No teeth yet for this little wee one. Her fevers went away and she is back to normal. Perhaps it was just growing. She is crawling all over the place, and has actually grown some hair now. She has a little curl on the top of her head, and that’s about it. We do think it’s rather cute though. She helped me out at Relay for Life last week, and she was such a good baby!

We’re going walking with our friends today, however the umbrella stroller is in dad’s truck, so we have to take the jogger. Such is life.

Last night Jason put Kirra down for a nap and about 15 minutes later he found her crying standing up in the crib. Poor little dear. She is growing up so fast!

Well Kirra has been acting very strange for about half a week now. Tally called today and Kirra had a small fever of 100.8. When we got home it had spiked up to 101.2 Poor baby. She is also chewing on her tounge/air, and absolutely will not let us touch her mouth. She whimpers in her sleep and has been having loose bowels as well. Hopefully the “tooth” or whatever is hurting her makes her feel better soon!

Well we have been so busy! I ended up walking with Kirra and our friend Stefanie (Anna was already sleeping) on Friday night, and we even stopped at the park to swing for a while. Kirra had a blast, and we tested (again) our new stroller. This time I didn’t kick the wheels as much, and I am more used to pushing it. I really really like this stroller!!!

Saturday Kirra helped me at work by being cute and adorable. I had to work at Lake Calhoun by passing out water/PowerAde and clif shots to people running, and training for our marathon. Kirra was such a good baby, and entertained everyone including the runners!

Once we got home all three of us took a nap, and then we were off for AJ’s birthday party. It was very nice, Julie and Matt had the garage decked out for the occasion, and had sloppy Joes for lunch/dinner. At first AJ ate his cake very dainty, and then… he was covered in cake! His whole body/high chair, and sippy cup. It was classic!

Later we came home watched movies and just relaxed.

Today we woke up and hung out, and then decided that Kirra needed some boundries. She has gotten very good at crawling and will crawl to the kitchen in the blink of an eye, either entrance. So we now have the livingroom completely closed in. We moved the love seat to block off the kitchen/dining room, and put up a gate in the kitchen doorway, and we now keep all of the hallway doors closed. This way we know the livingroom is free of small choking hazzards/dog food, and other dangers!

Kirra tried a cheeze it tonight, well a quarter of one. She liked it, but then dropped it on the floor, so that was enough for her. Kirra is so excited to be a master crawler, and she sits herself up too, so she can access toys, and play with them, she just has way too much fun!

We have Relay for Life comming up this Friday, and I think Kirra will be coming to part of it, so we will see how she does! Tuesday is our playgroup day, and we’re really excited to see all of our friends!

Today Tally called and Kirra had been crying, and not feeling well at all.

We can’t belive that it’s already mid July! This up and coming Tuesday will be Jason and I’s 2nd wedding aniversary. I think we’re going to do a dinner night, and then maybe do something else next Saturday evening.

I forgot to post in our last journal entry that Kirra learned a new trick. She can now sit her self up from her tummy. This makes crawling (which she has gotten very good at) much more fun. She can now take breaks, and play with toys that she crawls to.

We usually dump out a big thing of her toys through out the living room and let her crawl for all of them.

Last weeks pool party went well, although despite a hot day, and warm water, Kirra still got cold, so I will just have to be very cautious with her in the water.

Jason and I bought Kirra some new toys today. She has a teddy bear that talks to her, and maracas that count/talk/sing to her. She loves them, but tries to mostly eat them like an ice cream cone.

Speaking of eating, Kirra has gotten good at eating puffs. I think when we’re done with these I might try chereos. We’re giving her Yobaby Yogurt right now, along with her normal cereal and fruit/veggies. When we’re out of yogurt we’re going to try cottage cheese and peaches. (i’m going to try them again too!).

This week Kirra and I are walking with our friends Stefanie and Anna, and on Saturday is Kirra’s cousin’ AJ’s birthday party. It should be a very fun time.

P.s. We’ve now droped the crib down so the next step (standing yourself up) wont end up with Kirra crying on the floor. Oh and if you hold kirra’s hands she will walk.

Today is the last Sunday of June. We had fun today. We went to Blaine’s Blazin’ 4th of July. (which is ironically in June). It wasn’t the most exciting thing we’ve done, but we had fun making fun of it, and we got mini donoughts, but not for Kirra.

Then I dropped Jason off, and Kirra and I checked out Coon Lake’s beach. It looked fun, so I think in the coming weeks we will go swimming soon. We do have a pool, but it’s still really cold!

We did lots of folding of laundry, and Jason cleaned the house. We went on a WALK around the block with Kirra in the jogging stroller, and that was fun, and we all stayed safe!!! I think perhaps next weekend, or in the comming weeks we will try out the rollerblading again, but this time we will DEFINITELY have the front wheel locked. Hopefully also we can find a burley soon to pull behind the bike.

Jason is now off to Aldi the local cheapo grocery store. It will be our first time, but milk is only $2.60 per gallon, so you can’t pass that up!!!!

Jason’s grandma also gave us their ridding lawn mower, and as Jason said, it makes cutting the grass much more fun, and faster!

Well Tyler and I met up with Kristina and Chase at the dog park. We had a blast. After we got home, Jason had put the wagon together, so i took Kirra out for a stroll in it. She just loved it. Then Jason, Kirra and I ran errands. Once we got home the three of us decided to go rollerblading, and push Kirra in the jogging stroller!

Well we forgot to lock the front wheel, and it turned and got stuck in a crack, so Kirra and I went head over tea-cup, and the stroller landed on her. She hit her head on the pavement and had/has a goose egg. We took her to the ER to make sure she was ok, and thank God she was!!!

I think Jason and I were in more pain than Kirra. We both have road rashes.

Today (Friday) was my first day back to running. I shouldn’t have run right after eating, because it turned into a run walk! Uhhh. Well tomorrow is a 3 mile run, so hopefully I will manage!

Kirra did pretty good with Heidi and Bella this week. Apparently she got sick a few times, but I think she is ok now. Funny how the type of water can really matter. We’re so lucky to have family that can watch Kirra while Tally is on vacation. It will be nice to have daycare back, only because it’s more or less on my way to work, but otherwise it’s working out very well… so Thank you Heidi & Bella for your help .

Tomorrow we’re getting our piano tuned, and my friend is comming over for dinner/movie and what else… wine! Jason and Kirra are going to see her grandma Theo and Great-Grandma Nancy.

Until next time.

Love Jason, Lindsey & Kirra.

Well, yesterday we had a big day! Our friends Summer, Joe, and their four kids came over to play. It was really fun. They have a little 4 month old baby, so that will be extra fun once Kirra and Gianna get older.

Afterwards we had the rest of the gang over. Jason’s parents, Pam and Phil (Kirra’s Godparents), Jay & Barb, and our neighbors Janis and Mike. Later after our BBQ my parents came over too. We all had a big bonfire and that was fun. It got really windy a few times, but the fire prevailed.

Kirra is still trying to crawl, I know she will just get it any day, any day soon! She does sit really really well though, and loves to play with her ball. (She has this ball by Leap Frog that spins, and sings the ABC’s to her.)

She also learned the best thing ever! Starting around Thursday or Friday she says Mom-mom ma-ma-ma. I absolutely love it. Weather or not she knows what she is saying, I still just love to hear it, and now I will hear that until the day I die! I’m so excited! She already said Dad Dad Dad, Dadada.

This week she spends time with Heidi and Bella. I’m sure those three will have a blast!!!

Tyler and I are meeting Kristina at the Dog Park. Even though he got to see his friends yesterday, I know he will also have a great time with Chase!

Kirra has been really good lately. She is now 7 months old. She is getting ready to crawl any day now! She gets up on her knees and rocks back and forth, and sometimes even gets on her toes and does downward dog pose from Yoga. She has taken one “crawl step” and then she falls down. She will get there soon, although she does get frusterated! We recently bought a pool, and we’re really excited about that! It’s a 12 foot pool, by 3 feet deep. So there will be plenty of room for splashing, and enjoyment.
Sadly Kirra has gotten a few bug bites! I hope they don’t itch her too much! I plan to pick up a benadryl stick, and also to get her some lil’ swimmers, and a floatie for the pool. She is now on combo foods, and so far she really liked the blueberry/apple flavor. We’ve also got apple/cranberry, and Sweet Potato/Corn. She hasn’t tried those ones yet, but soon!
Daycare is going really well. Our provider is on vacation next week, so me & Kirra’s cousin Heidi is going to watch her while Tally is out. I know Heidi will do a great job, so that makes me feel good and safe. I’m sure her [Kirra] and Bella will have fun. Maybe Bella can teach Kirra how to crawl, and clap and wave bye bye! (Aren’t I getting my hopes up!!!).
I will write more later! Until next time be well.