September rewind!

Well it's been a while since I last blogged so I figured I better get on here and update everyone although when I go to other people's blog it seems like they too have been on a leave of absence. There isn't too much to update. Things have pretty much been following the same old routine with work but Kaylie sure does make things interesting. Kaylie turned 10 months in September and I'm pretty proud of  myself for taking a picture  and blogging about her fun antics every month. It sure does help when I print pictures and update her baby book. Which I can't believe she is almost one already! It doesn't seem that long ago that I had her and went on maternity leave. And now she is one tall, crazy little girl!

Let's see she is still around 30 inches long and weighs about 21 pounds. She still only army crawls but loves to cruise around the furniture and walls. She also loves to use her little walker and walks all around the living room. She won't stand by herself cause all she wants to do is bounce! She's our little Tigger! Some other nicknames she has acquired are: monkey and stinky. She loves food and will eat anything you put in front of her! She is doing better with chunkier baby food and loves the ones that have chicken and noodles in them! She just got her second tooth (yes they are sure slow coming in!) so we have been trying things like noodles, fruit, and she loves those baby cheese puffs! 

She loves to put things in her mouth, stick her tongue out, look at herself in the mirror, take baths, play with her dog and doll, watch morning cartoons, help mom with laundry and go for car rides! There isn't much that she hates and she rarely cries except when she gets sleepy. She still sleeps through the night, takes 2 great naps everyday, and has the funniest personality! She had so much fun on the bow hunt and was just dying to be put down and crawl in the dirt. Sadly she fell asleep right before the stuffed animal and candy hunts but had fun none the less. She even slept really good and didn't have any problems with allergies this time! Thank goodness! September has been full of Derick's softball games, work, and completing projects. I finally got a little play mat quilt for Kaylie, a wooden countdown project (only 39 more days until Kaylie is 1) and this cute rocking chair for Kaylie. I saw it out by the dumpster one morning and quickly picked it up. I think it turned out so cute and Kaylie loves to sit in it and rock! On Monday Derick's cousin Aubrey is taking pictures of Kaylie and I am hoping to get some cute pictures of her in the chair along with tons others (thanks to pinterest I have tons of ideas)

 Here is the rocking chair before and after. We had to re-make the seat and then I upholstered it with this cute fabric! I love how it turned out! It reminds me of the rocking chair I had when I was little. Well, I can't believe it is already October on Monday. This week we have Derick's brother Devin's wedding. Then I go off track in 2 1/2 weeks (thank goodness!) and then Kaylie and I are flying home to California the 22nd-29th! I am so excited! I haven't been home in almost 2 years and some of my siblings have only seen Kaylie once and that was when she was 5 months. So I thought it would be fun to go and then we can celebrate Halloween and her birthday with everyone there. So be on the look out because it sounds like October is going to be crazy and there will be tons more pictures to follow!

Bear Lake

 We just got back from our annual trip to Bear Lake with Derick's family. This year was Kaylie's first year and we all had so much fun. She loved having everyone around and being outside. I was amazed that she still took naps and slept through the night.

 She is definitely spoiled by daddy...mostly cause he fed her Otter Pops!

 Kaylie loved the beach and even the cold lake water. She also loved baby Emma and her toys!

 Just jumping with cousin Kendall and cousin Ava! She loved playing with the big girls.

 We always love mini golfing while we were there and Kaylie loved sitting in her big girl stroller and her cute pink ball!

 This year we decided to head up to Minnetonka Cave and do some exploring. We heard the cave was pretty cold inside so we all bundled up and headed out.

 Kaylie loved watching all the chipmunks that were around. She never knew where to look.

 The cave was so neat inside. There was lots to see and tons of stairs to climb. They said there was about 888 stairs throughout the whole cave. And yes we had to carry Kaylie through the whole thing! So I was sweating to death through the whole thing! But it wasn't too bad until she fell asleep for the whole walk back and was like carrying dead weight. But overall the kids did great and it was so much fun to see! Just another fun year at Bear Lake!

Playing Catch Up!

Big Girl- With all the craziness going on this month I didn't have a lot of time to blog about all that has happened! First of all Kaylie turned 8 months old! She is growing up so fast and doing so many new things. She is growing like a weed and is about 29 inches long and 19 lbs. She has the longest arms and legs and we have no idea where she is getting all this height from but we love it!

Favorite things-She loves to take baths in her new tub but hates them without it! She loves to lay back and just lounge in the water playing with her toys! She gets that from her mom! She loves to pull out all of her toys and goes around playing with each one (or should I say she puts each one in her mouth then moves on to the next one) Most recently she loves to sleep with her "softie" blankets. You give it to her and she just buries her face in it and takes a nap! She is also the happiest girl ever. I took her with me to the dentist today and she sat right in her chair and played with her toys. Everyone says what a great baby she is and that's totally true. (Although she definitely has her sassy, whiny moments but she saves those for mommy and daddy) Miss Independent- She also surprised me and started to hold her own bottle! :( this makes me happy- yeah I don't have to sit and do it for her but it also makes me sad- I don't get to sit and do it for her anymore! She is getting all the more independent!

She also can grab her own little treats and put them in her mouth all by herself! She also started crawling- well...more like army crawling but put the remote out and she zooms right to it! I wonder if she will ever get on her knees or if she will army crawl the whole time. Although I don't expect her to crawl for very long cause she is already pulling herself up on things and loves standing up. Oh and don't forget the tooth that popped up this week! See I told you she is getting way too big! I had no clue that when she hit 8 months so much would happen. But one this is for sure, I am so glad to have had this time off work so that I could be around for it all. I truly love my job and that I can still be around for all of Kaylie's big moments!

5K-I ran my first 5k this month. And I didn't do too bad-well at least for my first one. I did it with my sister in law Andrea and our future sister in law Shanda (yep Devin proposed while we were at Bear Lake!) Afterwards I really wanted to do another one but now I'm like- what was I thinking? I hate running! LOL but this one will be fun and yes probably my last one for a while! I'm just excited to say I did one before I turned 30! Now I can say I accomplished something!

 4th of July- We didn't really have any plans for the 4th but decided to head over to Derick's parents house and have a little BBQ (ok so we just got KFC but same thing right!) It's just also fun to hang out with family for holidays especially since mine isn't here. That's why holidays are hard for me. I miss my family especially when I know they are all at home together! Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the day!

 She wouldn't sit still cause all she wanted was the grass! She loves it!

 Kaylie is daddy's buddy!

 Kaylie and her cousins Kendall and Hailey

 She loves being outside but slept through the fireworks!

MMM...she loved the cantalope and just wanted to bite into it!

 Isn't she cute? Told you she is daddy's buddy.

Yes we are starting her out early to be a Utes fan! She loves her friend Swoop!

Schools Out!

 School's out for Summer! Needless to say I am soooo excited! I finally get some time to spend with Kaylie and Derick! The last few weeks of school were crazy but we had lots of fun! Our second to last week of school we do camp week. Where we pretend that we have come to summer camp. This year I found some super cute camping projects on the blog thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com and decided to change things up this year. This year our class mascot was the porcupines. We read some cute books about them and the kids had to write how they would hug a porcupine. This one says, "I would hug a porcupine by putting plastic on it." So cute.

 These were out cute campers in a sleeping bag. They had a poem that they had to fill in the blanks with verbs and nouns, etc. They turned out cute too!

 I loved these cute skunks and the stinky skunk facts! This stinky fact says, " A skunk can spray you in the eye and it stings it and hurts for a long time." HAHA love it!

 We also tie dye t-shirts every year and take a "hike" to the park! I love the way that my blue shirts turned out this year. I am sad to see my class go this year. They were such a good class. Now I have to get in the mindset for little kindergarteners to come to me! Yikes! :) Maybe I'll enjoy my summer first and then worry about that!

Swimming time!

 

Kaylie is now 7 months old! 

 For her seven month birthday I took Kaylie over to the pool so I thought I would take pictures of her in her cute swimmy! She was so excited to go...can you tell? LOL She is now about 18 pounds and 27 1/2 inches long! She is getting so big and doing so much! Most of her clothes are 6-9 months but she can still fit in some 3 month clothes! Her pants are just more of capris now!



Kaylie practicing her swimming! This is exactly what she did in the pool. She would get her bum so high and froggy kick so fast! She loved being in the water and didn't want to get out! I had to go get her a floaty so that she can sit in it and kick!

 She is now a sitter! She sits up so good! She loves to sit and look around. I often come out and she is just staring up at the TV. She loves to watch Doc McStuffins and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Sometimes when she babbles it sounds like she is singing along with the show!

She also loves to play with toys. When something is out of her reach she will practically bend over in half. Definitely my little gymnast! She's not crawling just yet but she rolls everywhere and can move around in a circle. but not movement forward or backward yet!


Kaylie is also my good eater! She loves all kinds of foods now. She eats solids better than the bottle. Her favorites so far are chicken and rice, vegetables, and bananas. She also started drinking out of a sippy cup. She holds it pretty good but is still practicing getting it into her mouth. She loves when it has water in it! At restaurants she loves to drink water out of mommy's straw!

 Last month we got to see my mom again for Mothers Day! It was a weekend full of family and we loved it! I'm glad my mom was able to see Kaylie so much these past few months cause I'm not sure when we will be able to get out to California for a visit.

 A few weeks ago Derick finished out his 3rd year of teaching! YEAH! So while I am working for a few more weeks, Derick is now Mr. Mom! He gets to hang out with Kaylie all day and she loves it! She loves her buddy-Daddy!  Derick is quickly learning how to feed her and how cranky she gets without a nap! I'm glad that he gets to have this time with her but I am sooo jealous when I have to get up and go to work! Luckily I only have 2 more weeks and then it's summer time! I can't wait to spend time with my two favorite people!

6 Months Already

 I can't believe that 6 months ago I gave birth to this amazing little girl! She is one of the best things that has happened to us! She is growing like a weed and has such a funny personality. The picture with the bear is the only one I could get without her attacking it!

Here are her 6 month stats:

Height: 26.5 inches-77th percentile

Weight: 17 lbs-70th percentile

Head: 44cm- 84th percentile

Clothes size: some 3-6 months but mostly 6 months

(But her pants are all getting too short!)

She did so good with her 6 month shots. She absolutely loves the one that you drink and didn't even cry for the first one. Then when the second one came she cried for a few seconds and was done! I guess they probably feel a lot better than those IVs. I also can't believe how tall she is. I can already mark her height on the growth chart!

 She is able to do so much now! She loves to bounce in her exersaucer and bounces even when she isn't in that thing now! Everyone says she is so squirmy! She loves to reach for things with both hands now including her doll (which she loves to eat!) and anyone's face! Then she just slobbers all over you! I also love that she doesn't need a pacifier! She is so calm and hardly cries. I'm glad she's finally feeling better. I still think she has a little allergies but we'll see as she gets older!

She also loves to roll now. But only when she wants to. The other day I had some plastic bags by the door and she rolled 4 or 5 times so she could get over to them. Which then she got her arm and leg stuck in the handles! Silly girl! She will also roll all the way to me if I sit anywhere on the floor! She is also becoming a great sitter! She still will flop once in a while!



She has also recently found her toes! She loves to grab them and eat them! She likes to sit in her swing and wiggle all the way down so she can either grab her toes or touch the ground! She also smiles all the time! And gabs and gabs! Sometimes it sounds like she is singing with all the gabbing she does! Fingers crossed she says mama first! LOL


 She is so good at getting her head up now so she is doing much better eating solids. She loves oatmeal, peaches, green beans, rice cereal with apples, bananas, and mangoes. We have recently switched to formula and she is such a little grazer. She sure does like to take her time eating a bottle sometimes and then other times she will gobble it down in no time! She is also such a good sleeper! She still sleeps through the night and goes down with no problems. By 8:00 she knows it's bedtime and zonks right out!  I know I only seem to blog when Kaylie gets a month older but there is always so much going on that it's hard to find the time. Next weekend we are headed to Manti for our annual Memorial Day camping trip. I can't wait to see how Kaylie does. This will be a good test for the bow hunt I think! I am also excited to take her swimming. Our pool opens that weekend too and think she will just love the water! So many fun things coming up!