My blue eyed girl.

ALRIGHT!!  First -- please take notice and check out my new Facebook Page!! ---->

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I believe you can click the link, even if you are not a Facebook member.

I am working and brainstorming away to find a way to make some extra cash these days.  Please feel free to look around and contact me at kayla_conn@yahoo.com with ANY questions, custom orders, suggestions, ideas, etc! =)  Thank you! Thank you!  (Don't forget, there are birthday's year round people, do you have your birthday cards on hand?) ;-)

Now.  For the more interesting part.  This little goober is getting soo good at sitting up!  She can pretty much sit up all on her own, but if she jerks then she usually topples over - which makes for a mad Kayden, so we're working on that.  ;-)

 The dogs are always close by!  They lof her.

Kayden loooves the mirror!  I was trying to get a good one of both of us (I can only make her smile for the camera in the mirror, other wise she's too distracted by the camera), but I ended up looking like a freak.  She's cute tho =).

Her new favorite thing to do is lay with her tiny bum against the bottom of the book case, and slide her feet across the old VHS's.  There is a little extra room, so they make a loud obnoxious noise.  She thinks this is superb.  Other favorite things:  1.  Grab.  Anything.  Your mouth.  Your nose.  Your eye ball.  Your eye ball lid with her razor sharp nails and grip of a cobra.  Mommy's hair, which is getting thinner and thinner by the day because of this.  Anything really.  She, in a whole, is a danger zone.

She can stand!!  (For about .3 seconds but hey!)  She was doing it all by herself for about .3 seconds, but I wasn't quick enough with the camera.

Haha!  Heyyyy girrrrlfriend.  You look super cool!  This is on the way to the park last week.  Her cool shades lasted about 15 seconds and she was breaking them/stabbing herself in the eye trying to eat them. Bummer!  We'll try again soon.

But she still loves the swing!!

Ohh its so fun! =D

Grandpa and Grandma Kitts got her a little bears jersey.  (Daddy is not happy about this -- he is a Bills fan.  100%)  Anyway, she wore it on Sunday, and Josh had the same exact jersey on, so I, of course, had to get some pictures.  And yes I realize her bow doesn't really match, but she needed it, to look like a cute little girl.  haha.

She is soooo white!! HAha!! 1/2 of the people are paying attention:

1/2 of the people are paying attention again ;-):

She's so close to crawling!! =)

She matches the room ;-)

Kayden and Daddy watching the game.

Daddy had to go out of town for work for a couple days this week =(.  So Aunt Chris came to hang out =).  We've always liked to color and chit-chat.  So that is what we did.  =)  (Kayden hung out and gib-gabbed.  ;-) )

Haha this one just cracks me up.  It's getting so hard to take pictures of her!  She is constantly trying to grab the camera!  And those eyes... ohh girl I love those eyes.

I like how you can see her mouth through the toy here.

Hey little cutie.

All three, rolling on the floor.  =)

Still loves her bouncer!

Grabbing for the camera again.  Little stinker! =)

Heyyy!  Why you keep doing that and not let me touch it!

This is really a happy face-- haha she cracks me up how she uses her WHOLE face to smile! =D

We weighed her last nite finally.  18 POUNDS!  My little chunka munka!  And about 27 inches long!!  She's growing so fast!

Hmmm..what have we been up to?  She's been rolling like a crazy thang.  And is soo close to crawling.  She can almost hold her bottle all by herself - but can't figure out how to tip her head back.  This weekend we just pretty much hung out - a much needed kind of hang out family weekend.  I love those.  This week has been kinda busy and weird.  Dominic was gone for a couple days and one night, so it's made me confused on what day it is all week.  I've been job searching, working on some more mail art, and trying to get some crafts up for sale.  (Again-please check it out, and custom order anything your mind can imagine.  I will be keeping it updated with new crafts, and new options.)  Other than that, just a busy same ol type of week.  TGIF though!! =D  Wahoo.  Maybe it will be nice enough out for us to have a picnic or something.  I've been trying to get us to go to the park more, and even just a walk...we're getting there.  Haha.  Gotta get in bathing suit mode...after pregnancy...I'm not sure if that will EVER be possible again.  =/  We'll see.  Either way, I'll figure out a way to dig in the mud with Kayden at the lake this summer, if it's the last thing I do.  ;-)

Facebook on a blog.

I think it's fun to look back and see what we've written over the past half of a year(ish).  Holy Moly--I can't believe Kayden is already almost half a year old!  That is insane.  Anyway-this is more just for me, to have all these in one place.  I love it when Dominic makes "his facebook" with a status about us.  =)  Makes me feel special.  And I just want to save these.  I think I may do this occasionally, because I feel like I update my facebook quickly with a sentence, more often than I have time to do a blog.  A real blog is soon to come.. hopefully today!  =)

Dominic Kitts

Wow I have the most amazing girlfriend no wonder we are having a baby...

July 19, 2010 at 10:58pm via Android ·

These start when we were in the hospital.  It makes me laugh that even Facebook makes it clear:  I was preoccupied and Dominic was clearly anxious and needed something to keep him busy, thus his 87 posts during labor, delivery, and recovery.  ;-)

Kayla Justine

Waiiiiiiting....not so patiently

August 3, 2010 at 9:21pm via Android

Dominic Kitts

So awesome tomorrow there will be a new member of the kitts family

August 3, 2010 at 10:10pm via Android

Dominic Kitts

This is going to be one amazing night I already know it

August 3, 2010 at 11:24pm via Android

Dominic Kitts

Just so everyone knows no baby till later in the day like after noon in the day

August 4, 2010 at 7:53am via Android

Dominic Kitts

No more then 24 hours

August 4, 2010 at 11:58am via Android

Dominic Kitts

‎31 hours and counting... I have the most amazing beautiful girlfriend and mom to be in the world. Now if my beautiful girl could just hurry

August 5, 2010 at 2:54am via Android

Dominic Kitts

One epidural is hard enough for my lady two is just not fair this is the hardest thing ever why can't I take some of her pain away.

August 5, 2010 at 4:14am via Android

Dominic Kitts

Just an update c-section around noon will update soon about visitors. Kayla has been through so much right and may not be up to it till tomorrow

August 5, 2010 at 10:22am via Android

Dominic Kitts

okay just to let everyone know kayla is doing awesome, Kayden is the most amazing little girl in the world, and me well i'm a sissy and so tired. little Kayden is 7lbs 10 oz 20 1/2" she has fed once and is all washed up and looking cute

August 5, 2010 at 8:33pm

Kayla Justine

thank you everybody for the support and congrats! After over 40 long hours of labor, and ending up with a c-section, baby Kayden Elizabeth Kitts is now here, safe, sound, healthy, and adorable--and is in the nursery with daddy getting her routine check up while mommy catches up on facebook =)

August 5, 2010 at 10:59pm

Dominic Kitts

Well she wont let me sleep

August 6, 2010 at 5:18am via Android

Dominic Kitts

watching mamma feed is the most amazing thing i am so proud to be raising Kayden with such an amazing lady. i am so blessed.

August 6, 2010 at 8:19pm

Dominic Kitts

Getting ready to come home with a family

August 7, 2010 at 4:37pm via Android

Kayla Justine

Kayden Elizabeth Kitts --born August 5th @ 12:13 pm -- 7 lb, 10 oz -- 20 1/2 inches long, with 14 inch head! <--must be why she put me through 40 hours of labor, and then got stuck, so i had to have a c-section! =p

August 9, 2010 at 1:57am via Android

Kayla Justine

can't believe her baby is already a week old! i'm so in love with her, and with Dominic Kitts, and the luckiest girl ever!

August 12, 2010 at 10:54pm

Kayla Justine

while all my friends are up at 2am coming home from the bar, i'm up at 2am feeding, changing diapers, and washing poop out of footie jammies. oh my god.

August 17, 2010 at 9:31am

Kayla Justine

cant wait for her amazing man Dominic Kitts to be home..looong day.. ready for some family time =)

August 25, 2010 at 8:23pm

Kayla Justine

I l♥ve my better half, best friend, love of my life; Dominic. My precious, my sweet, my own; kayden. And my goofies, my silliest, my pups; dozer&riley

August 28, 2010 at 3:00am via Android

Kayla Justine

happy birthday my little sweet baby cheeks! can't believe you're already a month old! yikes.

September 5, 2010 at 7:52pm

He is totally the best! =)

Kayla Justine

‎"get out of here, let me cook you breakfast!! ...well lunch =D" omg i have the sweetest man everrr =) love spending lazy sundays with him!

September 19, 2010 at 12:30pm

Kayla Justine

eyy yi yiiii!!! loooong weekend. so glad to be home with my amazing man, and darling daughter, and pups, snuggled up watching our shows =)

October 3, 2010 at 9:30pm

This is him explaining everything around the house to Kayden.  He cracks me up when he does this because he "teaches" her the funniest words.  Not ball, or blue, but leak in the roof, and riley is skinny. Hahaha!

Kayla Justine

‎"and this is the roof.. it has a leak. ... and this is riley...she's the odd ball, the skinny one of the fam. ... and this is....." hahahaha.

December 1, 2010 at 2:32pm

Dominic Kitts

Okay it's official kayden loves football.. at Buffalo wild wings with every sport on and she is glued to the only football game on

December 21, 2010 at 6:52pm via Android

Kayla Justine

MERRRRRRY CHRISTMAS EVE. whahoo =) first christmas with a fam. and christmas eve is our fam day. im adiggin et =)

December 24, 2010 at 1:03am

Alrighty.  Thats that for now.  Maybe I'll add to this post, when I have new statuses, or maybe just make a new one.  Who knows?  Not I.

Stress test.

Ohhh nice.  I spent my free time learning how stressed I am.  I Stumbled Upon it and had to try it out.  (Stumble has some reallllly cool stuff on it -- check it out -- but only if you have free time.  Beware -- you may waste a lot of time of that thing.)  Now I understand why I have a cold.  Lol whopsies.  Speaking of free time, that is over.  Now to go get the missy taken care of, make lunch for Dominic, appointments this afternoon, errands to run, job searching to do, things to do this evening.  If I'm lucky maybe I'll get to watch Grey's Anatomy tonite, after the next 9 hours of crazy.  I have become obsessed with that show.  It's amazing, for those of you who haven't seen it.  But gotta run! 

Just a real quick one from Christmas from a different camera.  =)

Quiz

Life Stress Test

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At this moment...

--My hoodie pocket consists of 3 tissues (I already need another one), my phone, a suckie, chapstick, "wal-phed", and a finger puppet toy.  Full pocket I'd say.  My life as mommy.

--Riley is right at my feet, trapping me in my spot on the couch.

--Dozer is in front of the heater.

--Dominic just went back to work after his lunch break.

--The house is a mess.

--I have a huge to-do list.

--I am thinking of a list of people, I wonder what they are thinking about.

--I hear 1/2 Grey's Anatomy, 1/2 baby whine.

--Kayden is in her bouncer, she can't figure out what kind of mood she's in today.  So far, she's been choosing the grumpy mood.

--Now that I look up, she looks exactly like this: 

(I got one! =D)

These are from the other day, but it is too cute when she does it!  I better go put her back down for a nap...she hasn't been cooperating with those today either, she's having a rough day.  As am I.  I've been sick the past couple days and have realized that it doesn't matter how crappy I feel, I still have to clean up her crap.  I'm not to fond of it at this moment lol.  I lean over to pick her up, play, tickle, change her diaper, whatever the case -- and yummy snot drips out of my nose.  It's sick.  I'm sick.  I hate being sick. I rarely get sick.  But I'll try not to whine about it anymore...for now at least ;-).

Notice her sweet sparkly silver kicks.

The other day she was spun around and I've been trying to get her attention by her name, so I was calling her from behind.  She gave me this look:

And then this one: =D  It looks like a mad face but it is the happiest face in all the land haha.

She's too cute, I can barely handle it.

Oh hey girl!

Yesterday Dominic was about to give her a bath and comes running into the living room cracking up.  "Look babe!  Look!!  We're the same whiteness!" HAHAHA!  He's so funny.  They are both very white!  But I can't be the one to talk...with my ghost legs...and ghost...everything.  Dominic gets tan in the summer when he is constantly outside, but I think she may be screwed if she gets my skin.  That little whitey baby.  I love her little rolls on the side.  And check out those chunka thighs! =D

This is what happens in the bath now:

She is not down for laying down, and wants whatever you are trying to do.  She at least is distracted with a toy when she's sitting up:

And just one of our anniversary flowers that Dominic got for me.  =)  I forgot to take some pictures sooner, so they are already a few days old, but still gorgeous!

He is so good at picking flowers!  And now that I've gotten him to include a little "flower tag" card -- I'm a happy camper.  ;-)  He used to always hate to write anything, everything.  He says he has "bad handwriting".  But I love all that "memoir" crap ;-).  So I finally think I've got him convinced that a little note card ain't so bad.  I've been working on this awhile now (years.)  and he finally started doing it.  This past anniversary I told him he didn't even have to get me anything, just a love letter.  He got me flowers, and a jam-packed 2x3 note card.  I'm not complaining.  ;-)  We'll see if some day I will get flowers and a 3x5 card.  Haha, just kidding.  He's the best.

I've noticed that I take a lot of pictures of Kayden in her bouncer, and I've been trying to spice it up a bit.  But she loves that thing.  And it makes it easier to step back and take a picture.  Anyway, I'll try to get some new and exciting ones soon.  Maybe we need another park trip...

Just one.

Of the little tater-tot and me.  =)  She rarrrely rests her head on me anymore now that she can hold it up, so this is precious.  She was so sleepy and cuddly so I was soakin it up.

Another thing that melts my heart is when she rests her head on her bouncy toy.  It's the cutest thing in the world.  I'll have to try to get a picture of it soon.

She's getting crazy at rolling!  We put her down on her little mat and instantly she is across the room.  We're in trouble!!  She's getting very good at sitting up too.  Doesn't even lean on the couch anymore (in the corner).  She's such a big girl.  (I have mixed feelings about the previous sentence. ;-)  (=)/=( )

A walk in the park.

It was such a pretty day out today, the kind of day that you just have to go to the park =).

We are lucky to have a park literally less than 2 blocks away, on our street.  It's going to come in handy! So today was the day!!  Kayden's first park day! =)

She wasn't so sure of it at first...

But then discovered that it was in fact, A BLAST! =D

She spotted some kids playing near by, and wouldn't give me the time of day from then on out. ;-)

"Ohhhh!! Will this go into my mouth?"

Daddy pushing.  =)

 And her first slide!  Wahoo.  She wasn't very interested.

The sun was going down fast, but hopefully we will get to go again soon!