4 Months!

My Blissy-bear is four months old. Where has the time gone?!? She is growing too fast for her momma and daddy. I love rocking her to sleep and kissing her drooly mouth and taking as many pictures as I can to capture every moment of her sweet little life.

Bliss is an absolute doll. She is such a smiley baby and you can tell has so much love in her little heart. When she gets excited she smiles so hard from within that she wiggles around like she wants to scream with joy. We have hit so many milestones this past month. Right after her three month birthday she started rolling over. Sister has some crazy neck and back muscles. She loves sticking her entire foot in her mouth, sitting up so she can see what is going on, cooing and giggling when she first wakes up, watching Sesame Street with big sister, grabbing her momma's hair and not letting go, riding on daddy's shoulders, touching peoples face, looking at herself in the mirror and did I mention the girl loves to smile? Seriously, she never stops and it is the best.

We love this girl so much. Happy 4 month birthday Bliss!

Like Daddy, Like Daughter

I'm not sure who looks better???

Father's Day 2012

One of my friends recently asked me if I always knew that Kyle would be an awesome dad. The answer was yes but to be honest even I couldn't have known how great he would end up being. He takes being a daddy to a new level. When Kyle puts his heart into something he never does it 50% or even 95% it's always above and beyond and that is the kind of dad he is to our girls. He is teaching our girls to be fearless, to laugh at themselves and with others, to love hard and have tickle wars often and that a girl can never be to ass-ess-or-ized. Best.Dad.Ever.

19 Months!

When did my baby turn into such a big girl?!?  Every day she is saying new words and comprehends almost everything we say. The girl is a ham to say the least. Currently she loves: mommy's shoes, accessories, playing with mommy's makeup, Sesame Street, ketchup, hot sauce (she drinks it!), giving Bliss her bottle and binky and then taking them back, singing songs, making us laugh, swimming, crossing her ankles (such the lady), trampolines, ducks, birds and flowers.

Dancing and singing "If you are happy and you know it"

3 Months!

Our Blissy Boo is 3 months old! She continues to bring so much happiness to our family. Bliss has found her feet and loves sucking on her hand (I'm thinking we have a thumbsucker). She loves to smile and laugh. She is constantly trying to crunch herself up from laying down into the sitting position and gets bright eyed if anything excites her or scares her. She loves kisses and to be held. Her little belly is starting to fill out along with her cheeks. She is so sweet and wonderful.

18 Months!

It's hard to believe my girl is already 18 months old. What an incredibly fun age it is (as long as you have the patience :)).

This past month was a big one for her. She had ear tube surgery and can finally hear which lead to her vocabulary increasing quite a bit. Her current favorite words and sayings are no mama, mine, stop daddy, minneee, me, soap, whoa!, wow and boobieeesss. She recently decided that she was over the whole diaper thing and has been trying to potty train herself. We are following her lead as usual because once this girl makes up her mind there is no going back. She is the ultimate helper. If there is yard work to be done Dallas is there. If there is house cleaning to be done Dallas is there. If there is a baby sisters diaper that needs changing Dallas is there... saying ewwww stinky. We are loving this age and all everything it brings with it!

Name Game

The Baby Name Game...with both of our girls we had entirely different names picked out for them throughout the majority of my pregnancies and with both Kyle decided the week of that new names were needed and with both I agreed. Dallas was renamed four days before I was due over lunch with Kyle at Bandito's. Bliss was renamed two nights before while Kyle and I were sitting in our living room.

Dallas

After the chips and salsa were on the table and Kyle's fajitas ordered he looked at me and said I really want to change the name. I would love to name her Dallas. At first I looked at him like you are crazy! Dallas? No, I am not naming my baby girl Dallas. He looked at me again and said no really I think this should be her name. You see Dallas has a lot of meaning to us. It's where we first met, first fell in love and where we were married. It's where we came back to make and raise a family. As I sat there and thought about it I realized Dallas would be the perfect name for her. I knew this little girl was going to need a strong name to match the strong personality I felt she had. And once I laid eyes on her I knew Dallas was a perfect fit for her.

Bliss

Sitting on our computers discussing how little I had prepared for our newest bundle of joy Kyle looks up and says, I think we should change her name. Really? Again? But secretly I wasn't sold on her original name either and felt that she needed something different. She needed something feminine and sweet. So we were back at square one. Months before we had considered Bailey but couldn't find a name that we thought went well with it. Our friends Betsy & George had a little girl in November (we are actually birthday buddies!) and they originally named her Bliss but decided it didn't fit her and changed it to Walker Rose (so adorable!). Kyle looked at me with less than 48 hours until our little girl was going to be here and said what about Bailey Bliss.  I instantly loved it.  So immediately I texted Betsy to get their blessing (we didn't want to baby name steal in case they were planning on using it for another child). And with their stamp of approval we had a new name... Bailey Bliss Duke.