I'm 2, 5!

Little miss bossy pants, Kellyn turned two on Sunday. If you ask her how old she is she will say, "I'm 2, 5!" She is also 10 sometimes and other times 16.

If you know Kellyn you know that she is easily bribed. I can get her to do nearly anything for an M&M or skittle. For weeks we have been talking about her birthday party and all the things she would get to do at her party. If I wanted her to do anything all I needed to say was, if you want pop at your party you probably should do this and magically, it would get done! Due to all the bribing she was incredibly excited for her party. The first thing she said Sunday morning was, "it's my birthday. I want my party!".

My dad got her this four-wheeler battery powered bike. She loves it, but can't push the peddle just yet.

Below are pictures from her party...

Lake of the Ozarks

We went to the Lake of the Ozarks with some of our friends over Labor day weekend. I was worried about Kellyn enjoying herself. I knew that she would need to wear his life jacket if she was on the dock and I assumed she would HATE her life jacket. Shockingly she didn't mind wearing her jacket. She also loved riding in the boat and playing in the water ( she called his yellow water). Our friends have a water mat- A huge mat that can hold up to 8 adults. She thought the mat was the coolest thing since pull-ups!

Cousins

A few weeks ago it was my nephew's second birthday. He is exactly one month older than Kellyn. Below are some pictures of them playing nicely with each other after his party.

The first picture is Khloe. As kellyn would say, "Khloe is tiny!" She was born almost two months ago weighting just over 5 lbs! She is such an easy going tiny little thing that you just want to put into your pocket.

One month apart, but look at the size difference.

Big Girl

Ryan and I had been discussing turning Kellyn's crib into a bed for a few weeks. We had many of the obvious and typical hesitations. Our big problem was that in order for her to have a "bumper" we had to buy one from the manufacture of the crib. If you know me, I hate hassle. It's annoying and I don't have the time. Despite that minor problem we turned her bed into a big girl toddler bed.
She has done great. She is on the floor( we put pillows down) a few nights a week. She has never woke up when she falls out of bed. In the morning I'll ask, "Kellyn, did you fall out of bed last night?" and she'll say, "No, I got up and laid on the floor." Whatever you need to tell your self to feel okay about falling out of bed!

Family Pics

Here are some of our family pictures. They are pretty good considering it was 110 degrees out and Kellyn was hot and not cooperating! Photos taken by Candice at www.candicemariephotography.com

Zoo Trip

Yesterday we took Kellyn to the Kansas City Zoo. She had a blast. Below are some pictures of our day.

Adventures of potty training

We tried the potty training thing about a month ago, but were unsuccessful. Kellyn refused to go potty in her big girl potty insisting that she is a baby, not a big girl. I didn't was to push it so we stopped pressuring her, but would ask her if she needed to go. She then starting telling us when she was going potty in her diaper or pull up. Ryan and I talked and after advice from more experienced members of our family we decided to simply put her in big girl panties.

we put her in panties, got a supply of M&M's and stickers. I also got her a new pair of "big girl shoes". They are pick flip flops, but are a little bit of a platform with pink sequence. Kellyn LOVED her hew pretty shoes. She was wearing her shoes when she went potty in her panties thus resulting in potty on her new shoes. I told her that she can't wear her new shoes if she isn't going to go potty in the big girl potty. She now potties in her big girl potty.

We started this about a week and a half ago and she has been doing AH-MAZ-ING! She still has one, maybe two accidents a day, but they are usually small because she stops herself knowing that she needs to use the big girl potty. She also starting telling me that she needs to go. Most children would say I need to potty. Not Kellyn. She says, "Mommy, my pee is going to come out". One of a kind that child.
A week ago when I was home with her I let her run around in her panties (less laundry if she had a mess) and in the midst of it all Kellyn decided that she now loves socks. Here are a couple pictures of her new style. Keep in mind that she HAD to wear these socks.