Einstein Toys

This is a baby Einstein toy that was given to me by a friend. Kaylynn loves this toy because it lights up and plays classical music! It also teaches the colors in English, French, and Spanish! This toy is so light weight that Kaylynn can pick it up and play with it by herself! She likes when we turn out the lights because her toy will glow so bright!

See What Grandma Did!

Grandma has to get creative when watching baby Kaylynn. Grandma needed to fold some laundry, so this is what she did to keep baby Kaylynn occupied for a few minutes. Kaylynn is what we call a high maintence baby...she refuses to take naps! (YIKES! SCARY!) She only takes naps when she is being rocked to sleep! (YIKES! SCARY!)

Clifford!

Kaylynn and I are watching Clifford The Big Red Dog. We go to the public library once a week to borrow DVD's. Why buy DVD's when you can borrow them from the public library??

Grunting and A Playin

This is Kaylynn grunting away while playing with her toys!

Chillin In The Swing

This is baby Kaylynn (almost four months) chillin in her swing, and trying to rip off those toys! She loves to grunt and babble while she is playing with her toys! She is truly the sweetest baby!

Bye Bye Mommy

Today as I was leaving for work, my daughter, Kaylynn started to cry. She is almost four months and she already realizes that mommy is leaving when she reaches in the closet for her coat. I saw her chin quivering and her eyes welling up with tears. I went over and I gave her a big hug and I told her that I would be home in a little bit. My mom told me that Kaylynn has been crying when she sees grandpa or I leave. I can hardly believe it! I guess she didn't cry today. (It was probably because I reassured her that I would be back!) I think my daughter truly understands a lot more than we give her credit!

Teach Me Mommy

Being an educator, reading is very important to me. I absolutely love spending time reading books with Kaylynn. She loves books with bright colors. She likes to grab on the pages and put the books in her mouth. I am trying to teach her letters, but Kaylynn will also listen to long stories without pictures. She enjoys listening to the intonation of one's voice.

Sweet Dreams

Kaylynn and Grandma taking an afternoon siesta! Kaylynn is so loved by her grandparents!

Chillin In the Playpen

During the day, grandma has to get creative when watching Kaylynn. This is a picture of Kaylynn chillin in her playpen while grandma cleans the kitchen. (The playpen is stationed in the kitchen.) Kaylynn will be four months Feb.27 and she already loves to play with toys!

Chillin In The Crib

Kaylynn enjoys chillin in her crib. She likes to yank her bedding and toys around. She grunts up a storm while chillin in her crib!

Kaylynn's First Baby Doll

This is Kaylynn's first baby doll, Rosie. Her daddy bought this for her for Christmas.

Gap Baby

This is Kaylynn sporting her cute little gap outfit that her great-grandma bought at a yard sale for $1! Now you can't beat bargains like that!

Mommy's Little Flower

I am your little flower, Mom
Please help me grow and bloom;
Take the weeds, but leave the roots
And give me lots of room.
Mom, you are my gardener;
My sunshine and my rain.
Too much will make me wither
With enough, I'll bloom again.
I am your little flower, Mom
I'm different from the rest;
Do nÕt pick me Mom,
just help me grow
To be my very best.
Written by: Rebecca Armstrong

A Mystery To Mommy

Do you believe that these colorful buttons make my daughter laugh uncontrolably when she sees them? Ever since my daughter was two months old, she would giggle everytime she saw these buttons. These buttons belong to her baby swing which is stationed next to the rocking chair where I sit when I feed Kaylynn. I know its the little things in life that make children happy, but buttons?? Why does Kaylynn like these buttons so much?

Playing With Kaylynn

I love to spend time with my daughter, Kaylynn Michelle. She is the love of my life. I love to introduce toys and see the expression on her face when she plays with them. One of her favorite toys is Baby Leap Frog. This toy sings the alphabet and counts from 1-10. It also plays classical music and teaches colors/shapes.

A Valentine From Grandpa

Kaylynn's first Valentine was from her Grandpa. He purchased a singing Elvis Bear from Walmart. The bear sings "I Am All Shook Up". Kaylynn loves this gift from her grandpa. She chuckles out loud when it plays! He also purchased her some really cute outfits. Kaylynn is well loved by her grandpa!

Girls Day Out

Kaylynn, Grandma, and Mommy decided to take the afternoon to go shopping and find some bargains at the mall! Mommy found lots of good bargains that were on clearance with an additional 75% off for Kaylynn! Mommy did real good! Kaylynn loves to go shopping at the mall. She loves to look at all the people. She didn't mind skipping any naps for a day out with the girls! Mommy is real lucky to have such a wonderful baby who behaves so well in public!

Education

Education is extremely important to me. For the past seven years, I have taught early elementary. As a teacher, I know how important parent involvement is in education. Now being a mother, the most important child in my life is my daughter, Kaylynn Michelle. I have so many dreams and aspirations for her. Most importantly I want Kaylynn to have the ability to do what ever she wants in life. If that is going to Harvard or Yale (which I hope she does), then I will support her in any way that I can. That is why I am putting money aside for her college education. I am also spending time reading books to her, and watching educational DVD's with. She listens to books on tapes as well as musical cds. I try to make sure her environment is rich in language. I constantly talk to her, and she grunts and babbles back. My goal is to teach her sign language through some baby signing videos that I borrowed from the public library. We also watch phonics DVD's, but she doesn't seem to interested in them yet. Her favorite DVD's appear to be BOZ, Veggie Tales, and Praise Baby (DVD's that I bought from the Christian Bookstore). Oh, I almost forgot to mention that Kaylynn loves to watch Barbie DVD's as well. (She gets that from her mommy who loved Barbies!) Kaylynn is the love of my life. I am so thankful that God has blessed me with a wonderful, healthy baby girl who loves to listen to stories!

Bug-Eyed Baby!

This morning my daughter woke up for an early morning feeding, and she absolutely refused to go back to sleep! Mama wasn't ready to begin her day at 4am, but Kaylynn poked her cute little bug eyes at me, and illuminated the most beautiful grin! So, mama watch a country singing Elmo DVD with baby Kaylynn at 4am in the morning. After watching the DVD, mama wanted to go back to bed and catch some zzzzzzzzz before heading off to work, so mama put in an ocean wave cd that soothed Kaylynn to sleepytown. I highly recommend every mother to buy an ocean wave cd! The sounds of the ocean put Kaylynn to sleep in a matter of minutes!

Earlybird Gets The Worm

Early mornings are precious to my heart. Occasionally my four month old will get up in the wee hours of the morning for another feeding if she didn't eat well the day before. Today is one of those mornings. She woke me up with her babble and grunts. She rarely cries when she is hungry. She chooses a higher form of communication: grunting. She waits patiently for her bottle to heat up. (She will only drink breastmilk that I pump. She refuses to work for her breastmilk, and she dislikes formula.) While she is waiting for her bottle, I change her diaper. By the time I finish changing her diaper, she is ready for her feeding. Yes, early mornings are dear to my heart. Thank You Dear Lord for blessing me with a wonderful daughter. I am thankful for every precious moment that I can spend with her. She is truly a gift from above.

My Special Valentine

My life has been blessed with a beautiful little baby, Kaylynn Michelle. She is the love of my life. Her giggles and laughter melt my heart. Thank-You, Lord, for this special Valentine of mine. You blessed my life with a wonderful miracle.

Moments Like These Are Too Precious

It's moments like these that makes motherhood so enjoyable:
I had just finished giving Kaylynn her night time bottle, and I thought she was asleep for the night. But, Kaylynn had a different plan. Five minutes later, she awoke from a supposedly deep sleep into a bug-eyed baby girl. She wanted to stay up! So, I sat and rocked her and talked to her a bit. Then, she started to get fussy, so I handed her to my mother. Kaylynn was laughing and smiling and having a good ole time. Then she started to get fussy with my mother, so my mom passed her to me. Kaylynn appeared to be extremely tired, but her disposition changed from fussy to laughing histarchly! She is four months old and she was just laughing and giggling for no apparent reason. She was just so happy to be in her mommy's arms. It's moments like these that makes motherhood so joyous. There is nothing better than the laughter of child.....especially when it's your child! Thank-You God for my precious daughter, Kaylynn. I love her so much!

My Baby...The Grunting Machine!

My child is a grunting machine. I bet she could out grunt any other baby. She grunts when she is mad. She grunts when she is happy. She grunts when she poops. I even think she grunts when she pees. She grunts when she is tired. She grunts when she is happy. I can tell what she wants by the way she grunts. Thankfully she doesn't cry very often. I think she has substituted grunting for crying. I wander if grunting is a higher form of communication skills rather than crying. I wander if grunting babies have higher IQ's. In any case, I love my grunting baby.

Motherhood

This blog is dedicated to my precious daughter Kaylynn Michelle. God has blessed my life with a wonderful daughter. She is named after both of my parents. I combined their middle names and came up with Kaylynn. My parents have been so supportive and they love being grandparents!

Being a mother has changed my life in so many ways, and I want to use this blog to document my experiences and emotions of being a mother.