Start them young

Kaylene's cousin has been captivated by Baseball (noooooo!) - this was cause for much concern in the Kidney household. As you know this is a Sc-Fi house and I needed to be sure Kaylene was going to be raised in the proper fashion. No worries! apparently Captain Kirk is cool at any age OR could it be all those silly colors...hmmmm.

Finding Kaylene

Kaylene played her first game of hide and seek today. She doesn’t quite have the nuances down, however given time I guessing she will become a master. She is also very good at finding her feet, opening her mouth and Dad’s all time favorite – screaming at the top of her lungs. Enjoy the peaceful moments.

Cute!

Eat your heart out!

Hmmmm Finger

I have feared from the start that Kaylene would be a thumb sucker; little did I know you can also be an pointer sucker. Jolene quickly rushed me up the stairs yesterday to see this new and most soothing behavior. Human invention never ceases in the Kidney household.

Kaylene finds a hand

Starting with a new Tuesday tradition Kaylene and I went to visit Grandma. As you can tell she is very preoccupied with stuffing her hand into her mouth, which at times can be quite disturbing OR amusing. Regardless, Kaylene is always entertaining.

She Smiles, Finally!

This child has simply refused to smile for the camera - but I caught her off guard today. I had bundled her up and placed her in her car seat. For some reason she thought this was funny, so I quickly grabbed a camera and behold!

Another one for Jolene

Because we know its hard being away from Kay.

At Home Dad

Today marks the first day of my stay-at-home parenting responsibilities, so far so go. Kaylene has succeeded at going through her first morning cycle, she slept, she went pee pee, she drank a full bottle of milk and spit up on her father. But we both agree; we miss mommy.

Welcome to the Family

Today I became an Uncle! We are so excited to have Augie Holt join our family. His picture is already hanging on the refrigerator door. Congratulations Martha and Zach, he is a handsome little boy!!!

Happy Birthday Grandpa Kidney!

I special serenade by my two favorite girls.

The Fair

We took Kaykes to her first fair, not that she will remember it, but good none the less. The Puyallup fair is famous for its scones and Jolene and I had our share, and next year so will Kaylene.

Gem Lake

Steph and I hiked up to Gem lake this past weekend, I think they altitude caught us both by surprise, because we were a little more winded than usual. Regardless, if you look close at the bottom picture you can see the moon, it was an awesome day.

View from the top

Dad and I took a hike over the past weekend and we bit off a little more than we could chew. Basically, we took a very steep turn up a mountain. As much as I hate switch backs, they are always better than straight up the mountain!

A trip to Spokane!

This past weekend we packed up the car and headed for Spokane! We had many things on the agenda; family reunions, hiking, sight seeing and general fun. We accomplished them all. Kaylene continues to experince new things like a nature walk and we also had fun relaxing at the hotel.

Looking forward to the weekend

Yes, we are all looking forward to the baby dedication this weekend. It will be a blast showing Kaylene off to friends and family and we are especially looking forward to Kayke’s meeting her Auntie M. (and possibly Uncle Zach, fingers crossed).

and a Kaylene outake

First Bottle

Well a new corner was taken today, Kaylene has graduated to a bottle (give that boob a rest).

Five Weeks

It has been a very short 5 weeks and she is changing fast. It was mentioned that the majority of Kaylene’s pictures are very serious (she is a very serious little girl), however I spotted the lighter side of our sprout today and grabbed a camera. I personally think she is looking more and more like Jolene, however Jolene believes it is still too early to call.

When ya can't get enough of Kaylene

I have the early morning shift with Kaylene. This is exclusive Dad and daughter time soooo why not get some up close and personal shots.

and Cranky Baby

Sorry, I lead people to believe that the shot below was taken before church. Actually these shots were taken while we waited for the doctor. She got an excellent clean bill of health, she is on the way to becoming the perfect baby – everybody loves the squishy face.