Kendall goes BONK

We had a very intersting night last night. As usual Kendall went BONK! This time when he went bonk though, he hit his head pretty hard, so hard that we heard it. He seemed fine. I fed him his bed time bottle and he threw up, but not his bottle. Kasey thought he could have had a slight concussion as this is a sign of one. We called the pediatrician and they told us with his age, it would be best to get him checked out, so we loaded him up for his first visit to Childrens ER. Turns out he is fine. He was acting fine while we were in the waiting room and by the time the dr. saw us he was kicking and the dr. looked at him and said to us that he could tell us right now that he was fine the way he was kicking. NO bump on his head, no concussion, no more throwing up, but we felt at ease getting him checked out. We got home after 3 hrs in the ER at midnight. Kendall stayed awake the entire time. He has got to be exhausted. I know momma is! This was his first trip to the ER, and with him being a boy and Kasey being his daddy =) I'm sure it won't be his last. Bad thing about it is, I'm sure he picked up some illness in the ER and he will be sick in the next couple days with something.

Am I cute or what?!

My new way of smiling. A little twist in my mouth and showing off my teeth.












Always having a smile for everyone!

First Valentine's Day!

According to Na-Na Kendall enjoyed his first Valentine's Day. Da Da and "Bob" gave him this snoopy dog on the heart and he loves it! He also got a card from us. Na-Na and Poppie gave him a Colonial Williamsburg doll that is very skinny and bendable. They used to use them to learn the letters of the alphabet. He seems to really like it too. He likes to cuddle with things like that. They also gave him a V-Tech Book that does rhymes. It is a good first book and Kendall loves books. He did some new things while we were gone that I will post in another post.

Enjoying Dinner Time

My painted on beard of Blueberries and Apples!

Just enjoying dinner time in my highchair!

February 13, 2007

Well tomorrow February 13, 2007 Kendall will be 8 months old. He has grown so much in the past 8 months in so many ways. Each day it seems like he is stronger in some way or another. He is trying to talk more each day. So far he has only said dog one time and he tries to say fish when we point to our fish and cat if we point to the cat. I'm still "Bob" and Nana is Na-Na, so I have told myself that I'm going to teach him that and she is going to be Na-Na.

Speaking of Na-Na. Na-Na is going to get some extra time with Kendall this week. I am going on a business trip with Kasey to New Mexico. This will be my first time leaving Kendall for more than one night. That night I was in town though, so this will be a good test to see how momma holds up without Kendall. A special thanks to Na-Na and Poppie for watching him for two nights. Also Na-Na has decided to watch him again next year. Good thing since I could not get him into Mother's morning out. Hopefully this will save some more germs, although we are on our way to the dr. this afternoon because he is sick again. Hopefully it is just a cold and not RSV again.

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone. I'm going to miss Kendall's first, but Na-Na has written out instructions on his first V Day! Also it will be his first day of music class. He is starting a music class for 4-14 month olds. Should be interesting.

Well pray for momma on her journey away from Kendall.

Playing the piano with mommy

Last night Kendall and I sat down and played the piano for a little bit. He was very content and even played it a little himself. It sounded wonderful! I think he will be the next "Jim Brickman"!

If Daddy gets a jeep, then I can have a jeep!

Ever since Kasey got his jeep back in the fall, he has wanted to get Kendall into it. I won't let him ride in the jeep though, so Kasey went and bought Kendall is very own jeep. He seems to really love it! Here is a picture of Daddy's jeep and Kendall in his new jeep.

My first real Word

This morning as every morning I dropped Kendall off at my mom's for the day while I go to work. We always sit on the couch when we get there and take his coat off. Koozie almost always jumps up on the couch to greet Kendall. Well we have been doing a little bit of sign language with Kendall. We have been working on "dog", so whenever Koozie or Sophie is around, we do the sign for Dog and say dog. Well this morning when Koozie jumped up on the couch to greet Kendall, he looked at her and with the clearest voice for an almost 8 month old, he said "Dog". Mom, Dad, and I all heard it.

So aside from Da Da, and "Bob"(that would be me) Kendall's first word is "dog"

So exciting! He may not sign it, but he learned to say it.

Finally "Ma"!

Well after weeks of being called Ba Ba or Bob or mostly Da Da I got called Ma today! Now granted Kendall always says Ma Ma when he is mad which is not that often, but Da Da is number 1 in his book for sure. Today though when I went to wake him up to go to mom's he looked at me and said MA. I know it was probably a one time thing and I will be Da Da again when I pick him up, but it made me feel special.

Sleep, Sleep, and more sleep

August 10, 2006 is the first night that Kendall slept in his crib. Before then he was in his bassinet. He has always been a good sleeper. When he was born, I had to set my alarm to wake him up to feed him. I went back to work on September 11, 2006. That Thursday September 14, 2006 Kendall slept through the night for the first time and has ever since. We always put him to bed by 8:30, but most nights it is 8:00. He has always slept until around 7:00 except days I have to work and have to wake him up. Well the past few days, he has been sleeping until 8:45 and going to bed at about 7:50! 13 Hours!!! Momma and daddy sure enjoyed sleeping in this morning.

The picture is from his first night in his crib.

Youngest Racin Fan

Here we have our youngest racin fan-at least in the Brown Klan. Kendall is sportin his very first racin shirt. This shirt is courtesy of the American Legion driver #76 Jerick Johnson.

Kendall's First Snow-February 1, 2007

Yesterday Kendall got his first site of snow. It is hard to believe he is already 7 1/2 months old! It has been so long since snow has actually stuck here in AL, so I had to make sure I got his picture right away I never know when and if it might snow again in his first year of life. I'm going to put it in his baby book for sure. A big Thanks to his Aunt Shannon and Uncle Geoff for this suit he is wearing!