7 Month Sweetheart

 I wish for EVERY Mom in the world to have a baby as sweet as this little girl. She is just a true angel sent from above. I honestly say ALL the time my Mom is her guardian angel and smiling through her multiple times a day. Kylynn Sue Bishop is a VERY VERY happy baby girl. 

Moments I don't want to forget....

* When I go to get her from her crib in the morning or from her nap, she is SO excited to see me. She smiles and kicks her legs and is just thrilled!

* She is about as thrilled to see her brother walk in the room and climb up on her changing table to say good morning. She ADORES him!

* Kylynn does NOT like for me to put her down all afternoon. I think she likes to be eye level and checking things out. She doesn't want to miss a thing!

* She is starting to scoot and army crawl everywhere. It won't be long before she will be crawling and getting into EVERYTHING. Not sure how Case will take this!

* Her chubby little legs are the most precious thing ever. She has some dimples that, well, she comes by naturally!

* Her feet are just PRECIOUS. They are so dainty and are skinny like mine. 

* She has some beautiful skin. We are going to all be jealous of her pretty skin this winter!

* She loves her Daddy...she giggles at him and tries to grab his face all the time. She thinks he's pretty funny.

* I don't know if it is because she is our last baby or what but I just can't believe how fast it is going and I am not the sappy type, but I catch myself just HUGGING her because she is so lovable and I don't want her to grow up so fast...

LOVE LOVE LOVE this baby girl...Kylynn Sue Bishop, we adore you.

Images I don't want to forget...

I took these pictures this morning when I got up...I know they are a little blurry but I don't want to ever forget the way these two precious angels sleep with their little tushes in the air. ADORABLE...

 Sweet baby girl...

Sweet "baby" boy... Yes, I know he is 2 1/2 and STILL in his crib :) Clearly, he loves it!

One Year Ago Today...

No one should ever have to go through what we all went through one year ago. Watching our precious Mom be taken from us was the hardest thing I have ever had to do. We all know she is in a better place and can only hope that this past year she has had the best time of her life. Little does this guy know how much he lightened the mood around my parents house...

Perfect timing to snuggle with Grandpa Vern on such a trying day...

Or just spend time with Auntie Kirby...

It's hard to believe it has been a year already. The time really does go so quickly. I would not take back the 20-something days I spent in Iowa before and after Mom's passing. She really was a beautiful soul and I find myself wanting to be SO MUCH LIKE HER every day! Everyone deserves a Mother like we had...

WE LOVE AND MISS YOU CINDY SUE NEILL.

Sibling Love

I know this isn't going to last long, the window of time when the kids actually LOVE LOVE each other. This isn't of Kylynn giggling (I will try to get one soon) but for some reason, CASE is the only one that can get her to giggle much. It is adorable. She is going to be a TOUGH girl :)

Case's Friends

Case has MANY MANY friends. We enjoy getting together for playdates with all of them. Just a few pics to capture his fun moments with all of these sweeties...

 Case & Emery at Babe's, YUMMY :)

 Sweet Aden and Adelynn at their lake house!

 Enjoying a Popsicle with Kyleigh!

 Painting with Emery!

 They are just adorable!

 Emery may enjoy hanging out with "baby Kylynn" a bit more than Case...

 Poor Aden, Case outweighs him by a bit and Case was jumping away. Luckily Aden was enjoying every minute!

 Sweet Kyleigh's 3rd Birthday Party!

 4th Of July with our sweet friends

 Buddies!

 Making Pizza with Lindley!

Sweet Ebby Lee & Nixon hanging out...

I obviously am very thankful that Case has so many great friends. Although...I can only hope that these two are the best of friends for life :)

 

Visit to Iowa!

We officially made it to Iowa AND back in the car, with two kids, and I am still sane :) We left last Wednesday afternoon at nap time to drive back to Iowa. The kids started out with a 30 minute nap each, nice, considering I thought they would sleep a LONG time for naps. But, all in all, they did amazing with only a few meltdowns. Case kept wanting to go to the airport (mind you, he has only flown to Iowa) and then thought he could be the pilot and fly the airplane himself. That kid is funny...

The kids slept amazing the entire trip and we had a fabulous time visiting family. We went to the pool, on walks, jogs, and just hung out. Most of you already know, but my Dad is now sick. He has been having some stomach pains since around Christmas time and finally went to the doctor about 3 weeks ago. They are still running some tests, but he has cancer in his colon, liver and kidneys. They are still not sure where it has originated from, so we are hoping that they figure it out soon and get a treatment plan in place asap! It has been a lot to take in and just hoping and praying for him. He continues to walk/swim/bike in the mornings and keeps himself busy. It was great we could go up and spend a few days with him and the kids could bring some smiles all around.

Just a few pics from our trip...each time we take less and less pictures. Need to be better :)

 When we told him he had to nap in the car :) (pretending obviously)

 Just hanging out on the dock!

 Best we could do :)

 Wrigley says, we are almost HOME, get me out of this car!

 Precious...

 Sweet kisses after her FIRST haircut :)