Mother's Day Out

Well Kaylor officially started Mother's Day Out this week! I was a little nervous and really didn't know how it would be. I have heard how much my mom friends' LOVE mother's day out so we did it! Well, the first day my mom dropped her off and she cried, which I could not believe! I am not exaggerating when I say this, but she has NEVER once cried when I have left her some where. She usually says "Bye!" and waves. Even in the church nursery she just takes off and never looks back at me. (I know this is a good thing, but it does hurt a little when she doesn't care that I leave her) :) But when I picked her up this week her teachers said she did great! However, they did say that she talked to the other kids during nap time a little too much but she finally feel asleep. (I can't imagine what she was even attempting to say because all I hear in the mornings are Mama!! Daddy!! Bunny!! and Paci (pacifier)!!) And, can you believe they get 16 month olds to lay on a cot in a dark room all together and they fall asleep?? I am amazed at that!!

I had to get a picture of Kaylor after I picked her up on the first day: (she loved to hold her bag)

Family Reunion

We went to our family reunion (my side of the family) this past weekend at Fall Creek Falls. It was an extra big one this time with family members from many other states. It was great to actually see some family that I have never even met!

Yummy!

Kaylor is at that stage where she wants to do EVERYTHING herself! If you even think about helping her out she will throw a fit. I had to share some pictures I took of her trying to feed herself yogurt at breakfast. It takes her a long time to finish and it gets very messy:

Bike Riding

Lately we borrowed our neighbors bikes when they went out of town. We took them to the park and also around our neighborhood every day when we had them. It was so much fun!! Kaylor also loved it ,which made it even more fun, because she didn't get bored. I think we are looking to go buy some ourselves now.

Some fun moments that I caught on camera lately:

Bed Head after her nap:

(Oh and notice the gummy wrap around her bed! When she was 11 months old she literally chewed chunks of wood out of her bed when she got her top teeth)

Maggie's 2nd Birthday party!!:She liked Maggie's new cousin:
With her cousin Keeley who just graduated pharmacy school and now lives here. She loves Keeley and she is a great babysitter!! And here is Kaylor in her maggie moo design outfit! She loves to feed the dogs so thats why she is by the dog food. Our dogs have gained so much weight lately because she constantly sneaks food to them!

Anniversary

I need to do a better job of updating this blog. I feel like every day just goes by a little faster and time just gets away from me. Last week Kerry and I decided to take a little trip to Louisville. We LOVE water parks/theme parks and we have never been to Louisville, so there we went. We left Kaylor at my moms and went up there for a night. The park was very crowded (and it was a Tuesday) and let me just say it was o.k. I definitely like Holiday World and Atlanta better!
This past weekend we celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary by going downtown for dinner and staying at The Hutton Hotel. I would definitely recommend staying there! It was very modern, eco-friendly and nice! A little pricey, but we didn't want to go to Florida this summer so we considered it our "vacation" for a night:

Of course we had to eat tiramisu at Amerigos:

Here is Kaylor riding with Daddy on the mower waving: Miley and Kaylor playing:

Summer Fun!

Wow how fast the summer is going! We have been having so much fun together now that Kerry has some time off. We did a basketball camp at my school together and we really enjoyed doing it. I loved seeing the kids again and we both love to teach basketball, so that turned out good!

Kaylor is STILL climbing everywhere and our chairs are STILL layed down in front of our couches. She even climbs in to her high chair and sits down now when the tray is off and she is hungry. I will film her doing this soon and put it on here, that girl loves to eat! Hope everyone is having a great summer!

Here are some recent pictures:

Kaylor loves to call for the dogs to come in. She has to go to the door every time we let them out. She will go "Bay!!!" (for Bailey) and "C!!!" (for Lexie)

This was on Father's Day before church.

This is the only time I have seen her keep on a hat. She didn't mind wearing it so I had to get a picture :)

Eating lunch with Ashley and Jaxon at the pool:

Kaylor loves to jump to her Daddy in the pool:

Every 4th of July we go to Mt. Juliet with Kerry's family. We have a big cookout, swim, and play games all day. Here is Kaylor in her festive outfit for the 4th:

With Gram:

The Aquarium

Last week my mom, Kaylor, and I decided we wanted to go somewhere. However, we didn't know exactly where. We packed up the car, got on the interstate and said "where are we going?" We narrowed it down to Atlanta and Chattanooga, then right before the split to Atlanta, we said Chattanooga. So there we go! We went and stayed at my aunts house and we had a blast! We went to the aquarium and did some shopping downtown and it really was so much fun. I would recommend visiting the aquarium.

My cousin Savannah went to the aquarium with us and it was so great to spend some time with her. She is just growing up so fast!

Eating at Cheeburger, Cheeburger (so good!)

Out of everything at the aquarium, the penguins were my favorite part! I could have watched them all day. Kaylor loved them too! Mimi bought her a penguin stuffed animal when we left and she still loves carrying it around.

One of the penguins is swimming behind her. They are so fast!

And can you believe she got this close to a snake?? She even touched it!