Here are some bits and pieces of this past week and weekend all rolled into one gigantic post ... we've had a busy week having fun with Kendall's development progression, getting ready for (& working & shopping at) Just Between Friends (JBF) consignment sale and having my family visiting ... there are a lot of pictures below!
Bows, bows, bows ... oh, how I LOVE bows on sweet little girls! One day at church, about 7 years ago, I remember Ashley seeing a cute little baby girl in a few pews ahead of us ... she was wearing an adorable outfit and big bow (I'd already noticed her, of course) ... and he leaned over and asked me if we had a girl, would I dress her in a dress & bow like that? I said yes! And he said good, I like that. So, as soon as we found out we were expecting a girl, bows & headwraps were purchased ... and not just by me ... I have 2 sisters who also were purchasing things as well! And bows have adorned Kendall's head from her 1st day old, while she was in the NICU! I started her out wearing bows early on and she's done a great job leaving them alone ... until recently, which truly pains me to say! So now, if she has a bow on her head for a few seconds, this is what she does ...
Playing with her Kitchen ... working on CRAWLING ... and PULLING herself UP to STAND! This week Kendall has just continued to progress with her somewhat-near-crawling ... she gets to all 4's and rocks back and forth lots now ... is always going after a toy or something else that has caught her eye ... and is holding herself up (completely off of her tummy) when she's on all 4's for much longer than she's ever been able to before. She is much stronger now and is really wanting to move around ... yeah, Kendall! (Her therapists at Baylor Hospital's Our Children's House (for her NICU Graduate program that she's in) want her to be crawling or very, very-near crawling by her next appointment, on April 23, so I think we are doing good with that and are moving in that direction ... so we'll see where she is in one more month! I know that all babies do these different development stages at different times, so if she's not crawling by then, it's not the end of the world, it's just one of the many things that her therapists will look at when looking for (possible) developmental delays due to her prematurity.) She LOVES her kitchen that her Auntie E and Uncle T got her for Christmas and now, when we get her up from her naps, she always looks over at her kitchen and usually babbles something to it or us to take her to it! Over the last couple of weeks, we've been helping her stand up (which she definitely prefers) to the kitchen (holding onto her from her back, lightly supporting her) ... she is doing great on her balance and adjusting / correcting her balance. On Wednesday & Thursday, I witnessed Little Miss trying to pull herself up on her very own ... she didn't get all the way up, but she did get halfway up before plopping back down on her hiney or at least up to sit on her knees! But then, on Friday, she pulled herself up all the way to standing & was up for a half-second before sitting back down. She continues to practice on pulling herself up and does stand up (& stay up) now ... she's quite happy about this and is proud of herself, as she should be! She's making some big locomotion developments these past few weeks ... Go Kendall! (Please pardon her mess of hair in these pictures!)
Bathtime Fun ... Kendall continues to love her baths ... we are still using her baby tub inside the bathtub ... she sits up and plays and slaps the water & laughs ... and when it's time to rinse the shampoo out of her hair, she lays back the opposite way ... she is sooo long (really too long for this tub) that she lays across the entire tub ... just layin' back and relaxin' ... really though, what girl doesn't love having her hair done? We sure do!
JBF ... and Aunt Rach, Uncle Mike & Mason ... AND Grams! My sister, Rachel & I had a few items to consign at JBF this time ... any items to be sold had to be dropped off on Wednesday night, so I took everything up there for us. On Thursday, Rae, Michael and Mason arrived at our house ... Ashley took the day off of work (it was his birthday the day before and he wanted to stay up nearly all night playing video games with some guy friends online) ... and he was going to take care of Kendall while Rae & I shopped the volunteer "pre-sale" at JBF! Rae & I shopped and shopped and shopped ... we were there for more HOURS than I care to admit (and especially document historically here) and found LOTS of great deals on darling clothes & shoes, books and brand new toys for Kendall for this spring & summer ... Rae shopped for Mason & "baby brother" as Mason calls him (until a name is announced!) and found some great deals, too! We were there so long, the security guard was getting a little suspicious of us ... ha! We volunteered to work one 4 hour shift on Saturday, so we got to shop at 12noon ... at the volunteer pre-sale ... and it was awesome! We had a FABULOUS time and definitely had "shopper's legs" (as Michael calls it) once we were all finished ... but it was worth it! If you've never done Just Between Friends, you need to ... you won't be sorry! No pictures of our awesome finds, but trust me ... there was a complete fashion show presented to Ashley, Kendall, Michael & Mason as soon as we got home!
Friday and Saturday we did more shopping ... Kendall even came shopping with us, too and she did great! Rae was shopping for "baby brother's" nursery, so we went to several different stores that they don't have in Abilene and she decided on a nursery theme and found some room accessories ... this nursery is going to look so cute! (We'll be in Abilene next weekend for Easter and we're going to work on getting it all put together ... yeah! We love doing stuff like this!) Rae and I worked at JBF for 4 hours Saturday late afternoon ... we had awesome jobs of working the docking station (LOVE this easy and fun job!) and then I got promoted to cashier (LOVE this job even more!) ... woo hoo! The shift we had was during the volunteer and consigner "1/2 off pre-sale" so we had a lot of fun and got to see lots of friends who were shopping, too! (I'm hoping we can work that shift again at the next sale!) By the time we got home, the rest of the gang had just picked up Grams from the airport, so we got to hear all about her awesome cruise she'd earned as an independent distributor with Premier Designs jewelry! Way to go, Grams!
Standing up and playing her piano ... and so proud of herself!
What's better than playing the piano ... how 'bout eating it? Yes, this Little Miss is soooo teething!
Grams and Kendall ... "Woo Hoo!" says Kendall ... Grams spent the night with us on Saturday and we enjoyed our Grams time!
Uncle Mike and Mason ... such silly boys!
Brooke's 1st Birthday Party ... Kendall attended her 2nd little friend's party on Saturday and we had a great time! It was beautiful outside and perfect for the party ... they had the backyard all set up and decked out for the party ... with a cupcake theme! Too cute!
Deanna and Brooke ... Deanna (& Drew) threw a GREAT party for their little sweetie!
Kendall checking out the Birthday Girl's cutie-patootie tutu!
Brooke opening her gift from Kendall ... a gift card at The Children's Place and a couple of (spin & flap) books
Kendall picking up some tips from Brooke on eating her first birthday cake
Swinging and Sliding ... Kendall got to swing & slide for the first time while at Brooke's party and she loved it! (Hopefully the Easter Bunny will be bringing Kendall her own outdoor swing next week and then Daddy will have to hang it!)
(This pose was just for the picture. When she was really sliding, I was holding her from her underarms ... and we only started at about halfway down the slide ... safety first, people!)
We've had a great week and weekend ... and now, it's time to get ready for Kendall's 1st Easter! (I hope the Easter Bunny has everything ready for Kendall's Easter basket!)
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