Not Much New, But Some Cute Pictures!!!

Reese reached her 12 week "birthday" yesterday - and she turns her official 3 months on October 2.  Time sure does fly... 

She is growing by leaps and bounds.  She's over 12 pounds now and pushing herself straight up from a tummy position.  Oh... and she has found her voice.  MAN that girl can squeal!  She's got a smile that lights up the room and makes me proud to be her mother.  She is all charm and sass - she takes after her older sister, for sure!

Flower Girl... Part Deux

On September 4, our oldest nephew Kenny married his sweetheart, Mary.  And Quinn was a flower girl yet again!  She did absolutely fantastic and I couldn't have been more proud.  She got to stay with us at the reception for the whole evening and I swear she could've almost stolen the spotlight at times.  She was just such a good girl and other guests just fawned over her.  I have to say thank you for all of the compliments from friends and family members on her behavior - we are very honored to have such a wonderful daughter in our lives!!!

...oh and let me tell you - my girl has MOVES on the dance floor!!!

First Day on the Bus...

Well we've all established that Quinn had a great first day at school...  well, here is proof that she mastered the bus ride, too!!! 

That's our neighbor, Gabby, helping Quinn on the bus her first day.  Quinn LOVES Gabby and that helped us feel comfortable with getting her on - we needed to overcome our fears, too!



Taking the Bus

Today was Quinn's first day on the bus and she did a wonderful job getting on with Gabby and Sean, neighbors from down the street.  Pretty soon she won't need us for anything anymore, sniff sniff!  Check out my big girl!

Here I go!

Kindergartener Quinn!

Yesterday was a momentious day for our big girl!  She started kindergarten with Mrs. Reynolds!  There were no tears shed from any of the Kirchers, thank you very much :-)  We all did very well!

It was a lot of fun picking out her outfit for her first day of school.  We went round and round and finally she settled on the outfit you see in the pictures below. 

Kirch made her lunch (PB&J, Sun Chips, cookies, and a cheese stick) and we packed up her back pack and took her to school for her first day.  We made it a point to NOT go in with her, so as to not set off the anxiety.  She did great - she saw a few of her little friends from daycare and our neighborhood that helped quell any shyness she had.  We let one of the teachers take her in and she never looked back! 

I got a nice email from Mrs. Reynolds:

"I just wanted to let you know that Quinn is having a great day! She is fitting in well and seems to really enjoy being at school. She has already made a lot of friends and I am sure with the whole class here tomorrow she will make even more!"

That, I must say, made my day.  It eased my mind, knowing Quinn was fitting in and her teacher took the time to let me know it.

Tomorrow we are sending her on the bus, so there will be another picture or 2 to share then.