2.3 years

11-25-1988

you are the most stubborn little kid I have ever met. it took me 45 minutes to get you dressed in a dress yesterday for thanksgiving dinner. you didn't want to wear tights or your good shoes.
you and Whitney had a good time playing together.

My Thoughts: but really, who like wearing tights or "good" shoes.

2.2 years

10-22-1988

you really like day care now. you are always smiling when you are there and you have a really cute smile.
Kinsey started eating baby food now, you get really mad when she eats it, because you want it. you tell her no every chance you get. you just love having someone to push around.
I hope in years to come you two will become friends.

My thoughts: i suppose you could considering kinsey and me friends, but i still do love pushing her around.

2.1 years old

9-23-1988

You have been getting along better at day care, but you are still a real stubborn person.   The other day i was holding Kinsey and i was sitting on the floor, you came up to Kinsey, slapped her face and told her to get off.   

I was giving Kinsey crackers the other day and they kept disappearing. when you came out you had about 7 crackers.  you have stolen everyone of your sisters crackers. 

My thoughts: i'm glad that kinsey and i still have this relationship... plus dad always says "possession is 99%."

almost 2 years

8-7-1988

i can't believe you are almost 2.  i can't believe time flies by that fast.  you will be starting day care this fall.  I think you will really like it.  it is time for you to move up in the world.  

you don't talk much yet, but your speech will improve a lot when you start dy care.  

you like to be outside or downstairs in the basement.  you like to get into anything you can.  you dig in the garbage and anytime Kassie leaves her door open you are in her room digging.  

you like to wear dresses and go for car rides.  you don't care where you go as long as you get to go somewhere.  

My thoughts: I told Stephanie i would give her a shout out when she was born (since we are 2 years apart). so happy almost bday!

1.10 years old

6-17-1988

you are still jumping, you busted your baby bed this week, now I need to get you another one. you have started talking a little bit, but not much. you let me know you want something by screaming.
you spend a lot of time playing outside.
your sister just hate going outside to watch you. You are really easy to watch, but i don't think they like the responsibility. if you are out there you play for hours.

My Thoughts: I like that she picked on kaci and kassie... it makes me feel better about myself. :)

1.9 years old

5-21-1988

yesterday, your little sister, kinsey, was baptized. you had on a green dress and you looked beautiful.
When the priest got done, he turned to me and said "I think i better baptize her again, I must have done something wrong the first time." he was talking about you.
you spent at least an hour jumping; Bobby, Amy, and Tim couldn't believe how well you could jump.
Bobby mentioned that you have muscles in your legs from jumping so much, I didn't realize until he said something.

My Thoughts: this is one of my favorite entries, well so far.

20 months

4-24-88

you graduated out of the playpen, so you run free now.  we are having a few problem, like you are always digging in the garbage.  

last weekend you are some muddy pie water, i didn't know about it until after you went to bed and vomited all over the place. 

their was a couple of hundred little rocks all over the place.  

you vomited again a couple nights later, but then on you appeared to be okay.  

you are still on the bottle.  hopefully i will get you off it this next weekend.  

boy, will you be mad, your bottle is your favorite thing. 

My Thoughts: this is definitely one of those post i wish never was written. 

and just for clarification i no longer have a problem digging through the garbage or eating mud-pies.  

19 months

3-19-1988

You have discovered the world of "outside." you love going out, i usually let you play out there for 3 or 4 hours.  you really get wore out.  

you are still on the bottle, i don't know when i'll take it away, it has to be soon now. 

i go back to work in 3 weeks.  

I also get to move you out of the play pen, so Kinsey can start using it.  

you are not talking much yet, but you don't have to all you got to do is yell and everybody gets you what you want.  

1.6 years

2-16-1988

well kelsey, you have a new sister Kinsey Kay born on 1-30-88, 5 weeks early weighing 6 pounds 12 ounces.  She was delivered by C-section because she was sideways and her arm was twisted back.  

your first impression was that you really weren't all that interested, and after that whenever you would see her, your eyes would get really big and you would start crying.  

now finally, i think you are accepting her.  you smile at her and start waving at her if i bring her out of the bedroom.  

i think you found out she wasn't going to get all my attention.  

i think i might let you start day care early, that way you can start doing some "big-kid" stuff.  Kaci started when she was 18 months old and she just loved it, i'm sure you will too.  

My Thoughts: i love that my mom just forgot to mention she was pregnant in her previous entries.  

1.4 years old

1-1-1988

Well, Happy New Year Kelsey.  Before long we will have to take you off the bottle, so you better enjoy it while you can.  

you enjoyed Christmas Day at Grandma Nixons, you played with Whitney all day.  You got a glo-worm from Santa.  You still haven't learned that if you squeeze it, it will light up.  But you were able to figure out that you can zip and unzip it.  you love to zip and unzip bags, any kind of bag.  You spend hours putting your toys in and taking them out.  

You got a shot a few days before Christmas, but luckily this time you didn't have a temperature.  

You weigh now that same amount Kaci weighed at 9 months.