Kaily at 7 months

So many people say that Kaily and Conner look so much alike so I thought I would post pics of Kaily when she was 7 months.

Look at the post below and you decide if they look a lot alike.

8 Month pics

Today Clint needed all of us out of the house so he could study for a test so I decided it was time to get Conner's pics taken again b/c the only professional ones we have up are of him at 1 month old. We got them done at Kiddie Kandids (just giving credit where credit is due).

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In honor of my dad's b-day I want to write 30 things I love about him. I could write more, but I won't bore you with the details.

1. His spirit, he always tries to do what he thinks is right
2. His smile, he rarely does a smile where he shows his teeth, but I love it just the same
3. The way he teaches
4. The way he loves my mom
5. The way he plays with and loves my kids
6. The "just b/c" moments when I was a kid
7. His hugs
8. His cooking
9. His laugh
10. That he believes in me
11. That he supports my decisions
12. That he loves and encourages Clint
13. That he visits his dad weekly and helps them out
14. His love of the outdoors
15. That he took me fishing and backpacking when I was younger
16. That he served a mission
17. That he listens, or at least pretends to
18. His love of good music that he instilled in all of us
19. His love and generosity for others
20. His love of gardening that he tried to pass on
21. His willingness to work hard
22. His love of sports
23. His competitive nature that he defiantly passed on
24. His love of learning
25. His excitement for life
26. His hands
27. That I can still call him Daddy and he doesn't care
28. That he wanted to be with me when I had my children
29. That he was one of the first people to hold my kids when they were born
30. That when I need him for anything he is always there for me

When I was little my dad was a super hero, and he still is in many ways. I know the faults and I know he is not perfect, but he is the best dad in the world...at least I think so. I think that every child should think his dad is the best. Happy Birthday DAD and we love you!

Dad's Party

We all gathered on Saturday at my parents house for a B-day meal for Dad. Kory grilled, I made Potato salad and everyone pitched in to help out. Kolin and Dani brought the balloons and we all had a good time celebrating Dad's life.

I got Tagged

I was tagged from Angelica, Thanks!

• Two Names You Go By: Karen and Mom
• Two Things You are Wearing Right Now: Comfy soccer shorts, t-shirt
• Two Things You Want Right Now: My baby to stop crying and more time in a day
• Two Things You Did Last Night: Watched The Biggest Losser and made dinner
• Two Things You Ate Today: Honey Bunches of Oats and Oreo's and milk
• Two Favorite Drinks: strawberry lemonade and Diet Coke with Lime

Five People I’m Tagging 1. Cathy 2. Stephanie 3. Stef 4. Michelle 5. Mom

Crawling

On top of all the climbing that Conner is doing he has started to do an army crawl. he knows how to do the normal thing, but he is faster and better at the scooting thing. His favorite place when we are upstairs is under the computer desk or under the chair. This kid LOVES wires! It's all I can do to keep him out of it. He also loves the bath. If he hears water going he makes a b-line to the bathroom and does what he can to get in. He is enjoying his new found freedom. He also figured out how to drink from a sippy cup. He thinks he is such a big boy now. I just love that he still always comes back to me and wants to snuggle up.

Chin

Last week we were at Clint's brother's house for a family get together. The kids were across the street playing in the neighbors yard when all of the sudden we heard this awful scream. Clint ran over there to see what was wrong. It was Kaily. She hit her chin in the handle of the see-saw when some other cousins sat on the other side. This is what it looked like two days later. Poor Kaily. She said it itched like crazy.

Climbing

Conner has found the stairs. He tries every day to make it one more step higher. It's the first thing he does in the morning and then he tries all day long. Yesterday he actually made it up one step and then he decided he was going to stay there for a while. So cute!

Canning

For the past week I have been busy with my canning projects. My family has been patient with a super messy kitchen and supper messy house while I have been doing all this. With the peaches we ended up with 33 quarts in jars and 7 quarts in bags with 3 gallon size ones set aside for peach crisp later in the year. With the spaghetti sauce we ended up with 13 pint jars. Not as many as I would have liked, so I will probably do more this week. This was my first time attempting this on my own, I think I actually enjoyed it.

The sickness has passed, almost

I am VERY happy to inform you all that except for an occasional runny nose my Conner is back to normal. HALLELUJAH! His breathing is getting back to normal also, and no more fevers. This morning he is actually crawling all over and playing nicely with his sister. His smile is back and it's SO VERY nice to see. Thanx again everyone, hopefully this week will be nothing like last week was.

Update

Today things are good. Conner actually made it through the night with out an incredibly high fever, just 101. He slept better and is acting better today. He did wake up with a fever of 102 though. The REALLY good part is that he is acting more like himself. He is trying to be happy and he is eating a TON. He still won't eat normal food and if you get a syringe out he will turn his head the other way. (We give his meds in a syringe). I am so thankful to all of you who said and are saying prayers on behalf of us. Hopefully the fevers will taper off soon and the constant runny nose will subside soon also. Thanx again.

The Answer

We just got back from the Dr and Conner doesn't have ear infections what he has is RSV. The Dr said to keep giving him the antibiotics though b/c he has already started them. She them gave me a prescription to help his mucus thin out so he can actually breathe. She said he is very contagious and to stay away from other babies until his mucus is cleared up. FINALLY someone gave me some answers that make sense.

About Conner

Yesterday was a fairly good day. Conner was acting like he was feeling better and Kaily had a good day too. Well, last night things got bad. Conner woke up around 12:30 am with a fever of 105.9. I freaked out. Clint put him in a bath and then we took him outside to keep him cooled off. We also gave him some Tylenol to help with the fever and aches he was clearly having. Well, that all wked, thankfully. Now, however, my son doesn't want to be touched and he doesn't want to move. I am taking him in to the Dr. again today to see what could be wrong. Can I just ask everyone who is out there reading this if they could keep Conner in their prayers. He has never been like this before and I am very concerned. Thank you. I will keep everyone posted as to what is going on.

The Gospel According to Kaily

I had an interesting conversation with Kaily this morning. It went something like this... KAILY- Mom, am I going to die soon? ME- No, Why did you ask that? KAILY- well, Papa Bob died b/c he got too old and I am getting bigger. I'm not going to die until I get bigger, bigger, bigger? (as she is jumping up and down with her arms stretched over her head to show how big she is going to be) ME- That's right, you will get a lot older before you die. (a moment of contemplation for Kaily) KAILY- When I die I will talk to Jesus. Is Jesus my brother? ME- Yes KAILY- And Heavenly Father is my dad? ME- yes, he is our spirit father and Jesus is our spirit brother KAILY- and when I die I will see everyone again, all my cousins and my family and Jesus and Heavenly Father. (said as a statement) ME- yes, that's right. KAILY- And the Holy Ghost helps me to feel better when I feel sad and he helps me to have good dreams. The Holy Ghost makes us better when we are sick b/c Daddy gives Conner and me a blessing and Heavenly Father tells the Holy Ghost to make us better. (said as a statement) We learned about the Holy Ghost in Nursery on Sunday. The weeks before we talked about who Heavenly Father is and Jesus Christ and how much they love us. It always amazes me how much they truly do understand and how much they really are listening, even when we think they aren't. I'm so grateful for Kaily and her love of the gospel. I am SO thankful for inspire leaders who wrote the new Nursery manual and the blessings I am already seeing from teaching from it.

FYI

So I haven't really been in the mood to blog lately. I'm really still not, but I thought I should explain why. Things have been so crazy around here and I am worn out. I have all these pictures that I need to put onto the comp, but I don't want to do that either. So, basically, I'm being lazy and will post lots of stuff next week when I have the pics. On top of everything we found out that Conner has his first ear infection. Lucky us he has 2 instead of just one. His first tooth did actually pop out the other day and ever since he has had a high fever. We finally got him on some meds, but I am so tired from lack of sleep. So, sorry about being lazy, but I'll catch up next week.

My Shadow

I have a little shadow that follows me from room to room, at least he would if he could move fast enough. I know, that will come with time. Conner is getting so mobile now. He tries to find me whenever I leave a room and cries the entire time. I can't even go to the bathroom or take a shower these days with out him freaking out. He hold tightly to my shirt while he falls asleep and cries, "mama, mama, mama" when he can't see me or feel me. As much I totally ADORE this kid, I really want to be able to pee without the screaming. He loves his sister too, he wants to be wherever she is as long as it's not too close to her. He loves her from far away. He loves his dad, but even Clint will tell you that he is just a way to get to me when I won't pick him up. If he sees me and wants to be cute he'll look at me cock his head to one side and coo a high little coo and then giggle. That is his way of saying, "Look how cute I am, you know you want to pick me up." He's so dang CUTE! I just love him. I guess the shadow isn't so bad, I know I'll miss it when he moves beyond this stage...