10 Months Old

Wow, can you believe Kaylee is almost a year old?? Time flies when you’re having fun. Warm weather is back (finally!!), and we have been taking Kaylee outside in the fresh air to go to the park and meet the little neighbor girl who is almost exactly a year older than Kaylee. I was a bad Mommy because Kaylee and I met Josh for lunch at the park and I forgot my camera :( Kaylee experienced swinging in the children swings and LOVED it!! I was a little disappointed that I didn’t get pictures of her laughing and giggling, but alas, spring is just beginning. No doubt there will be more pictures than I know what to do with.

Big news here, Kaylee is almost walking. She will take about 5-6 adventurous steps on her own if she is motivated (usually by a cell phone, lol) and if she knows we are right there. She loves to stand and does really well with her balance. Luckily for us, she loves falling down on her bottom. She just laughs and claps and then pulls herself back up and tries it again. Everyone tells me that “it’s all down hill when they start walking” but I don’t believe so (they said the same about crawling and I love it). I will probably be more comfortable when she is steady and I’m not freaking out every minute that she is going to bonk that pretty little head and get a big goose egg. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not one of those overbearing, overprotective mothers that makes their child learn how to crawl and walk in a virtual padded cell. She’s a kid, she will get bumps and bruises but they heal and I tell myself that it will be okay.

We are working on getting her set up for pictures. She was so sick that we couldn’t schedule her for her 9 month pictures. I’m a little disappointed, but we will get them done.

We are starting to plan Kaylee's first birthday party. It's so exciting, but I'm praying for good weather and not a rainy May day.

Updates...

• Kaylee can crawl really fast. She chases you down if you walk away and loves chasing the “dog, dog”.
• We put a baby gate up to block the dogs off. Kaylee climbs up holding onto the bars, shaking them and screaming at the dogs…The dogs sit on the other side like “ha, ha, you can’t get us!"

• This stubborn little girl isn’t taking the longest naps anymore…short, quick naps for this one as of lately. I think she is afraid she is going to miss something.

• She is saying mama more…it just melts my heart and I love it….I was feeling a little left out with her saying dada all the time and being such a daddy’s girl, but just hearing her say mama makes it all better.

• I think she is trying to cut another tooth…if she does, that makes 9.

• She loves playing pat-a-cake.

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• She is getting more and more interested in the sippy cup. We bought a different type and it seems to be a little easier for her to use.

Alright...On to the pictures :)


This is what Kaylee does when she is getting ready to take off on her own to try and walk...So freakin' cute


Her hair is starting to curl there behind her ear...I think I'm gonna have to break down and have her bangs trimmed :(
She LOVES this thing. She can pull herself up to it now without tipping over, and she takes off. I had to create a barricade as you can see.

Oh my goodness...This little girl is addicted to the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and the Hot Dog Dance. As soon as she heard the music she stopped playing with her favorite toy and was hooked.

Yep, she climbed right up on the TV and was dancing right along...We are trying to teach her not to mess with the TV...What can I say? Its a work in progress :)

Favorite toy...I just love her grins and smiles...

See, told you that smile was cute
We are trying to get Kaylee use to hats for the sunny weather... Can't have that harsh sun ruining the cutest baby cheeks ever!!
This girl just melts my heart with all her smiles...
Yummy, yummy penne pasta...
Ok...I love this fresh feeder thing...The girl would not eat bananas because they were too slippery and she would get aggravated at trying to pick them up. Put a banana in here and she goes to town...Plus I don't have to worry about her choking on it (which I love).
lol...I forgot about this "incident"...This little girl is sooo tall that we have to buy her pants a little bigger for the length to be right (otherwise she looks like she is waiting on a flood)...Obviously this pair is just a bit big. She started jumping up and down in her pack n' play and down they went...Sooo funny.
Ok...Don't freak out, Zoe isn't being mean. The dogs go behind the gate when the need a break from the little tornado here. Zoe came right up to the gate after Kaylee had been banging on it saying "dog, dog" and reaching through the gate. After Zoe got to the gate she just stood there as if to say "ha, ha" and then yawned and went back to lay down. I know the picture is a little blurry, but I can't believe I got it on camera!!

:) This is what happens when you chase Kaylee when she is crawling...She gets so excited she lays down like this and just cracks up...I love her soo much.
After she is done laughing, she will turn around like this to make sure your not coming after her again...Then she gets up and I chase her again...

Just a cute picture :) Wouldn't you agree?
Picture of proof...She loves to bang on that gate for the dogs :)


So her bow is coming out of her hair, but this little booger just kept lifting her dress up in church... She had never really done that before and really hasn't done it since...goofy child.

9 + Months :)

Wow, this post is a little late. These last couple of weeks have been a bit crazy. I had finals, Josh has had exams in both classes and Kaylee turned 9 months old. All of this was happening all while Kaylee was very sick... This little girl can't catch a break this winter. I say lets do away with winter, we're ready for spring around here.

Kaylee had to go to the doctor because she had a double ear infection, croup, RSV, fevers (around 103) and pink eye in both eyes [don't know exactly how she got that :( ]. This all happened rather quick, maybe a day and a half. I took her to the doctor first thing last Monday morning and the poor girl had to get two shots of Decadron in her legs...She wasn't very happy about this at all. I got the most pitiful look like "mama, I already don't feel good and your letting them jab things into my legs!!!!". They also put her on an antibiotic and said to continue her breathing treatments; and then we were on our way. By Thursday she was not doing any better, in fact I think she was doing worse so I called the pediatrician's office again . Fever's were still occurring despite antibiotics and alternating Motrin and Tylenol for her. Her eye's looked a lot worse as well and the poor girl was just hating life. She also refused to eat or drink very much (only drinking 2-3 ounces of her 6-8 ounce bottles) Back to the doctor we went. Doctor confirmed that she was getting worse and ordered two injections of an antibiotic as well as a different oral antibiotic and numbing ear drops. Again I got the look for the shots that she got. Finally, after all of this, Kaylee is feeling much better. She still has a residual cough now and then, but she is back to crawling all over the place, chasing dogs, pulling herself up onto furniture and LOVING life again:)

Toward the end of Kaylee being sick, Josh and I then got sick. Everyone is on antibiotics and we are feeling much better.

Moving on, I'm hopeful Kaylee will be walking soon. She loves to stand and has tried to take a few steps to mama or dada. She is getting more comfortable with falling down and going "boom", so this makes her a little more brave to keep standing and pulling herself up to things.

Tid bits of info...

• Kaylee is super tall. She is 29 inches long. She is too long for some of her size 12 months pants and dresses.
  
• Kaylee weighs 20lbs 14oz. This was taken when she was sick and the thought that she had probably lost a little weight before this.
  
• Kaylee had her first "real" dinner with mama and dada. We had spaghetti and she loved it. We were going to do this a little while ago, then Kaylee got sick and we had to wait.
  
• She has 8 teeth. 4 top front teeth and 4 bottom front teeth. This girl is not playing around with cutting teeth :)
• She gives kisses and high fives, and she loves to wave.
• She loves, loves, loves the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She dances to the opening song and the closing song called "the hot dog dance".
  
• She is finally saying Mama :) it melts my heart (and its about time lol)
• Her bangs are sooo long...I cant bring myself to cut them yet.
  

This little girl is such a Daddy's girl. She loves to sit on Josh's lap while they watch Sports Center. I don't know why that show is so captivating, but neither of them budge while they are watching it. Don't dare try to talk to either one, because it's pretty much guaranteed that they are not paying any attention to you lol.

We will be having Kaylee's 9 months milestone pictures done (although it will be like a 10 month picture because she was sick) so you will have to stay tuned for those.

Enjoy some pictures...


She really loved the spaghetti...I promise she got some in her mouth lol.

She loves to pose like this...she does it everywhere, especially under the ceiling fan :)
Crawling to chase the dogs.
These next two pictures show off her teeth...but I haven't gotten a picture of all of them.

I love this precious smile...
Zoe loves Kaylee...She gets attention all the time. They get along so well.
I missed getting the picture that had her whole head in there :(
These two are patiently waiting for spring to come lol.
Kaylee's first balloon. She got this when we went to lunch at Red Robin. She loved this thing.

Crawling Video

New Skill.....Crawling :)

So Kaylee will be 9 months on Saturday…I’m saving some stuff to talk about for her 9 month post, but I couldn’t wait to share a video of this little girl crawling. She mastered this skill very quickly over the weekend and is now crawling EVERYWHERE!! The video is of when she first started crawling and she has this little hop to it (its sooo cute). It’s amazing how fast she picked up on it. She still LOVES to walk holding on to our hands and we bought her a rolling toy that she can walk behind all by herself (with mommy or daddy close by). There is so much more to talk about, but I have to save it for her 9 month post. I also posted some other cute pictures and one showcases Kaylee’s little temper. She gives this look when she wants something we won’t let her have.

Enjoy :)


The little glare...Can't believe it's starting so soon, but it is adorable :)

Someone is wearing daddy's hat...

Dogs and Snow....So funny!!

I got a couple of pictures of the dogs playing in the snow... They were cracking me up. The only reason they wanted to go outside is because the neighbor dog was out for a second... They bolted out to the corner of the yard, barked for a minute, and came running back to the house... They are wearing their little doggy jackets and having a blast.

Funny Pics

Here are a few snapshots of Kaylee getting her bath. We had a little too much fun with the shampoo and her hair lol... ENJOY!!!

8 Months Old

Kaylee is 8 months old. Time flies when you’re having fun. I can’t tell you how much fun Kaylee is. This little girl always has us cracking up and laughing about something. She is a very vocal baby and can now say "Da Da" and "Duck" really well and associates the meaning. She has just recently started with "Ba Ba" for bottle and is working on that and is now saying "Bye" which really sounds like "buh" but she waves at the same time so the recognition is kicking in. We are diligently working on saying "ma ma" lol.

Duck was her second word where she associated the meaning. This is because she is obsessed with her rubber ducky. It doesn't even make it to the bath tub anymore because she is always playing with it somewhere else. It usually travels with us wherever we go.

There are some other new things going on with this little one...

Kaylee now has 4 teeth...Yay!!! She has her two bottom teeth and her two front top teeth.

Kaylee is rocking up onto her hands and knees and scoots backwards. She still rolls everywhere and loves to stand next to the ottoman and hold onto it. She will stand there and do little jumps up and down and beating on the top of the ottoman.

She is very vocal and isn't shy about it. We will be at the grocery store and she is just talking up a storm to anyone and everyone and sometimes to no one at all.

She is officially out of that tiny infant car seat and into a bigger car seat. I’m pretty sure she likes the roominess; she loves to kick those legs.

She loves sweet potatoes, bananas, squash, pears, green beans, peas, and most other things we give her. We tried mango today, but she wasn’t having any of that :)

She is working on the sippy cup. She just chew’s on it instead of drinking from it. She’ll get the hang of it soon.

We had to lower Kaylee’s crib, because she was pulling herself up on the side of it and standing. She is getting so big, so fast :)

The hair on the top of this girls head grows so much faster than the hair on the side of her head. Her little bangs are so long and they do whatever they want. We put clips in her hair, but sometimes she pulls them out lol.

Christmas was a blast...She was pretty interested in the bows and paper. She would beat down on a box that was wrapped and if there was a spot to poke through the paper, she would grab the paper and pull (I know… it’s the little things lol). It was so freakin' cute and more than I expected for her first time. She loved the bows the most I think, so we had to get a picture of a couple on her head :)

Here are a lot of pictures of our goofy girl...I wanted to post a video, but it's to big for blogger to let me post it. Its the cutest thing ever too :(

Enjoy the pictures

Blowing raspberries at mommy...

I'm pooped! Time for a break.

This is what happens when you scoot backward :)

How cute...

Always watching the ceiling fan and playing with her feet.

Kaylee loves to wave.

When she gets tired of rolling to get the toys, she always has her feet lol

She loves the mirror on this, she has pulled it off a time or two :)

Goofy girl...she tried to reach for the blinds too....gonna have to watch her closely.

She loves the camera for a little while...

"Really, with the camera again?"

Her favorite toy...her rubber ducky AKA "duck, duck".