. Memorial Day weekend is always the Polish Festival at St. Mary's. We like to go every year and eat the polish food, have funnel cakes, listen to the bands, check out the crafts and play BINGO. This year we got to take Kylee. It was a nice day and we had a lot of fun even though we didn't get any BINGOS! I'm sure she will grow up to love the fair just as I have..... but I dread the day she wants to ride the rides!.... they put them up and take them down in a week!

1st Photo Shoot

On May 4 we worked on pics for Kylee's announcements. She didn't smile but she did really well. We took a ton and there is a sampling of them above. We choose the one w/ her in the basket for the announcement but I LOVED them all! My favorite is the one of her with her mouth open w/ the bow on her butt. The other one w/ the bow on her butt shows her birth mark! TOO CUTE!

Mother's Day (May 11th 2008)

For my 1st Mothers Day we went to lunch at Gino's with my whole family. We had 4 generations all together enjoying lunch. Kylee and Daddy got me a "MOM" charm for my charm bracelet and a picture frame. We had a great day!

Cordless

Well Kylee's cord fell off May 5th and that gave us the green flag to give her a bath! We filled up the little baby bath that fits in the sink and stuck her in. She LOVED it! She is not one of those baby's that curls up into a little ball.... she loves being naked and loves the water.

We have a few doctor appointments along the way. Her 1st one was 4/24/08 to make sure all was well. She weighed 8lbs 4oz (she weighed 8 lbs 2 oz when we left the hospital).
The next visit was 5/7/08 to make sure she was back to her birth weight. She was and then some. She weighed 9 lbs even.
On 5/22/08 I took her back in because she was breaking out.... she had cradle cap that in turn gave her baby acne. The Dr. told us to let Selsen Blue Shampoo sit on her head for 15 minutes (that mad her look like an Ump Loompa) and then wash it out and put olive oil on her scalp to keep it moist. At this visit she weighed 10 lbs.

The Welcome Wagon

Kylee and I stayed in the hospital until April 21, 2008. We had many visitor that came to see us and received lots of flowers and gifts. As a special surprise my mom had flowers put in the music box vase that she received from my Grandparents when I was born. Everyone laughed at me because I dressed her to come home. Now when I say I dressed her I mean it! She had a dress, tights and shoes on! She looked sooooo cute! Once we came home we had a steady flow of friends and family to welcome Kylee. People were so generous to bring us food so we didn't have to cook. Everyone took turns holding baby girl (as I did a little "nesting"). Kylee's 1st outing was to her Great Gram's for a family BBQ on April 23rd. Sadly Grammy had to return to GA on April 25..... but Nanie and Uncle Tony Drove all the way from GA the very next day! They got to spend time with her April 26-29 and we loved seeing them.

Thank You so much to everyone! Kylee had such a loving welcoming to the world. Thank you for all the love, support, flowers, gifts and food!