Kaelyn Blowing Bubbles

A month ago Kaelyn showed us one of her new developments while her sister was taking a nap. She is so cute and smart! Here are some things about Kaelyn:
1. She is usually the first person to wake up in the mornings and has a set routine. I get her a bottle of milk and then she asks Where's Dada? Where's Sista? about ten times.
2. Almost every time we sit down as a family to just relax she always names everyone- Mama, Dada, Sista, Dada, Mama, Papa (papa used to live with us and she still hasn't adjusted to the fact he isn't here anymore).
3. When she eats she gets food EVERYWHERE! Let's compare and look at a picture of Madelyn eating yogurt at 18 mo. and then Kaelyn at 18 mo. (and this is a typical morning).
4. She loves her sister! If she had it her way she would just hug Madelyn all day long, but since Maddy isn't big on hugs she endures them for a few seconds and then continues on with her own things leaving Kaelyn wanting more.
5. When she plays Peek-a-boo I love it when she tries to say her own name "Where's Nanen?"
6. She is such an easy going kid and we love having her in the family!

Trip to Idaho

For the past three years around my birthday we seem to manage an escape from parenthood by grabbing few days of vacation without kids. This year a good friend of ours happened to be getting married in Twin Falls, Idaho on the weekend of my birthday so Grandma and Grandpa Dougherty stayed with the girls while Jay and I attended the wedding. It was so fun to see a good friend get married to a great person, but it was REALLY fun to spend a total of 17 hours driving time and two days alone with Jay. It was my first time in Idaho and Jay hadn't been there since he was a baby and although Twin Falls is a small town with not a lot to offer it was still fun. Here are some pics.Just on one of the edges of Twin Falls is a beautiful canyon and river. It was breathtaking!

Us in front of the temple in Twin Falls the day of the wedding.

This is the bridge that crosses over the canyon and my hubby!

Here's me looking preggo standing by the bridge. What a fun trip!

And our third is a...

The Dougherty Family proudly announces that we will welcome another princess into our family January 2010!! I really thought that this one was a prince, but we are still very excited!

The Purple Treasure

A friend of ours moved houses over the weekend and gave us a few things one of which was a purple felt designer hat. It has gotten lots of use in our house this weekend. The girls have loved their new found treasure!

I went into the other room and this is what Kaelyn was doing when I came out.

Maddy even surprised us with an impromptu magician act (see video below).

My 3 year old...

Madelyn's comment this morning while we were eating breakfast:

Maddy: "Mommy is the cheese going into your belly?"

Me: "Yes"

Maddy: "The baby is getting all messy."

Me: "The baby isn't in the same place as the food."

Maddy: "Did you take the baby out?"

(This is the 3rd time Maddy as asked if the baby is out of my tummy or if she can take the baby out. So cute!)

The Staple

So yesterday we found a staple in Kaelyn's gums. I sat her down for dinner and she started crying after every bite she took. We couldn't figure out what was wrong. Was her food too hot? No. Did she have a tooth ache? No. She has a staple in her gums!! So we got the tweezers and removed it and all was well, but poor baby! She puts EVERYTHING in her mouth!!

Why I haven't been good at blogging

Well I should add that I haven't been very good at keeping anything up lately because... I am 13 weeks pregnant (and feeling pretty sick - hopefully I am on the tail end of it all).

I just got a comment from one of my readers asking me to post more on my blog. I know, I know I have been absent these past few months, but my blog isn't the only thing that has been negleted.

We are really excited though for this next addition. Yesterday was the first time we got to hear the heartbeat. The nurse before she put the dopler on my stomach stated that because the baby is really small still it will probably be hard to find the heartbeat, but at soon as she put that thing on my tummy we instantly heard it. Already competing for attention!

Jay's mom went with me and the two girls to my appt. After 5 minutes of the two little girlies touching everything in the checkup room I asked her if she would take them out and wait in the waiting room. It was too much.

She told me later that as soon as they got into the waiting room Madelyn turned to another little girl sitting next to her and loudly proclaimed "I don't have a baby in my tummy!" She did ask the nurse too if she could open my tummy so she could see the baby. Such a cutie!