Bean Family: May 2012

Kaylee had her 18 month checkup at 19 months. Lol. We don't like doing things on time around here. Correction, I almost never do things on time. Procrastinator extraordinaire right here! But anyway... Shocked that we didn't talk much about her asthma since we saw a different doc for that appointment. She weighs 25 lbs, 9.6 oz, she is 33.25 inches tall, and her head circumference is 19.094 inches. I don't think (I'd have to go back and look) she gained much weight but she got taller for sure. She also had to have two shots. Poor baby. I like our doc, I really do. I am getting frustrated with the fact that their office considers what the American Academy of Pediatrics says to be biblical. I feel like a terrible parent every time I walk out of there. My kids drink juice (watered down every time) and they watch more than an hour of TV a day. Both kids were in forward-facing car seats on their first birthday. I keep my children safe and they eat and sleep. These are the things I care about the most. Brendan has been taking a vitamin every day since he turned two (I think that's when we started that) because I know he doesn't eat well. I know he'll eat better (more variety) later, my brother and I are perfect examples of that. I'm also getting frustrated that with both children I have to answer questions that won't (shouldn't) change EVERY time we go in there. Like "are there smoke detectors in the home", "does anyone smoke in the home", and "do you have stairs". It's really ridiculous. I feel like our old office understood that every kid is different, every home is different, and every parent doesn't raise their kids to the letter of the law. Sorry, had to vent.

One day soon... hopefully... I'm gonna gather up all of Kaylee and Brendan's stats and compare. I'm pretty sure she weighed more all along the way, but not sure if she's taller than he was at this age. Very curious about it though.

Until next time!

Time to catch up on some pictures. I will not post near as many as I should to actually catch up but I'll pick my favorites to post for each kiddo. Considering I haven't posted a single picture on here in 18 months, I might crash Blogger if I tried, hehe. (For whoever is keeping score, I narrowed it down to 76.)

The proverbial Daddy and baby pic. This time playing Xbox instead of the computer.

Kaylee with Great Mamaw

Brendan right after a haircut and Daddy's fuzzy beard he was growing for Ren Fest.

Propped up and not too sure as to why.

Hey brother, whatcha doin?

Christmas morning

I love how Kaylee looks like she's looking at our cat in the background.

Papaw, Nana, and Kaylee

Brendan liked our White Elephant gift.

Aww... cute sibling cuddle time

One of my favorite pictures from the park that day.

Look how well I can hold my head up at 4 months old!

Cute brother and sister pic in their brother and sister shirts.

Family Christmas picture

3 month pic

4 month

5 month

Love that grin!

This was the best we could get of them together. So silly.

Great smile. 6 month pics, I'll have to find the rest of what we did for her monthly pics. We didn't make it the full year. She'll probably hold that over my head when she's older. Sigh.

Cute hat pic

Cute dress pic

Swinging at the park and Grandma photo-bombing, hehe.

Easter 2011

Aren't they adorable?

Brendan's first school performance. As soon as he saw me and Grandma, it was all over. Shortly after this he ran off stage to us.

Chilling by the lake in Arkansas.

Brendan had a lot of fun feeding the goats and deer.

He did NOT want to touch the baby alligators though!

Uncle Matthew had fun meeting his niece on the Arkansas trip.

Brendan's 3rd birthday party.

His awesome cupcake cake from WalMart.

Kaylee giggling on July 4th.

Brendan geared up to play in the sprinkler in Grandma and Grandpa's backyard.

Proof that my hubby still gets to skydive... sometimes...

Preparing for his jump.

There he is, coming in for a landing!

This was the best shot I could get of Kaylee's first day of school.

Kaylee's 1st birthday!

Family (minus Brendan) pic

All ready for cake! (Actually, cupcakes made by me!)

She helped a little bit with opening her gifts.

She loves her coat that her Great Aunt Karen and Great Grandma gave her. (This was the only non-blurry pic, she smiled in a blurry one of course.)

Butterflies on a trip to Moody Gardens in Galveston.

Aunt Shannon is really good at picking up butterflies.

I could not believe how close we could get to that monkey. Kind of scary actually.

Cute bow :-)

Bat Girl!

Batman!

At cousin Blake's 2nd birthday party.

My awesome turkey creation for Thanksgiving. These were fun to make AND delicious.

At a local Christmas tree farm to pick out our tree.

Daddy and Brendan with our tree

Brendan and Kaylee

Brendan had fun sledding on the hay hill. (Hope you get a kick out of this one Susan, this is how we roll in Texas!)

Tried for a cute photo opp. Didn't work.

Putting the star on our beautiful tree. (This tree was the greenest tree we've ever had, definitely going to the farm again next year!)

Kaylee in front of the decorated tree.

Brendan's second school performance. He had a lot more fun. I was at the back and didn't get any good pics from it unfortunately. Video will be posted later!

Family pic at Christmas

Look at all those presents!

Tried to take my own posed pics of the kids. Didn't work.

This is what greeted us Christmas morning. All they would tell us was that someone down the street wasn't having a good Christmas. I found the incident report later and it was labeled a "mental health incident" or something like that. It wouldn't let me read the report of course.