V-day

When February 14th rolls around, it's the same thing every year. Some people love it, some people hate it & everyone has an opinion. Well at our house we celebrate Valentines day. Nothing too fancy, just enough to say "I love you."

This year we celebrated like we usually do. Travis gave me flowers, we bought a new outfit for Kambrie & I gave Trav a "one of a kind" original gift from me.





I spent $0.00 on Trav's gift, using only things we had kicking around the house.



Kambrie helped by sitting in her chair & playing with her toys while I made it.



When she was done with that, we tryed a different chair with new toys...

And when that didn't last very long I put her under her gym.

You know how unreasonable a tired baby can be. I let her cry it out & it ended something like this:





I wish I thought she would be so forgiving when she's 13.

That night Travis & I went to see a production of "The Music Man" at the Ellen Eccles Theater with Tyler & Tashie. It was a great show & we really enjoyed a night out. Kambrie spent the evening with Grandpa Reid & Great Grandma Reid. We are so lucky to have so much family close by.



Before we put Kam to bed, we let her play with the tissue paper in her gift. It's fun to see how she changes. She had no interest in wrapping paper at Christmas, so I can't believe the difference a couple of months makes.

I love my Valentines!

New Favorite Toy!

All Kambrie wants to do these days is stand.



Here she is dancing with her daddy.
(I'm always trying to capture these precious moments. She is such a lucky girl. I have a feeling her younger siblings won't get to spend as much time with daddy as she gets to.)

Anyway, what she loves even more than standing is jumping! My mom has a friend who let her borrow this Fisher Price "Jumper" (that's not what they're called, it's just what I call it) for Kambrie to try.







She was a little unsure at first but has decided that it's a great toy & it gets her lots of attention, because she's just so cute in it! My dad thought she was so funny the day that she was bouncing so hard & fast that she panicked. Not understanding that she was the one making it move, she couldn't stop.

I almost bought a toy just like it yesterday, so I could have my hands free for just a few minutes! But to Trav's relief I didn't. It will always be something fun to do at Grandma & Grandpa's.



Now when she's at home & we lay her down to play with the gym she got for Christmas, she reacts like this...







One word...

SPOILED!!!

We love her!

Making the bed

Kambrie doesn't like to be alone. In fact she is usually not content unless... she can see someone. That means sitting in her chair, which is not tall enough to see over the bed, is not an option. Her highchair, as you saw from my previous post, is also out because... she's bored with it. So I just lay her on top of the covers at the foot of the bed & pull her around while I straighten the blankets.

I almost lost her in all the pillows.

The Highchair...

I love Kambrie's highchair. I started using it about a month ago, she sits in it while I make dinner, do dishes, etc.

Unfortunately, she's on to me & it doesn't last as long as it used to...





She kicks & kicks until she's so slouched I can't leave her that way.

Yeah, she reminds us who's boss on a regular basis...

Bed Time... I think...

Kambrie has been sleeping through the night now for several months. Really there were only about 2 weeks that she didn't & I think that was my fault. Once I chilled out & just let her sleep, establishing a morning routine, she was good to go.

Well, kind of. You see, she would sleep through the night once she FINALLY went to bed! Travis & I both agree that little girls going to bed a 11 pm or later is a little ridiculous. So we've been working on gradually transitioning her to an earlier bed time (sounds easy enough, but hard to do with a working mom).

She still loves to snuggle with us, so usually if we just hold her close, wrapped in a blankie, she'll nod right off.

Key word... Usually...




Why is it, that she always saves the sweetest smiles for bed time?

I am happy to report that we have improved a little. 10 pm is her current bed time. Yeah, we have a ways to go but it's a start. :)

Shopping with Kambrie

Last weekend I decided I needed an afternoon out, so Kambrie & I invited Jamie to come with us on Kam's first "Girl Day." We went to Layton, had Mimi's Cafe for lunch, went to the Mall & to Target (of course).

Kambrie was so good! We tried to keep her out of her seat whenever she was awake & that seemed to be exactly what she wanted.



She was mesmerized by all the lights in the Food Court...



and was relieved to see a familiar face in the mirror...