Adventures with Kelsie

Kelsie runs away naked

We play in the water

We go to the grocery store and Kelsie picks out crab legs for dinner...

Kelsie plays with my hair.

Kelsie learns to climb up a step...

And then she learns how to climb a whole flight of stairs...oh my oh my!

Kelsie attacks her cousin Katie with lots of love!

Look at me!

Kelsie likes to help me with the dishes .....

She's a little ham

Getting brave, holding on to the rolling rack with just one hand

Why did you close it? I was playing with that mom!

I'll just hold on with one hand

Bathtime

Bath time has been rather difficult lately because Kelsie just squirms all over the place! We tried buying a bigger baby tub that would fit her better but she just tried to stand up and crawl out of it, making it very difficult for us to contain her. So then we just tried bathing her in the big person tub but it was even worse - a giant slip and slide just waiting for an accident! So one night as we were in the midst of trying to bathe our wild child and I thought "this would be so much easier if I were just in the tub with her". So thats what I did!

 But since it doesn't make sense to do it every night, we bought a bath seat that suctions to the tub and holds her in place. She doesn't like it as well but it sure beats her taking a nose dive and taking water into her lungs!

Peek a boo

In the midst of trying to get Kelsie to sleep the other night, she decided she would rather play.  And it just reminded me that sometimes if you just relax during those times when they are fighting sleep, you can capture some really sweet moments. :)

A little cuteness from the day

Kelsie is pulling up on EVERYTHING lately! Even me. 

And here are a few pictures from the past week

I'm done with my nap mommy!

Hello. I'm Cute.

Shopping with mommy! :)

Lusakuenos come to visit

Our wonderful friends, the Lusakuenos, were in NC this weekend and stopped by yesterday for a visit! We had such a great time catching up and were sad to see them leave. Jess and Michel were both in business school with Nathan and we all lived in the same student family-housing community at UNC, were in bible study together, and spent a lot of time in fellowship with them during our two years living at UNC. We are so thankful to have met such a wonderful couple during our time there. They are two of our dearest friends and we miss them so much since they have moved to Atlanta. It was so much fun to see them, and to see how much their son Bentley has grown! I used to babysit him when he was just a few weeks/months old and now he is 2! Hard to believe. Kelsie just thought he was great and really enjoyed the company. When she first saw him at the door, she started kicking her legs and squealing, clearly so excited to have another little friend to play with! We look forward to their next visit!

Kelsie meets Michel! I think she is surprised how tall he is!

Michel reading a story to the little ones. So sweet.

Jess and I with our kiddos

Kelsie kept laying her head on Bentley's shoulder and was trying to drink his milk. 

 

 

Yes, yesterday was also the Carolina/State game. We don't have to talk about how it ended though.

New CF drug

Story about new drug for CF. This doesn't treat the type Kelsie has but still promising for the CF community.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7386952n

Great weekend! And HALLOWEEN!

 HAPPY HALLOWEEN! It was Kelsie's first and she sported her cute costume without any complaining. :)

 And we had a great weekend! And it was full of lots of fun, new things for Kelsie. We went to my parent's house on Saturday and surprised them with our cute lil watermelon! My Dad even had some real watermelons from his garden that he loaded on the back of a trailer, making for some great poses of Kelsie in her Halloween costume.

We also walked to my great aunt and uncles, Wade and Ether's, house and let them meet Kelsie for the first time. It was an extra treat that she was dressed up for Halloween. I still love walking down that old country road...

Then when Nathan and dad went deer hunting, mom and I went to visit my cousin Laura and her family. Kelsie rarely gets to see her cousins, Gracie, Rylie, and Cole, so it was fun to give them some time to play together. Kelsie was really excited to have another baby to play with and was all over Cole, who is just 4 days older than her! She was a little rough, but he took it like a man. Hehe.

We spent the night at mom and dads and Kelsie took her bath in grandma's sink. And had her dinner in the same high chair I used 28 years ago!

On Sunday, we went to church with my parents and Kelsie had her first experience in the nursery. I am very weary of taking her into the church nursery for fear of so much exposure to other germy kids, but I know we have to do it eventually. So, I decided to take a different approach...I wiped each kinds hands down with sanitizing wipes and cleaned all the toys, but then I put her down and let them play. I have to make sure I do what I can to keep her healthy but still want her to be able to have the same experiences she would have if she didn't have CF. And I am so glad I did because I know she really enjoyed the interaction with the other kids (all of whom are also her distant cousins). From left to right, Dallyn, Jake, Morgan, and Weston.

After church we went back to my parents and dad showed Kelsie his pigs.

Then we went to Nathan's parents house for lunch. Kelsie got to see her great-grandparents and Aunt Emily too. Kelsie's Nana loves Christmas and always decorates her home so beautiful for the season. This year, it is decorated extra early!

 

On Halloween night, we dressed Kelsie up and let her greet the trick-or-treaters. The kids loved seeing her sitting by the candy bowl. It was so much fun! 

Trick or treat!

Trying to sneak and eat the candy!

And I had to get a few pictures of her on the front porch in her sweet little pumpkin dress! :)