Many Words

Kyla's Vocabulary (the way she says it and what it translates to):

40+ words at age 1!

Dada--Dad
Dida--Mom
Ba--Ball
Jeess--Jesus
Bempa--Temple
meh--Amen
babu--drink
nana--banana or some food
dots--socks
shoe--shoes
biper--diaper
dates--thanks
dawdees--strawberries
paday--patty cake
ehh--bleh or yuck
brr--brr or snow
baa--baa (the lamb sound)
mmmm--for cow sound and for yummie food
ba--bath
ma(with short a sound)--meow
didi--I did it!
mm?--asking a question like "Can you read this to me?"
Bbb--Barney
nigh nigh--night night
buh--book
dis--this
bada--birthday cake
bapoe--apple
eh eh--bark bark, quack quack, or anytime she sees an animal
baby--baby
ooom--car
deedza--pizza
bubba--bubbles
Sss--Sissy(we call Hyrum's younger sister Sissy)
ches??--chair
tssss--cheese
pree--pretty
tee--teeth or toothbrush
bear--(with out the r sound) bear
sh--fish, but mostly she just tries to make the fish face
danta--Santa
bebuh--bellybutton
teh--toy
all done--she doesn't say all done but just puts her hands facing up and to the side. I guess that counts for a sign language word doesn't it?

Barney

My fabulous daughter Kyla loves Barney. She is literally glued to the TV whenever we put it on for her. Now I know what you're all thinking...She watches TV at age ONE?! I know there's a lot of controversy about this seeing that many experts say that you shouldn't let your kids watch TV until they're 2; however, Kyla has always loved the TV and we limit her cartoon or Barney show watching anyway. We usually only let her watch Barney if a) she wakes up extremely early, won't go to sleep and both parents are overly exausted, b) when we get ready for the day, or c) when she is extremely fussy because of the weaning process or other occasions. And we don't let her watch it everyday if we can help it. Bad parent or not...it works for us, for her and she learns from the show which is better than just being a zombie. She has learned how to dance and do some of the motions among other things.
Yesterday while at the Idaho Falls Target, I found Barney slippers on sale for only $2.00! I just couldn't resist and Kyla absolutely LOVES them.
Here are a few pictures we took.

Kyla in her lovely Princess Chair watching Barney

The Barney Slippers!



Here are a few more:

This is what happens if I leave her alone for 2 min...she reads the Ensign! She always points out Jesus and the Temple and says them whenever she sees it.

Kyla recently has folded her arms before prayer. She always is so good and quiet during the prayer and says "amen" at the end.

This is how she slept during one of her naps recently. All hands and legs through the bars!

In Loving Memory of Our Beloved Prophet, President Gordon B Hinckley

As you know, Pres Gordon B Hinckley passed away yesterday evening around 7 pm MST. It was said he was surrounded by family. I am so sad that he is gone from this life but am so happy that he is with his wife now and forever. Pres Hinckley inspires me, as I'm sure most of the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He was a great example to all of how each of us need to live our lives. He dedicated his life to the church with lots of hard work, faith and love. He was an extraordinary teacher and the love and warmth that you saw through his eyes gave you assurance that he truly was a Prophet of God. Pres. Hinckley has been a prophet since I was 10, so his inspiration and words have guided me through many times in my life. Thank you Pres. Hinckley for your service, example and love to all of us. We will miss you greatly and I hope that I will get to meet and talk with you in the Celestial Kingdom someday. I love that man and will love him forever.

In the last 24 hours....

What do frozen pipes, being rear ended, and google reader have in common? Absolutely nothing!!! Except that the frozen pipes and being rear ended both have happened in the last 24 hours. Here's the story:

We usually give Kyla a bath right before her bedtime as part of her routine. So the shower was working great last night when we did give her one. However, we woke up this morning and the shower wouldn't even turn on. The water was working everywhere else in the apartment except for the shower. If we turned it on the highest and hottest, only little drops of water would come out the spout. We figured the pipes were frozen since it was -15 last night. Because we didn't have the managers emergency number, we had to drive over to her office and get the number. Our car would barely start! SO anyway, we don't have a shower today and we're really hoping we'll have one by tomorrow, otherwise I suggest not coming over or inviting us anywhere because we'll be the family that stinks up anywhere you'll be!! :)

Second story:
We were invited to our friends' house for a family home evening. We were in charge of bringing treats so we went to the store to get something before we headed over their. We stopped at a 4 way stop and then totally unexpectedly, got rear ended! The impact of the hit was pretty strong so I was sure there was damage that had been done. Kyla started crying only because I think it scared her. Hyrum got out of the car and made sure everything was alright with the car and with the person who hit us. The great thing about it was that NOTHING got damaged at all. There isn't even a single mark on our car! The other person's car had a little dent on his license plate but that was all. It was such a blessing! Hyrum and I have never gotten in an accident before so were really jumpy and paranoid the rest of the night. I can't even imagine getting into a worse accident. Being rear ended was scary enough for me!

Third story: Google Reader
As I'm sure all of you know Hyrum is a computer genius, freak, geek, whatever you want to call him. He found this really neat thing called Google reader. This thing is perfect if you have a lot of websites you go to everyday that get updated a lot. Blogs for example. I have a lot of friends who have blogs and sometimes it takes a REALLY long time to click/go to everyone's website just to see if they added or updated anything. All you do is create an account (if you don't have a google or gmail one already) and put in the web address of the site(s) you want. Then Google reader only shows you the sites that have been recently updated. This way you only have to go to one website that checks for updates, instead of 10 or more. It saves a lot of time and really great! Here's the link if you want to check it out. I highly recommend it. www.google.com/reader
Enjoy!

One more thing--American Idol officially started last Tues and Wed!! It's on FOX this week on Tues and Wed at 7 pm if you're interested. It's just the auditions though so it's not as exciting but some of the people auditioning are pretty funny...and weird.

Anyone Else Out There Who Hates Idaho Winters?

I really don't like Idaho winters...let me tell you why.

Today's been pretty crazy. Kyla woke up WAY too early to start out with and wouldn't go back to sleep so that was the first problem. Because the little one woke up early, she was cranky all morning. We had an appointment for her year checkup at the doctor this morning along with shots so we had to make sure we had enough time to eat, get ready, and all the other morning stuff that needed to get done. Since she was so fussy we just put her down for a little nap and then woke her up when it was time to go to the doc. While we were walking out to the car, I was being extremely careful like usual because our apartment complexes parking lot is covered with ice. It was snowing this morning too so snow was on top of the ice. Anyway, as I opened the car door to put Kyla in I slipped on the ice and fell really hard on my right knee and elbow (still holding Kyla)! Kyla luckily didn't get hurt at all but just had a pant leg filled with cold snow. I on the other hand was shocked and surprised from the fall that my body was shaking, and I felt like I was going to pass out. Now don't get me wrong, I have slipped on the ice probably about 5 times before this time, but this was by far the worse. I put Kyla in her carseat, and got in the drivers seat and felt very faint. I called Hyrum (I'm so glad he was still home and not in class!) and trying not to cry through the pain told him I had slipped on the ice and need help. So he drove us to the doc for Kyla's appointment and I kept feeling worse. Hyrum and Kyla went in to the doctor and I stayed in the car and lied down so I wouldn't be dead when they came back. (Not that I would be, but it was more dramatic to write.)

After a little while I went into the appointment and was feeling better, although still in a lot of pain. It felt good to walk around on it though. We finally came home, I took some pain killers and put a hot pad on it. My knee and elbow are both pretty swollen so there will probably be some nasty bruises. I'm just glad I didn't brake anything or do anything worse than that. It's feeling a lot better already and I feel so blessed that I was the one that got hurt and not Kyla. I'm glad that I didn't drop her and I'm glad my "Motherly Instinct" or whatever it is, helped me protect her and keep her safe. So that's my story.

Just a quick note about her checkup. Everything is well! She hasn't really gained much more weight from her 9 month check up up until now. She's only 17.6 lbs so has only gained 6 oz since she was 9 months which was a worry with the doctor before but this time, with a new doctor, he didn't seemed all that worried about it knowing our background. He just said she'll take after our genes (I only weighed about 18 or 19 lbs at a year). He said that she's developing well and is about average or above average in everything else. She's 29in so her height isn't a problem either. Although she's in the 1%tile for her weight, her height is in the 25th %tile so she's very petite but very healthy and absolutely adorable of course! She did fine with shots too. The nurse gave her a sucker afterwards so that made everything all better! Now that this is a book, you've probably stopped reading, but that's alright. This is part of my journal and I tend to write in detail about everything so I don't forget--Thanks for reading!

Creating a New Schedule

Hyrum started school on Wednesday of last week and along with a new semester comes a new schedule. We have just started to put Kyla on a new schedule (mainly because we really want her to sleep ALL the way through the night and because we only have one car so she has to sleep after I take Hyrum to class). It has gone really well so far. We've been waking her up at 7 am and while she plays, Hyrum and I exercise, get ready and do a couple other things. I put her down for her first nap at 10 am (there was no crying today!) and then she wakes up at noon. I feed her lunch and then we play for a few hours. Her next nap is at 3:30, she sleeps for an hour, eats, plays and then bedtime at 8:00pm. So far it's been working out well so hopefully it'll keep going!

I've been starting to wean her now too and she's kind of weaning herself a little bit also which helps A LOT! We're down to 3 nursing periods a day and 1 at night which is a huge improvement from even a couple weeks ago. We've put her on a feeding schedule too which I think is helping with the weaning process. I only nurse her every 5 hours, or a titch longer if she can make it. It's great. Anyway, I really enjoy the new schedules we've set up for ourselves. Next step for Kyla is sleeping through the night!! (Well, we are really hoping anyway!) Wish us luck and any advice on weaning or sleeping through the night would be appreciated! Thanks :)

Kyla's 1st Birthday!

On January 1st, 2007 ONE year ago our sweet little Kyla Brielle was born into our family. To celebrate her first birthday this year we had 2 celebrations. Since we went to Washington to see my family for Christmas, we decided to celebrate once with them in December before we came home and once in Rexburg with Hyrum's family on her actual b-day. She was so fun to watch as she smashed cake in her hair and face. She loved every minute of everything. Her first party in Washington we did cake first, then presents. In Rexburg, Kyla played with balloons, then we did presents, then cake, and then she played in bubbles! We rented a bubble machine so she could play in them. She loves bubbles! Here is a slideshow of all the fun at both parties! Enjoy! (If you want to check out more pictures go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/denneyfamily/collections/).



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