a few days shy of 11 months!

I'd also be crying...if I was wearing that Jersey!

Puppy Love

Kierstin didn't want to go to bed last night so she stayed up and had a fruit bar with Jamie

Yep.. She's crazy!

Kierstin is almost 11 months old now! Do you know what that means? It means she is only few short weeks shy of being a whole year old! Soon she won't be a baby any more. She'll be a toddler, then a child, then a surly teenager! Whoa... My whole life is flying by already. but for now, she is still my baby! My sweet, sweet cuddly baby. When Jamie get home from a long day at work, Kierstin just loves to just nestle against Jamie with her head resting against his head. It's the sweetest thing!

Kierstin is fascinated by everything these days, and is desperate to grab everything. Once she gets a hold of something, first she taste it, then she shakes it, and if she doesn't like it she chucks it across the room.

She has cemented her likes and dislikes in these last four weeks, and unlike most of the previous ten months, there have been a lot more tears. She get very frustrated because her brain is working at a faster pace than her body is, and when things don't go the way she wants them to she gets very angry and crys and crys.

She also cries now when we take something away from her that she is playing with. Inconsolably. It's very sad, really. The funniest thing about the crying now is that she has figured out how she should try to use crying to her benefit. It's just so clear when she is trying to manipulate me or her daddy. It's probably not going to be a real issue until she's a little older though. Right now it's pretty easy to switch gears when she doesn't get her way.

Kierstin has managed, somehow, to get even cuter this month. I'm not sure how--she already was the cutest baby I've ever seen--but she's done it. She makes so many new faces now--She gets more expressive every day.

So many days I look at Kierstin with wonder and joy and just can't believe that she is here, that she is ours--our daughter! It's just the best thing that has ever happened to us, even better than when we found each other and fell in love (and that was pretty damned awesome--still is--so that's really saying something).

I'm probably forgetting about a million things that she does that are new. But I've gushed enough. Kierstin is the best thing in the universe right now, and I love her, oh god how much I love her! It's funny, but just like "grief" wasn't a big enough word to describe how I felt about losing my brother, "love" isn't a big enough word to describe how I feel about Kierstin. It's a big, big love and it gets bigger every day.

I hate Mosquitoes

The things she'll do to get to the cat!

Waiting for the badger game to start!

Weeeeeeeee

I can’t tell you how much I hate mosquitoes and how much mosquitoes just LOVE me. I’m like a mosquito magnet. They are surrounding our house! Just waiting to sneak in and attack me! One landed on Kierstins forehead the other day and I dove to save her and ended up landing on my sunglasses... and I totally missed the thing! And a second later it got me in the forehead! grrrrr.... Luckily, Fall is approaching so they soon will be gone (until next year).

Jamie is so funny! I think he thinks that these mosquitoes are coming to attack us (and he might be right)! Did you know that Mosquitoes are the most dangerous insect in the world. They kill more people than any other creature on this planet... so I've heard. Some got in the house the other night and when he woke up he said he couldn't sleep because he felt they were all over him. And last night he made sure our bedroom door was shut so they couldn't get at us! He said we couldn't "defend ourselves" when we were sleeping. He made sure Kierstin's door was shut :)
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So Jamie decided he needed a Wii... Okay I also want one :o) So he ordered one off ebay over the weekend. I'm looking forward to beating him :) We should be getting it sometime this week! They have this dance game that looks very interesting-- I need to learn some new moves :o)


This past weekend I went to Rochester for my Friend Emilys Wedding. She was beautiful as always! Got to see a lot of friends I haven't seen in awhile so that was nice. Kierstin and Jamie stayed home (Kierstin had a bit of a cold) we didn't think it was fair to make her take the long trip again! It took a lot longer to get there because of the traffic. Besides Kierstin wanted to watch the badger game with her dad. They had a fun time together.. and Kierstin wasn't to naughty :)


We headed to Little America on Labor day and took the train ride again! Kierstin thought every animal was a "Kitty"... there was one that she called a "puppy". She loved it! I loved it!

Oh and I heard her say big bird! Finally.. She has said it for Jamie before. I heard her talk to big bird in her crib the other night through the monitor!
"Big brr... ohhhh kitty" :o)
She's so cute!

I'm looking forward to football season to start tonight!!!!!
We want to get Kierstin a little farve jersey. I know crazy because we are viking fans and all... but we think she might be a packer fan like her crazy grandma Kathy.

Take Care!