Kinsey is ready for Christmas!

These are a few of the Christmas outfits that Kinsey has been given. Of course she looks adorable in all of them! We are finally ready for Christmas and ready to see all of our families! Tomorrow we are heading for east TN for a few days to have Christmas with the Blount's then we'll be going to Valdosta for a few days to see all of my family! We are excited and can't wait to see everyone! Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

2 Months!

Our sweet baby girl is 2 months old today! It seems like she's growing by the minute and doing something new everyday! What a joy she's been to our lives the 2 short months we've had her! She's such a blessing and we're so thankful that God has given us such a precious gift!

Things I want to remember about our Kinsey at 2 months:

-She's such an easy going baby. She only fusses when she's hungry or tried.
-She greets me every morning with a sweet smile when she sees my face : ) It just melts my heart!
-She smiles and coos all the time now...especially when we talk to her!
-Her hair is getting lighter; I think she might be a blond headed baby like her daddy!
-She's still got pretty blue eyes but I think they will change...we'll see!
-Everyone says she looks like her daddy but one of Ryan's co-workers said that she's starting to look more like me : )
-She sleeps like her daddy too! When she's out, she's out! Right now she's sleeping from 10 pm to about 4:30 - 5 am. I feed her when she wakes and she goes right back to sleep until about 8 am.
-She loves to be swaddled when she sleeps! Sometime she'll wake up in the middle of the night if she gets her hands out of the swaddle and I'll have to re-swaddle her before she'll go back to sleep!
-She loves her Fisher Price musical fish aquarium on her crib. I'll turn it on when I put her down to sleep and she's out! When she's awake she'll watch it for hours!

We went back to the pediatrician today for her checkup and to get shots. I was really curious to see how much she'd grown since last time and boy has she! Kinsey weighed in at 12 lbs 15 oz (which is in the 80th percentile) so I'm sure by the time I feed her tonight she'll be a whopping 13 lbs! What a chunky monkey! She's grown quite a bit in length too at 24 inches...I guess she just comes by it naturally! Her length was in the 87th percentile and her head circumference was in the 50th percentile. Ryan said that if her head was just in the 50th percentile that it was one thing that she didn't get from him...he's got a big noggin'! All was going well until it was shot time...that was no fun! Not that I was expecting it to be but I cried more than I thought I would! I knew I'd get teary eyed but I think I cried almost as hard as Kinsey!! She did great though...she's such a trooper! After the nurse was done we gave her her pacifier and she was fine. I gave her a bottle in the car on the way home and she fell asleep and is just snoozing away now!

Kinsey's battle wounds...

Busy, Busy, Busy

The past few days we've been so busy but hopefully now that we've got most of our Christmas shopping done things will settle down...I'm not really expecting it to but hey... I can dream right!?

Today we took Kinsey to Nashville to get some Christmas pictures made and of course they turned out so cute! It was just too hard to choose between them all! I guess that's what you get when you have such an adorable baby : ) While we waited for them to be developed we grabbed some lunch and by the time we were done eating and I fed Kinsey they were ready. After that we headed to the mall to finish our shopping and I think we just about got it wrapped up so I feel much better about that! Now I just need to get them wrapped and all of our Christmas cards in the mail and I'll be set! Below are some of my favorites from Kinsey's pictures...

I hate that she was not sitting up better in this picture because I love the expression on her face : )

Tomorrow Kinsey will turn 2 months old and she goes back to the doctor to get her shots : (

I'm curious to see how much she's grown! I'll definitely post her new stats!

Sunday afternoon the youth group from church had their Christmas party and since Ryan teaches the teens on Wednesday nights we were invited to tag along. They always go bowling every year so we had a great time hanging out with friends! Ryan bowled and did pretty good; I decided to sit out because I didn't want to show anyone up...haha...no-really to take care of Kinsey and just be able to visit and not have to pay attention to when it was my turn! Here are some pictures of Kinsey's first bowling trip!

Ryan bowling a STRIKE!

Kinsey and her friend Emily were zonked out!

me and Ryan

Jesse and Sarah Glenn

Bright eyed!

Family pic

Brian and Christy

some of my favorite gals...
Donna, Christy, Sarah Glenn and me

Cutest Video

We caught this on video last night and it was just too cute not to post! Kinsey is cooing and smiling all of the time. It just melts my heart!

Hope you all have a great weekend!

What do you think??

Who does Kinsey look like??? Here are some of mine and Ryan's baby pictures and the more I looked at them the more I realized that she really does look more like Ryan but I thought it would be fun to put these up anyway! So let us know what you think...

me at 1 month

Ryan at 2 months

Uncle Aaron and Aunt Gena's visit

Aaron and Gena came to visit us, or I guess I should say Kinsey, this past weekend. Aaron hadn't met her yet because he was out of town when we went home to visit but I believe he was smitten from the moment he first saw her! He's always been great with babies & was wonderful with Kinsey! I can't wait till him and Gena have some of their own...I guess we should get them married first but that's not too far away! We didn't do much of anything, just sat around and watched some football and visited. It was great to see them and we can't wait to see them again soon! Here are some of our pictures from the weekend...

Aaron did a lot of this....

Aaron, Gena and Kinsey

Gram got her this shirt...too cute!

Kinsey was a little upset about her bad hair day : )

Dr. Cain Swope

Yesterday afternoon I had a follow up appointment with my doctor so we packed Kinsey up and took her along so we could get a picture with her and Dr. Cain Swope. The morning I delivered Kinsey Dr. Cain Swope was leaving to go on vacation for the week so she slipped out of the delivery room before we could snap a picture with her. It's probably better because I think we all look better now than we did that early morning : ) Ryan and I were both really impressed with Dr. Cain Swope...she was absolutely wonderful throughout my whole pregnancy so I'm sad because Kinsey was her 2nd to last baby to deliver. She's no longer doing obstetrics so I've got to find a new baby doctor for the next pregnancy...bummer!

When the nurse that we had every visit saw Kinsey she said she was a "mini" Ryan which is what everybody says but I promise she's mine too! : ) I know there's no denying she's a Blount but she does look like my baby pictures believe it or not. Hopefully this week I'll get my scanner out and scan some of mine and Ryan's baby pictures so you can decide who she looks like.

Stay tuned...

Dr. Cain Swope holding Kinsey

Dr. Cain Swope, me, and Kinsey

(not sure what Kinsey's looking at)

Thanksgiving, Grandpop's Birthday & more

So maybe I'll actually finish this post tonight since I've been working on it for um...3 days now!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving spending time with family and friends! We had a great day on Thursday with Ryan's family. I love seeing his grandparents with Kinsey. They make the biggest fuss over her! I'm just so thankful that they are still here with us and can enjoy her and watch her grow!

Our 1st Thanksgiving as a family of 3!

Margaret with Kinsey

Mama Mac holding Kinsey

Mac loves to hold Kinsey until she starts to cry : )

Aunt Sandra holding Kinsey who's looking at the lights!

Friday was Grandpop's birthday and we actually got to spend the day with him which was nice! Hope you had a great day! We love you lots and appreciate all you do for us!

Grandpop & Kinsey

Gram feeding Kinsey

Kinsey is getting so big and so much more alert! I can't wait to go back to the doctor in a few weeks to find out how much she weighs now! We both have a cold so that hasn't been much fun. She's not been sleeping as well because she gets stopped up and can't breathe so she's been waking up several times during the night. I'm used to her just waking up once so it's been an adjustment for me! I'll be glad when she gets over this. I guess that's all for now. Have a great week!

Our Smiling Baby

Where had the time gone?? Kinsey turned a month old on Monday! It seems she's growing by the minute! I know she's over 10 lbs now and about a foot longer than when she was born! Lately she's given us a few smiles while on her changing table and we've managed to catch a few on camera. Hope you enjoy!

I love kissing those chubby cheeks!

Such a happy baby!

So sweet...

Holding that head up and looking around!

Kinsey's new do! (Ryan and I were a little bored!)

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Happy Birthday Nana!

Hope you have a great day! We love you!!

Catching up...

So it's been a while since I've been able to blog...I guess you can say Kinsey's been keeping me pretty busy these days! I'm amazed at how fast the day goes by and how I seem to get nothing accomplished except taking care of her. At least I have my priorities straight, right? I mean who needs clean clothes to wear anyway : )

Last Friday we took Kinsey on her first road trip to meet all of her GA family. She did great on the 8 hour trip and slept most of the way. We really enjoyed seeing all of our friends and family and showing off our sweet baby girl. We also got to meet cousin Brecken, who is absolutely adorable and seems so tiny compared to almost 10 lb Kinsey! What can I say our girl likes to eat! We had such a great time and look forward to visiting again soon!

Today Kinsey is 4 weeks old and I can't believe how fast the time has gone! She's such a sweet baby and is really easy going. She is eating well, obviously, and sleeping well at night, usually
5-6 hours which makes it easy on me. She's truly a blessing and we just couldn't imagine life without her now!

I'll leave you with a few pictures from the past week! Hope you all have a great weekend!

Aunt Cathy and Kayden meeting Kinsey

Ryan with Brecken

Granny with her great-granddaughters

Brecken & Kinsey after church

Kinsey in her BIG girl overalls

Papa with his great-granddaughters

The Birthday Girl!

John getting Kinsey to sleep

me and Dad

Pete and Nana with Kinsey

Ryan caught us snoozing