Birthday Girl

Kaitlyn's 1st Birthday

Kaitlyn got some new toys for her birthday. She was very excited to play with them out in the yard. It was so warm on her birthday that we had to have an outfit change after dinner...slightly different weather than the day she was born!

Kaitlyn the Cat Lover

Dusty allows her do this, but not for very long before she gets up and looks for shelter. Then Kaitlyn chases her around the house for a while until the cat decides she's had enough and goes under the bed.

Kaitlyn is going to be a year old in 13 days! Where has the time gone? She has 2 teeth on the bottom and 4 coming in on the top. She is eating everything we eat, but we still have to grind it up...well some things, like meat...she will keep a piece of meat in her mouth all night and never swallow it. I hope she doesn't take after my cousin Sarah!! She's not saying sentences, but she says things like mama, dada, bye bye, uh oh, hello, and various other random things. She babbles quite a bit. She likes to hold her cell phone up to her ear and "talk" to people. She's quite the little entertainer...actually, she entertains herself quite nicely. If she ever gets into her room she will go right over to the dresser, open the drawers, and start throwing all the clothes on the floor. It's a clothing thing, because when she helps me fold the laundry she does the same thing. She could be strangely content playing with pajamas, a onesie, or some socks. Her new thing is to strip down to her diaper during nap time. Obviously, I will be safeguarding against messes that no one likes to clean up by making sure she is wearing a onesie during nap time. I'm sure she'll figure out how to take it off at some point, but it might buy be a few months!

Kaitlyn's New Hat and Shoes

Cell Phone Pics

Finally some new pics...

Cute Pics

American Idol Fan??

Kaitlyn in Florida

The Crab Walk

Mangia!!

9 Months Old

I can't believe our little Kaitlyn is already 9 months old! She finally cut her first tooth on January 9th...the baby sitter was very pleased with that. She is cruising around crawling and she's finally sitting up (she crawled before she sat up on her own). Her new thing is to pull herself up on the furniture and the baby gates. We went to the doctor today and found out that she's 15 and a half pounds and 28 and a quarter inches long. She's in the 75th percentile for height and 5th percentile for weight...long and lean. She is starting to eat table food, but she won't put it in her mouth on her own...she is more interested in playing with it on the tray. I'm sure she will leave Florida with some stellar eating skills...

Kaitlyn at the Mall of America

Kaitlyn is crawling now. She started off inching her way forward using her arms to pull herself along. She is now on her hands and knees moving along pretty good. Although, when she wants to get somewhere fast she reverts back to the old standby inchworm move. She is also starting to stand up and pull herself up on things. We found her standing in her crib a few days ago and every day since then when she wakes up from sleeping. She is a joy to have around. She is almost always in a good mood and smiling. She makes us laugh quite often. I wouldn't be surprised if she's walking by the time we vist Nanna and Pappa in Florida next month.

Kaitlyn's First Christmas

Kaitlyn Helping in the Kitchen

Stylin' Kaitlyn

Giggles

Turkey Day

Yesterday was Kaitlyn's first Thanksgiving. She did not eat any turkey and stuffing yet since I didn't bring the food processor to Grandma's house to accomodate her. She will be eating turkey and stuffing leftovers for dinner tonight. She had a fun day, even though she stayed awake until about 11:30pm. She was very well behaved and patient. Everyone loved her little red dress...and her legs even stayed warm without tights...probably because she never stops moving them!!

Kaitlyn and Wormy

Kaitlyn and Wormy are best buds when it comes to sleepytime. She always falls asleep with wormy in her hand...petting him. Wormy is the caterpillar from The Hungry Caterpillar. She usually likes to put him on her face and rub his mane of yarn. We caught her using him as a pillow the other day!! What a cutie...we love her.

It's Winter Here

Kaitlyn has been patiently waiting to wear her boots...and once we see snow, the boots come out. This morning we got her bundled up and brought her to day care. When we walked in the door to pick her up at the end of the day they told us that they think Kaitlyn is a genius. She's been waving goodbye now for about 3 weeks, but today it was a different goodbye. She was waving goodbye to the kids as they were leaving day care (she's usually the last to be picked up) and she was saying "bye bye". Awwwwwww...our little genius. We have not witnessed bye bye yet, but she was so exhausted when she came home that she ate and went right to bed. We are hoping to witness this in the morning. And I hope she screams for daddy like she did early this morning because it got him out of bed immediately!!

Clapping Baby

Kaitlyn had her doctor's appointment yesterday where she got 4 shots. She weighed in at 13 lbs 6 oz, which puts her in the 10-25% percentile. She is a little peanut, but she is doing great and is healthy. She's eating like a champ...fruit, veggies, chicken soup, beef stew...you name it, she eats it. The doctor asked "Is she always this happy?" Kaitlyn is a very happy baby. She rolls around to get where she wants to go...either that or she backs herself up. She says MaMa and waves goodbye...and now claps...and she's so proud of herself when she claps. The doctor said she is very advanced for her age. Kaitlyn keeps us busy and entertained.