Koelling update

It's been crazy the last few days at our house...But I have to say that Aaron and I are surviving!! Who knew what a great guy I married a year and a half ago? I never would have thought that Aaron would be so helpful with the kids - especially in the middle of the night!! This picture was taken yesterday by our babysitter. She's trying hard to crawl...but also trying to skip that step and tries to walk!!! She managed to get herself into this position all by herself yesterday!

Sunday we discovered that Kambren had her first tooth!!! We were in the middle of church and she grabbed my hands to gnaw on my fingers. I couldn't believe it!!!! We've suspected for sometime that a tooth was coming, but OUCH!! It was sharp!! Once the tooth was found, the day went downhill quickly!! Fevers, crying and NO SLEEPING!!! She was waking up every hour and I thought I was going to have a breakdown. I didn't think it would hurt to ask Aaron to feed her and rock her when she woke up for the 5th time at 1am on Monday morning. He graciously agreed to give it a go. It only took him about 20 minutes to get her back to sleep and she slept for 3 straight hours. What bliss!! I usually take the first several shifts, but Aaron is always quick to get of bed and take a shift. What a huge blessing he's turning out to be! Please remind me of this when I get upset about that gun club! ;) Yesterday was the first day that she's actually felt better...I don't think I can do this no sleep for another 1.5 years!!! Oh well...nothing can be done about it!

Another first for Kambren - she's eating more foods. Of course she LOVES her fruit - what kid doesn't?! Veggies have been interesting. Carrots, squash and sweet potatoes have been a hit. The green veggies though aren't going so well. I never would have thought that she would actually gag on peas, but she does!! My father finds it extremely hilarious that she hates them as much as he does. He's been known to flick peas at my mom if he finds them in his food! ;) We've been trying chicken the last few nights. The first night got mixed reviews. The 2nd night went alright, but last night...WAS SO FUNNY! She was gagging again!! ;) The first picture is of the fruit - very exciting! The 2nd is her reaction to the chicken...not so good!

Rose is still Rose! She's a true gem in our lives - always saying something funny! She's a brilliant child who is LOVING school! She's just about done with preschool "reading" and math. Her teacher said that she has no doubt that she'll be at the Kindergarten level in both by Christmas. Tonight we have plans to "ruin our supper" by going and getting ice cream right after I pick her up. Just a fun little treat we have once in awhile. Otherwise, she's asking to ruin her supper by eating an apple before hand. Yeah, what can I say...if she thinks that's ruining her dinner...RUIN AWAY!