All I'm After is a Life Full of Laughter: Where does the time go....

Hold up...it's June 8th already??? How did that happen? Wait, I've already been through five weeks of school? Not possible.

That is what goes through my mind all the time lol....time is just FLYING by, I honestly can't believe it. Feels like I just posted the blog about how worried I was about starting school and here I am 1/3 of the way through tri 2 already. Ahhh, life lol. But anyways just wanted to get in a quick update before I start studying since Kynlee just went down for the night. School is going great and other than missing Kynlee every second of the day, I am LOVING being back. But at the end of the day I am heading back to her as fast as humanly possible...as in as fast as I can without getting caught and getting a ticket. Leaving her is difficult but our time together I feel has gotten so much more special because I'm focused on her during that time. They teach something called present time consciousness at Parker and I think it is wonderful. Anything you are doing, be it school, work, family time, whatever....do it 100% and give it all of your attention and thoughts during that time. That is how they teach to keep a balanced life and I think it's a great thing to learn. No doubt in my mind this is what I'm supposed to be doing with my life (second to being mommy and wife eventually of course). I have a whole new prospective on things and don't get near as annoyed with studying and being in class as I used to. Mostly because I realize how blessed and lucky I am to be able to be there. It is hard to find time to study with the munchkin that is for sure, but I haven't had anything lower than a high B yet so that's relieving. I keep telling myself that GPA isn't really THAT important and that I really don't need to make A's...but saying it and actually being ok with that are two completely different things lol! But we'll see if I keep that mindset once midterms hit and I have 5 tests a week (ie...the next two weeks 0_0). Needless to say I am learning a lot and am so excited about it. I won't get to much into that though because I've been to a couple events lately that have me SOO fired up about chiropractic and this would turn into much longer than I have time for right now! (Probably a blog on that coming soon though). I was supposed to start a cleanse today but found out at the last minute it is not safe to do while breastfeeding because some of the toxins you are getting rid of can exit the body through the breastmilk. Which of course is not something you want to happen. So instead I'm just doing the nutrition part of it. So for the next 21 days I have decided to have: No fast food, no caffeine (meaning no iced tea...tear :/ ), no sweets, and only lean meats. I will also limit grains and carbs. So basically I am going to try to eat what the cleanse recommends which is just fruits, veggies, brown rice, and lean meats. But since I can't take the supplements you are supposed to I may have to add some healthy snacks in the mix. Anyways the point is that I may die because I love food and iced tea soooo much haha...so y'all be thinking and praying for me! But anyways enough about ME.....

Becauseeee....it's no secret that everyone just wants to hear about Kynlee anyway haha :). So on that subject...she's still the absolute cutest baby girl ever....in my completely biased, completely one-sided opinion lol! She is growing so fast and developing quite the personality, which she already had a good amount of before. The 17th of June she'll be 8 months old....EIGHT....isn't that crazy? I just can't even deal with it sometimes how much of a whirlwind it is. Let's see...what's happened in the last month and a half. Kynlee flew on her first plane to go see Unkie J graduate! She did AMAZING on the plane and pretty much just fell asleep when the plane took off both ways and slept almost all the way through. No fussing whatsoever! We had a dr checkup today because it took a lot of time to get insurance switched back up here and to find a doctor and all that good stuff. She's in the 75th percentile for height and the 15th for weight....tall and skinny just like her daddy lol. She has a clean bill of health and did awesome at the dr's office! Everywhere we go she's just such a conversation starter. People love her...and she just stares back at them! It's kinda funny actually, she's started to get very interested/wary of anyone she hasn't seen before and she just puts this Kynlee death stare on them until she pretty much makes them uncomfortable to be honest haha. She is also definitelyyy starting to go through the separation anxiety and I can't so much as leave her sight and she starts crying immediately. Wait, is that called separation anxiety or being spoiled?? :) A little bit of both I think! She definitely is a social little girl and does NOT like to be left alone at all, but she's happy to play on her own as long as someone is sitting within reach of her so she can touch you lol! So so sweet and adorable right now but we may have to work on some independence as she gets a bit older. She loves her babysitter Jordan, they have definitely bonded and she hasn't once been upset or crying when I get there to pick her up. That makes things a lot easier for me knowing she's content and happy where she is at while I'm in class. We haven't seen much interest in crawling but she can scoot a little, can stand up on her own either holding your hands or grabbing on something, and is starting to pull herself up in her crib, etc. Just doesn't have any desire to be on her tummy or crawl...the little diva haha! Sometimes I think that might just be God lookin out for me...because I don't know what I would do with this energetic little girl crawling all around the apartment already haha! She is also really starting to interact with games and stuff like that and she lovesss music. She'll start bouncing (dancing) and clapping when songs come on...and as I'm sure all parents understand...it just simply melts my heart. This is just such a fun age and I can't wait to see what all she masters in the next few months. There's a lot more new stuff but I think y'all get the idea...and I have dozens of species of bacteria that need to be studied lol.

I hope everyone is doing wonderful and we miss you all. I'll try to write more often...but atleast for the next two weeks, that's pretty unlikely. But until next time! We love ya'll!