Friday, August 24, 2012

Fair and such

Once again, these pictures are in no particular order, I just don't have the patience to put them where they should go!
 
Last weekend was the Fallon County Fair. Our fairboard puts on a great fair with lots of fun and entertainment for everyone. It was also my 10 year reunion, shocking, I know, I thought I was still 24!
We had a decent turnout for our reunion, 19 of 42 classmates showed up, sad thing is, 22 of those classmates live in Baker! It was great catching up with some I had not seen in years. The girls stayed the night with grandma and poppy, then they all came to the parade together.  
Locklyn eating grandma's necklace. Grandma Linda had her 40 year reunion this year too!

Kynlie LOVED the rides and is still saying "I wanna go ride!"
There were 4 or 5 rides Kynlie could go on and she absolutely LOVED them! I told Neil I didn't think she'd really care if she got to go on rides or not but I guess I was wrong.
She laughed the whole way around!


Kynlie and Shelby watching the derby. Kynlie had B-34 and a car painted on her face
but it didn't last too long before it was smears!

Neil in the black car making a hit. He won the derby so now we are going to Wibaux's this weekend

Kynlie and daddy after the derby

Riding the spaceships
The girls and Sterling were in the pet parade again this year. Kynlie was a NY Giant's cheerleader, Locklyn was a player and so was Sterling. They got the Owner Look Alike award and Best Trick

Sterling showing off his trick
It was a very fun, VERY exhausting weekend, I think we are still trying to get caught up on naps and sleep! Sunday, Neil will be in the derby at Wibaux fair, so if we haven't had enough fair, I think we will after this weekend!

Monday, August 13, 2012

Spectacles

A couple of weeks ago, we all had eye appointments. Neil for his PRK surgery, his eyes look great, Kynlie for her surgery follow up, her eyes look great, the right eye still turns out a little when she's tired but doc is not concerned her vision is getting worse though so we are not too happy about that. We did get her some hew glasses without the nose piece hoping she would wear them a little more. So far, she likes them! I had a routine eye exam and in North Dakota they do a "Baby See" appointment where they do a free eye exam on babies 6-12 months old so we got Locklyn in. She is a little near sighted but nothing worth being concerned about and she doesn't need to be seen again until she is 3.
Kynlie and her new glasses

Kynlie and mommy with our new spectacles!
 Potty training is going pretty well, if we remind Kynlie to go every hour she'll stay dry all day, still working on getting her to tell us she needs to go. We are going to try a reward chart and see if it will motivate her a little to tell us she has to go.

Kynlie's speech is doing amazing. She is saying 10-15 new words a day, speaking in pretty clear full sentences and getting more accurate with her words she is saying. She makes me so proud of how well she is doing.

She has also turned into a nudist. I told her she can't run around naked all the time and she just asked "Why?" I said they have colonies for that and she just gave me a blank look, but she'll get it some day! Every day last week, when I went up to check on her at nap time, she was in her bed, sleeping naked. I decided letting her sleep was more important than any mess she may make without her pullup on, but she has stayed dry so far!
Kynlie's great sense of fashion
 Locklyn is SOooo close to crawling, she'll take off any day. She is a busy little girl and doesn't stay put in one place for too long. She's sleeping through the night, eating 3 baby food meals a day and babbles constantly. She's got 2 teeth on the top and 2 on the bottom with two more coming in on top. She is still the sweetest baby ever.
Neil and Kynlie made cookies the other night, she picked out his apron!
 The end of July we took in the Relay for Life event in Baker. Neil's mom is one of the chairpersons for the relay and they put in a lot of hours preparing for the awesome event. We are so proud of Linda for all her dedication and hard work for the relay. Her hard work shows with Fallon County raising around $109,000 for American Cancer Society.

Grandma and her future relayers