The Past Few Days

 So because she couldn't have a real dog, she was happy to make one out of play-doh instead.  She even made it a bed and some food.  She also drew a newspaper for it.  

 Matt gave Ashlyn this car for her birthday.  But since her birthday is in the middle of winter, she hasn't been able to ride it much- maybe twice.  So she wanted to ride it last week after it rained.  She also insisted I buy the hats they are wearing when she went shopping with me.  She wore it to bed one night and wanted to wear it to church.

 She said "Back it up" whenever she went backwards.  And she put her arm around the back and said that is what I do when I go backwards.  I don't think I do that- maybe Matt does.  Who knows?!?

 It was a little cold and Kaylie has been sick still/again (poor girl just can't seem to get rid of her ear infections) so she was just out there for a minute, but she sure loved it!

 This picture is blurry probably because they were going so fast (haha!) but it shows how much Kaylie loved the ride!

 Kaylie had just gotten out of the bathtub and had her hair dried so it's sticking up!

 She's pulling herself up to everything.  

She even tries to stand up on her own. 

 She will be on all fours with her bum in the air trying to stand- crazy girl!  

She sure loved my Jamba- but who wouldn't?!?

 Mowing the lawn with Daddy- always a favorite with the girls!

I'm Such a Mean Mom

 

Mom I was going to ask you if I can have one dog.

 I would take care of it.

 

 Even this cute little note couldn't persuade me to get a dog.

I know, I know, I'm such a mean mother!

Horses

 Kaylie, like her sisters, loves to watch the neighbor's horses!

9 Months

 I know I say it every time, but I can't believe Kaylie is 9 months old!  

That seems so old- she'll be a year old before we know it- crazy!

She is still nursing- twice as long as the other girls did and we're not done yet.  

It's weird nursing such a big, wiggly baby!

She is still not a great sleeper- 

she was on a good schedule for a couple of weeks waking up twice, 

but this last week she's been terrible. 

 I thought she might be teething because I didn't want to think she had another ear infections.  

But I haven't felt anything until today- 

well actually Matt noticed that she has a tooth poking out a little- not much.  

But I'm hoping that's the problem and nothing more serious.  

I tried to take a picture, but you can't really see much yet.  

You can barely feel it.  

And when I took the picture she wasn't happy, 

so I will try to take one when it's bigger. 

 Her first tooth- yay!

She is officially crawling today!  

She has been crawling backwards for a few weeks,

 then forward a little for a few days, 

and today she was all over the place! 

 It was crazy going from basically nothing to crawling everywhere! 

 She was sitting in the middle of her room and all of a sudden 

she had left the room and turned to see Ashlyn in the bathroom!  

She's getting too big too fast! 

But we sure love this little girl so much!

 These pictures were from a few days ago when she would mostly crawl backwards 

as much as she could and then get stuck with no more room to crawl!

 She can pull herself up a little to some things, but not everything yet.  

The time is coming soon though!

Crawling and pulling up- let the baby-proofing begin!

 Splits!

 Funny face!

 She loves to take her socks off and eat them!  

She gets them so wet that they can't go back on once she gets a hold of them!  

She's a drooly baby- I usually have a bib on her because she gets herself so wet.  

The other girls had to wear bibs because they spit up all the time.  

Kaylie never spit up too much- she's just always been drooly!

 I don't know what happened to her face- must have happened at the daycare.

Shoes!

I haven't really put shoes on her too much- I don't see the need.

But these matched and fit, so she wore them for a little while.

Kid's Fair

Kaylie wanted to jump too

The girls had to get their faces painted.  

They think that is the best thing ever, especially Rylee. 

Seeing it for the first time- she thought it was wonderful!

Princess Rylee

Ashlyn's turn

Butterfly Ashlyn

Kaylie even got her face painted!

Kaylie is checking herself out in the mirror.

Rylee wouldn't smile because she didn't win.

Two people go at the same time- it's not really a race- 

but Rylee is so competitive that she got mad she didn't "win." 

We waited forever for the pony rides.

Some of these pictures are out of order- and I am too tired to fix it.

Finally on the ponies!

Kaylie got to ride too!

She was a little unsure of it all, but seemed to like it!

And they had to get snowcones before we left.

Ashlyn seeing her face for the first time- she loved it too, as you can tell!

When we got home, all they wanted to do was look at themselves in the mirror. 

Unfortunately we have church tomorrow so we had to wash it off- so sad!