The week that all the kids in Provo start the school year is the week that Kirk and my summer break officially began. We are finished with our property management job, finished with summer school, and are so ready to relax. Kirk worked like a maniac this summer and did well in school...plus finished his junior English Independent Study class in two weeks (nothing like a two week deadline AFTER we already extended 90 days)!
Monday we went to the audiologist for Kirsten's right ear. Her outer ear has been abnormal since she was born. We weren't positive she could hear out of it even though she seemed to respond on her right side when we would say her name. The audiologist confirmed that at least part of her inner ear works. They would need to do more tests to confirm that she has complete hearing, but more than likely she can hear well. The sound is just muffled because there is skin covering the opening of her ear. So as long as her speech develops normally, we won't worry about doing anything more for her ear until she is 5. Then the doctors will be able to remove the skin covering the opening of the ear and make her a prosthetic ear. Kirk and I were never too worried because Kirsten is definitely normal, but we are glad to have our hopes confirmed.
This week my Mom, her friend Lori, Chelsey, her friend Tyra, and Amanda stayed with us. People were sleeping everywhere but the kitchen floor and the bathroom. We kinda wish my brother Brett were still around to sleep on the kitchen floor...but it's probably good that he is gone since he would sleep til 11:00 am most days. Mom, Chelsey, and their friends were here for Education Week. It sounded like they had a great time and were able to learn a lot. We really enjoyed having them in our home (especially since we got lots of chocolate covered cinnamon bears).
Brett has gotten Kirk addicted to civilization (the computer game). The game I heard all growing up (one of my brothers was always playing it) is now heard in my home. Kirsten likes to play with Kirk though, she'll randomly kick the keyboard and make him attack some country unwillingly...I'm so glad she's my daughter!
Kirsten is growing so much. She's starting to sit up by herself. Whenever we lay her down she starts doing crunches because she'd rather sit up, it's really cute! Her hair has started growing a lot and we think it might be strawberry blonde! We think light red would fit her personality perfectly...a little spunky but sooo sweet.
In other news Kirsten is officially sitting up. We thought that she was doing good on the couch, but she has alwasy been pretty good at supported sitting. The other day we were at the park and she sat up, on the grass, by herself, for twenty minutes! Where has my baby gone?
The week that all the kids in Provo start the school year is the week that Kirk and my summer break officially began. We are finished with our property management job, finished with summer school, and are so ready to relax. Kirk worked like a maniac this summer and did well in school...plus finished his junior English Independent Study class in two weeks (nothing like a two week deadline AFTER we already extended 90 days)!
Kirsten is growing so much. She's starting to sit up by herself. Whenever we lay her down she starts doing crunches because she'd rather sit up, it's really cute! Her hair has started growing a lot and we think it might be strawberry blonde! We think light red would fit her personality perfectly...a little spunky but sooo sweet.
Last Halloween my sister Kristy threw an awesome Halloween party where she handed out these cute toys that have horn noses and make noise. Well Kirsten discovered it this morning and spent all of church today using it as her new pacifier. It was hilarious! Thought we would share the cute pictures!
We are also blessed because Kirsten is so adorable....she's not a fan of green beans as you can see.
Kirsten is 5 months old. She is so active and fun. She is doing all sorts of crazy things these days. She has the rolling thing down and rolls from toy to toy (or whatever is on the floor that she can get her hand on). She is always reaching for whatever we have, mainly the cell phone of course. One day we were eating dinner on the couch and Kirk was holding her in his lap. I fed Kirk some of the food on my plate and she reached out like crazy wanting to the grab the fork. We grabbed a unopened bag of microwave popcorn and let her play with it (she loves the sound of the wrapper). Well of course she wasn't interested in the popcorn when I kept feeding Kirk food. So we grabbed the popcorn and tossed it back and forth to each other. Kirsten was kicking and reaching like crazy for the popcorn and we gladly obliged.
On Saturday Kirk and I took Kirsten to the zoo. We thought she might be a little young to appreciate the zoo and the cool and unusual animals. But she proved us wrong once again. She loved staring at the animals and even ohhed and ahhed a little (well we think it was towards the animals).
We got to see the white alligator. I guess it's going to be extinct soon since there are only 10 left in the world and they are all male...and they are not albino, no matter what Kirk tells you.
After Kirsten woke up we walked down the strip to meet Liz, Ben, and Landri for lunch. It took us 45 minutes to go 1/2 mile, I swear. After a expensive, but delicious lunch at Planet Hollywood Kirsten and I began the long trek back to the hotel for another nap. Kirsten did fine until we walked in front of Belliago water fountains and the speakers blaring Cline Dione didn't make Kirsten very happy. She screamed for the next 30 minutes while I hustled back to the hotel...while I was kickin my self for bringing a 5 month old baby to the immoral, secondhand smoke filled Vegas. But after we both had naps we were much happier.
Kirsten was the most popular person in Vegas. People were constantly smiling at her....most people stopped to tell her how adorable she is. The women would try to make her laugh and she would grab on their fingers....the mothers just stroke her arms because they knew her hands would go in her mouth. One guy was passing us going the opposite way and reach out and patted her head...so random. I swear she was the only baby in Vegas!
