Watchin' the Game

Tonight Jason is watching the baseball playoff game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Kayla wanted to participate, so we set her up in the Boppy and she settled right in and relaxed watching the game. She did really well supporting her head, and sat there for a good 5-7 minutes. She's doing a lot better with sitting/laying in one position/place for longer periods of time. She doesn't like reclining as much...she always tries to pull herself up so she's sitting up straight. She's determined to sit up! It's fun to watch her develop. Today she also laughed for the first time. It was adorable, and I tried to get her to do it again so Daddy could hear it, but alas...she would not. Most likely she won't do it again for another week or two, though that won't stop us from trying!

Note: The photo quality is poor because I took it with my phone, not my camera.

The New Bakery

This morning I met Merrie Beth and Chloe at the newest bakery in town: The Walla Walla Bread Company. Our friend Melissa works there so we went to check it out. We both got mini carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. We also got loaves of bread to take home. Melissa kindly sliced them for us on her giant slicer machine. It's a great little bakery, and I encourage you to check it out. It's at the east end of Main street on the North side of the street.

Little Bunny Foo-Foo?

Today we had some friends over for dinner and so they could help us get the camper off the truck. Sadly I forgot to get a picture of the guys taking care of the heavy lifting, but I did get a picture of the adorable slippers Merrie Beth brought Kayla. So cute! Thanks, MB!

Sister Sister

This morning Rachel, Ruth and I took advantage of the three of us being together with someone available to watch the kids and we went to coffee together. It was a lot of fun, and we took some great pictures. For instance:

Ruth

Rachel

Becky

Just the Three of Us

The Dedication of Miss Kayla Sue

Today we had Kayla dedicated. For anyone reading this blog who isn't an Adventist, this is like our version of a baby christening or baptism. It is simply an event where the pastor of the church gives a short homily about raising a child in the way of Christ (or any variant of this topic he chooses), and a prayer is said. In our church, the pastor also takes the baby and walks up and down the church aisle to show everyone the new addition to their family. I had the good fortune of being able to be a part of the praise team that did music this week. Pictured above is Lara, Cheri, me, and Charley. Rachel was playing piano off to the right of this photo.

Here we are after the homily, having Pastor Ole pray for Kayla.

Pastor Ole showing Kayla to her church family.

Lara played the special music while Pastor Ole walked Kayla up and down the aisle. It was fabulous!

The Little St. Clair Family

A Day With Kayla

I took Kayla and ran some errands this morning. It was cold and windy so I put a hat on her. She is SO cute in a hat! While we were out she fell asleep, and though she woke up for part of our grocery shopping, she fell asleep again before we got back out to the car. She slept for about 3 hours total, including about an hour in her car seat after we got home.

Kayla was really enjoying playing with Grandpa this afternoon. She got comfy and he tickled and played with her feet and she just grinned away.

Tonight during dinner Kayla had a little...leakage. So I had to go change her outfit. Since we were going to be giving her a bath after we finished eating, I put an easy onesie on her. The only problem was that her feet were cold. So I grabbed something that would keep them warm: Some duck-feet-shaped slippers from her Great Grandma Anne. And then, of course, I HAD to put the matching hat on. Then I couldn't stop laughing. All of us had a good laugh at the dinner table when I brought her out.

This one makes it look as if she has a duck head. It makes me laugh. Hope you enjoy it!

Dog House & Storm Clouds

My dad came up yesterday. We're having Kayla dedicated on Sabbath and our families are coming into town for the occasion. Dad came early to do a project he wanted to do last time they were here but didn't get to, and Mom will be here tomorrow afternoon. Rachel and Ronnie and Morgan will arrive sometime Friday night. Jason's parents are coming up Sabbath morning just for the day. The project Dad did today was a dog house for Raina. It ended up being bigger than it probably needed to be, but Raina will have plenty of room to stay out of the rain and cold weather.

This is what the sky looked like this evening as the sun began to set. We had a cloudy day and the sky cleared and then more clouds moved in. They were beautiful and Jason came in and told me I needed to go take a picture. Good thing he did! It was a fantastic sky! I love this time of year.