A Visit From the Binky Fairy

The time had come to get rid of Clover's beloved binky for good. We told her the Binky Fairy was coming to take them away to all the new babies who needed them, but would leave her a special surprise in return. We gathered them all up and put them in a basket before bed so the fairy could find them. Clover began to get a little emotional over this, as it's something she's loved since the day she was born. It was sad to watch and almost brought tears to my own eyes watching her morn this beloved friend. She asked to keep one in her mouth while she feel asleep for the the last time and I agreed. Morning came and the binkies were gone, but Clover's special surprise awaited her!
All in all it's going well. She knows they aren't coming back, but still asks for them at nap time or bed time occasionally, so we remind her where they went. One day we were riding in the car and she asked for a Band Aid for her foot. I told her we didn't have any and she asked, "did the Binky Fairy take them?"

I know she doesn't look like it, but I swear she was happy! She was just a little confused because I don't think she quite knew how this whole things was going play out.

Hip hip hooray!!

Clover is such a super star! Without warning, we took her last diaper off 3 days ago, handed her a pair of pretty heart panties and told her to let us know when it was time to go potty. It took only two hours of whining and one accident before she decided to jump on the potty train and hasn't looked back since! We are SO proud of you Clover!

We are happy to announce that Clover is getting a baby brother! Our little twig is 21 weeks today and growing and kicking like crazy.

Happy Mother's Day

Michael ran in the Kirkland Half Marathon this morning so Clover and I had the morning to ourselves. We snuggled in bed for awhile before heading downstairs for smoothies and muffins. Michael can home a few hours later with a beautiful bouquet of flowers and we headed out to the Riverbend Cafe for Mother's Day Brunch. Today I also hit 18 weeks pregnant and we're looking forward to finding out the gender at our ultrasound on the 16th! This has been the best Mother's Day yet!!

That's why!

Easter 2011

Clover update

I know I haven't been as good about updating these days, so I thought I would let you all know what little miss Clover is up to.

We celebrated Clover's 2nd birthday in January with a Minnie and Mickey Mouse themed party. All her favorite friends and grown ups showed up and we had a blast!
Clover still enjoys swimming and even started a gymnastics class. She has learned how to pedal her tricycle by herself and loves riding it to our neighborhood park. Clover loves legos, puzzles, coloring, baby dolls, and singing and dancing. She plays "make believe"now and has a great imagination. Clover can count to 10 forwards, from 5 backwards and sings all of her ABC's! She has what seems like an endless vocabulary now and speaks in full sentences. We have recently start the journey of potty training and while she is excited about, it's been a slow process. I'll have to keep you updated on how that plays out.

Probably her most exciting news though is that she will earn the title of big sister this October! I'm currently 14 weeks pregnant and we are eagerly waiting to find out whether Clover will have a baby brother or sister. We'll find out mid May.

Clover sings ABC's while coloring

Message from Santa

Pumpkin Patch 2010

We took two trips to the pumpkin patch this year. They both went fairly well despite Clover's annoyance with the constant picture taking. She made us work hard to get good shots. The first trip was to Remlinger Farms in Carnation. She loved running through the pumpkin fields and also enjoyed the corn maze until Michael decided it was a good idea to run and dive through them..... is he 12? The noise totally freaked her out and I'm pretty sure she is terrified of corn fields now. Hopefully she won't remember next year! Clover wasn't a very big fan of the hayride either.... I think because it was so loud. She whimpered the entire ride and then pointed at the tractor and said "again!" when it was over. Sometimes there is no pleasing her, LOL.
The second trip was to Fall City Farms with some of the Moms and kids from my Stroller Stride workout group. It had chickens and dogs roaming around and a big sandbox. The kids had a blast!

Attempting a family pictures, but Clover had other plans

Picking the perfect pumpkins!

Clover and her buddy/neighbor Sydney. Can you believe that Clover is actually two weeks younger than her?

Clover uses her strong muscles to help Daddy carry the pumpkins :P

Enjoying the corn maze before being traumatized

The SCARY hay ride!

Clover and Berkley watching the Chickens

Looking at the pond and watching two of the dogs eat sticks.

Berkley, Clover, Eva and Loch

"How does the sandbox taste Clover?"

Smart Little Cookie

In an attempt to wean Clover from her beloved "binky" I made a new rule that she can only use it in her crib, stroller or carseat. As a result Clover spent an hour and 15 mintues playing in her crib yesterday (it was not nap time) by herself just so she could use her binky. I should of come up with this rule sooner, that was a very peaceful hour and 15 minutes :)

Today she asked to do the same thing and after 45 minutes of playing she feel asleep. Clover is a funny little girl!

Happy 80th Grandma Kinney

We spent our last weekend of August in Sandpoint celebrating Clover's Great Grandma Kinney's 80th birthday. The whole Kincaid family gathered at Clover's Great Aunt Kit and Uncle Dennis's house to eat, drink, sing, dance and play together. It was a great weekend honoring a wonderful women!

Watching Dora on the way to Sandpoint

Off to pick raspberries with Grandma Kinney


Private concert from Uncle Rob and Papa Kinney

A happy little audience member :)

Blowing bubbles with her Cousin's Aresa and Eliot.

They had a great time but made a huge mess. Clover spilled the most bubbles... mostly on herself. We started refilling the bottle with water instead and she seemed happy with that. Then every time Clover spilled she'd go over to the hose and ask for more bubbles, hehe

Enjoying the music and dance party

All sacked out after too much fun

Michael and Eliot giving the night four thumbs up!

Grandma Kinney and Aresa wearing the sweatshirts Michael and I made the whole family

Papa Kinney and Eliot being silly together :P

Clover checking out Michael and Charlies bed in the trailer the next morning. The boys slept on the top bunk and Clover and I slept on the bottom.

Clover's 1st Fresno Trip

We had a great time in Fresno. Besides Clover's issue with allergies we bathed in the sun and swam everyday. Clover is such a little fish and loved jumping off of the edge of the pool, dunking her head underwater and blowing bubbles. I wish we have better access to a pool in Washington because I would love the convenience of letting her swim everyday at home too. We stayed with Monica the whole trip and Jackie came over everyday! I was spoiled with their time and as a result I'm having major withdrawals. We had one major picture tragedy when I accidentally deleted all of the pictures from my card a week into the trip. I had some great ones too :( I tried to make up for it, but I'm still missing a few of my favorites. We caught up with old friends who have babies of their own now I introduced Clover to my birth family. All and all a great trip, but we sure missed Michael and Charlie :(

Nothin' better then a crib dance party and Popsicles! This is my childhood friend Maude's son Ryan. Clover and Ryan had a blast together and it was great seeing Maude and meeting her husband and new baby girl Claire :)

Clover with Auntie Monica!!

Adventures of Clover and Bunny: Ready to conquer the splash park

Pam Clover and I

Naked four wheeling at Pam's BBQ

Clover and Auntie Jackie!

Auntie Monica and her oldest son Domenic. He told his Mommy and Daddy that he wants a baby sister now, haha!!

Blowing bubbles

BOO!

Clover loved Domenic and Giovanni's swing set. She learned how to use the big swing after watching them. You can see how her eyes were puffy and red from her allergies here. This was after they got much better too.

Clover and Giovanni eating cheerios on the floor together

A couple of Albert Einstein's hanging out in Giovanni's crib after nap time

My best friends. I love them :)