toledo visit

we went to toledo this past weekend to finally do christmas with miss vayda!! we also took the time to see the great grandparents.

riding the rocking horse! she loved it..it was hilarious too!


playing with brent and vayda! we had such a good time visiting, we just wish we could see them more. vayda is getting so big!


miss vayda enjoying her gift!

ggpa P

ggma P

GGma R

talking to gus! she loved his kisses!

ggpa R

visit with audrey!

we went over to our friends rick and kristen last night and hung out with them and their little girl audrey. the girls were so cute together and we enjoyed a nice dinner and a walk in the park.

kinsley was so scared of audrey's frog. she hated it and tried to hide from it. i think audrey thought she was nuts!


wheeeeee...she loves to swing!


up close and personal


they shared a swing!! this worked out till kinsley decided to try and squish Audrey.

"hi friend!" this was the first meeting of the night and really only the second time i think they have seen each other. we need to get together more often.

update and random cookout

update: Kinsley is doing well. she has been sick for the last few days and now mommy is sick too so that is fun! other then that she is great. she loves the nice weather and going for walks. when she isn't sick she does a great job playing by herself now so mommy can get more done around the house, although she has only wanted to be held, rocked, or fed the last few days...poor thing. maybe she is teething??? we will see. brandon and i have been talking about when we will start kinsley on food. she is showing some ready signs and seems to want to dive on our plates any chance she gets!!! she is learning the sippy cup for now and we will wait a little longer on food. maybe next month maybe not!

not too much has been happening around here. same old same old i guess.


so beth and the fam randomly came to town so we all threw together a cookout. it turned out great and was nice to see all the kids and adults!

here are the little girls with mommies!!!


kinsley wondering where her friends are?

waiting to play! she loves to be outside on nice days

pics

grandpa telling kinsley fabulous stories!


visiting with Jenna!!!!!

kinsley hadn't seen her great grandparents on my side since december so we made a trip home.

GGma D/J

GGma and GGpa H

just a pretty girl!!!

hanging out at the park with tierney!!! Kinsley likes the swing!

the girls just chillin!

tutus!!!

we went to averie's 5th birthday party while we were in toledo. i can't believe she is already 5!!!! beth made the girls tutus!! they were so cute...i loved them!! i know you never thought i would be a tutu mom, but look how cute they are!

here it is on kinsley's head!!! i was being silly!


all the babies and their tutus!!!
colbie, kinsley, jorie, kitsen, and tierney!
jorie was making kinsley laugh...and then cry!!!!

too cute!!! these girls all range from 4-9 months old!!

we are still here

i know i have not posted in awhile. lucky for kinsley daddy had a week off of work so we have been having some family fun together. we went to toledo for a few days, wanted to go to moon to but grandpa had to go out of town :( we went to the zoo, went swimming some more, went to a b-day party for averie, and got sick for a few days with a fever. we also got to hang out as a family with the tonies. usually brandon doesn't get to hang out because of work so it was nice that we could all get together this week.

i will post pics and some more details soon.

pics from february!

ok here are a ton of pictures!!! they are all out of order but oh well!!


Kinsley can sit up!!!!


out first nap with no swaddle, and she rolled on her belly all by herself!!!!


i did it again mom!!!

this one is for you aunt kelsey!!!! i looked so cute in my tutu!

just chillin and watching some tv with buddy.

brandon kinsley rick and audrey

meeting audrey again!

silly daddy!

happy v-day, daddy got kinsley a balloon and she loved it!

just reading in the bumbo

so cute...do you like my poop face!

just adorable!!! i love that she holds her feet all the time now.

the kids!!

rece and carmine had their birthday party the other weekend, so beth and her kids came to visit. we were able to get pics of all the kids.

just the babies!!! colbie, kinsley, tierney


all the kids carmine, rece, tierney, averie, kinsley, baylor, and colbie

newport aquarium

brandon got tickets through Kroger for the newport aquarium. we drove down there the other day and meet tonia, tony and the kids. it turned out to be a really fun day. kinsley basically slept but we all had fun, and the boys seemed to like it.

me and kinsley in the mouth of a shark!!!


just a cool turtle, this thing was huge!


yes that is a real shark swimming right over my head. the aquarium had some cool tunnels to walk through and the fish and sharks swam all around you.



tonia, tony, rece, carmine, tierney

me brandon and kinsley!

updates!!!

ok i have many updates to do, here are a few to get started!


this is what happens when we do tummy time!!! i think i have a belly sleeper on my hands.


A new baby!!!! our friend beth had her little one on oct. 28...her name is colbie!
here are the girls hanging out!


beth, baylor, colbie, averie, me and kinsley!



at my six week appt. kinsley's first gyno visit!!!!! we had to change her on the table and she ended up pooping everywhere.

our midwife becky and kinsley!

my 6 week appt. was great, all is good. i got the ok to work out now if i could just get motivated!! and find time! becky asked how i was doing with breastfeeding, at the time things were still crazy, but now finally things are looking good. she also asked about post partum depression, i know for sure i had baby blues and i think i had a touch of post partum, although i was not depressed just very anxious all the time. alot of which i am sure stemmed from the feeding issues. now that things are getting better i feel alot better to, i am more easily able to get out of the house, and my confidence is higher knowing i can feed her anywhere. she still screams alot but i don't mind that, and too bad if someone else does!!!!

happy fourth of july!!!

Happy fourth of july!!! this year we went to red, white, and boom in down town columbus. we went the the whole messmer clan plus theresa and ruthy. it was a bit stressful for brandon and me, neither of us really like large groups of people so we get a but edgy. but we ended up having a great time, and the fireworks were great. the kids did great too and it was so cute to watch them watch the fireworks. maybe we will try it again next year with our little one, the baby will be about 9 months or so by then so it would be fun. we will see!!!!