We welcomed baby Kimber on September 4th. She was 8.6 ounces and was 21 inches long. At 12 noon you were born. The first time I heard you cry I cried too. I was grateful you got here safe. It was hard for me to not be able to hold you right after you were born, and while it didn't seem like a long time for me to recover from the surgery, it ended up being close to four hours! I was pretty nervous because I had to have a csection. I didnt get to see you until about 4:00 p.m., but your dad took good care of you for your first bath. All of the nurses loved your red hair. Maddie came to see you, and on the first day she didnt know what to think about you,except when she went home she gave you a hug.

Since you've been home, Maddie will come close to you and say " aww!" and put her head down on you. At first she would hit you a little bit, but as time has gone on the hitting has stopped. In fact, Maddie tries to feed you a bottle and whenever you cry she'll try to put a binky in your mouth.

You are a good baby, very quiet and really only cry when you are hungry. The past few weeks you've had a little colic but nothing too bad.

Having two babies has been fun, and a lot of work. I was worried I wouldn't have the time or energy for both of you, but it seems to be working itself out. I am just grateful I've been able to have two healthy little girls.

Maddie has been walking a little bit starting at one year old. She also blows kisses, waves goodbye, and  says " hot".  We had your first birthday party where all of your aunts and uncles, and cousins came.  It was an Elmo themed party. You also like to dance and say yes and no. You can climb stairs now as well.

One of my favorite things you do right now Maddie is scrunch up your nose when you don't understand or like something. Your dad calls it your crusty look.

All in all things are going well. We are happy to be in our new house.

Here are some updates of things Maddie is doing

8 months began to crawl. At first, it was a hand and foot crawl, you wouldn't crawl on your knees. Eventually though, you started crawling on your knees, unless it is a hard,cold surface.

At just about 10 months, you started eating actual food. For a long time you would not eat anything with a texture, you would just spit it out. The first thing you ate, much to Mom's surprise, was baby cheetos. We had tried them before and you would just spit them out, but one day I looked for the cheeto, and it was gone! I then gave you more, and you would eat them just fine. So, some of your favorite foods to eat at 10 months are: vienna sausages, saltine crackers, baby cheetos, bananas, apple slices, and today dad gave you an avacado. I'm not sure how much you liked that one.

Another favorite food seems to be Indian food. You like the curry sauce, and the people at the Indian food place think you are very cute.

We have spent all summer hanging out. We finally got moved into our new house and you like it a lot. You like to sit on the bottom of the bookshelf in the living room,and you love to climb the stairs. The first stairs you climbed were the ones at Grandmas house, the cement stairs in the front. You go up them pretty well, but down is another challenge.

One of the biggest accomplishments you have made is about at 8 months you started sleeping through the night. It's really been good for you, and mom!

At 9 months, you've started dancing to music. Aunt Stefanie gave you a toy of Lexi's that plays music. You hit the buttons and it plays music. You love that toy and play with it often.

This past month you have been picking up on the baby signs. You have " all done" down, and today you signed milk. I am excited to teach you more signs.

You got your first tooth at 9 months, the bottom left. You have recently cut one on the top, and the next one is coming soon after that I can see. You don't seem to be affected by teething too much, a little crabby every once in awhile, but not bad.

You love bath time. You also like to stand up in the bathtub, which Mom and Dad do not like, just because we don't want you to get hurt. When we ask you if you're all done when you do that, you sit back down.

You love to play with Savannah. I think she is one of your favorite people. You also really love Grandma. I think Grandma is having a hard time adjusting to you not being there all the time, but we see her about every day or every other day, so it's good. You also like to play with Evah, but you fight a lot with her as well. You always seem to teach Mason something. He noticed you standing up by the couch, and he pulled himself up next to you for the first time ever.

I am glad I have been able to stay home this summer and watch you grow and develop.

Long time no post!

We have been surviving mom doing her student teaching since March. It is hard to leave every day but we are almost done now.


You are now rolling over since March. You rolled over in the middle of the night, Dad and I both got to see. I was so afraid it would happen while I was gone, but luckily it didnt! You are also sitting up. You are still a little rolly but for the most part you do great. You also say "DADA" all the time, and you love to laugh.


You are very funny. You will roll on your stomach in the middle of the night and start to whine like a puppy. Sometimes Mom is so tired she pulls you into bed with her and Dad. I secretly think this is your plan all along, because you sleep so good afterwards!

You weigh about 20 pounds at about 7 months. So far you have been very healthy, you've only gotten sick once so far, and even then it wasn't too bad.

You love to grab EVERYTHING. Your favorite things to grab are the ipad and cell phones.

You don't have any teeth yet, but I think you are working on it because you are a drooly girl.

You are just the cutest girl, and I love you very much!

You are almost four months old. You are talking and screeching a lot, whenever you are happy. You are also so smiley, I love it. You had your first sleepover at uncle jesses house and you slept all night!