Holding on to my baby!

Recently Kaylan has been trying to stop this habit of sucking on her hand. She started doing this when she was only two months old, one day she just stopped taking a pacifier and started sucking on her fist. Well as she has grown she has continued to do this and it has become kind of a bad habit. She went to the dentist last month and she came home and said "the dentist said I can't suck on my hand anymore" she was so sad. I know she is getting old enough that she probably needs to stop but it is about the only "baby" thing left that she still does. So it makes me a little sad too. Pictured below is her hands when she sucks on them. She loves to have her nails painted but her index and middle finger always lose the paint first because of them being in her mouth. Ever since her talk with the dentist she has done pretty good about not doing it. But ever so often when she is sleepy I see her hand go to her mouth and how terrible is this I don't stop her even though I know I should. I just think that I will have all the time in the world when she is all grown up but only a short time when she is a baby. So I'm hanging on to that one thing that makes her a baby still for as long as I can.

Camping!

This summer we had fun camping up at Greenspeak. One of Kaylan's favorite things to do is to roast marshmallows to make a smore. This year we were able to see a bear. It was pretty awesome but unfortunately I wasn't quick enough to get a picture. We found a tree stump that someone had made into a tree house. Pretty neat tree house for in the middle of the forest.

Graduation!

Congratulations Daddy we are so proud of you!!! Officially an RN!!

"The tassle is worth the hassle". One down and only one more to go.

Lake Boarding!

We love to go to Canyon lake as a family. This year Kaylan was old enough to try wake boarding with her Daddy. She absolutely loved it. However she thinks that wake boarding is "lake boarding", and I've stopped trying to convince her otherwise. So to heck with it we love to Lake Board!

Potty Training for a Kitty!

About the middle of July we were exhausted with trying to get Kaylan potty trained. So we thought we would give her a little incentive. We told her she could get a kitty when she was finally potty trained. It is amazing what bribery will do. Within a few days she had her kitty. And after going through many different names she finally named him Baxter after the Diamondbacks Bobcat. These are the before and after pictures.

Family Reunion!

The Sherwood Reunion was the weekend of the 24th of July. We had all kinds of fun activities to do with our family. Kaylan played games, raced and made crafts. But her favorite thing was the dance. She can dance non-stop for 3 hours and she proved it. She does have pretty good moves for a three-year old.

Cinnamon Rolls!

There is no place like home except for Grandma's especially when she is making cinnamon rolls!