catching up

boy have i some blog catching up to do! i uploaded pictures this morning and realized that a lot has happened since the last time i blogged.... i.e. kendal and holly have had a lot of cute moments that i want to share! so, today my goal will be to get caught up on sharing... so, keep posted today for a lot of short video and photo blogs!

first bath

my favorite baby smell is back.. burt's bees baby bee! today holly had her first real bath and unfortunately i have no pictures of it. first, i was alone (which would have made it hard to take any photos). second, my camera battery was DEAD since i left it open last night. oh well. i'll get memorable "second bath" photos of her next time... well, come to think of it, my dad WAS here... and i suppose i could have asked him to take a picture of her bath, but... again, the battery was dead. next time, i promise pictures.

The Piano Man...

Sing us a song, you're the piano man Sing us a song tonight Well, we're all in the mood for a melody And you've got us feelin' alright

Boot Scootin' Boogie...

Out in the country Past the city limits sign Well there's a honky tonk Near the county line The joint starts jumpin' every night When the sun goes down They got whiskey, women music and smoke It's where all the cowboy folk Go to boot scootin' boogie

random... toe nails

whew. yesterday i trimmed my toenails. finally, i can reach them with no trouble!

while reading to kendal...

tonight i was sitting in the rocking chair with kendal in my lap and reading him books. i opened one that i unfortunately have not read more than the first few pages... it is a book that kendal's aunt kathy gave to him this past summer when she was here for the walbring family reunion. it really is a cute book, i'm not sure why i haven't read it before now except that it has paper pages and i was afraid that kendal would tear them. anyway, i was admiring the creative stories and graphics used in the book, which by the way is remy charlip's "arm in arm" and i got to this page: lol i immediately thought of nathaniel and amy... and then kathy. it would have been nice to know them growing up. i bet they had lots of neat books like this. one day, we will get a pete and repeat. even if they are just 2 fish. this book reminds me of another book that someone once gave me... i wonder if i can find it because i can't remember what it is called! something about a sidewalk...

a mirror of time

i remember back in august when we had our 20 week ultrasound, there was a moment that the image went over holly's face and i just knew she'd look like kendal. i mean... like the spitting image of him. it was amazing how much they looked alike... in an ultrasound. fast forward 20 weeks later... once holly was born, she looked kinda like kendal, but something about her was different. turns out that it is just the shape of her head that is different (her head is "normal" sized, not as big as his) plus her chin is a little more defined than his ever was. anyway, it wasn't too many hours after she was born that i could see myself in her. and the next day when my mom and dad (and k) came to visit, my mom told me that she looked just like i did when i was a baby. even now, it is like looking through a mirror of time. so, i decided to find a picture of me when i was a baby, and see if she was right. i found the "my mommy when she was a baby" picture i had glued in his kendal's baby book. it was breathtaking... see for yourself! me at 2 weeks: holly at birth: holly at 1 week: