Prez Prom 2013

My little sister went to her last Prom last weekend, and I got to grab some shots of her & her date.

I loved this simple aqua dress she borrowed from a friend.

Since my parents were out of town Jer had to help put on her date's flower.

Isn't she just gorgeous!?

Kingsley is eleven months!

 This is just too insane! Baby boy is just a month away from being a year. It is so sad how much I have forgotten already, so I know I will be happy to have these monthly updates to look back on. 

This kid is at such a fun age. He just has the best personality. He is also very tiring because he is all over the place and gets into EVERYTHING!!! I am not the cleanest person anyways, but he is making it so much more difficult as he likes to get out every toy he owns, as well as pulling things out of drawers and the garbage... Kingsley is also fascinated with the toilet.. Gross I know! Any time i leave the door open he scurrys in to try to put his hands in the water  or throw toys in there. Unfortunately last week he threw in Grandma Julie's cell phone to it's watery grave :(

 Kingsley's schedule is still pretty consistent waking up at 7:30 and taking two naps at 10:30 and 3:00. He continues to love eating solids. Unfortunately he already dislikes most vegetables. I try so hard, but he always ends up spitting out whatever form of vegetable I try to give him. So for now the best I can do is feed him the mixed baby food pouches that are half fruit half vegetable. His favorite food so far is spaghetti just like his dad.

 This little guy is getting pretty close to walking. He uses a little toy walker, holds our hands, and shuffles between furniture. He has also gotten pretty good at climbing up on things like our couch. He mostly loves to mall Diesel and lay all over him. Diesel however is not a fan of Kingsley since he pulls on his tail and legs. Hopefully K can learn to "be soft" soon. I lately have been trying to tell King "NO" when he is doing something he shouldn't.. Although he just seems to laugh & do it anyways so I'm not sure it is woking :(

Kingsley definitely knows what he wants and will point and yell at you to help him. He basically throws a fit every morning because he wants Jeremy to hold him instead of getting ready for work. He will throw a fit if he doesn't get what he wants but they don't really last long. A fun thing Kingsley has picked up is counting to ten with me. Now his numbers all sound like two, but it's cute that he says it in rhythm with me. My favorite thing that Kingsley has picked up lately is "dancing". This consists of him pretty much head banging with his mouth wide open, it is pretty hilarious.

My cute baby & his crib

This baby LOVES his crib!! He has a really hard time sleeping anywhere else. He smiles the second I lay him down, rolls over and talks himself to sleep. Every once in a while he will fuss, but that's very rare. Maybe he just values his sleep as much as I do :)

Just had to share these photos of him playing in his crib. Love all his facial expressions!

Kingsley's first Easter

We started off the Easter activities Saturday morning over in the Kemps neighborhood. Every year the circle does a nice breakfast and then participating neighbors set out eggs and treats for the kids to go around and put in their baskets. I thought Kingsley might be a little too young, but he actually LOVED going around getting eggs!

Here he is waving to us :) And below are all the neighborhood kids who went around on the hunt.

Kingsley is pretty much obsessed with his Grandma Sandy, sometimes I think he likes her more than Jeremy & I. 

He loved picking up eggs and showing them to everyone.

Isn't Kingsley's outfit the cutest? It is actually Jeremy's from when he was a baby :)

That evening we headed over to my parents for more Easter festivities.

Kingsley loves being around people and had so much fun.

Love this little bug.

I adore this little bug. We had wonderful food & a fun time hanging out with extended family. The older kids even got to go on a car scavenger hunt.

On Sunday we spent some nice quality time going to church, eating delicious food and hanging out with family. Kingsley very much enjoyed it all :)

Kingsley is 10 months!

Although I love seeing the progress of my little guy, I'm a little relieved to almost be done with his monthly updates.. Time just seems to be going quicker & quicker and it feels more like I am doing weekly updates though I know that's not true. Plus as he gets older he doesn't seem to change as dramatically as he did in the beginning.

Kingsley now is fully invested in eating solids. He wants to eat or try whatever we are eating. I find that feeding this chunk is becoming pretty expensive! He usually eats a whole banana or nutrigran bar in the morning. Though his favorite is a pancake, minus the butter/syrup. I try to break off pieces so he doesn't choke but he loves taking bites on his own. He gets so excited when he see's me pull out a squeeze pouch & that's the best way for me to get him to eat vegetables. He prefers fruits, but does like carrots and asparagus randomly. He also really enjoys yogurt & snack packs thought they are probably not the most healthy choice. He now loves anything that he can hold in his hand like crackers or gold fish. I have to be careful though because whatever he is not eating or holding he will throw down for Diesel & laugh hysterically. He will drink water out of a sippy cup though he would prefer to. drink it out of the water bottle which always ends in disaster. He just really wants to be a big boy & do whatever we do. He still nurses shortly in the morning though he is pretty uninterested in it now. He also drinks about three 8 oz. bottles of formula a day as well.

Kingsley really loves toys at this point though nothing keeps his attention for long. His favorite game is probably going in the bathroom to dump Diesels water bowl out. He still is obsessed with reading books and his favorites are: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, The Hungry Caterpillar, In my Barn, and Peek a Who. He loves helping to turn the pages & will sit contently for at least 10 minutes. Kingsley has mastered climbing up the stairs turning around and going back down. He crawls like a speed demon the second he knows where he wants to go, and still shuts every door. Although he gets upset when he shuts himself in a room alone.

Kingsley has gotten a little more clingy these days. Whether that's because it looks like his top teeth may be breaking thru or he is just more aware of his surroundings I'm not sure. He very much wants to interact & be played with. He does not enjoy just exploring around alone like he used to. Sometimes he whines for you to pick him up, points at a couple things, wants you to put him down & then whines to be picked up again. It can be frustrating, as I'm sure he is trying to tell me something though I have no clue what that is at this point. He jabbers a lot these days, he copies words we say often but never consistently. He mostly still says dada and ought oh. 

Kingsley is pretty consistent with his sleep schedule & absolutely loves getting in his crib if he is tired. We put him down around 8pm and he wakes back up around 7:30-8am. He then goes back down for his first nap around 10:30-11am and sleeps for an 1 1-2 to 2 hours. Then depending on how long he slept he goes back down for a second nap around 3-4 for about an hour. Not sure when I need to transition him to just one nap, but hopefully he will let me know.

We love this little bug and his fun personality!

St George with the Perry's

Like forever ago (I'm really behind) we headed up to St. George to spend the weekend with the Perry's. As always we had so much fun hanging out. Unfortunately I only got pictures of a little hike we took..

:)

Jeremy is definitely not the safest..

We love spending time with the Perry's and can't wait to see them again!