Kadence's 8th Month of Life

As of December 11, my little lady was now 8 months old! I remember talking with one of my friends when she was 1 or 2 months, how she would be at Thanksgiving & how crazy it would be, and now it's past Thanksgiving already. There is only 4 short months until she is 1! I think I'm going crazy, but I digress.

This month was filled with lots of fun! Kadence learned got crawling down perfectly, learned to pull up  on her knees & then to standing (everywhere!), went on a vacation with her dad to the midwest for Thanksgiving, tries lots of new foods & spent lots of time getting ready for Christmas with Momma. 

on her 7 month birthday!

playing with Raja

trying out some new foods! 

at the It Works! booth

headed to WI with Dad

On Thanksgiving at Grandma's house

chillin' with friends (little dog & poncho)

Standing up!

Gettin' ready for Christmas!

Momma's Nativity Scene

Christmas Parade float with the cheerleaders

SO warm! December 10

xoxo

Bye Bye, YouTube

That's right, after more than a year and a half on YouTube I am saying "see you later." While YouTube has brought me some amazing friends, which I hope to keep, and helped support me in the toughest of times, I have come to a place in my life where I need to protect myself & my future by staying off of it. I say this with some hesitation, because I love vlogging & videoing EVERYTHING, but at this point in my life I need to have better control of what is being put out there and said about me on the internet.

At some point in my life I want to be taken seriously for a job, because I alone have a household to support, and in todays world, getting a job is hard enough, without your prospective employer googling your name an finding and entire YouTube channel about you. I am not in the process of getting a job now, but I fear that the longer I keep myself out there on such a public forum, the more my name will become present. In addition to this, I feel at this present time in my life, I need to keep things more private, not only for me, but for Kadence too. I am at a really amazing place in my life & I don't want that ruined because someone I know personally tries to use something I have shared on YouTube against me. I am more than sick of people spending their time speculating about my life.

I do not plan to disappear from social networking completely & I hope some of my most dedicated fans will keep up with me still. I love you all; your support is amazing & I would hate to lose that! I will keep this blog, KileeandKadence.blogspot.com, as well as my facebook fan page, for now. I know this is still putting my name out there, but I feel as if I have better control of what I put out there while writing.

I hope you all will keep up with my journey!

xoxo

A Week Without Kadence

My week without Kadence was eventful to say the least, but I missed her more than ever this time! But I have some pictures to share with you! 

my cheer girls (& me, i'm on the left in white)

wreath selling fundraiser

Mexican Food!

A picture I got from Nick of Kadence at the airport on the way to the midwest

Thanksgiving day! Macy's parade, dinner at my roomies parents & a picture of Kadence at her Grandmothers

Old high school friends!

I look awesome here ;)

To get off the island I live on you have to be towed over the sand if you don't have 4x4!

Our hotel when we went to get Baby K 

Vegan pizza at Mellow Mushroom! YUMMO

xoxo

a little update...

Kadence slept in until 9:30, which put today off to a fantastic start! So here I am catching up on things that I have sucked at lately, meaning vlogging, blogging, & all sorts of internet shenanigans. We have also been sick for going on 3 weeks, and I am not seeing any end in sight. Thus is the downside to winter, I suppose.

Kadence has been back from Nick's for almost a week now & Christmas has been in full swing since. We have about 500 Christmas outfits & we are on day 3 of wearing those! I am loving it! Just waiting on our Christmas tree to arrive in the mail, it was all of 18$ from Wal-Mart. It's short, but it will do for just our little apartment. Christmas is my favorite time of year, I can't wait to take Kadence to see lights, Santa & take a million pictures!

As far as videos, I am seriously at a loss for what to do! I want to do some Christmas type videos, as well as a baby led solids series, but other than that I have no idea! If anyone has any ideas, let me know!

Please enjoy a few christmas pictures of Kadence:

I hate ferries...

I'm blogging right now while sitting in the parking lot of the ocracoke - cedar island ferry. I have 2 hours before the next one comes. I missed the one I made a reservation for because the hatteras - ocracoke ferry didn't show up on time. Needless to say I'm not thrilled. As much as I am happy to be home, this not having a road nonsense is more than annoying. I wish I could pick up all my friends & my family and move us somewhere things like this didn't happen. No idea when the road will be mended either. As it looks right now, probably not anytime soon.

I have a very sad Kadence in my backseat as we speak. It's naptime so I don't want to get her out, I wish she would just give it up and nap so I could too! After all, we have another 2 hours before we even get on the ferry!

Kadence will be with her dad all week & while its super sad because I miss her everyday, I am looking forward to sleeping in ;) I honestly have no plans for thanksgiving this year, but I think my dad and I might go to my roommates parents house or to another friends house, who knows! I love thanksgiving but being vegan makes it not as much fun! I am looking forward to the parade though. Holidays make me excited for when Kadence is older and I can start fun traditions with her. We never had any in my family so I want her to have some!

Well I'm done rambling for the moment! Maybe I can sleep for a little to pass some time!

Haters Gonna Hate

I am LOVING it. Did you guys know I am YouTube famous enough to have people hate on me on my own personal thread on gurugossiper.com? I feel really special. & no, I'm not being sarcastic, I actually am certain that it's a compliment. In my book, if you have haters you're doing something right & you're definitely getting people's attention! 

So what if my baby sleeps in a walk in closet? it's big, there's a fan, & she doesn't care. she's not in a dresser drawer. So what if I live with my best friend? I'm not ashamed to say I can't pay rent on a two bedroom apartment alone. So what if I am not with Kadence's dad? This is the real world, relationships don't always last. So what if I moved to college & came home? People make mistakes & things don't work out. So what if I do something you don't agree with? Don't do it with your child. 

The Lord is the only one who can judge me, no one else matters. 

xo

Missing You All, Hurricane Sandy, & Boredom

I cannot convey the joy I just felt when this page loaded! I have been out of decent internet for days since Hurricane Sandy tore through my town & apparently the signal is finally strong enough to allow me to write a blog post to everyone! I have been trying fervently for days, but with no avail. :( Facebook still isnt working correctly, & I will be pleasantly surprised if YouTube allows me to upload, but here's to hoping! 

We fared through Hurricane Sandy just fine, however, the one road on & off of the island I live on did not do so well. If you have been following me for a while you know that this happened last year during Hurricane Irene while I was pregnant & it sucks just as much now, as it did then. The only way to get anywhere is to take a ferry that takes 2.5 hours to go 17 miles. That being said, I am obviously not going ANYWHERE for quite some time, but I digress. 

Other than that, Kadence & I have been nothing but bored. I did get to have a little night out this weekend, which was well enjoyed with some friends I don't get to see often, but aside from that there is nothing going on. The kids I babysit have been out of town, the restaurant I worked at is closed for the season, & cheerleading has a break between seasons (though tryouts start up today, hooray!). 

I plan to do a Baby Led Solids blog post &/or  video here in the near future because I am absolutely in love with this idea of feeding & I am uploading a day in the life video (FINALLY) as I type this. Fingers crossed it works. 

Thank you all for checking up on me during the storm. You are all my greatest friends & I love you! 

xo