spring days

this past weeks weather has been so wonderful and warrrrmm! i was absolutely looovving it! baby girl was finally able to get out of those long sleeves and into some super cute outfits i thought she was going to have to pass up! she was a little perplexed by the grass- she wasn't quite sure if she liked it or not.. she did get a small rash in her elbow creases which went away with a bath. I'm thinking it was the sunscreen? 

I always joke with Ryan saying that he is my own personal blanket because he's always so warm! well.. our little girl is the same way! always so warm so she was perfect in her little romper and free toes! we went outside in the sun to hang for a little bit. with her sun hat, water sippy cup and toys in hand we enjoyed our first backyard playtime of the year! 

we also started to take family strolls that turned into family runs (while baby girl snoozes) at night and it has been so sweet spending that time with our little family.

hope everyone enjoys this beautiful weather!

xo

zulily cutie contest

sooooo I have entered our pumpkin in zulily's cutie contest! zulily is like ruelala (ruelala is a website where you can buy designer and/or just really cute clothes, home goods, vacations, etc for cheap cheap!) purely for kids and mammas! You can vote once a day, so please help us out to win a gift card for baby girl!  Vote here! 

kinda fun, right?! She really wants to win so she can get some sweet gear! thanks for the help! 

 xo

february wrap up

one of these days I'm actually going to have some sort of scheduled me time. i continue to apologize for all of the super delayed blog updates, but someday something will give and I'll actually remember to post something before a whole month goes by! anywhoo baby girl is officially 7 months old! (so old) she now sits on her own. but has actually decided that she doesn't want to roll over anymore, so I'm kinda bummed that we gained one and lost the other. she shows no interest in ever learning how to crawl. she absolutely hates tummy time and I don't know what to do!

she loves to eat fruit... mostly pears, prunes and bananas! she actually doesn't mind carrots anymore, so that's a plus!

she loves water- it's the most delicious thing she's ever drank! andd she we've starting give it to her in a sippy cup, which she doesn't really get. she mostly pulls down on the handles instead of tilting it up so the water comes down. someday!

Nini Nang came to visit... or rather she was passing through to Costa Rica when her flight got cancelled and she had to stay in cold Illinois. poor thing. But at least she got to hang with her favorite sister and niece! one of the days we went to the little park behind our house and decided to introduce baby girl to the swing and slide! she was all bundled up in her little snow suit- even though it was like 50.... needless to say she loved them both. Ry and I took her again to the park yesterday and she was less enthused thanks to the wind and lower temperature. 

hang on nini!

weeeeee!

so much fun!

ahhhhh!

hopefully we'll be able to get the rolling over back on track and get her somewhat interested in crawling before it gets to be a problem. unless, of course, she would rather go straight to walking. i wouldn't be opposed! [except I may secretly want her to crawl and stay forever young.]

xo

valentines day

As usual, I'm a bit late on my post, but happy (belated) valentines day to everyone. hope everyone felt all the love in the air! I don't normally dress baby girl in pink.. probably because my favorite color is purple and I secretly want her to loove purple too. guess it's not much of a secret anymore. oops. BUT for valentines day/week I made much of an exception. finally being able to fit into many of her too cute for words outfits came at a wonderful time. 

it would be terribly rude of me not to share, so here is our valentines week in pictures!

yes, those are tights.

much love to laud for this lovely number

there's no way we were getting through vday w/o a tutu!!

I know I'm in trouble considering every time I pull the camera or iPhone out to take a picture I get an automatic pose or smile. so fun, so precious.  

xo

family photos

As I mentioned in a previous post... my family (parents, bro n sis) and our little family took some family pictures over our Christmas break in Denver! My aunt Jan did such a wonderful job and we are so so happy with the outcome :) 

here's a little peak:

(all photos belong to Jan Silva from d-n-jphotography)

thanks again auntie and can't wait to do some more when we're back this summer? sounds good to me ;)

xo

six months young

little girl finally got over her ear infections-- thank God they were only "mild"-- so we were definitely on for our Denver trip. traveling without Ryan, or anyone else for that matter, caused me very much anxiety. anxiety that, in the end, was definitely not needed. I ended up sitting next to a very nice woman named Diane, whose daughters live in Denver. Diane shared with me that she had her kids when it didn't matter where you nursed. She said she was very much a rebel in the sense that she didn't care who saw what and if they didn't want to see anything they could help themselves and turn away. I wonder how women like that do it.  Public nursing is sooo not my strong point... And I doubt I will ever actually feel comfortable doing it outside of my home. I envy those women who don't care. I know I care too much. I wish I didn't, but I don't ever see myself being less anxious. Calm and collected will never be an adjective used to describe me. 

 We're glad we made it to Denver and back home safely. The houses we looked at with my parents were wonderful and it's good to know that they'll have a place to call home come March! 

I'm so glad were able to go visit family out of state like we have been these past few months. And thanks to Ry for being a trooper while we were gone for a week... I don't know how he managed without us ;) 

Francesca's six months. No words. It's all so surreal. Thinking back, or even looking back through all of her pictures... I know I say this a lot, but seriously- six months already?!

a few days young

six months young

Franc's six month appointment was yesterday and she is developing wonderfully! She now weighs a whopping 14.5lbs. No wonder my arms feel more toned... and why I almost break my back every time I lift her car seat from the car! Her head is definitely a Kerr head- big just like her daddy. And she is average in length! We need to get working on the whole sitting-on-her-own thing. THAT is this months goal!

cheers to staying young and relaxing.

xo

tim tebow

Just wanted to say that Ryan, Francesca and I will be having our second Broncos playoff party on Saturday. Franc willllll be wearing her broncos cheer-leading outfit and willllll be cheering tim and the boys on to another win! We are so excited and still don't understand how you can hate him or anything to do with him.. odd balls.

how cute is she...

xo