Big Sis Came to Visit =)

I've been wanting to write about my sister Marie coming for a visit for some time now, but it has been hard to get any free time to do so. Kirsten is napping so I have a little bit of free time to be on the computer. My sister and two out of four of her kids came up from Bailey, North Carolina to visit us and it sure was a crazy weekend. My cousin Cathy and her daughter Jessie drove them up here and I thought that they were going to stay with her dad in Chesapeake, but found out they needed to stay at our house as well. We really had a full house that weekend. Everytime Kirsten would fall asleep for a nap someone would start yelling and wake her up, poor baby :( Despite not getting her naps she was in a suprisingly good mood for the whole weekend. This was my sister's first time seeing Kirsten, so I was excited to show off my beautiful baby girl :p Kirsten just loved Marie. She had Kirsten talking and giggling. I really enjoyed seeing them together. Their was some annoyances that weekend, but over all it was a good weekend and I was grateful that Cathy was able to bring them up for a visit. Here is some pics of our weekend together :)


Marie and Kirsten :)


My beautiful niece Alexis :)


Alexis and Brandon acting crazy =)


My cousin Jessie, I just realized I didn't get any of her mom Cathy :o


One of my other beautiful nieces Kasey and my beautful baby girl :)


Alexis and Kirsten :)


Her arms were wrapped around the lil bear till I grabbed the camera ;)


Kirsten and Momma :)

There wasn't any really good ones of Marie and Kasey or her other two kids since they weren't here, so these pics are from other visits.


Kasey :)


My nephew, Marie's son, Patrick and Brandon stuffing thier faces :p


My beautiful big sis Marie :)


From left to right, My neices Qwenlyn (my lil sis's daughter), Linda, and Kasey (both Marie's) =)


My beautifil "goth" lil sis Jennifer with her baby girl Azaelah :)


More beautiful nieces, Qwenlyn and Azaelah (Jen's daughters). They are older now, but I don't have any recent pics. I keep forgetting my camera when I go visit :)

That's all for now. Kirsten is starting to wake up, so I need to go. I'll write more and post more pics as I am able to.

Kirsten is Sleeping in her Crib :)

When Kirsten was born she would not sleep in her bassinet. Due to our living arrangements at that time we did not have her crib set up to see if she would like sleeping in there instead, so she has been sleeping with us for the past 3 months. Ben wants her to sleep in her own bed, like she is supposed to, so that we can cuddle and stuff. He has been telling me I need to start putting her in her crib for naps so she will know that it is her bed and get used to being in there. When Kirsten is sleepy she gets cranky, like her momma (lol), so yesterday when she got cranky I knew she was ready for a nap. I decided to take Ben's advice and lay her in her crib for a nap. She fussed for about 10-15 mins and I just would go in and put her patsie back in her mouth and she finally went to sleep. She slept for about 30 mins and I was happy thinking it's a start. We normally go to bed between 11-12 and around that time she started getting cranky so I asked Ben to lay her in her crib to see what she does. Ben laid her down, turned her mobile on, and shut the door. She went to sleep! We didn't hear a peep out of her! I was so suprised that it was so easy. I mean I thought we would have to let her cry :( which will make me cry :( for a few nights or weeks even before she will just lay down and go to sleep. She is such a good baby. We are so blessed to have her and we love her so much. She slept until around 4:45 and then she woke up hungry. I then put her in bed with me since daddy left for work at 4:00, hehe:) I sneaked in and got a pic of my precious lil angel after she fell asleep.

So much to do and so little time to do it in...and a liittle about Kirsten

We had lots to do this weekend and of all those things. Brandon completed his project today!! It looked so good. He had to do a 3D layout of the state of Virginia and label all the mountains, rivers, and color it. It really turned out great. I think Barbara was more nervous than Brandon was because she told me "I don't know if I can do this. I don't remember ever doing this in school." It was just so cute because you would've thought that she was being graded for the project. Here's some pics of the project=)






The Finished project and we think he did good. Hope he gets an A!!


Being the working stiff that I have become I had to cut my time with Brandon short cause I picked up some much needed extra hours at my part-time job today.
Kirsten is just so Beautiful. She is giggling more than ever and loves it when mommy and daddy play with her. She is just so precious. And when we are at the table eating she will half cry half not, as if she were complaining about us not giving her our full attention. Then, when I look at her (cause she usaully is doing it to get my attention) she'll stop complaining and look back with her big round Hazel eyes ("like her daddys" Barb says). Like a deer would looking into the headlights of an oncoming truck. Suddenly she'll scrunch up throw her hands to her mouth smiling as big as she can and giggle at Daddy. I love it so much I just melt inside.
Barbara is excited to start a business that she has been introduced to. And every chance she has she is asking if we can start it up. With all that we have going on she comes back and tells me we should wait. She also has to have a puppy!! And not soon I mean she wants one like there will never be one available to us, ever!! It seems everyday I have been at work this past week she has been texting me that there is a new puppy that she fell in love with and just has to have. I love it though she is just so cute. I swear I am falling in love with her more and more each day. Well, I really should be getting to bed. Especially since my wife is sitting right next to me and will start asking questions about what I wrote and interrupt my train of thought. lol!!