A week with Aunt Jill

Joel took the youth kids on a mission trip over Spring Break. Braylin and I really missed him, but Aunt Jill came to spend the whole week with us. We had to work the store most of the time, but we still managed to have fun. Here is a recap of the week:

Working with mom and Aunt Jill is so much fun!

We went shopping several times!
Braylin would wave at people passing by or coming into the store. What a friendly welcome! (We are training her early!)
Braylin loves the pretty girl in the mirror. She stopped giving us kisses and would only kiss the mirror. (Is the word "Zida" rubbing off on her??) *Zida means vanity in chinese.
She loved crawling to the shiny jewelry and would try so hard to get it in her mouth. (She was just checking to see if they were real diamonds)

We had a mini Birthday Party

She liked mommy and Jill's dessert better than the cupcake
And she finished off with a cookie.
She rode the carousel (not the easiest thing at this age)
She loved it though.

Aunt Jill and Uncle Kevin got her new toys. The lion was so helpful because she could cruise in the store on her own.
We had such a good time. Thank you again Aunt Jill for all your help, especially at such short notice. It is such a blessing to have you in our lives.

Oh, how time flies!

My sweet little angel is 11 months old. She is more and more fun every day. I have spent the past hour trying to figure out how to get the video from my camera on to this computer, and have officially thrown in the towel. Braylin is now crawling (if that's what you want to call it) It looks a bit like you would picture the hunchback of Notre Dame if he were to crawl. She stays very hunched and crawls sideways...it is quite entertaining! She is also walking along everything, and I am quickly realizing how unprepared and not child friendly our house is. She is also developing quite the personality. She had started making a face that we couldn't figure out. Then we realized she is mocking me. Apparently when I laugh, I toss my head back, close my eyes and laugh with my mouth wide open. She will look at us and throw back her head, closes her eyes tight and smiles as big as she can. (It's pretty darn cute!)

Her Baby BROTHER is growing too! I am 19 weeks along and feel like my belly doubles in size daily. We are thrilled to be having a boy and are beginning to look at and think about boy stuff. It feels like a major shift of gears. It will also be quite the challenge to create a nursery the two of them can share, but we are up for the challenge!

During the past few weeks, we got to have Joel's parents come out and stay with us as well as going on a very quick and packed trip to Texas (Sorry I didn't have a chance to see all my friends there. It was a crazy time!)

In preparation for Jack and Karla's arrival, Braylin and I weeded the flower beds. (Man, you can tell by this picture that it was much needed.) Braylin ended up eating dirt and crying that she was eating dirt. It was a continued cycle until I gave up and went back inside. It was such a pretty day though!

Granny Karla was helping her get ready for church in her pretty new outfit!

After church, Braylin got to have Mucho Gusto for the first time (and maybe the last) She had to go straight to the bath tub.
We went to visit Uncle Jay and Aunt Traci and they got her those CUTE monkey pajamas! You can tell she pretty much loves them!

And she snuggled right into Nanna to go to sleep.

The weather in Texas was PERFECT! We got to go on several walks.

This one wore her out!
This picture is for my dad and anyone who knows my dad. Mom and Dad took Braylin to the bow store. Girlfriend has 28 bows....a little over the top, you think? She may not have been born in Texas, but by golly she will look like she was!

First Valentines (and 10 month post)

Well, I am late again with the 10 month post, but I now have new pictures. As for this past month, she has seemed to develop and grow by the day. She is quite the chatter box and is trying really hard to mimic everything said (even the preacher during church!) Joel has been absolutely incredible working extra long hours at the store alone and letting me stay home with Braylin. Being home has helped her development tremendously. We got a bad report card at our 9 month appointment, so we have had some ground to make up. With hard work and tears, Braylin is eating really well and gaining weight, she is scooting across the floor, going from laying to sitting and now standing. She is also giving kisses if you ask! We are so proud of the progress she has made and expect her to try walking in no time.

As for Valentine's weekend:

(Caution: Church of Christ people, don't freak out or hold this against us!)

It started by getting ready for the big Valentines dance at church.

Our adorable little Valentine!

This was the best family photo we could get out of her.
Dancing with Dad

Hanging with the girls and Logan. This is the boy that she stood up and kissed on the mouth last weekend. She got in big trouble by her daddy.
She had her first experience with Hawaiian Time. Delicious, but that rice is extremely sticky. I wish you could see the other leg, because it was covered in rice. It took forever to scrub off, but she LOVED it- the rice, not the scrubbing.

Valentines ended with new Paul Frank pajamas. Aren't they so cute! Pop Pop and Granny gave her these for Christmas, but it just now warm enough for her not to need the feet. Valentines seemed like the perfect day to pull them out.

It has been awesome month, and the next will be even better. We find out in just a few days if we are having a boy or girl. We'll let you all know!

9 Month News

Our sweet girl is growing up before our eyes. Her 9 month stats are:

30 inches tall and 18 pounds.

This post is a little late, but better late than never (I'm pretty sure I have written that before.)

This is happy big Braylin before the double ear infections, pink eye, sinus infection and (yes there is an "and") impetigo. POOR THING...don't worry she has been (a little too) spoiled rotten!
Today we took the youth group and Braylin to Splash. An indoor (for lack of a better term) water park.
BRAYLIN LOVED SWIMMING WITH DADDY!!!
She would pick her feet up and let Dad swing her around in the water.
She loved to play with the "waterfall" in the baby pool.
She wasn't too sure about the big waterfall getting water in her face. (She gets that from her mama!)
Sweet Daddy and Bray. It was very humid in there, so the camera kept fogging up and making blurry pics. I still love this pic though!

This has been a wild and crazy month for us. Seems like it has been a roller coaster ride, but we are very pleased to know that Braylin is going to be a BIG sis! Baby Kindberg #2 should be arriving around August 5th. We couldn't be more excited about another baby even though we aren't exactly sure how we will be able to juggle everything. We know that God is in control and will lead us down the right path and iron out all the details for us.

Christmas in pictures

Christmas with Braylin was such a blast. I could write all about it, but I think I'll just show Christmas in pictures. Enjoy!

Our sweet little sleepy head. Christmas can be exhausting!








This picture is proof she was spoiled rotten with Nanna and Poppy here. She expected to be held every moment!