Katie Bug

After I finished feeding Katie this afternoon, she lay her head on my shoulder and just cooed and cuddle with me. She is not a very cuddly baby most of the time because she is so alert and wants to see and explore everything, so it felt so special to have her just chill with me. I started to tickle her arm a little bit and her face got that dazed look on it. She started to lift her arm a little, most likely out of pure pleasure. She is definitely an Endsley. They LOVE arm tickles (the Stuarts call them arm scratches).
I have been such a slacker with my blog lately, so I am going to catch up just a little bit.
Katie started rolling over about a month and a half ago. I have a video on my phone, but it is really dark. She did awesome for a few days and then just completely stopped doing it. But alas about 2 weeks ago she showed her rolling skills and now I find her occasionally on her tummy in her crib.
She is such a sweet baby. She is now 5 months and 2 weeks old and she laughs and smiles all the time. She is NOT sitting up yet, but I am pretty positive it's just because she doesn't know she can. If we worked with her we would have a sitter fo' sure.
Kevin LOVES her big brother and he is enthralled with her. He will come up to her and say "hi Katie girla" in his cute little baby voice and he always wants to give her kisses in fact he gets upset if he cannot. When I go into her room either to lay her down or get her up he rushes in there and pulls himself up on her crib to see her and "help". He rushes to get his stool so that he can "help" me once again when changing her clothes or diaper, all while Katie is smiling at him. He laughs at her kicking motions and tries to mimic them. He requests often that she "watch" while he does something amazing with his toys, and she usually does even if she is eating... which isn't so fun for me.
Adam would agree that I am her favorite person in the whole world right now, and she often times cries and gets VERY dramatic just because she wants me to hold her. Of course I cannot give in all the time so she has had to learn to deal with it.
Daddy makes her laugh and smile ear to ear and she is pretty fascinated with him as well.
We sure love her and can't imagine our lives without our Katie bug.

Great Quote

I found this quote on a random blog I found and just wanted to post it to be able to remember it.
"I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again."
Ettiene De Grellet

I really like the idea of this, and would LOVE to be able to say I accomplish what this quote represents. It's a work in progress.

Nemo No...

Currently I sit eating and browsing the internet. Beside me is my little boy who just finished watching Finding Nemo. He is playing with Adam's little Mexico bobble heads made to look like animals. One of them is a fish and he is making it swim away from him and yelling "No Nemo, Nemo No...." He is so cute, I can just see his little mind working. It is a beautiful thing.

P.S. I haven't pulled the camera out in a while, so he has apparently forgotten that he doesn't like to smile in pictures. I love him.

No Sugar... No Happy... at least right now

Feeling a little overwhelmed at all that is on my LIST. I don't want to do it anymore. What I want is to sit on the couch and watch a chick flick and eat cookies, ice cream and chocolate all day long. Top that off with a really juicy cheeseburger or pizza (yes dessert before "dinner"). Of course then the aftermath of it all would hit me and I would be even more down. I guess I will just stay on the upward road... if you can call it that.
Day two of now sugar is almost done (I just need to close my sleepy eyes). It has been okay, I can't believe how often I have to remind myself NOT to eat this or that, but I think it will be worth it once I have a few weeks behind me. I have had some random headaches today... I am just now thinking that maybe that has to do with withdrawals of some sort. Who knows.
I'll keep you posted.
I have cute pics of the kids, but can't get up the energy to post them. Sorry.

TWO YEAR OLD NUTURER

I am supposed to start my work out but I just had to write this down really quick so that I don't forget it. Kevin has been quite nurturing to his bunnies lately and it really cracks us up. He LOVES Katie and he gives her kisses and hugs all the time, so it shouldn't surprise me that he is sitting downstairs right now watching Cars and has pink bunny up on his shoulder patting her and kissing her forhead. I just can't get enough of his 2 year old mind. He was also playing with his toy bus and I looked over right as he said "BIG KISS" and then proceeded to do just that.
Adam said the other day that Kevin put Bunny in the corner and said "Listen Listen, No Hit" then after a little bit went over to it and said "love you" and gave it a hug. So CUTE!!!

HELP ME!!!

Aunt Mandy is here for a visit and so far we have been having a lot of fun. We went to the train park in Tempe and got to ride a train and the carassel. We got away a little later than we had expected so we decided early on that it probably wouldn't work out to give Kevin a nap. So when we got home around 3 we laid him down just to see if he would nod off. No luck. We are of the opinion that he should still have quiet time even if it doesn't result in snoozing. So I left him in his room to play with his trucks quietly and Mandy and I were sitting just outside of his room chatting softly. He finally got sick of being in his room so he started saying "Mommy, c'mon." Mommy Mommy Mommy!!! When I didn't respond after 10 minutes or so he finally resorted to Mandy (he was peeking underneath the door and could see us sitting there). Then only understandable to me... his mother, he said with a very sad tone "Mandy, Mandy, Mandy, help me!!!" We both thought it was simply too irresistible to not let him out after such a pitiful plea. He sure surprises me with what he says sometimes.
He is so cute!!!

Irresistible

Look at how cute I am!!!
Can you even resist staring into my big blue eyes??
How about when I stick my thumb in my mouth, do you find me irresistible yet?
Do I at least make you laugh??
Our little thumb sucker. She has found the thumb and it is so cute I can hardly stand it. I don't want to break her of the habit cuz it is so adorable. Am I wrong???

Happenings

I know it has been forever since my last real post, but I just haven't found the time to write anything down. I thought I would write some of the funny happenings around the Endsley household to share with all of you.
Kevin is pronouncing his words better and better every single day. Before they get too good I will write some of them down.
Ah gookie: Helicopter
geth-again: Do it again
Katie Girrla: Katie Girl
gwink: Drink
Vaya: Maya (his cousin)
SeSa: Tiersa (my sister)
Pampa: is grandpa
I hold you: I want you to hold me
ook:look

We had a repair man over to fix a few things in our house and Kevin started to warm up to him. He was talking up a storm and just really liked this guy. Right before he left Kevin wanted to get his attention so he said "Pampa" (Grandpa)ook. I told the man what he said and he sort of grunted and said, "oh no, my oldest is only 15". Funny stuff.

I am sure there are more but that is all I can think of right now.

Katie is so sweet we can hardly stand it. She is so content and quiet that I sometimes forget she is even there. She coos and laughs and LOVES bath time and her brother (even though he smashes her every once in a while). She tries to sit up from the laying down position and she is still our little spitter. I can hardly believe she is almost 4 months old, time has gone by so fast.

We are liking Arizona right now and the weather is great this time of year. (don't ask us how we feel about it during the summer!!!) We go on walks at the park just across the street from our house and we play with our cousins a lot.

Our ward is amazing and we both have callings. Adam is a Sunday School teacher for the 15 year olds and I am the 2nd Councilor in the R.S. Presidency. Kevin LOVES nursery finally and Katie just chills with me during church.

Sad but True

So I thought it would never come to this, but it has. I am going Private with my blog. I was reading through some old posts and noticed that I received a comment from someone (a salesperson who we dealt with a long time ago). It shocked me that this person looked my family up and had read my blog. Quite unnerving if you ask me. Long story short, if you want to continue to follow our family happenings you can either post a comment with your email address or email me at asendsley@gmail.com I will be making the change just after Valentine's Day.

Love you all!!!
Ashley

Katie's First Haircut

One thing my kids definitely have in common is that they both came out with major mullets. I try really hard not to make a huge deal about it because I know Adam doesn't like to cut their hair too soon, but during Thanksgiving I had finally had it with the extra neck hair Katie had. So here we are.
Isn't it horrible.
Aunt Coco helped me hold her while I snipped away.
She doesn't seem to mind nearly as much as Kevin did...look here if you want to see his first haircut.
Even though she still has some mullet like features in the back, I was not about to shave her head to make it go away. But I do think it is much improved. It's probably time to get it done again.