Dad!

Cheese!

Baby girl has been cruising around more and more.  This past week she was trying to stand up and put her weight on on empty box that collapsed and she crashed into the boys' drum set.  Her little eyebrow took the brunt of the fall but she was up and ready to run again in no time.

 Learning the alphabet

 Everytime she looks at the camera and smiles she also moves, which means blur... Darn.  I believe she was dancing here.

 REACH!

Catching up

Our littlest miss makes the cutest little church-goer.  She just keeps growing and growing.

Such a great eater these days.  Even cooked broccoli! 

This was McKinley's first experience at the Puyallup Fair.  She was such a trooper and she seemed to enjoy the fair food just as much as the rest of us.

Laughing at her brothers while drinking her bottle

 Mmmmm.  Slushy.

 Waiting for the older kids and Dad on the ferris wheel.

And we've been attending A LOT of soccer games these last 6 weeks.  I think this last picture describes how both Mom and Kinley feel as the season comes to a close.  :)

Canadian Thanksgiving

We celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving on the actual day with our little Cannuck.  She gobbled up the stuffing, small pieces of turkey, and mashed potatoes.

We finished the feast with honeycrisp apple slices dipped in caramel.  We're so grateful for our little Canadian who gives us a reason to celebrate TWO Thanksgivings a year.



9 months old

 These are battery operated LED candles.  No McKinleys were harmed in these photos.  The candles were only used as a distraction to keep the Miss in one spot long enough to snap a picture.

 This one was by far the greatest smile, but it's blurry.  DARN.

The doctor visit for 9 months showed Kinley is OFF THE CHARTS for height at 31".  At 21 lbs, she is 90% for weight, and 30% for head circumfrance.

This little missy is a mover!  She can crawl so fast.

Kinley has discovered how to let Penny out of her kennel,

how to climb up and out of her high chair,

how to climb up a couple of stairs before we get the baby gate up,

and loves to take her socks off.

McKinley is still a Daddy's girl, but has warmed this Momma's heart over the last week when she cut her two top-front teeth, and dealt with the side effects of immunizations and was only happy when Mom was holding her.  She is teaching us the most we have ever known about separation anxiety.  :)

McKinley prefers riding in the car with siblings surrounding her.  They can get this girl to smile and giggle with the silliest of actions. 

We all love copying the sounds she babbles.  I think I have almost perfected the "Aaaa?" sound she does.

Every stage we get to becomes my new favorite.

Someone's MOBILE!

Cuteness

First swim



She LOVES water



McKinley has a weekness with swinging

Milk mouth

4th of July.  Everyone smiling and looking at the camera!  Success.

Kayla and McKinley after Kayla's chocolate birthday cake



Kayla, McKinley, and Eamon

First Camping trip

Over Memorial Day weekend, McKinley went on her first outdoor camping trip.  She didn't really appreciate camping so much.  It totally threw her off her schedule.  The kids partying in the next site over were a little loud for her liking and she has become a pretty light sleeper.

But she was a real trooper (and it helped us to realize how nice it would be to have an RV with warm water for making bottles in the middle of the night.)

McKinley decided that stroller rides were perfect for falling asleep at night and I loved that time with my baby girl.

McKinley's Birth Family

McKinley's Birth Grandma came with her Birth Mom a couple of weeks ago for a get together.  While the three generations were together, we had to document.

More sweet pictures of Kinley and Kayla.

 

 Eventhough this one is blurry, I thought it was cute.  Kinley loves tummy raspberries.

 Playing on the floor.  McKinley intentionally rolled over for the first time on Friday.  Now she will do it within seconds of being layed on the floor to play!

 And this tank top is one that Kayla gave us for McKinley while still pregnant.  Kinley's been growing so fast that we had to layer it over a long-sleeved shirt to wear it before she out grows it.

Forever

The six of us entered the temple's sealing room hand in hand.  I will never forget that feeling.  It made me emotional before we even entered.

Photo by Rebecca Mueller

A little glimpse into my idea of Heaven.