Kaylyn 6 months old!

Our little wee babe is growing up! It is sad and happy at the same time. I wish I could just lock her at this age for about a year and then let her keep growing :) She is just such a happy baby! She rarely cries and when she does she is either ready for sleep or she is hungry. She has been saying da da a lot lately. Too bad shes doesn't actually mean Jeremy but we still think it's cute:) She also got two little bottom teethies a little over a week ago so that was really exciting. I noticed them at my side of the family's Christmas Party when she grabbed my finger and started chewing on it. I was obviously super surprised to feel something sharp in her mouth! I felt kinda bad afterwards because that whole day she was just a bit of a fussy pants. Not really crying a lot just being a little winy and not wanting to sleep a whole lot. I got her in trouble a couple times because I put her down to go do something and she would arch her back and scream. Ya I was not super impressed with that and she knew it too because she stopped after I got her in trouble :) Even though I want her to know she can't just scream like that I did feel bad because she was in pain. Poor little bug! Parenting is tough!

Here are a few photos from our Christmas Party! 

Kaylyn with Great Grandpa Haveman

Grandpa Bisschop, Kaylyn, Julienne, and Great Grandpa Haveman

Kaylyn attacking her present :) 

Of course the wrapping paper was the most exciting part! 

Jeremy being ... himself ha ha I love him :) 

I have no idea what was going on here but I think its pretty funny 

Kaylyn & Julienne with the Great Grandparents 

Cousin love! Kaylyn is 6 months and Julienne is 2 months <3 

My parents with all their grandkids!

We started Kaylyn on some rice cereal a little over a week ago as well. The first time was hilarious! I will try to link the YouTube video down below. The second day went okay but after that she would do good one day and the next she would get super ticked off! And she never gets ticked off so we weren't really sure what to do. Here comes another parenting dilemma! We don't want her being the boss or a picky eater but after a couple days of trying/fighting with her we figured something had to change. Thankfully we were over at our friends Steve & Jessica's the other night and she suggested just trying the oatmeal I bought instead since she had heard as well that some kids just didn't like the rice and I could always use it later to add to applesauce and what not. Well she was pretty much brilliant because last night I tired the oatmeal and she at almost the whole thing plus her 6oz bottle. Yay for Kaylyn! She was pretty proud of herself too :)

Fist Attempt

 

Second 

Third 

I also just found this one as well. I think she is about 3 months here:)

Little Kaylyn bug is also sitting up really well on her own. I kinda wonder if she could have done it a while ago and I just never tried it or thought to try it for that matter:) I think I just sat her up in her play pen about two weeks ago and she has only fallen over a couple times and that is with no back support or anything! Hmm little stinker:) She loves sitting on her own. She flaps her arms like a crazy bird and just yells da da really loud. lol Who needs other entertainment when you have Kaylyn around! When we lay her on the floor on her back she still scoots around on her head. Come to think of it I don't know if I have ever taken a video of her doing that. Well it is super hilarious to watch. It also explains why she has tons of hair on the top of her head and not so much on the back and sides :)

Here is a sneak peek picture my friend Angela Joy Photography sent me of Kaylyn's 6 month photos. I can't wait to see the rest! 

Back on Track!

So I decided to restart the whole 30 day shred. I start level 3 tomorrow! Today is my day off since it is Sunday and I am already scared for tomorrow. Ha ha! I watch level three last week after my level 2 workout while chugging tons of water:)  Boy does it look tough! I just wanted to fall over watching them doing jumping jacks and tons of the other "regular" exercises all while holding the weights! I have been trying to figure out if they are using 3 or 5lb weights. I looked it up and they are using 5lbs but they are also uber fit. I have been using my 5lb weights since day one and I have been pretty much been able to do all the exercises so far. In level 1 there was this one set towards the end that got me every time. I could do the first set fine but the second set I would have to put them down halfway through. I got stronger and stronger every day until I could hold them the whole time. Yay for progress! I have been taking my measurements every 10 days and yesterday I took them again to compare to after 10 days of level 1. And I lost about 1" everywhere! Ya buddy!

So I started that above bit last night and now I can say that I did level 3 today and I am still alive. Ha ha it actually wasn't near as bad as I thought is was going to be. The part in the end where you hold the weights the whole time wasn't even that bad! Yay my muscles must be getting stronger! The very last ab workout was really tough though. Not tiring but the actual pose was really hard to hold. I am going to have Jeremy watch that section of the workout tonight and then have him watch me do it to see what I am doing wrong. But other than that it was great! I didn't feel near as tired as when I finish level 2 though but I am guessing that is because today is only day 1 and it usually get harder and harder each day because you get the hang of how the move is supposed to feel and then you can push yourself harder to do the more advanced moves. Oh ya! I also did some of the modified moves for the exercises that really strain the knees and I had no knee pain afterwards! I just realized that I didn't mention the knee pain before. Ever since I started level 1 my knee pain has been getting worse and worse. It never hurts during the actual workout but afterwards and the rest of the day it starts to get painful. At first I just shrugged it off and I just thought that my knees need to get stronger but the other night the pain kept waking me up. Lame sauce! I really don't want to stop doing the workouts because I am totally on a roll. The first time I started the program I had to stop due to injuries and now since I started it all over again I have done it every single day except Sundays. So I did some research online last night and a lot of people say that is a very common problem that people have with the 30 day shred. Oh also a side note, I do all the workouts with bare feet. When I started the program the very first time I would get major arch pain. I went to Fairhaven Runners and Walkers last year and they helped me get really good shoes after I was having lots of arch pain from doing Zumba. When I went to Zumba, the pain and decreased significantly but when I started the 30 day shred it felt really bad again. I did read that a bunch of people do it bare foot as well. I thought that maybe using no shoes was also causing problems but today I just stuck with Anita for some of the moves and it went great! I am planning to do some knee strengthening exercises on the side to hopefully help as well. I don't know if doing hair factors in as well since I am standing a lot in one place and on a hard surface. Hmm, anybody reading this let me know what you think!