The Kirbys

"Buh-Buhs" and Bumble-bees

February 23, 2010

As I've mentioned before, "Buh buhs" (bubbles) are some of Kylie's favorite things. And this is why I love them too:

Nope, those bubbles are not floating in the air... These little guys always find Kylie's stray hairs and make themselves into a pretty little accessory.

For Valentines Day this year, Mike's department had a little bake-sale/fundraiser. Their team theme was "Bee Mine." I made a big bee banner for them to hang by their table and we made these little cuties to sell. We think they turned out pretty darn cute.

It's a....

February 11, 2010

BABY SISTER!!!

Baby Brother or Baby Sister?

February 10, 2010

If there's anything my mom taught me about being a mom its to make sure I take just as many pictures of baby #2 as I did baby #1. (Jenn can attest to this...ha!) And she wanted me to make sure I took belly pictures with this one too. So here we are last week at 18 weeks.

I can't believe how much more quickly I feel like my belly has grown with this baby. But then, I don't really notice it when I'm chasing Miss Kylie around all day. Aside from the random kicking in my lower abdomen, sometimes I even forget that I am pregnant. Is that weird?
Tomorrow we find out if it's a boy or a girl! We're so excited! With Kylie, we both knew it was going to be a girl from day one, but with this one, we're not really sure... What do you think? Baby Brother or Baby Sister?

Snow Angel

February 5, 2010

In the last week or so we have gotten a total of about 7 inches of snow here. CRAZY but so pretty! Unfortunately, Kylie was sick all last week and most of this week and has just now started to feel well enough to go out and play. By now, most of it had melted, but we woke up this morning to see the biggest and most beautiful snowflakes falling from the sky. It was straight out of a movie! I thought, "Perfect! As soon as we finish eating our breakfast we can go out and play and Ky will love the huge flakes (and it would also make for some great pictures too!)" Well by the time we finished eating and I got all of Kylie's four layers put on her- it had completely stopped snowing and was already melting... boo! We still went out to the backyard and Kylie got to experience the snow for the very first time. She loved it... until she face planted...

We still had a great time.

If you look closely you can see the clever solution I had to snow boots. She was wearing thick tights, socks and her high-top sneakers to keep her feet warm and then I wrapped and taped sandwich baggies around her shoes to keep them dry. It worked like a charm. Genius!

Heaven In A Box

Want to know how amazing my family is?!? When Kylie and I arrived home on Tuesday, this was sitting on our front porch. A box from my Dad, just for me!

...And this is what was inside...

MECCA BURRITOS!!!!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, Dad! I have eaten at least one burrito everyday for the last three days and my freezer is still packed with these amazing little wrapped tortillas from heaven! I am a very happy girl! And this baby is very happy too!

Our Little Princess

February 3, 2010

Kylie is going to be turning 18 months old this month! Can you believe it?

She's such a big girl! By the way, right before we took these pictures she pulled out both of her piggy tails...ugh

So here's a little update on some of our pretty little princess' favorite things:

She is talking like crazy and tries to repeat much of what we say. Here are some of her favorite words (and what they really sound like):

Mama        (Ma Ma)
Dada         (Da Da)
Up             (Op)
Apple    (App ie)
Banana    (Blan Blan)
Cracker     (Cra Gah)
Cookie      (Coo Cah)
Grandma   (Gwa Gwa)
Papa         (PawPaw)
Grandpa    (Gwa Da)
Baby       (Baby)
Auntie    (Ti Ti!)
Jesus          (Jee jsus)
Hat             (Hat)
Pretty         (Breety)
Ball            (Ball)
Big Ball      (Ball Ball)
Bubbles      (Buh Buh)
Tissue         (Tzi zoo) -she learned that one when we were battling a little cold-

She also loves her animal noises and these are the ones she's best at:
Puppy
Kitty
Lion
Sheep
Fish Kiss
Scary Snake
Chicken
Duck
Birdie
Piggy
Monkey
Elephant

Kylie also loves watching Wheel of Fortune with her Daddy. Just about every night they cuddle up and watch it together. Daddy asks her "which letter?" and Kylie shouts out either 'A' 'I' 'B' 'T' or sometimes 'O." We thought it was just cute and silly at first but Kylie really is learning more of her letters. Crazy!

Kylie has always loved bubbles but this is a new one that we both fell in love with. Gymboree has the absolute best bubbles and bubble blower! The solution is non-toxic and made of a sugar water mixture. The bubbles are so cute and tiny and the float around forever. And the best part (for me) The blower means I don't have to dig around for a wand and get my hands or carpet soaked. Highly recommended and will definitely entertain for hours! Kylie absolutely loves her "Buh Buh"s

I want MECCA so bad!!!

January 27, 2010

When I was pregnant with Kylie I craved a certain greek salad from a certain greek restaurant in Manchester, NH. Now, I'm pregnant with #2 and I am craving mexican food. But not just any mexican, I want the MECCA!!! Anyone who has ever been to the East Bay (CA) knows about this little hole in the wall. I practically grew up on Mecca food and that is all I have been thinking about since I moved away and especially now that I'm pregnant! What I wouldn't give for a been and cheese burrito, the chiquita special, or some of those amazing flour chips... Oh man, I'm drooling... It is seriously the best mexican food on the planet (I know plenty of people that would agree with me on that) and I wish so badly that they could fed-ex just a little bit of heaven my way!

I don't know how I'm going to get through these next 5 1/2 months without a trip back to Cali...

If the Shoe Fits...

January 25, 2010

This is what happens when you fall asleep during playtime.

Later, Ky decided to sit on daddy's head to wake him up. It worked.

Our Little Sous Chef

Ever since Kylie got her very own play kitchen for Christmas I think she is convinced that she should be our little helper whenever we are cooking anything in our big person kitchen. She likes to show us how it's done. Whenever one of us are standing at the counter preparing anything, Kylie runs in, shimmys her little body into the space between our legs and the cabinets and insists on being "up." She wants to make sure we are doing everything right, I suppose.
On this particular night she was watching the lasagna for me. What a good little helper!

New for 2010!

January 16, 2010

The first official pictures of baby brother or sister. We are so excited! It was so surreal sitting in the ultrasound room looking at our baby on the screen while Mike was holding our baby right next to us. The official due date for the forth Kirby family member is July 9th, so we are 15 weeks along and doing great. In just three more weeks we will go back for another ultrasound and find out if it's a boy or a girl. Can't wait!