Beep Beep

After we observed little miss climbing on so many things, we decided to bring some ride on toys indoors.  She thought it was a great idea.

Hand on the horn, ready to beep.

Cute as a Bug

 The whole gang.

Our little ladybug has turned into a climber.  This is her favorite way to play with the little people garage.

Happy Halloween

McKinley and her little pumpkin that Dad picked out for her.

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