10 1/2 months

Always getting bigger.  In the last couple of weeks, Kaelyn has started putting her shapes in the shaped holes on her bucket.  This morning was the first time that she was able to do more than the circle.  She actually put the star in the right spot and it went through.  She was very happy.  It is so cute cause she gets frustrated when the shapes don't fit.  I guess it won't be long before she has them figured out.  She is also doing a very fabulous job working on her walking.  She has been walking with us holding onto one hand.  She loves to work at it.  She has also been starting to stand freely more often.  Only for a few seconds at a time, but I notice her doing it a few times a day.  Maybe it won't be long before she has it mastered.  She is starting to learn the concept behind sign language.  We are working on her dinner time manners cause when she wants more she gets really loud and screams.  Now that we are working on it, she is starting to point at food that she wants without making noise and she is also occasionally doing her "more" sign with her fingers.  She gets so happy when she does it.  It is so cute.  

Daddy got to come home on Tuesday and stayed through Thursday morning.  Kaelyn certainly seems to love her daddy.   It used to be that in the morning when she would come and play in our bed, she only wanted to be with mommy and ran from daddy.  Now when daddy comes home, she just wants to play with daddy.  It makes us both so happy that she really wants to be with him now.  

Kaelyn is definitely trying to talk a whole lot.  She makes tons of different sounds.  Her words still include momma, daddy, pup, nanana (food), milk (mamamama).  What more can we say, she is such a delight to us.  She us full of personality, spunk, and joy.  She loves hard and loves to be expressive.  We love you baby girl.