Happiest 9 Months of Our Lives

We can hardly believe that Aubree is now 9 months old. She has been such a pleasure to be around. Her presence has brought so much joy to our home. She is babbling all of the time now. She has 3 main understandable words, Momma, Daddy & Alex. Her procedure with the ear tubes went great! Thank you for all of your prayers. The tubes have been doing their job. They have been draining a lot lately. The poor baby was sent home on Monday from daycare with 101.5 temp. Bebe and Gigi came to stay with her for the remainder of my work week. Dr. Holt said she probably had a viral infection after blood work and testing her for RSV. Both came back negative. The chest x-ray showed that she still has bronchiolitis, so we are continuing to give her breathing treatments. She does pretty well with them for the most part. She has her second boo-boo on her noggin from trying to pull up on things. I am sure there will be many more to come. She loves to play with her toys. Friday night we were in the den watching tv and Bree emptied her toy basket completely. She pulled every toy in there out. It was so funny. She usually just plays with whatever we put out for her, but this time she crawled over to the basket and emptied it. She is a woman who know what she wants! Although, she is also very indecisive like her mother. If Kerry and I are sitting on opposite sides of the room she will crawl towards one of us half way and then turn and go back towards the other and then repeat the process until we go get her or something else catches her attention. She is so fun to watch. She really is entertaining! Once again, we are blessed by her presence in our lives. She is such a sweet girl!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We had a very blessed Christmas. I was off from Dec. 20th thru Dec. 30th to spend time with Bree during her 1st Christmas and w' family. I enjoyed my time thoroughly! Thank you to everyone who so kindly gave to us this year. We appreciate the lovely gifts. Bree enjoyed all the people and lights and wrapping paper this year. She also got several really cool toys that she enjoys playing with. And also some adorable clothes that she loves. She is officially a crawler now. She goes all over the place. She is pulling up on everything too. We can't believe how quickly she has grown. She is still nursing but is also eating all kinds of baby food and cereal. She has a head full of golden blond(almost white) hair. And the bluest eyes ever! She is the happiest baby and is so loving and playful. I love it when she gives hugs and kisses. It is so precious! She weighed 16lbs 7oz. yesterday at the ENT doctors office. Which by the way, she still had an ear infection in her right ear. Therefore we have decided that since she has had ear infections for the past five months that we are going to put tubes in her ears. The procedure will be on this Friday, January 4, 2008. The procedure itself takes only about 5 min . Dr. Baeur will drill a whole, suction the fluid and put in antibiotic tubes. He assures us that she will instantly feel better. Please pray with us for Bree and those taking care of her during this time. We are anxious for Bree to be back to felling her best! We wish everyone a wonderful 2008!

Tis The season

As Christmas approaches I am filled with the joy and spirit of the season. Bree has been an awesome shopping partner and we have just about wrapped up our holiday shopping. Bree loves to ride in her stroller and I can already tell she is going to be a SHOPPER like her Momma. She loves to feel of everything we pass by. She experienced her first Christmas party last Sunday at the Miller Christmas in Alba, Tx. She was the center of attention in her red, plaid bubble suit trimmed with a black velvet collar and waistline bow. She enjoyed opening her first present, too. As soon as Mema handed it to her she reached for the shinny green bow. She ripped it off! Nona then helped her get started with the wrapping paper, but then she took control and tore into the present. It was a handheld light-up, musical phone. She enjoyed the first of many Christmas parties. She is still sitting and turning on her knees but she isn't ready to crawl forward yet. She will army crawl backwards on her tummy but hasn't started going forward...it will come when she is ready. Everyday is so much fun watching her explore the things in her world. She is so happy and has a smile that melts our hearts. She is a big babbler. Ooing and Gagaing all the time. I wish I knew what she was trying to say...No telling! She is really into the Christmas lights and loves all the pretty decorations. If only I could keep them out of her reach. We are having a blessed Christmas season. I wish that for everyone too!

So Much To Be Thankful For...

As we are celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday we can't help but to be reminded of how amazing God has been in our lives. He has blessed us in so many ways. Kerry and I were so fortunate to find each other at just the right times in our lives, when we were able to appreciate each other to the fullest. We have an amazing friendship and have made a wonderful family. Bree continues to brighten every day of our lives. We thank God for her! We are also blessed with very loving parents, careers that we love, a cozy home , health and much , much more. We are definitely very thankful for all the blessings bestowed upon us. Bree is 7 months old on Monday. She is really on the verge of crawling. She sits and rocks forward but hasn't taken off just yet. She is very curious about everything around her. She loves musical toys and of course toys that light up. However, she would prefer to play with other people to toys. She loves people. To her there is no such thing as a stranger...which could be a bad thing. Although I think of it as just being really friendly. She loves to touch faces and to pull hair and whiskers. She is also a pro at eating with a spoon. She enjoys it so much! She is such a happy girl! She really smiles from the inside out. I hope everyone is well...Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Lil Miss Canton

Things are fabulous in the Kindle home. We are so blessed by the precious lil girl God gave to us. Bree is getting so good at sitting on her own. She will sit and play for long periods of time. She is getting even better with her little hands. She had a blast trick or treating( Or maybe that was her Daddy & me) but she was a lot of fun too. She made a beautiful ballerina. On Sat. I entered her in the Lil Miss Canton pageant. There were many beautiful babies but Aubree was by far our favorite. She wore a soft pink sleeveless dress w/ matching socks & bow. She was happy during the contest and won Most Photogenic and Lil Miss Canton! We were thrilled! It was so sweet. They gave her a snowflake crown, two trophies, a plaque, a sash and a stocking full of goodies. It was a lot of fun. I was surprised that it was such a pleasant experience, however I feel like that was a one time affair. At least until she is old enough to tell me if she wants to do another pageant. Bree is still enjoying her 1st foods. She loves squash, sweet potatoes, bananas & applesauce, however, she isn't crazy about green peas.( She must take after her uncle Brandon on that one.) Oh and another mile marker she met on Wednesday was she said Dada for the first time. Since then she has been a big talker. Saying Dada & Momma often. It is priceless! We are so happy and thankful for every moment we spend w/ Bree.

Our Lil Ray of Sunshine

Bree is learning and doing new things daily. The other day when Kerry and I went to see her at daycare as we were leaving to go to lunch we were saying bye-bye and waving and Bree stuck her left arm out in the air and waved to us like a pro. We were both so tickeled. Then on last Thursday evening we met Kerry & Debbie & Aunt Beth for supper and Aubree started giving Bebe all these wet, slobbery kisses. Again, we were amazed. We had no idea she could give kisses or wave. Everyday she amazes us at what she can do. And then last night she was sitting on her Daddy's chest and he was holding her hands playing with her and she did this cute lil scooting move. Which she does all the time now. It is precious! She'll scoot on her bottom all the way across the bed. She is sitting up on her own now most of the time. Every once in a while her cheeks will pull her down!(I'm kidding!) She loves to laugh. Every inch of her body is tickelish. She is also really playing with her tongue a lot and moving it, and ofcourse she babbles too. She has been introduced to veggies now. She loves squash and sweet potatoes, but carrots gave her a huge body rash. Something just doesn't agree right now. Maybe we will try them again later. I am saddened when I think about how fast the time has gone by and how much she has grown. Life is sooo wonderful. As for Kerry & I we spend all our free time admiring Aubree. Thanks for checking on us, We love u!

Time Sure Flies

Can you believe Aubree is now 5 months old? Where did all the time go? She is changing with every minute. She has gotten very curious with her hands and everything goes straight to her mouth. She has to taste everything. We have started feeding her rice cereal with a spoon. Boy is that a mess!! She usually likes to eat from a spoon, except lately she hasn't had as much of an appetite. On Friday she ran a lil temp.(100.9) and then Friday night she was really fussy and acted as something was hurting her. On Sat. morning when we woke up she was burning up so I took her to see her pediatrician. They did a CBC test and her WBC count was 22,000. The normal range for an infant is 10,000-16,000. So then they drew blood and took a urine sample by catheter. The poor baby already felt bad and then was poked and pricked all over. She also got a shot of a really strong antibiotic to start treating the infection. We also went to the hospital and got a stat chest x-ray, which turned out to be normal. We are still waiting, they are suppose to call us today with the results from her lab work. I really would like to know what it was bothering her. But atleast she is feeling better now. Her WBC count was 10,000 yesterday and she weighed a whooping 14.86lbs. She is really growing fast. She loves to laugh and we love to hear her precious laughter. She also really enjoys looking at books and magazines. I try to read to her daily and she seems to enjoy it. Thanks for checking on us...We love u!