Klayn loves the Itsy Bitsy Spider

Moving is fun ... NOT

It's been a little while since I last blogged ... two words ... we moved. For those of you who know what it's like to move and unpack a house with a 6 month old, you can empathize with me how seriously slow it is. I don't typically move in "seriously slow" so this has been a test of patience and endurance. Here's my top 5 moments of the last two weeks ...
#5 - Moving in Phoenix, in July, what were we thinking. That day it was 102°F and 85% humidity. Yuck!
#4 - I'm too cheap to buy "transitional clothing" so I've still been wearing my maternity clothes ... this week I fit back into some of my old shorts. I can't remember the last time I zipped anything up, it's been all elastic waists for over a year, baby!
#3 - Jason and I got to sleep on our Tempurpedic mattress again ... it was heavenly.
#2 - Kalyn has resumed sleeping through the night ... in her own room ... also heavenly.
#1 - Not so heavenly ... Kalyn scratched my cornea with her fingernail. It was only slightly less painful than labor. I was pretty much blinded. Jason had to lead me into the eye doc office (blind), I had to sign papers (blind), play with Kalyn (blind). Luckily they patched my eye ball and it healed in one day. I purchased new nail clippers (other pair lost in the move) the next day.

I'm an aunt ... again!!!

My sister, Sarah, had her baby ... Jadyn ... on July 5th. I was able to fly out there in time for her delivery. It was a great moment between sisters. Jadyn was born 6 weeks early, 4 lbs 15 oz, is in NICU, but doing very well. She is a tiny little thing and gorgeous.

A Tribute to my Little Pumpkin Head

Kalyn turned 6 months a few days ago. When she was just born I marveled at how small she was, which made me think of how small all her organs were too. Her little heart, the size of her fist, pumping blood through her little veins. Her little lungs and little stomach. I even thought about how small her intestines were compared to mine. I wondered how long they would stretch. I know it's weird ... that's why God created us to not read each other's minds. And now she's 6 months. Jason and I were just saying that in our 18 years of direct parenting, we will only have 36 six month segments ... and now we only have 35 more. Here are pictures charting her growth ...