Milestone:Roll baby

I forgot to get something documented for when I can't remember later. Kinlee rolled over last week! She sleeps on her belly, (yeah, I know the "rules" but she has her own set) and when I went in to get her up from her nap, she was still on her belly. I rolled her over and let her stay there while I put a couple things away in her room. I turned back around and she was back on her belly. So of course, I had to put her on her back again to see if she'd do it when I could see it happen. And she did. Back to belly again. Silly girl. I don't know what "normal" is, but we were pretty darn impressed!

Hand-me-downs: Red n' white and castles

I'm totally aware that I'm probably the only person who enjoys this comparison of my girls in the same outfits, but that's ok. I just think it's very interesting to see how different they are in size.

Here's Braska in the little castle sleeper on 4/2/07 at 4 1/2 months. It was SO long on her. This was the only pic I could find of her in it, which is weird because she wore it alot.


This is Kinlee on 4/16/09 in her little castle sleeper at just over 2 months. She's already maxed out the length. Since this picture was taken, these sleepers have been retired.

This was an adorable outfit given to Braska by my cousin Lindsay who just had a birthday yesterday. (Happy Birthday again, Linds!) It's a very soft Ralph Lauren two-piece, and it's really much more adorable than any picture I can find of the girls.

Braska and Belle on 03/16/07 at just shy of 4 months.

Here's Miss KiKi in her outfit on 04/14/09 again just over 2 months, and again, it's almost too short for her long self.

Catch-up: 1st Easter

Surprise, surprise. I'm way behind. I feel horrible that Kinlee's blog suffers most, so I'm going to work on it as much as possible this weekend to get some posts ready to go and scheduled for the next week.

I know there are a few of you who check in on her, and I appreciate that ALOT! But be sure to leave a comment here or there, let us know you've visited sometimes! When we print this for Kinlee one day, I don't know how I'll explain her sister being so much more popular! Ha!

For now, we'll start with Easter, yeah it's weeks behind us now, but I still want to document it, since this is the closest I'll get to a baby book for a while.

Rachel got this dress for her when we were out shopping a couple days before. I realized I had not thought to have an official Easter dress, and that was unacceptable. Plus Children's Place had a GREAT sale. Good combination!

We were in Champaign for Easter, visiting our friends Karen and Randy and their cuties Maddy and Grace, as they were moving (they've moved by now) back to MN to start being "real" adults with a "real" job. Congrats Randy! Sunday after church we drove up to Rantoul to see Miss Martha at the new El Toro there. R K M and G were wonderful enough to come along and eat with us. They share our Toro love. I love this pic of Karen, Grace, and KiKi.

This is our very special Miss Martha meeting Kinlee for the first time.

As Easters go, it was a very nice one to start her many Easter memories.

Skins and smiles

There's nothing sweeter than a couple of sisters hanging out early in the morning before their bath.

And my favorite...

A close-up crop just for fun... I'm sure we'll see alot more of this secret-sharing, and I really look forward to it.

Hand-me-downs: Purple and white bear

This is another one of my favorite little outfits of Braska's and now Kinlee's. The little white pants have cute lavendar bears on it...I don't know why, but I just love them. Babies seem to look more grown up in two-piece outfits, don't you think??

Braska at 4 months, 3/14/07


Kinlee 4/10/09, 2 months

2 Months

Time flies, and I'm learning that doesn't mean that things get accomplished. We're still trying to find our groove, or at least I am, as far as how to get anything done in a day with both these girls to deal with. Somehow, we've made it to two months...

Highlights this month: Lots of smiles, a little longer sleeping spells at night, up to about 5-6 hours at a time, which is nice, and last we weighed her, about a week ago, she was 10 lbs 4 oz. No big deal to some, crazy-growing baby to me!


I've got lots of pics to post, and hopefully this next week will allow more time for blogging. I'm not holding my breath though!

Hand-me-downs: Pink sleeper

I'm looking forward to seeing some of the clothes that Braska wore on Kinlee. It just seems fun to compare them in the same outfits. Many of the clothes have been passed on, so there will be fewer opportunities for side-by-side pics in these first few months, but today I realized we had our first.

This is Kinlee today, in her pink sleeper that has little flowers on the left chest. It's pretty plain, but still. It's funnier that the bear is by her. .. As you'll see below. Remember she's just a day short of 2 months.


Here's Braska on the day she was discharged from the hospital after her heart surgery, 3/8/07. Same bear. Same sleeper. She was 3 1/2 months.


And here she is just a bit later, same sleeper, almost 4 months, 3/17/07. It's obviously not any too small on her. She was about the same weight here as Kinlee was this week when we put her on the scale. Just over 10 lbs.