~The Kelly Kids~

Friday, December 10, 2010

Cohen Belly Pics for week 33-34-35

I can't seem to find the 34-week belly pics. But, wow I am now into the 35th week. I am going weekly for checkups. Cohen is sitting very low and is very ready to meet the world. Dr. H is trying to get me to 38 weeks. That is when I delivered Caroline and Corbin. My weight gain total is 12 pounds. I am starting to get very uncomfortable with pressure, tiredness, no sleep, etc. I don't really have any cravings with this pregnancy. It has gone by way too fast :)

35-weeks

34-weeks

Elf on the Shelf aka "Twinkie"

I bought Elf on the Shelf the Christmas I was pregnant with Caroline. This is the first year he has come to visit the kids. Caroline gets the concept just a little, but Corbin just enjoys looking for him each morning. Caroline decided to name him "Twinkie". I have a feeling when the kids are just a little older, Twinkie is going to help mommy and daddy a lot during December on reporting the "naughty" and "good" things to Santa :) Here are some fun places that Twinkie has flown to and watched Caroline and Corbin each day.

Santa pictures 2010

Last year 2009-Caroline is doing what Corbin is doing this year. I love it!!

I just got my prints in from the photographer that did pictures with Santa at the Holiday House. As you can tell, Corbin was not having it, but Caroline was very shy, but never cried :) It makes me sad how much they have changed since last year.

Monday, December 06, 2010

Corbin 16-months old

Corbin is already 16-months old. He is the funniest boy around. I can't believe how much his personality is coming out. As you can see, he is not a small 16-month old. What Corbin is up to at 16-months old:

~He is still sleeping great. Taking one long nap each day and sleeping 12 hours at night. The only bad thing, is sometime in the wee hours he has a huge poop every morning. He never makes a peep, so I walk into a mess every morning. It is usually just easier to put him in the bath than to try to use wipes.

~He is still a great eater. Some of his favorites are cheese, yogurt, turkey dogs, grapes, oranges, cheese ravioli, green beans, and bananas.

~Corbin adores Caroline more and more everyday, he attempts to do everything she does. He is such a little copy cat :)

~His vocabulary is out of control in the past few weeks, some of his favorite words are:

*No, no (he usually points his finger as he says it)

*Twinkie (Elf on the Shelf)

*Christmas tree of course he doesn't pronounce it perfect, but he always points to it and says it.

*Cheese

*Juice

*Dada

*Mama

*Baby

*Sissy

*Dog

*Peeze (please)

*Tank you (thank you)

*Shues (shoes)

*Socks

*moe, moe (more, more)

These are the main words used on a daily basis :)

Corbin is such a happy boy 99% of the time. I am anxious to see how he handles being a big brother in a few weeks!!

Cheering on the Hogs during the LSU game!!

Turkey Shirt and Thanksgiving!!

Aunt Sarah of course made Caroline and Corbin's cute shirts. We had a pretty low key Thanksgiving. The Maumelle Community Center has a "hometown Thanksgiving feast" and we attended that. I was way too tired to cook a big meal and my mom wasn't up for it either. So, she joined us four and it was lots of fun. They had a clown making animal balloons, cake walk and wonderful food. Caroline was featured in our local paper striking her usual pose. I will post that soon. It was very cold, windy and rainy so it was also a great afternoon and come home and take a nap. I did a little Black Friday online shopping Thursday night and went to Toys R Us on Friday morning. I didn't get any great deals, but some good deals to help Santa with the babes list :)

Corbin running away from me as usual when I have the camera out.

Always on the go.

Trying to attempt for both of them to pose together=fail everytime :)

There goes Corbin.

Caroline just woke up, but she looks adorable.

Okay, mommy is done with pictures Corbin.

David's work dinner party!!

David's work is doing a dinner party once a month or so. Luckily, this one was kid friendly. Thanks to the Cole family for sharing their home with lots of kiddos and adults. This is their little girl Ashlynn, she is beautiful. She just turned six months old. Corbin and Caroline were all over to say the least. Poor Cohen, he is going to be the center of Caroline and Corbin's attention 24/7.

Caroline being the mother hen.

Corbin would just point to a lot and say "baby".

Everybody wants to be crawling all over me.

Three monitors=never getting sleep :)

I just have to stop and laugh to think before long, I will have three monitors next to my head every night. Cohen will stay in our room for several months, so maybe in that time I could transition Caroline to a big girl bed. I am trying to put that off as long as possible, since putting her to sleep is such an ordeal. I was wanting to wait until we move into a different house and do her bedroom all "big girl". I just had to document this monitor image for myself.

Wednesday, December 01, 2010

First Dentist Appointment

The kids had their first dentist visit on November 1st. The waiting room was lots of fun, which was good since we had to wait forever. Dr. Kitchens said they both look great and they really don't start doing a lot until 3. But, he suggested bringing them every six months to keep them used to the routine. Caroline was a little nervous, but did great. Corbin was just wild, you will see I have no pictures of him in the chair. It took the dentist, assistant and me to hold him down. He did see that he had eight teeth coming in at once. Poor baby!!!

Playing in the waiting room.

Checking out the movie on the ceiling.

Such a big girl.

Playing in the leaves and Greta Kate's Birthday Party!!

Caroline and Corbin love playing in leaves. As you can tell the first part of November was still pretty warm, since sweet Corbin has a red face. Daddy could not rake them fast enough before they were ready to jump in :)