"A pain in the ear!"

Kinlee has been sick since about last Wednesday night/Thursday, and I have realized that she was not getting better. Usually I try to let her colds drag themselves out, and they go away on their own. Her voice is hoarse, and she has a pretty gnarly cough. The past few days she has been tugging at her earrings. I feel bad because I thought she was just messing with her earrings and I kept telling her to "stop playing with your earrings". We have had a couple of rough nights, and Kinlee is barely eating enough to keep a bird alive (and she is already teeny, she can't afford to lose weight) so I decided to take her to the doctor today and have her throat and ears checked. Come to find out she has a double ear infection (I feel horrible) and she is wheezing, so they gave her a breathing treatment. They wrote us a prescription for an antibiotic for her ear infection, and then a prescription for a steroid to help clear out her lungs... Then they want me to use this weird inhaler thing for the next 2 weeks. I can harldly wait to see how it goes. Check it out. Pretty weird. So moms, trust your instincts. If you think it may be more than just a cold, and your baby is acting out of the norm for more than a few days take them in. I am so glad I did, if I had waited, this could have been alot worse!

Now's your chance...

As you all know, I am trying to get into photography a little bit. The only problem is, I have only had the chance to photograph one family (thanks Jill and Joe). Up until now, I have just been using Kinlee, Derk, my brother and my sister. So here's the deal... I want to take some family pics of you guys! This would be a great opportunity to get FREE pics done of your family, and great to use with your Christmas cards this year. I am serious! If you want to get this done, let me know soon so we can figure out when and where. I know of a few fun places we can go : ) P.S. I know I "blog" way to much, but I have nothing more exciting to do when Kinlee is taking her daily nap.

Now she knows her ABC'c...

Sorry, I could not figure out how to flip this video, so just tilt your head to the left and enjoy! We have been really working with Kinlee on her ABC's and she finally has them down. She was crying in this video because I tried to take her little "ABC Doggie" away from her so she would sing by herself, but she started to cry so I gave it back. She still has a hard time with the L-M-N-O part, but other than that, this girl has it down. We are so proud of our little Kinlee. She just absorbs things like a sponge. She picks things up so fast. Her new thing that she says is, "What that guy/lady doin?" wherever we go. Today at the store she asked me like 5 times "what that guy doin?" about the man in front of us in line. He was laughing at Kinlee. Now are next tasks will be potty training, colors and shapes! HMMM... Any suggestions? Should be fun.

Something sexy bout' the rain...

There's something sexy bout' the rain..., well according to Kenney Chesney... (listen to our profile song : ) Not so sure I agree. Anyhow, Kinlee and I went out today for a little fun in the rain. She got a cute umbrella from her "Grandma Karin" so we thought we would test it out. Derks mom "Grandma Kathy" got her this cute green rain/peacoat. So she had the perfect ensemble for a rainy day.

Rock On!!!

Aunt Misty and Kinlee.

Rock on!

Another Halloween come and gone! Can't believe it's November now. This Halloween we dressed up like punk rockers. Well, sort of... Kinlee was a "punk rocker ballerina." I was just a punk rocker (more like punky brewster with my hair) and Derk was a butt rocker. We had a lot of running around to do and it was a busy night. My sister in law "Aunt Misty" made witches brew for the kids so we went to their house first. Then we went to my parents house and hung out for about an hour, then it was on to Derks aunts house to see the McDermaid bunch. It was fun, but next year I think we are going to stick to the witches brew at Mistys then come back and let Kinlee trick or treat in our neighborhood.