Where's the Ball?

This is Kynzee's Ball she would not let out of her sight today. We didn't freak out when she popped the ball in her mouth. It was way too big for her to swallow, but she thought it was funny to pop it in and out of her mouth. She would laugh as it would fly across the room from out of her mouth. What a silly girl with a super cute personality at her young age.

Kynzee 9 Months Old

Kynzee turned 9 months last week. She is growing so fast. She climbs up the stairs and stands on her own. Those are just a few of the milestones she has reached. She still weighs 13 pounds actually down about 5 ounces from her checkup in December. She is in the 10th percentile for her height and in the 10th percentile for her head growth.

She still wakes up many times a night. Some nights every hour. Her Dr doesn't want me to let her cry it out. It doesn't work anyway. She will cry for over an hour straight when we try. As much as I love my sweet baby, she has been my hardest. She has had chronic nonstop respiratory issues since November on top of not gaining weight or sleeping.

On a happier note, she is my only baby that has stood on her own this young. She will just look at me and burst into laughter. This has been the newest thing this week. She still doesn't have any teeth. Every baby younger then her has passed her up on this one. She loves electronics like my other kids...phones, ipods, ipads, kindles. Her favorite show is still Baby Einstein. Her favorite food is yogurt mixed with bananas and strawberries. The other day I fed her a spinach smoothie mixed with whole wheat baby cereal. She downed it. I know you're probably thinking that is super gross, but it actually was super good. I just blended grapes, strawberries, bananas, Greek yogurt and spinach and little water. It was soooo good. I just put cereal in hers so she wasn't drinking meal. Despite being sleep deprived to the point of not functioning, I love her to pieces and I don't know what I would do without my little mama's girl.

It's Thursday

Today for "new recipe Thursday" I made Cream Cheese Chicken Chili in the crockpot with Chocolate chip cookie dough cupcakes for dessert.

Oh my gosh, lets just say my tummy hurts because I am sooo full. The chili was awesome and the cupcakes were the best I had ever had. There was cookie dough (eggless) in the middle and cookie dough flavored frosting...NO JOKE!!! I had never added flour to a frosting before and this recipe called for 1 cup along with the powdered sugar, brown sugar and butter among other things. It was really rich. I will have to make these again. I do like my attempt at making the cupcake look like a rose which is practice for when I make Ben a yoda themed cupcake bouquet for the 14 days of Valentines that I am doing for him.

Cooking Adventures

Lasagna Soup

Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas

Cookie Dough Brownies

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Cookies

Cheddar Cheese Chicken

Chocolate Chip Brownie Batter Cookies

Thanks to Pinterest, I have broadened my horizons in the cooking area. I decided to try a new recipe for dinner as well as a new dessert every Thursday. I am not even going to take into consideration whether it is healthy or not. I want to expand my kids taste buds and have them experience new flavors. I know Aiden will at least try most things once. Brynlee, on the other hand, doesn't try anything. But I will keep trying. These are things that I have made so far. They were absolutely amazing.
Tonight we experianced the Lasagna soup and the chocolate chip brownie batter cookies. It was fun to try and make them at the same time. The soup was awesome and the cookies were even more heavenly. The soup however, was a low fat recipe, but the cookies definitely made up for it. I did get the recipe for the red velvet cake cheesecake off Pinterest as well that I posted a month ago.
I figured why post things in a board if I'm not going to apply them to my life. I can't just be a wishful person.
My kids have a favorite thing so far that I learned and that was putting a snack box both in the fridge and in the pantry full of healthy snacks that they can just grab themselves. Aiden is constantly telling me how much he loves it. I love that people have come up with websites that can better all of our lives.

Making Note

This wonderful little boy of mine told me this morning that he was writing down every time I said a bad word. I was a little shocked by the comment and asked what he meant. He said that he was making note every time I said a bad word and then he pulled out a blank piece of paper with one check mark on it. He told me that every time I said a bad word that he was going to put a check mark.
I admit that I swear sometimes and even around my kids. I am definitely not proud of it, but unfortunately it is a bad habit I have to break (just add it to the list) and one habit that has gotten a lot worse over the last year. You can judge if you want, but nobody is perfect. However, I have a little boy that likes to remind me not to swear or say "bad" words (which I'm not sure what he means by that). Sometimes he tells me that I owe him a dollar every time I swear. He makes it sound like I swear ALL the time, which I don't. However, it is making an impact on his life. I am posting this because I have a little boy that pays attention to stuff like that he is a very good reminder for me to shape up. I know what some of you are thinking "GOOD FOR HIM" It is very humbling to have my 6 year old tell me he is giving me a check mark every time I say a bad word. Well my goal is to have no check marks on his piece of paper. I think Heavenly Father uses our kids to remind us to do better sometimes. I am so grateful for my Aiden.

HOLY COW

This is my 8 month old baby thinking she is big enough to stand all by herself. ARE YOU KIDDING ME! My other kids did not even think about doing that until they were at least 13 months and then walked at 14 months. And just because I want to savor Kynzee's baby hood, she is going to grow up too fast and do things earlier then the others. This makes me very sad.

"Don't Take A Picture of ME"

Bryn got a hold of our camera and started snapping pictures of EVERYTHING, but when Ben took it away from her and started taking pictures of her, she screamed " DON'T you dare take pictures of ME DADDY!!!"