Kinzie's First Santa Pics!

We went to the mall to visit Santa today and were soooo hoping to get a nice smile! Turns out we didn't do too badly. She only had a teeny bit of whimpering in line, and it turns out she was hungry.  So we fed her and she was ready to sit with Santa! I'm a little disappointed the smile picture wasn't more centered (grrrrrrr...pet peeve of mine), but other than that, I think we got 2 cute pics! We had fun walking around the mall for a bit afterwards and both Kinzie and daddy showed off their antlers!

Even Santa noticed her waiting in line and asked

if she was ready to help lead the sleigh!

Daddy showing her off!

Mommy took this pic of them checking

each other out!

The official check out photo.

Nice smile for Santa!


Walking the mall, Rudolph style.

Elfing Ourselves...

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Classic Elfing...

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Disco Elfing...

Here's a pic of Kinzie that got taken at daycare. It's not the best, but thought it was cute enough to share!



Looking forward to the Fl Cullisons coming out for Xmas and getting to see how big Kinzie is getting!

Teeth and Door Jumpers!

Well, on Halloween we finally knew the truth. Our little one was getting her two front bottom teeth! At first we could only feel them, but now they're sticking up rather prominently. She's taking it like the champ that she is. She's 7 mo and getting so big!!

She loving eating twice a day now along with her formula. I even made some homemade baby food. Super easy!! You basically just puree foods and it's so much cheaper. She LOVES butternut squash and bananas. Pretty much everything she's tried. We both love feeding her. It's so neat to see her eating rather easily now. She takes after mom and dad that way! :)



Another silly tongue picture!

This would have been so cute if she hadn't figured out

that the camera flashes after the initial blinks!

Mid-bounce!

Aren't these the sweetest overalls?

Bushy tailed and bright-eyed!

Daddy Dance!

Halloween at Daycare

These pics are from Thurs 10/30/08 when Kinzie's daycare dressed up for Halloween and had about a 2 minute parade with the infants.
Enjoy!



















HAPPY 1ST HALLOWEEN KINZIE CAKES!

6 mo and Halloween!

Well, 6 months came and went pretty quickly so far!! We're pretty sure one of her bottom teeth are coming in. She's taking it like a champ! Here's some cute photos and a video to tide everyone over, while we play catch up in our lives.


Feeling my teeth!

I love the CA Angels! Thanks Aunt Kylie!

Her first artwork, about 5 mos.



Kinzie 6 mo fall photo!


Pretty ballerina Kinzie, 6 mos!


Kinzie's infant daycare class photo. Center stage as usual!


Kinzie and fellow classmate, Taylor.


Big hug!!


Kinzie loves leaves!

Grandma Denny bought a pumpkin sweat outfit.
Pics to follow soon.

High Chair Lady!

Kinzie is almost 6 months old! She has gotten really good at sitting up for short periods of time and has been practicing a lot at daycare. She still falls to the side a lot, but she's really good at keeping her balance steady when leaning forward and backwards!



Encouraging her to crawl towards daddy.


She was really excited as we tried the high chair at Chili's for the first time. She banged on the table and smiled the whole time. She loved sitting by herself and is really gaining independence!


Hi Mommy!


Later that night we thought we'd try her first cereal since she so adamantly watches us eat our food and has been reaching for it for a while. She was really excited to sit in the travel high-chair at home too!


"I'm so hungry I could eat the bowl!"


"I have my bib on...I'm ready to go!"


"Gimmie!"


"Hhhmmm...what's this?"


"Still figuring out if I like this??!!"


"I don't know if I like this???"


"Where's my bottle?"


"Ah, now this is the GOOD stuff!"


She's still mainly getting used to the feel of the cereal in her mouth and most of it she seems to let fall down her chin, but a few times she actually seems to swallow.

Jon is doing a show at the Arvada Center (Les Miz) and we took her there to show her off between shows. All of his colleagues commented on how alert and smart she seemed to be. Of course, we fully agreed.

She's getting ready to have some pictures taken at the daycare tomorrow, so I have picked out 2 outfits. I hope they turn out nicely so I can have some "official" photos.

Much love to all!

Will post some videos soon.

SJK

Kinzie Giggles

Who doesn't love baby giggles? I finally caught a few on video!

HUMAN RIGHTS ALERT! PLEASE READ!

I'm sorry, but this legislation that's trying to be snuck in at the last moment by the Bush administration is completely unacceptable to me as a woman and should be to anyone who cares about receiving non-judgemental health care. I go to a health services center to receive safe and effective treatment, NOT to be morally lectured to or denied services because of someone else's values. If you do not want to provide health services, DO NOT ENTER THE FIELD OF HEALTH CARE.

This would allow the door for ANYONE to be denied ANYTHING for almost ANY REASON. There are religions/beliefs that don't allow blood to pass from one person to anther. Would you want your family member left to die because the staff on call "morally" objected to doing a blood transfusion?? This is absolutely absurd.

PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO SIGN THE PETITION, BUT TO ALSO READ THE PROPOSED RULE AND CONSIDER DONATING TO A HUMAN RIGHTS LOCATION OF YOUR CHOICE SO AS TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS!
THANK YOU!

Petition

http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/frcp08_adv1?qp_source=frcp08pporg

Link to FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES ON ALL LEVELS OF GOVT!

http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

Link to Article

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/19/opinion/19clinton.html?ref=opinion


Blocking Care for Women

By Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democratic senator from New York,
and Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America

LAST month, the Bush administration launched the latest salvo in its eight-year campaign to undermine women's rights and women's health by placing ideology ahead of science: a proposed rule from the Department of Health and Human Services that would govern family planning. It would require that any health care entity that receives federal financing — whether it's a physician in private practice, a hospital or a state government — certify in writing that none of its employees are required to assist in any way with medical services they find objectionable.

Laws that have been on the books for some 30 years already allow doctors to refuse to perform abortions. The new rule would go further, ensuring that all employees and volunteers for health care entities can refuse to aid in providing any treatment they object to, which could include not only abortion and sterilization but also contraception.

Health and Human Services estimates that the rule, which would affect nearly 600,000 hospitals, clinics and other health care providers, would cost $44.5 million a year to administer. Astonishingly, the department does not even address the real cost to patients who might be refused access to these critical services. Women patients, who look to their health care providers as an unbiased source of medical information, might not even know they were being deprived of advice about their options or denied access to care.

The definition of abortion in the proposed rule is left open to interpretation. An earlier draft included a medically inaccurate definition that included commonly prescribed forms of contraception like birth control pills, IUD's and emergency contraception. That language has been removed, but because the current version includes no definition at all, individual health care providers could decide on their own that birth control is the same as abortion.

The rule would also allow providers to refuse to participate in unspecified "other medical procedures" that contradict their religious beliefs or moral convictions. This, too, could be interpreted as a free pass to deny access to contraception.

Many circumstances unrelated to reproductive health could also fall under the umbrella of "other medical procedures." Could physicians object to helping patients whose sexual orientation they find objectionable? Could a receptionist refuse to book an appointment for an H.I.V. test? What about an emergency room doctor who wishes to deny emergency contraception to a rape victim? Or a pharmacist who prefers not to refill a birth control prescription?

The Bush administration argues that the rule is designed to protect a provider's conscience. But where are the protections for patients?

The 30-day comment period on the proposed rule runs until Sept. 25. Everyone who believes that women should have full access to medical care should make their voices heard. Basic, quality care for millions of women is at stake.

5 months!

Happy 5 months to our little girl on Sept 9th! She went into the dr for her Dtap shot on Friday the 12th and we were told she now weighs 14 lbs 1 oz and is over 25 inches long! Her official next physical will be at 6 months, since this was just a shot visit.

She's been rolling around in her crib like crazy and now mostly sleeps on her tummy a lot - which freaked me out at first, but the dr said it's ok (I still check on her a lot)! Every now and then when we put her on her tummy for tummy time, she'll drag herself to get closer to something. It happened the other day with daddy encouraging her on, but I didn't have the camera with me to video it. She's definitely going to figure it out soon enough! She's also reaching for everything now and seeing even more around her, which is pretty cool.

She's getting really good about taking a nap in the crib and sleeps really well at night in the crib now too. After her bedtime routine of bath (with rubber ducky of course), going into her quiet bedroom for some feeding, rocking and singing, she'll usually go into her crib awake and settle down for the night without any crying now, which is SOOO NICE!!! When Jon's home especially, we enjoy a little adult time before having to turn in for the night - which comes all too quickly. We don't last long these days. Gone are the midnight nights and getting up for work. Truth be told, I'm usually almost always ready to go to bed soon after Kinzie is.

Here's some videos and pics for y'all! Remember, you can simply click on the picture to have it open to it's largest state, and then right click on it and save!

Stylin' with the Shades! Hangin' with the Kinz...

Happy Feet Time!


My parents are silly! I'm silly!


I'm so cute in my bath towel!


I always look surprised when mommy takes pictures!


I dig this blanket and reaching for things!


My mom sure loves purple...


...and I love hugs!


Kinzie sitting (sort of) on her 5 mo anniversary!


Mom tried to get me to try crawling on video, but
all I did was look cute and squeal at the cat a little!