Clap, Clap, Clap!

What a week it's been! 
Jenna, Kellie, and Finley went to Woodland to visit her parents for the MLK weekend, from Saturday morning until Tuesday afternoon. It was very weird to come home to an empty house! When I work 72 hour shifts, I'm gone from my family for almost as long, so don't know why it was so much harder... Anyways, it made me realize just how blessed I am to have a family to come home to every day! Very glad to have them home.


Another milestone for our little Kellie to report. 
She can clap now! After mom went to work yesterday morning, I put Kellie in her high chair for breakfast, and she just started clapping all on her own. Funny thing is, we've been trying to get her to do it for months now. She use to flap her arms when we would say/show her clap, which we lovingly dubbed her "chicken wing!" We sure are gonna miss her chicken wing, but she's just as adorable clapping away like a crazy girl! Can't believe that in just a few days she's going to be 10 months old. Better start planning her first birthday!

Ringing in the New Year with a Shot in the Leg...

This past week Kellie had her 9 month old pediatrician appointment (and another immunization shot). That's right... I said 9 months. How did this happen?! I feel like we're in a time warp. It just amazing how far this little person has come in 3/4 of a year... she's crawling at lightning speed, standing up while holding onto things, jabbering in some language that I'm pretty sure the dog understands, waiving "bye-bye" to daddy as he leaves for work, thinking that clapping means flapping your arms like a chicken, eating tons of new things on a daily basis (stink bugs included), and getting into as much trouble as possible, whenever possible. WOW! I'm tired for her and all that change... I can't believe just one year ago she was inside her momma still cookin' and the size of a spaghetti squash. God's creation is pretty stinkin' amazing...

Being slightly competitive, and thinking that I (and my family) are totally awesome, I love learning Kellie's stats whenever we go to her Dr. appointments to see how she "compares." So here is what we learned:

Age: 0.75 years
Weight: 16lbs 13oz (20th percentile)
Height: 27.75in (50th percentile)
Head Circumference: 45.4cm (80th percentile)

What did we learn? She's a lean-mean-headbuttin' machine! Okay, okay... maybe that she's tallish and thin like her mommy, and a fat head like daddy. What a combo!

Well... I'll leave you with some photo evidence of the aforementioned trouble she's been busy finding. Enjoy!

Being her sneaky self at the Dr.'s office

Caught escaping after learning how to open the slider!

Apparently she can climb stairs now?!?!

Loves going on the swings at the park!

Just Getting Started...

Well Hello There!

So we thought we'd jump on the bandwagon and start blogging. Just a little insight into our life of growing a family and living the dream on the Central Coast of California. Still trying to get our bearings, but we'll do our best to post on here as often as we can find the time. Hope you enjoy!

The McNichols