Team Kearns: September 2011 - The Final Post, hopefully.

Well, September was so long ago, let's see what I can remember. We started a babysitting swap around then. There are four families, each with 2 kids, and we take turns watching all the kids on Friday nights. That way we get 3 Fridays a month to go on a date, hang out with other friends or get stuff done with out the kids. Then once a month we have a full house of boys and Bailey. (Bailey is the only girl). It usually goes pretty well. It gets a little hard around bedtime when we put 5 of the 8 kids down for bed. It's also a fun "game" trying to figure out who is going to sleep where. The swap goes from 6pm to 10pm. We usually just let Andrew stay up. Bailey has had a few tough nights, but she's getting better.

Bailey had her 6 month check up. Here are her stats:
September 8, 2011.
Weight: 14 lbs 9.5 oz (25%)
Height: 26.5 in (75%)
Head: 26.5 cm (50%)

So we've got a tall slender girl, with an average head. I'll take it. :)

Bailey got shots that time, and she was old enough to look at me with those "How could you let them to this to me????" eyes. It was really really sad.

Oh, Bailey started eating purees. She started out with some rice cereal for a few weeks then graduated to real food. I made all her baby food, which I actually enjoyed doing and it was much cheaper. She had carrots, green beans, sweet potato and peas in September. She didn't love any of them, but she ate them.

Bailey started crawling on September 19! (Well, it was more like scooting on her stomach, but that's how crawling starts right?) She was 6 months old, much younger than Andrew. She just wants to play with him and follow him around. She finally made forward progress this day! Good job Bailey!

Ryan has been traveling more with work and this month he went to Tulsa for 3 days. Then he was home for a day, and then left for Utah for 3 days. Then he was supposed to leave the same day he got back and go to Kuwait for a whole week. That trip got canceled last minute (thank goodness).

Andrew had his birthday and is now a big 3 year old. He had his 3 year check up. Here are his stats:
September 23, 2011
Weight: 31 lbs (50%)
Height 38.5 in (75%)
They don't do head anymore. So he's also a tall slender boy. At least we're consistent with our kids. :)

I think that's about it. Here are the rest of the photos from September.

Bailey can now sit up know will minimal help. This is her cheesy smile. It's funny that she is already doing the fake smile for me.

This is her real smile.

Her tummy time is great!

Bailey and Mommy :) I don't think we look alike at all.

Bailey loves Andrew. I was trying to feed her and all she wanted to do was watch Andrew. I tried turning her around, but then she did this and it was even harder to feed her. :)

Bailey is such a silly girl.

Andrew started "playing games" while Bailey sleeps. He loves Mouse trap and wanted to wear his Mickey Mouse ears while he played. He does a pretty good job setting up the game.

Andrew has been doing well with his letters and words. He's starting to read words out of books.

When Ryan comes home after work the first thing he does (after hugs and kisses) is goes to his closet to change. Andrew has been following him and picking out clothes for him to wear. Lately he's wanted Ryan to match him. He runs out and says, "Look Mommy! We match!" There will be more photos of this to come I'm sure.

So, one day I saw a large shadow pass over our windows and looked outside and saw this bird hanging out in our back yard. It was actually pretty neat. It didn't stay long and took off and landed on the tip top of our neighbors roof. It looked really odd up there.