A Day in the Life of Me

Things have changed quite a bit around the King house since our little bundle of joy joined us last summer. For one thing, we used to do whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted. Obviously that's a problem because we are no longer the bosses around here. Miss Holly's the boss and she lets us know it.

Andrew gets up and leaves for work at the awful hour of 6:30 a.m. If I am extremely lucky, Holly wakes up around 6:00 to nurse and then goes straight back to sleep. Most of the time, I'm not extremely lucky and she is ready to start the day. If this is the case, I bring her out into the living room and we play for awhile (or rather, she plays while I eat breakfast and get my GMA fix).

Then, if I am lucky, she goes down for a nap within a couple of hours. I use this time to clean the house if I'm feeling ambitious, shower and make myself look like a human if I'm feeling desperate, or blog/read/surf the Internet if I'm feeling lazy. Then when Holly wakes up, she eats breakfast.


This kid likes to eat. The other day I gave her quite a bit of baby cereal and then cut up some banana for her to eat with her fingers. She ate half of a banana! It amazes me how much she can pack down sometimes. Other times, she spits her food out and gags and won't eat anything.

After breakfast, I set Holly loose to play while I clean or...something. Can I be honest? I'm really not sure what I do during the day sometimes. Often a whole day passes and I think, What on earth did I do today? That happens less and less, though.


Holly's new trick is to pull up on everything and try to cruise to get to naughty things she shouldn't have. Her slacker parents are too lazy to baby-proof entirely, so they put up some gates and called it good.

Holly plays and checks in with me once in awhile, just to make sure I'm paying adequate attention to her. She takes an afternoon nap whenever she gets around to it, usually between 12:00 and 2:00 p.m. Then Daddy comes home around 3:00 p.m. (give or take two hours--literally) and they play for awhile.

When I get dinner ready, things usually look a lot like this in our house:


My two babies, conked out wherever they are. Couch, floor--it doesn't matter. But I get some nice quiet time and that's all that matters.

When we eat dinner, I have Andrew feed Holly because in the time it takes me to eat dinner, he feeds the both of them. Holly is not a fan of Daddy feeding her because he thinks it's funny when she makes faces about food, so he gives her more to see what she'll do.


This is the form it usually takes. (She looks rough in this picture because she's sick...again. Poor kid.)

Then after dinner, bath and bedtime! Luckily, this little girl usually goes to bed between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m., so her parents have time to breathe and have some baby-free time before they go to bed. Whew! Just thinking about this tires me out. I think it's time for a nap.

Wedding Bells

I realize that I am pretty far behind in the posts, and it all comes down to...this. My little sister got married last month! Very exciting, but very busy. Life has finally settled down and is back to normal, so I can do "normal" things like catching up on blog posts.

My sister Emily and her fiance Josh were married in the San Antonio temple last month. Unfortunately, they were married on the coldest day of winter down here in south Texas! I don't have any pictures from that day because I was too busy trying to keep myself and poor Holly warm. The next weekend, they had a reception in Minnesota which Holly and I (along with my mom) went to.


This pretty much describes the first two days of our trip. Poor Holly and I did not get too much sleep because she had a cold and a really bad cough, so it was tiring just to function.

But by the time the reception rolled around, we were both feeling better! We had a fun time.


Don't we look like we're having a great time?


Isn't Emily's dress beautiful? I secretly hate her because she always looks so much better than I do.



Holly and her new best friend--Josh's brother, Kyle.

Although it was cold (highs around 30), it could have been so much worse. For that I was extremely grateful. We had a good time!

The Microwave Blues

Have I mentioned lately that I hate my microwave?

Well, I hate it. It just so happens that our particular microwave is as finicky as they come. It's not uncommon to put a slice of pizza, plate of nachos, or bowl of frozen broccoli in our microwave, turn it on, and come back a few minutes later to a cold plate of food. Grrr.

Just now, I put a potato in the microwave for lunch. When I started the microwave, it ran for a few seconds, then stopped and gave me a message: "F7." What does that mean?! Why does this keep happening to me? After several minutes of furiously slamming the microwave door shut and pushing lots and lots of buttons, I decided to go for something else to eat.

Hmm, what looks good? Oh, look! Yummy leftover ham and potato casserole. Let me just go and pop this in the microwave...oh.

I hate my microwave.

Holly's Newest Trick

This is how I found Holly when I went to get her up from her morning nap. She is way too young to be standing up in her crib!!!

Merry Christmas!

We certainly had a fun Christmas together. Two days before Christmas, Holly started crawling. She was pretty slow and clumsy at first, but she's quickly gathering speed and tearing apart everything she can find.

We spent Christmas Eve with Andrew's family and had a wonderful time. We didn't get back home until really late, so we were all tired on Christmas morning. We had our own little present-opening session at our house first.



Holly had a couple of presents to open at our house. She loved the wrapping paper and the presents on Christmas Eve (when she didn't have any to open), but she wasn't interested at all in touching it on Christmas morning. Finally I gave in and unwrapped her presents for her.

Then it was off to my parents' house to spend the day with them, my sister, and her fiance Josh.


Josh and Emily in their jammies opening presents.


My dad handing out everyone's stockings.


Andrew with his Male Nurse Action Figure.


Gathered around the table waiting for our yummy pancakes!

We had such a wonderful Christmas together.

Catching Up

Holly has reached so many milestones since my last post! She started solid foods around the beginning of November, when she was five months old. She loved her little high chair right away but did not love food right away.

However, she has since come around and enjoys pretty much anything we give her, as long as the texture is right. She also started sitting up on her own around this time. Woo-hoo! That was pretty exciting. It's so nice to have a baby who can sit up on her own! This also meant that I could finally stop lugging her around everywhere in her carseat. She loves sitting in the shopping cart. I think it makes her feel grown-up.

Dear Blog,

I am sorry that I have neglected you over the past two months. You see, we have a baby who is very cute but very high-maintenance. The holiday season always gets busy, and my sister is getting married in two weeks!

I know you have felt lonely and I promise never to go this long without a post again. But before I do a marathon catch-up, I need a nap!

Love,
Katie