A visit with friends

We were visited by the Bailey's over the weekend.  It was so good to see our friends, we only get to visit a couple of times a year.  Clair, the peanut, is the same size as Kellen....scary!  Andrew cooked out and we had an awesome visit.

Kellen 7 months

Kellen turned 7 months old on Easter day.  He and Riley got all spiffy for the special day and Kellen was full of smiles for all.  Kellen amazes us each day.  Right now he is very ambitious.  He wants something and will pull himself toward that object.  Move the object and he will spin himself around until he locates the object and then moves towards it again.  It is crazy to see him move so much, gone are the days that I put him down and know he will still be there when I come back.  He is also a great sitter - very strong!  He is enjoying his selection of baby foods and cereal.  I guess we will be adding real solids soon.

Easter Weekend

We had a very fun Easter weekend.  On Saturday we went to the New Albany Springfest to participate in the egg hunt with our friends, the Callam's.  Riley also saw a police horse, a school bus and a fire truck.  We were hungry after gathering all of those eggs, so we went to Cane's for some delicious chicken fingers.  After a good nap, Riley colored Easter eggs -- they were a beautiful tie dye.  We left our our baskets and eggs for the easter bunny.  Sunday morning Riley had to find all of the eggs and her basket.  The coolest thing that the Easter bunny brought was this bubble gun.  It shoots out tons of bubbles!  Riley tried it out with Uncle Jordan.  Uncle Jordan, Mike, Uncle Nathan and Kim came to our house for dinner.  It was a great day spent with family.  The weather turned so nice that we went for a family walk after the our guests left.

Kellen's Remote

Kellen is really starting to move.  He can pull himself everywhere and spins in a circle.  He is obsessed with the TV remote (Andrew already has some competition), so this is a short video of Kellen pulling himself to the remote.  I move it and he still finds it.  Smart cookie!

Ode to the Hair

It might be a little hard to see, but Kellen has the best head of baby hair.  His little top is so fluffy and soft, not at all like the other babies in his class who's hair is all flat and stuck to their heads.  I love to rub his head and so do his teachers.  He is like our little troll doll, it is so lucky to rub his head!  Right now he is getting over a cold, so that is why his face and nose is red and chapped.  Even through his sickness (which he has shared with Mom), he is a smiley little guy.

Kellen 6 months

Kellen turned 6 months old today.  He is happy and active all the time.  He is grabbing everything that you put in front of him and quickly gets it to his mouth.  He is starting to try new foods and even graduated out of his swaddle blanket for sleeping.  We like to do anything we can to make the little man smile.

Baby in Flight

Kellen took his first airplane ride to visit Grammy.  This is my third annual spring trip to Charleston.  Riley has been with me in years past, but this time it was Kellen's turn.  I was a little nervous taking him  because I wasn't sure how he would handle it.  Well?  He did great!!  On the way down, he slept some on both legs.  On the way home, he was awake most of the time but he enjoyed playing and entertaining the other passengers.  Everyone was charmed by his winning smile.  While we were in Charlotte for our long layover, we sat down on the floor to play and many people stopped to comment on the "cute" baby.  We also enjoyed our time in Charleston, Grammy was so excited to see our Bubba Boo.