Kaelyn's Blog

Coloring

2009-04-07T21:24:00.002-05:00

Today Kaelyn just started working at coloring in the lines. I was very impressed. She was coloring in the hearts on a picture. Her phrases keep getting more sophisticated as well. Today when she couldn't figure out how to get a certain cup to her mouth with her left hand (her right wrist is out again, poor baby) she said, "Me not know how do it" It was so cute. That's our doll.

Kaelyn Funnies

2009-03-27T19:49:00.002-06:00

Today at dinner Kaelyn was working hard at making us laugh. She made up something ridiculous to say "Eating the trash can in the trash can" and then tapped day and said "make laugh, make laugh" The make laugh part got us rolling and then she repeated it all a gazzillion times. It was pretty funny I must say and amazes us how kids pick up on these things about saying something for the purpose of getting you to laugh. Too cute.

Such a Trooper

2009-03-22T20:45:00.002-06:00

Kaelyn has been amazing with all of the move stuff. She has just tagged along and made her own fun. It has been amazing how well occupied she can stay with books, especially her Bible Stories. So cute. She has done super well with the pottying thing and just continues to amaze us with her words. She tells daddy often that she loves him. She has been showing off all of her skills to her family and keeps us all rolling. She is loving the parks and playing basketball. Today she wanted to play basketball outside when it was time to take a bath and she asked us several times and after we said no several times she said, "pay baskeetba a lil bit later" . Ya, Kaelyn, a little bit later. "ok". So sweet. We are hoping to get to take her sledding this week with the 12-18 inches of snow we are expected to get tomorrow. Fun fun.

Tap Dancing

2009-02-26T20:52:00.002-06:00

Spring Weather

2009-02-26T20:06:00.005-06:00

We are having a blast with the spring weather. It is so nice to get outside. Kaelyn has been asking to go out all the time and keeps herself pretty occupied out there playing with the goats or digging in the dirt or trying to figure out how daddy's trailer works. The only vice of outside has been the peeing in the dog house. It is inevitable. We are officially potty trained except for that and night times, so the dog house is now off limits (locked) as of today. Kaelyn has hopped over that last hurdle in day time potty training to where she takes herself to the potty or tells us she needs to go. She has gone 5 days now without an accident aside from the dog house. We are so proud and can now be in big girl panties full time (no more training pants).
Kaelyn has been saying some fun things lately that just keep us rolling. Today she out of the blue said "Christmas morning" several times in a row. I was like ok, Christmas morning, what brought that up. Well, there was a gift bag sitting on the counter from my grandmother for her and she was thinking it was a Christmas present. It was so cute and amazing that at this age she is remembering things from several months ago just out of the blue. I loved it.

Some of my favorite phrases are "mommy, hold you?" for hold me, "bye bye, see you ater" for see you later. She has also been mixing up her sentances and it is so cute like her saying, "help you dishes do". She has helped a couple of times with the dishes (really just playing in the bubbles) and anytime she sees me doing them she goes over and gets her chair and pulls it over. I love it.

Here is a favorite conversation as of late:
Kaelyn: mommy, watch couple streets couple minutes? (Seasame street podcasts)
Mommy: not right now
Kaelyn: ummmm, watch Cars, minute?
Mommy: no, we aren't watching TV right now?
Kaelyn: ummm, watch Dora
Mommy: what did mommy say?
Kaelyn: watch Liego (Diego)
Mommy: mommy said no
Kaelyn: ok mommy

Oh there is so much to Post

2009-02-18T19:43:00.004-06:00

Kaelyn has been a bundle of joy as well as a bit of a toot lately. Everyday is an adventure that is fun and keeps us on our toes. She has made the transition to a big girl bed very well. We ended up having to rig up a side rail, but it works well. She did great for two nights and then the next night she fell out twice. Poor baby. I felt bad, but problem fixed now. She has decided to test me a bit though and has climbed out of her bed and gotten a toy or her shoes and runs straight back to bed. Too little to know that mommy can figure that out easily when she wakes up with shoes on or is caught throwing a ball out of her bed. She is sneaky though and hardly makes any noise now once I put her to bed. The other issue is her taking off her pj's and diaper every night. I have come to discover that she is sweaty lots, so I can't get too mad, but it still requires having to go in and put them back on before I go to bed. Otherwise she wakes up cold and or wet. There is always an adventure.

We are having a blast with all of the things that she comes up with to say. She is talking so much. I love it when she asks, "how you doin day?" She says,"help you" for help me, and loves to tell us who things belong to. "Mommy's cup, daddy's chair". Today she was talking about Wyoming. Today while I was fixing her hair, she said, "more, more" I asked more what, and she said "more daddy" She wanted her daddy home. She is also really into noises. "Hear dat, mommy? Choo train" or "airplane" or "uh oh, what's that" or "daddy's home!!" It is so cute.

She has become a bit of a stinker though when it comes to doing what mommy or daddy says. She has started flailing some and screaming and running the other way when she is asked to do something. It is a bit frustrating I must say, but she wouldn't be a normal kiddo is this didn't happen though. It is teaching me to be sensitive to what is important to her and teaching us better to communicate. The time out chair is a common occurance right now. This to will pass. Along with it though as come a purposeful "I am going to find another place to pee instead of the potty" situation. She knows when she needs to go and goes to other specific places to do her deed now. We were doing so well. It will click soon. I hope that having daddy home consistantly will help this along. I think that is enough for one post.

which ball should I throw first
Kaelyn loves to get in her rocking chair and read. Her favorite book to read is her "Bible stories" That blesses our hearts so much. She has been talking about the things God made and about baby Moses in the basket. Too precious.
Yes, I let my daughter play with pins. Crazy I know, but she wanted to help me while I was sewing and this kept her occupied for a long time instead of her being in my lap while I was trying to run the sewing machine. She felt like she was helping because mommy was using the pins too.
Dress up has become lots of fun lately. Don't you love the outfit. She loves her "ballet" costumes.
Miss cool sitting at her table.
Just lounging around. She looked so cute today and I just wanted to squeeze her onry self all day long if she would let me. Growing up too fast, but each step is soooo much fun.
Cute stuff
"Look it mommy, look it" She has decided that coloring on herself is more fun than on paper. Well, she knows otherwise, but that didn't stop her from looking at mommy to see if I was looking before she took the marker to her face. She said "uh oh" as soon as she noticed I saw what she was doing.

New Big Girl Bed

2009-02-10T19:30:00.003-06:00

Kaelyn has done great transitioning into her toddler bed. We took the crib rail off on Monday and she has stayed in her bed now for two nap times and one night time. She is on her second night time right now, and is not asleep yet, but is in her bed. Yeah!!! I thought this was going to be soooo much harder. I hope she keeps this up. Here bed doesn't have a rail on it, but she seems to be doing well with it. We thought we would give it a test last night before we invested in one. She has done great so far. We will get one if we need it though.

Kaelyn Funnies

2009-02-08T20:11:00.003-06:00

Today Kevin was teasing Kaelyn and trying to tickle her and she put a grumpy face on and didn't want him to touch her so she said, "My kitty cats, my kitty cats!!!" She had on a shirt that had kitties all over it. We hadn't talked about the kitties or anything or that it was her shirt. It was so out of the blue and funny.

Oh, and it looks like we are going to have to move her to a toddler bed soon. She has been trying to climb out of her crib. I was hoping to wait until we got to Wyoming, but we may have to hurry.

Jesus Loves Me

2009-01-27T09:44:00.003-06:00

Thank you Jesus

2009-01-20T15:21:00.005-06:00

Last night when Kaelyn and I were saying our bed time prayers, I asked her what she was thankful for. She said "Dexter(Kelci's dog), Keci(Kelci) thank you Jesus" and then put her hands over her mouth and laughed like she was proud of herself. It was so cute. Kelci, she has been talking about you lots. Can't wait to see you guys again soon.

We are so in love with this baby girl who isn't such a baby anymore. Just today she started to get the idea of taking pictures for fun. Before it was just "mommy get that camera away from me" and would run or not look at me. Today we had fun making funny faces and then looking at them.

My little ballerina
No, mom I will not look at you for a picture
Cheese
Here's my silly face
Here is my happy face
and my lalalalala face

and here is my sad face.

Open Up and Say AAHH

2009-01-17T20:24:00.002-06:00

We had to make a trip to the Dr. the other day to get some Phenergan for Kaelyn and when Dr. A said, "Ok, I need to look in your mouth now" Kaelyn looked at him, opened her mouth, Dr. A said, "no way", then she stuck out her tongue just perfectly where he could see the back of her throat. Dr. A, goes "She didn't just do that?" I sat there going, wow, that is my girl!!!

Helping mommy

2009-01-15T21:10:00.002-06:00

Today I was painting cabinet doors and Kaelyn said "hep you". So, I had to let her help. She was so cute because without any prompting, she dipped the brush, wiped it on the edge of the paint bucket (the most amazing part) and then brushed. She did a great job until she decided to pick up as much paint as possible on the brush and pile it on the cabinet door. Not so good for making the door look nice. Cute anyways.

Curly

2009-01-10T20:06:00.004-06:00

Well, it seems that we now have a curly head. It is so cute. It has been curling whenever she takes a bath and now is curling lots all the time. So precious.

Where did that come from???

She was having fun putting curlers into her stroller

The weather was so gorgeous the past couple of days and we got to enjoy the park and the zoo.

Kaelyn and one of her best buddies. She was sooooo sad when Colton left today, crying lots and asking where Colton was. We got to see so many animals yesterday. I think every cat was out. Thanks Heather and Colton for coming.

Wheels on the Bus

2009-01-05T12:36:00.002-06:00

Is There Any Resemblance???!!

2008-12-24T17:54:00.004-06:00

Daddy

Daddy
Kaelyn

Where do you think she got her belly? Mommy

Mommy

Gold in Her Tummy

2008-12-13T21:09:00.003-06:00

So, adventures in toddlerhood continue. This week, Kaelyn has discovered how to pull her earrings out of her ears. It has to hurt, but she thinks it is quite a game. I on the other hand have been quite frustrated by having to search for earrings around the house. The studs that she originally got were supposed to kind of lock so it was more tricky to just pull out. Well, it seemed to start when I had accidentally knock one out when I pulled off her shirt (ouch). Didn't bother her, but she like the idea of mommy putting it back in (means there is a way to make it come out). So, then the game began. At nap time I started to find missing earrings. Put them back in thinking not too much of it and then I couldn't find one yesterday. I knew it had to be around her bed somewhere because they were in her ears when I put her down and not when I get her up. No site of it at all. I asked her if she put it in her mouth and she nodded her head yes. Then I asked her if she ate it and again a head nod. Well, I asked my friend Amy about what she would suggest and she said to get earrings with screw on backs. I had never heard of them before. I wasn't going to put her other earrings back in incase she ate more, but we had to do something quick so that her holes wouldn't grow back in (easily done at this age). So, off to the mall we went today. We tried several places and things were just too expensive. Then, Kaelyn pottyed in her pants, so off to the Sears potty we went and then asked about their earrings. We found some for a good price, bought them, and went home. Put them in her ears, put her in bed, and then a few minutes later heard her say "uhoh". Went in there and the earring was out, put it back in because it seemed that I didn't put the back on well, it was a little messed up. I figured if it came out again, we would just take them back and get some more expensive ones. Well, a few minutes later I decided to go in and check on her and both earrings were out and one was in her mouth. The cubic zirconium was gone and the gold stud was chewed up. Well, there went the idea of taking them back.
We got a call a bit later saying that someone had found my wallet in Sears. Wow, didn't even know it was missing, but back to the mall I go and decided to go ahead and get the better earrings that she had no chance of taking off herself. Got my wallet back with all of the cash missing. I had all of my cards, but felt the need to cancel the cards as well. You never know what someone can do with just numbers. So, and expensive day to say the least. Then Kaelyn finally pooped and there was an earring back. Still have two missing studs though, so we will wait for the next set of poop. Oh the joys of parenthood. If you ever have to dig through poop, I suggest putting it in a plastic bag that you can see through. That way you never have to actually touch it until you find what you are looking for.

She Loves Her Veggies

2008-12-11T20:53:00.004-06:00

This past week or two has been a wonderful change in the veggie department. Kaelyn seems to really love broccoli and has been talking about it at odd times. Weird, I know, but wonderful. She also ate yellow squash like a champ tonight and devoured butternut squash soup and asked to eat tomatoes yesterday. What is going on with our child? I don't want to change this. She has also started to like eating meat by itself instead of hid in things. That makes life so much easier.

The pottying has gotten so much better except when she downs a whole 12oz of slightly flavored water. It is kind of humerous at that point when she potties every 10 minutes for the next hour and a half. Kaelyn just got over a case of bronchitis and seems to be healthy at the moment. Yeah!!! Amen!!! And she has slept past 7am the last 2 mornings. A dream come true. This morning it was 7:40!! Her naps have been fabulous too for the past week. She has been sleeping on average 3 hrs. Makes for getting lots done.

She is enjoying the Christmas season this year and we are having fun with it. Her favorite song is jingle bells. She could have me sing it 20 times a day if I would. She talks a bit about baby Jesus in the nativity. Speaking of Jesus, the other day I was praying with her before bedtime and out of the blue she said "thank you Jesus, Amen" She said her first prayer on her own. It blessed our hearts so much.

Another fabulous breakthrough has been the nursery at church. We decided to go ahead and put Kaelyn in the 2 year old room because she is potty training seems so much happier when she comes in there. Now whenever we get near that room so tries as hard as she can to wriggle out of our arms and says "pay"(play). Last week we left with her screaming "PAY". She was not ready to go. It was a nice change from coming to pick her up with a tear soaked face. I think that she just really enjoys the little bit bigger kids and the toys. I know have some other stories to share, but I can't think of them right now.

Stuffing her face with yellow squash.

We had a full day at home yesterday and she was getting bored toward the end, so we got the play dough out. It kept her occupied on her own for about 30 minutes. Notice the tongue sticking out slightly. A thinking face. Just like Daddy.

Having fun with a boa

This picture is a classic. The other day she had wanted to put her boots on, so we did, and I was cleaning out her closet. She found her swimsuit top and asked me to put it on. Then she was searching everywhere saying "panties". I wasn't catching on. She final found what she was looking for and it was her swimsuit bottom. Silly mommy and smart daughter. She looks lovely don't you think. This sparked the idea of getting some dress up clothes for Christmas. Don't read this Kaelyn or you will ruin the surprise.

Just cuteness. Don't you love the hair. She decided to take her pig tails out

Helping mommy heard the goats. "coming goats coming" meaning come on goats

They always look cute from behind walking in the toddler stage, especially in boots.

Another just cuteness pic. It was cold this morning.

So, the real skinny on our potty fun

2008-11-18T13:30:00.002-06:00

We are so proud of our little girl and her potty learning experience. It has been a roller coaster lately though, but it has made me a much more relaxed mom. We thought a few weeks ago that we had this thing mastered. She was doing so well and going several days without accidents and even then it would just be an isolated one. But after we got back from North Carolina, it all went south. Now she is having more accidents then successes. As in the post before, she is telling us more when she does need to go and as soon as she goes, she tells us too, but I am finding myself between a rock and a hard place. I know that life has been very hectic for us right now, so we are trying to take it all in stride and not make a big deal out of accidents, but I was so enjoying where we were. It is obvious how stress affects these little ones. I am debating wether or not to bring out some diapers again because I have a whole laundry basket full of wet pants, but I don't want to set her back further by doing so. I think we will just stick it out and be patient and let time tell. But I don't want to creat undo stress for her either. She does so well when it is just the three of us, but as soon as we get around lots of other people, it is up in the air. Oh well, I know that she is young and potty training is a process, but I just thought I would pass on the experience.

18 Months Old

2008-11-17T12:54:00.003-06:00

Kaelyn is now 1 and a half!!! Wow!! That went fast. She is such a delight to us and keeps us in stitches all the time and brings us to joyful tears often. She loves making animal noises and spotting animals and pretending to be animals. It is so cute. She is talking in sentances now and tells us that she loves us. She seems to really love Grammy because she says out of the blue, "Grammy, I love you". We have to ask her to say it to us. I know that will change. Grammy loves it.
Today, Kaelyn had her dr's appointment and it went very well. Stats are 27lbs 4oz (75-90%), 32in (50-75%) and her head is in the 90th percentile. The Dr. told us that Kaelyn is functioning developmentally like a 2 and a half year old. While she was sitting there getting examined, she all of a sudden said "pee pee". We had to take a potty break in the middle, but is fabulous that recently she has gotten better at telling us that she needs to go. Dr. A was very patient with us. We sadly had to tell him that this will hopefully be our last visit because of our move.(hopefully meaning that we don't want kaelyn to get sick enough to have to come back in.)
Kaelyn loves listening to music in the car. If she doesn't have her music on, she lets you know, but she is learning to appreciate mom and dad's music too. I think that is all for now.
Don't take my picture mom, just let me outside PEEESSSE!!!!!
It was finally cold enough to get all bundled up in our coat and gloves. She looked cute and enjoyed her gloves.
The other day I found her in my craft/laundry room having found my bag of ribbons. She took a few off of the reels. It was quite a moment of exploration.

Animal noises

2008-10-13T20:22:00.008-05:00

So, our cute toot has been up to a lot of learning these days, both good and bad. The good is that she has master most any animal noise we can think of and imitate. She has started to pretend to be animals which is so much fun. The best is when she comes out of the bath with her lion towel and walks around roaring and then laughing. She loves reading her books, more by herself than with mommy or daddy, but that is ok for now. She continues to aquire new tastes and food is always a plus around here. If she doesn't eat well it most often means that she is sick or that she is stressed. We have occasionally had the battle of wills but have learned that a time or two in time out fixes it very quickly.

Kaelyn is finding more and more ways to entertain herself as well, her favorite being a tub of beans and things to pour them into. Putting things in and out is the most interesting thing for her now. She has also figured out how to get the water dispensor on the fridge to work. Thank goodness for the built in lock system. Same goes for the buttons on the washer and dryer and the dishwasher.

She has gotten to spend lots of time with some friends over the past two weeks, at mom's group and our new Bible study. At the Bible study, she would go outside and play and after a few minutes, would walk back in and find me, give me a hug, say momma, momma, and then go back outside and play. She just wanted to know that I was still there. She is very afraid of me leaving right now. Whenever Grammy comes by or we go and see her, Kaelyn gets very clingy and doesn't want much to do with Grammy. If I budge from my spot, especially if I go anywhere near the door, she starts to cry or whine. Tender time right now for her.

Let's see, what else has happened in the last two weeks for our Kaelyn. She has enjoyed so much getting to see daddy lots lately. She still has her days where she wants mommy instead, but she doesn't cry if I leave and she is with dad. In the video you can see what they have been upto.

We had two days of no accidents, but that didn't last long. Right now, there seems to be a potty protest, but oh well, give it a little time and tender love and hopefully the wheels will turn back around. Enjoy the pics.

Itsy Bitsy Spider, her favorite song

So innocent

She loves feeding her animals

Watching the ducks at Hafer Park
Now, she has started a new trend, arm and face painting with the finger painting. Boy was that a mess to clean up. Thankfully the paint washed out of the clothes. Time for painting aprons.
Bubble baths are always fun with daddy
She looks so grown up doing the dishes

She looked so cute in the hat and we weren't fast enough to get the camera, so this was the reaction when we tried to put it back on.
Her new thing is to slosh her water around in her mouth before swallowing

Potty Stories

2008-09-24T20:14:00.002-05:00

The realm of pottying has beena wonderful adventure around here lately. We seem to have really gotten the nack of this thing down as long as Kaelyn and I tag team it. For the last week, we have managed 1 to 2 accidents a day, and most of those have been in the evening or when she is outside. She has been so cute about it and gets so excited when she goes. She has gotten used to using other peoples potties too. Yeah, I don't have to carry the potty in my bag everywhere. It stays in the car, but it doesn't have to always go in now. Today, she came running to me and said "pee pee" pointing to her panties and we ran to the potty and she went. As of late, her saying "pee pee" has been an after the fact thing, so this was an awesome step in the right direction. She is dry most mornings now and at nap times, so my diaper wash has been almost nothing. I have really enjoyed learning so much through this process and Kaelyn enjoys being successful. One of her new favorite things is to put on her Elmo panties. We only wear these in the house for now, but you mention them and she goes buserk, "elmo, elmo, elmo" over and over again. She won't let you help her put them on. Of course she doesn't quite have the nack down yet, but her efforts are priceless. She most often gets both feet in one hole and then tries to pull them up and starts whining. It is really cute except for the whining.

She can say her Name

2008-09-21T13:33:00.002-05:00

Kaelyn said her first and last name today. I was trying to get her to coroporate with something and so I was using her full name. Next thing I know she is saying "Kayin Gurmin". It was too cute. And then she counted to ten two times while we were playing with a mancala board. She skips out on seven but belts out eight and gets all excited when she says ten.

Another cute thing was that she was coloring a picture yesterday and when she was done she came into the kitchen and put it in the trash can, opened the drawer with the towels in it and then started scrubing the floor with it and then proceeded to wipe of her table and then unfortunately her nose. Yum yum. She certainly is an imetater. And she has started to crawl around like different animals and makes animal noises. I love it because it is a game she will let me play with her.

Amazing

2008-09-08T21:36:00.004-05:00

Friday was an amazing day for Kaelyn. When Kevin came home from Lawton, Kaelyn saw him at the door and started saying daddy, daddy, daddy really loud and running toward the door. She gave him a huge hug and kisses. She has never done this before to either of us when we come home from being gone any amount of time. It was so very precious. She used to just snub us when we came home as to say, "I'll teach you to leave me again".

The other amazing thing that she did on this fabulous Friday was count to 6 almost all by herself. I don't even remember what it was that we were counting, but I said one, then she said one, two, I said three and then out of the blue she said three, four, five, six. She had only ever said one two before and all of our counting books only go up to five, so I have no idea how she learned six. They pick up things so stinkin fast.

She has been working with Grammy doing a cute song with actions called Teddy Bear. I had done it with her maybe two times before and when we did it this weekend, she did all of the hand motions. it was too cute. I am going to try and get it on video soon. We love our onry cute toot. That is all for now.

She looks too grown up in this pic. She is sporting her new recycled wool shorties I experiment with making.
I also made some flannel fitted diapers. I like them a lot.
Love the open mouth before the bite is even on the spoon. I know, maybe not appropriate, but this is after her bath running around with her lion towel on her head and for some reason carrying a Supernanny book. She was having lots of fun.
checking out the cute baby lions at the zoo. They are starting to get big now and were playing lots, putting their paws on the glass.

Poor Dexter

2008-08-22T21:15:00.003-05:00

another cute video. When we were in Wyoming, Dexter was Kaelyn's favorite form of entertainment. We found her doing this one day and caught it on video. We love her laugh. And Amy, we love your old soaker.

To Pucker or Not to Pucker

2008-08-22T20:50:00.003-05:00

Here is a cute video of Kaelyn eating a lemon. Her expressions are priceless.

15 month Check-up

2008-08-18T20:02:00.002-05:00

Today Kaelyn had her 15 month check-up and it went very well. She has evened out now in her height and weight. She is 25 lbs which is in the 75-90% and 31 inches in the 50-75%. She has grown 3 inches in the last three months. Big growth spirt for our cute little squirt. Dr. Albiek asked us how many words Kaelyn is saying and I told him somewhere around 40. After he left the room, while waiting for shots (eek), I started counting how many words she says. It was about 65. I just had to put in a little brag on my Kaelyn. She is becoming quite a motor mouth. We are very proud.

Today we also got to go to Bouncin' Craze with our mommy's group. It's an inflatable playground. Kaelyn had fallen asleep in the car on the way there and was a bit hesitant to play at first. She wanted nothing to do with the bouncing. Then, she got a second wind and had a blast bouncing and going down the slides. We are so blessed to have these mommies and their kiddos to spend time with.

Water Fun with our Friend

2008-08-17T21:55:00.004-05:00

This week, Kaelyn got to have a bunch of fun with her friend Colton. They play better and better each time that we get together. We got to have some fun play time at home and swim in the turtle pool, then off to naps and then the spraygrounds. We are in an iffy time right now because both kiddos have been working to give up their morning naps. Colton has officially given his up, but Kaelyn still has one here and there. She took a short morning nap and decided that she wasn't ready for an afternoon nap. It didn't dampen any fun though thankfully. At the spray park, it took Colton a little warming up to the idea of things spraying, but then he was blowing bubbles in the water. Kaelyn couldn't get enough of the water. She has come a long way this summer when it comes to the water. At the beginning of the summer, she wanted nothing to do with it, and now she doesn't care if water gets in her face and chokes her up. She goes right back after it. Now we just need to teach her how to swim before she dives in on her own, which she has attempted several time. No fear for sure. Enjoy the pics of our water babies.

Which direction should I go?
When the water went down, she would put her head down by the spout and then it would spray her in the face. She would flinch, walk away, and then go back at it.
Handsome little man
blowing bubbles

Trying to eat the water
Isn't she beautiful

Busy Baby

2008-07-30T15:15:00.010-05:00

Beware, a gazillion photos and stories, and a smidge of a bare baby bottom!! Kaelyn has just been such a delight lately. She is a jabberer these days and is so full of smiles and expressions. She tries to name most everything that she sees. Today, she even said strawberry (saw-berry). When daddy was here the other day, she started folding her hands at prayer time. Now, any time you say "let's pray", she stops what she is doing and folds her hands. She keeps them folded until we are done singing our prayer and then starts back into eating during the spoken prayer. Too cute. She is finally cutting her molars (ouch), so choking on food is lessoning a ton. She also just got over another bout of croup. This time we were able to treat it all at home and she is much better. I finally got some sleep last night and so did she. Yeah!! I will tell the rest of the stories with the pics.

In preparation for my sister moving in, we got to get toys in a few rounds. We set up all of our little people toys with Christin's and Kaelyn had fun playing with them all together. She looks like such a big girl.
I finally got a rod handle put on this horsey that she got for her birthday. She can now almost climb up on it herself.

Here is the progression of Kaelyn trying to dress herself. Too cute.

Look mom, I did it. They are on.
The other day, I decided to get my jewelry box out and have some fun with Kaelyn. She quite enjoyed it. She was very serious about the process though of trying things on and taking them off.
She even had her tongue a bit out like her daddy does when he thinks hard. Hehe
My precious daughter looked so clean cut and sharp the other day, so I had to take some pictures. Isn't she just beautiful!!!

Or maybe just really silly

cheese!!
Oh, how about this face mommy!!
A picture shoot is never complete with out the thumb in the mouth.
When Kevin came home two weekends ago, Kaelyn was soooo happy to see him. She had had enough of mean mommy and wanted some daddy love. Mommy has had to do some disciplining lately with our cute stubborn daughter. Here, Kaelyn is helping daddy fix his computer. I am so glad that he knows what he is doing. Smart man I will have to say.

After he got it all fixed up, Kaelyn decided she wanted in on the action again and played some WOW for daddy.
Kevin gave Kaelyn a bath while I did dishes and he gave her a bubble bath. She quite enjoyed the experience of bubbles all over her.
Does this look good daddy?
Oh, how pretty, shoulder bubbles.
This cute car has become quite a means of conflict between mother and daughter. It was another toy that my sister brought over. Once Kaelyn discovered it, she didn't want to get out of it. "cah, cah, cah!!!" Every time she saw it, she would scream for it. One time I had it out in the garage and she started sayin cah cah, and I was thinking yah, we are getting in the car. Then when I put her in her car seat, she started screaming. As I closed the door I noticed what she wanted. We were headed to church and didn't have time to play and she was made. She cried so hard the whole way to church that she was gasping. This was not the only time. When we have something we need to do and she wants in the car, she will run to it as fast as she can and cling to it. It is so cute, yet so frustrating. So, now the car is in a closet where she has no idea of its whereabouts. It will only come out while she is napping so she doesn't know how it came back out.

Here she is being a little sassy
"on, on, on" She is trying to turn on the music button. It was getting so obnoxious, that I unplugged it so I can control the noise a bit. We get to enjoy it sometimes.
Another funny story. Kaelyn was having a ball getting on and off of her potty, but first she would stick her panties in the potty, sit on it, reach in and pull the panties out and then laugh. She repeated this process about 15 times before I stepped out for a moment. When I came back, she had climbed in the above car and peed and pooped in it. So much for the potty serving its purpose. By the way, the potty trying is still going fair. We catch about half these days. It at least saves on the laundry and diapers.

Such a silly cute game.

Sleeping Beauty.
I love getting in mommy's cabinets.
Look what I found.

Shake shake shake.

That's all for now, hope you enjoyed.

Not feeling so hot

2008-07-14T22:06:00.004-05:00

Poor baby has had a rough go of it lately, but getting some common bugs out of the way. We just went to Broken Bow with our friends Nate and Lisa and Kaelyn got sick on the trip. It seems as though she may have Rota virus. Fun fun. She hasn't wanted to eat much of anything in about 5 days now and is having the usual yucky tummy stuff. One amazing note though, her first puke ever landed in the toilet. We had to come back early from our trip cause she really didn't look to good and we wanted her nearer Baptist Hospital instead of a podunk one. She ended up perking up just before we made it home and I was able to go up to the PICU and do a couple of tests to check her out. All is well, just staying hydrated and trying to figure out something that she might eat. She is still a happy wonderful baby though. Here are a few cute pics from the last couple of weeks.

Other goings on!

2008-06-29T20:52:00.005-05:00

Our poor cute toot just had to have her first needed dose of antibiotics. She had a runny nose for a few days and then she got a pretty good case of croup. I almost had to run her to the ER at one point because she was gasping for air. It was pretty scary, but thank God for helping me to think half way straight and get me to put her in the shower and she was much better in a couple of minutes. So, we went to the dr.'s office a little while after this and got some steroids and found out that she had a double ear infection as well hence the antibiotics. Being a PICU and hearing your daughter with significant stridor is double scary. We got through it though and she is sooo much better now. A little bit of a cough and runny nose. Antibiotics seem to be really rough on her belly though. She doesn't want to eat much, so please pray that her body will tolerate the meds better each day and that we can figure out what would be appetizing to her upset belly.

On a brighter note, Kaelyn has been doing awesome with the potty training. Today we only had 2 accidents and one of those was while we were swimming. We have our good days and bad days, but she is making great progress and is a good sport about it. I am learning her cues better too, so we are having fun. I certainly am enjoying not having to do much laundry. At night time though, Kaelyn is leaking out of almost everything. She leaks out of pampers and her fuzzibunz and is soaked. The only thing that we have found to keep her from waking up in a swimming pool is to cover whatever diaper we put in with a wool cover. I have come to really appreciate wool. For those of you who may not know, wool is waterproof, antimicrobial, does not hold odors, breaths well, and has many very soft kinds. I always thought of wool as scratchy, but now that I have been introduced to different kinds, I have fallen in love with it. So, we use wool now as diaper covers. The covers can either be like what you would think of as a cover, as shorts or as pants. Here are a couple of pics that I like of them. It took a little getting used too, in our age of disposable diapers, but now I love wool and wanted to share it with others.

Kaelyn in her wool soaker we got from our great cloth diapering friend Amy. They were a little big here, but still did their job.
another comfy wool soaker

cute wool shorties. They come in so many different cute styles.
Wool Longies.
another cute pair of wool shorties.

Words Galore!!

2008-06-29T20:45:00.002-05:00

Kaelyn is learning new words every day and bringing us to tears with her ability to communicate. Today she learned Micah, yogurt, and rock (rocka). In the last couple of days she has started saying milka (milk), snacka (snack), Ringo, Anna, Melmo (Elmo), banana, and a few others. It is so amazing to watch, and you can tell that it brings her joy to tell us exactly what she wants or needs. With the specifics though, she gets mad if you give her something else. Milk and snacks are what she asks for all day now. Too cute.

Goofy Faces

2008-06-27T19:59:00.003-05:00

Wanted to show off a few pics of some of Kaelyn's fabulous expressions. We are working right now at capturing a lot of her fun antics that make her who she is and keep us rolling on the floor laughing. We fall in love with our precious girl more and more everyday and are amazed at how creative God is. We could not ask for more.

I am doing good fun stuff
Take note of the tongue sticking out. She gets this from daddy. This is her thinking face.
Goofy smile face
Are you talking to me, cause I am not listening.

What?
There is a problem, fix it now. I want to get in the pool ASAP and you are taking pictures mom.
Super excited face with a cute throaty giggle to go along with the face.
Pure excitement!! Don't get me daddy.
Oh, check out these buckles mom.

New Things Everyday

2008-06-15T20:21:00.004-05:00

I must do a bit of writing about what Kaelyn has been learning everyday. It just amazes us. I certainly see what people mean when they say they don't remember what kept them entertained before they had kids. Kaelyn learns new words everyday. She now says "nigh nigh" when we put her to bed. Whenever we get ready for a bath, she rubs up and down on her belly and says "bah bah". She says "more" and "yum yum". When she is hungry she walks around saying "nah nah nah" and rubbing her belly. They other day during her bath, she picked up a measuring cup, filled it up, looked at me and said "water" and then pointed to her bath toy and then poured the water right where she was pointing. Then she put her cup down and clapped. Then of course, she repeated this over and over and over again. She also says Anna. When we saw her the other day, Kaelyn followed her around saying "anna anna anna anna". Too cute.
She loves now to walk around and rub her belly because of how far it sticks out. It reminds me of rubbing my belly when I was pregnant. To her, her cute chunky belly is about the same size.
She is now a water baby through and through. The pool has become our best friend.
This part may sound absolutely crazy to many of you, but hear us out first. I had been doing some reading on the website where I get cloth diapers from and had heard of mom's potty training their kiddos at very young ages. At first, I looked at this and went how ridiculous!! I thought why would you do that to your child and yourself. It seemed like so much work and unnecessary at that point. Then, because we had been putting Kaelyn on the potty to poop for as long as I can remember (she would strain for 10 minutes or more before and we discovered that if we put her on the potty it would only take her 5 seconds), I got intrigued one day to see how these moms actually went about this process. I was quickly amazed and had to give it a try. I have been won over I must say. This is a process of learning to communicate potty needs with your child differently then when they understand it at an older age. It is called Elimination Communication. I was always taught in school that a child did not have the ability to control their sphincters until they were at least 18 months. Well, I have discovered not only from reading, but now through experience, that this is an ability they have from a very early age. Kaelyn is already very able to do it. She is most often ddry now in the mornings and pottys first thing when she gets up. We only have a few accidents a day now and she is learning to tell us when she needs to potty. It is so cute and she is so proud of herself. We are so proud of her too. I certainly will have to say that I am enjoying training pants as opposed to diapers cause Kaelyn is too much of a busybody to hold still to have any kind of diaper put on. She like to try and put the training pants on herself. One last note here. I thought my mom was going to think I was crazy when I told her that I was potty training Kaelyn already, but then she told me that her and her siblings were all potty trained shortly after a year. I guess it used to be the norm, and it certainly is around the world.

Please and Thank you

2008-06-01T21:17:00.002-05:00

We were all out and about and Kaelyn saw some pepermint candies. She has never had them, but they looked good to her, so she started doing her "more" sign and then pointing to herself and saying me, then pointing at the pepermints. We certainly weren't going to give them to her, so daddy said, "I will only give them to you if you say please", not thinking that this would even be possible and not really looking for any other response than her saying "more". Well, what do you know, the next thing she did was say "ease". Well, since he said he would if she said it, we had to give her the mint. He broke it in pieces and she sucked away at it. Then he asked her to say thank you, and she did. We will have to see if she keeps this up. I kind of like that. We will have to be more careful though about our offers these days.

New Pretties for the Pretty Girl

2008-05-31T21:48:00.003-05:00

On Monday, we got Kaelyn's ears pierced. She looks soooo pretty with them, not that she wasn't pretty before, but we love the earrings. She did an awesome job too. Kevin held her and she was so still. She just let the lady at Claires do her job. She just went "oh" after the first one and held still for the second. She cried after the second one, but it seemed that it was just because she was mad that we did it twice. She pretty much leaves them along thankfully.

Waiting and playing with the jewelry in the store
sitting so still while she marks her ears
Here goes ear #1 What a good girl. She is just thinking "what is she doing"
A little more hesitant with the second one, but still held still

Doesn't she look so pretty.

Owies and fevers

2008-05-23T13:10:00.002-05:00

On Monday, Kaelyn went to the dr for her 1 year check up. She weighed in at 23 lbs 4 oz (75-90%), 28.5 in (25%) and her head is in the 90th percentile. Thank you Germanns for the big smart heads. She is doing very well. She had to get 2 shots and have her finger poked to test her iron level. She didn't even cry when they poked her finger and cried for about 5 seconds after the two shots. What a big girl. Well, we got home and she started running a fever. I didn't think much of it cause I figured it was from the shots. In the middle of the night, she woke up and her temp was 103. I was a little concerned, but was still attributing it to the shots. 48 hrs later she was still running a 102 temp, so I called the dr. He told us to come on in. She had decreased breath sounds on one side and he said it was either early pneumonia, bronchiolitis, or roseola. So we started Kaelyn's first antibiotic. 48 hrs later, the fever was gone and she broke out in a rash all over her upper body. Roseola it is!! I was glad cause that meant we got to stop the anitbiotic. Her lungs sound great now, and she is finally a happy camper. That bug is out of the way now.

Happy Birthday Party

2008-05-23T11:32:00.005-05:00

We had a wonderful birthday party last weekend for Kaelyn. She had a great time playing with her cousins and getting lots of attention. We had our family and the Bilbrey's came as well. Kaelyn blew out her candle on her cake and ate her whole piece. YUM YUM!!! She got some wonderful gifts: a pool, lots of books, a bouncy horse, a doll, and a few other fun things. She of course made a mess of herself, so we enjoyed most of the party in our diaper. We got to use our back porch which was such a blessing and the weather was perfect. Thank you to everyone who made the day special.
Kaelyn also decided on her birthday to enjoy walking. She started getting herself up in the middle of floor and it very rapidly became her way of getting around. She cut a tooth too. Kevin was home for the weekend and she started saying dada with intention. It was so sweet.

I will try and get her blowing out her candle soon

Helping mom and dad get ready for the party

Fun cake!! Kevin and I put our heads together and came up with this.
Kaelyn loves getting in and out of her chair
We turned the ball pit into a pool
Checking out her balloons
Enjoying Dinner
Micah, Gary, Papa, and Caroline
Leslie, Kaelyn, and Grammy
Nana, Daddy and Aunt Christin Lounging in the birthday seat before the cake arrived

hmhmhm good!!!

What is it?
It's a book!!!

Somebody is 1 Year Old

2008-05-14T21:21:00.006-05:00

Happy Birthday to our precious baby girl!! It is hard to believe that a year has passed already, but boy has it been full and wonderful. Kaelyn has been the most fabulous blessing we could ever have imagined. We have grown so much with her. Thank You God for every minute!!! She has been working so hard the last couple of days on her walking and we could almost call her an offical toddler. We had fun taking these pics the other day, so enjoy.

Having Fun

2008-05-08T13:13:00.005-05:00

Making Muffins. She had more fun tossing the flour out of the bowl than anything.

She loves her new baby goat. Great for squeezing.

Crawling in the dishwasher

New toy. It was supposed to be a birthday present, but we needed something else to keep us occupied. She has spent a lot of time just sitting in the box.

Stories

2008-05-06T20:05:00.002-05:00

Well, Kaelyn has done some crazy things in the last few days that I have forgotten to divuldge. When we went to New York, my cell phone stopped working, can't remember if it was from Kaelyn dropping it or ir getting wet somehow. When we got home, I got a new phone and low and behold, 3 days later, Kaelyn decides that it needs to go swimming in mommy's glass of water. This one turns on, but the keys don't work. So, onto another phone we go. These things don't come cheap. She is not allowed to touch it now. Oh, and yes Rachel, I have lost your number once again. I feel like an awful friend. I guess I should write it down somewhere safe so I won't lose it again.

Next, no meal seems complete without a new hairdo. Kaelyn's sweet messy hands seem to always find their way in her hair and form a beautiful crusty updo. So much for a bath every other day. We also are battling throwing the cup on the floor. She knows that she is not supposed too, but is getting good at testing mom and dad. Several times today I got after her about it and twice I spanked her hand. After each smack on the hand guess what she did. She smiled at me and laughed. That got it's point across didn't it. It is all we can do to not laugh at the reaction, but we know that the buck has to stop here. Teaching children right from wrong sure is going to be a grand adventure and keep us on our toes.

Videos

2008-05-06T06:41:00.005-05:00

Finally got them to work Yeah!!!

She is on the move

2008-05-04T21:33:00.009-05:00

Kaelyn has just about gotten this walking thing down. She is so silly cause she has been able to walk holding onto one hand for a couple months now, but has refused to let go. Whenever we would let go, she would stand there and scream and then plop down on the ground. Now she walks in between Kevin and I very well, but I don't think walking will become her thing until she figures out how to stand in the middle of the floor on her own. She tried working at it today, but has a bit more to figure out there. She looks so cute toddling around. Other cute things: She has been clicking her tongue today as you will see in the video. She continues to love her puppy. When she awoke from her nap the other day, he was buried under her blanket and she had to find him before she wanted to get out. She also greatly enjoys some beaded necklaces that I got her. She loves to put them on and off and she says "pretty". She said fishy and light today.

Happy place in the sandbox with my new found friend, my necklace, and of course my milk Surrounded by her stuffed animal friends. She pulled them all out of the craddle. Yes, she has a big bruise on her head. She fell into a chair leg. Ouch!! Then she wanted to read to her animals, well, at least that is how it looks. Cuddling with her puppy

Sorry, the videos aren't working today. Check back later!!

Getting too cute and smart for her britches

2008-04-11T22:00:00.004-05:00

Kaelyn has loved her animals. She is not afraid of them at all and they are good to her. Ringo used to not like her, but he has decided that she is ok now and lets her play with him.

So, Kaelyn is already trying to dress herself. It was so cute that I caught her doing this today. She has been trying to put shoes on her doll and she even tries to put my shoes on her feet. It is too cute. She even new to open the sock to try and put it on. The toe kept flapping in the way though when she would try to put it on. I have not tried to teach her how to do this. She decided to work at it herself.

Just Being Cute

2008-04-07T21:24:00.004-05:00

Enjoying her food as always

I turned her seat around and she loves it. She can now see me in the rear view mirror

Myriad Gardens. I wanted to get some other pics with just her, but she was tired and scared of the waterfall, so she wouldn't let me put her down. As soon as we got outside, she wanted down. Silly girl.

Here are our cute friends. Camden

Avery and Zaine. We have some great friends

Eating a snack in the living room

Playing with the goats under the table

Don't you love the hair and the milk mustache. She took her pigtails out.

Reverting back to her tiny days. She actually likes the swing now.

10 1/2 months

2008-04-03T07:59:00.003-06:00

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.

Playing outside

2008-03-10T20:24:00.002-06:00

The weather has been beautiful so we have spent some time outside. Even though Kaelyn hasn't been feeling well, she has enjoyed getting to get out of the house and get some healing sunshine.

First Illness

2008-03-10T20:16:00.002-06:00

Our poor little cute toot has been battling a tummy bug for a week now. Mommy got it too, but has recovered sooner(much easier to care for her now). Kaelyn has been running fevers and feeling crummy and cuddly. Today was her first day without temps, so I am hopping tomorrow she will feel well enough to eat and play. Say some prayers for her. She is such a good girl even when she is sick. These pics are of her cuddling on the couch with her animals watching Praise Baby. It is her most favorite thing to watch and provides some sanity for mom at times.

Just Precious Stuff

2008-03-08T09:16:00.003-06:00

Saying Dada

Just being our sweet cutie pie

We took Kaelyn for her 9 month check up this week and she weighed in at 19lbs and was 27 in tall. Rounded out perfect. The Doctor said that she was doing great, gave her a shot and on our way we went.

These are just some around the house pics.
1. Kaelyn's first pig tail
2. Silly scrunchy face
3. Showing off those cute eyes
4. Pulling all of the dirty laundry back out of the washer
5. Shaking the diapers while mommy is trying to stuff them

9 Months

2008-02-25T20:25:00.002-06:00

So, our little precious girl is continuing to grow up. How does that happen? Everyday is something new and wonderful. She is now 9 months old and counting. She loves to "talk" and make tons of cute sounds. Pupa (puppy) is still her only official word, but boy does she have a lot of wonderful things to say. Her favorite thing to do right now is hold your hands and walk. She gets so excited sometimes that she falls down. If you let go of one of her hands, she reaches for you and and looks at us like we have done her wrong. "What are you thinking mom and dad. I have to have that hand to go anywhere, so give it back now." It is so cute. She pats her hand on her mouth like an indian. She is finally cutting her two top teeth. She eats almost everything in site, and is delightful in all regards. She only gets cranky when she is really tired or hungry, oh, and when she has had enough of her car seat. Otherwise, she just loves to play.
We have had some beautiful weather lately and got the chance to go to the zoo a couple of times. We went with my mom, sister and kids first and then got to go up to Tulsa and visit my cousin Steph and daughter Nicole. There we went to the Tulsa zoo. We had lots of fun.

Cute Videos

2008-02-08T20:51:00.000-06:00

Brushing her Teeth

2008-02-01T22:06:00.000-06:00

Gammy, you should be proud.

Touchdown

2008-02-01T21:33:00.000-06:00

Our first words

2008-01-28T19:37:00.000-06:00

Kaelyn officially has her first words. It is sooo cute. The one with the most purpose is pupa(puppy). When ever we let the puppies in the house she says it over and over again, pupa pupa pupa, in such an excited voice. She also says dada and mummmma on command. She will sometimes chase after me saying mummmmmma mummma.
Other things that our cute toot is doing include getting into everything, climbing stairs(no worries, the gate is up), and learning to put objects into baskets. I took her swimming the other day with her buddy Colton and Heather. At first, she was not enjoying the water at all. She clung to me with a death grip. We went to the steps and sat where she could touch and eased our way into deeper waters. All the while, Colton was splishing and splashing and laughing. Eventually, Kaelyn decided to enjoy herself and was splashing and giggling right along with Colton. She even put her face in the water and wasn't bothered by it. Yeah, we have a water baby!!

Helping with the dishes

2008-01-23T07:21:00.001-06:00

Kaelyn was helping mommy with the dishes yesterday. She kept trying to take the bottom rack off. The she discovered water on the door and played with that for a long time. At least it was clean water. She loved it.

8 months old

2008-01-20T21:42:00.000-06:00

boy oh boy oh boy, we certainly have a growing up girl. Our favorite thing that she does these days happens at church. Whenever the praise and worship music is going, she always sings. It is so precious to have our little girl starting off early worshiping God. What a blessing. She is pulling up on everything these days and talking up a strom. Dada and baba are her favorite things to say. We are working on momma, but it comes out as bummmmmma. She claps her hands tons and certainly has her ways of telling us what she wants.

When Kaelyn came home from Grammy's house the other day, Grammy told this wonderful story of how after feeding her a very interesting breakfast she turned into a tiger for the rest of the day. She has gotten into growling to see if she can get what she wants. It is kind of humorous.

It is so much fun to see Kaelyn get excited about things. She still loves her bath as much as before. It is so hard to even get her clothes off she is so jumpy and excited. She screaches when you put her in her highchair and loves going outside. If you step back in the door, she starts to growl. Well, that's it for now. I will try and get a few more pics up soon.

Couple of Funny stories

2008-01-11T20:15:00.001-06:00

Kaelyn is showing quite the personality these days. She seems to have an opinion about everything in both good and naughty ways. The other day, we were playing with a bucket and putting little shaped blocks in it. As I put them in, she would take them out. I could tell she was getting frustrated with me everytime I put one back in the bucket. Finally she just let me know how she felt by taking out the pieces and throwing them across the room. I had no idea she could even do that. It made me laugh.

Kaelyn can not sit still for very long anymore and mommy has to chase her around the house all day. Her cutest new trick is for her to get me to chase her around the house. She gets going so fast laughing all the way and then she will stop so that I will tickle her. Oh, it melts my heart. She is also greatly enjoying crawling into the bathroom so she can be close to her bathtub. I guess I need to start closing doors.

Meal times have gotten a bit tricky because Kaelyn has decided to get a bit picky. If she doesn't like something, she won't spit it out, but she will make lots of noise to let you know. Daddy was not enjoying this and took charge and made her go into time out in her crib. All the while I am sitting here trying to tell myself that it will be ok, this will not scar her, we can find something else to eat in a few minutes after daddy leaves for work. Well, daddy brought her back to the table and she started screaming again when she got a bite, so daddy repeated the process. Same results so, daddy feeds her a bit of something else and then heads off to work. I change Kaelyn's diaper and she throws a huge fit and then we go back to the table. I just wanted to see what would happen. I gave her a bite and she grabs the spoon. She wimpers a bit from the bite, but she now has control of the spoon. So I put her in her chair with a bowl and the spoon and she works at feeding herself and enjoys the chicken and rice that she so very much was hating a few minutes ago. She ate the entire jar without a complaint. Lesson learned for mom, she was just throwing a fit and daddy was doing what was best, lesson for both of us, Kaelyn likes to be able to feed herself sometimes. Already trying to be independant. I think we're in trouble, but in an exciting and fun way.

Last one for now. The last few days when Kevin has gotten home, Kaelyn has started laughing and crawling to him for him to pick her up. What a joy that is to see. Now daddy knows that he is loved and special in her eyes.

Thanks Grandma Jody for the hat.
Feeding herself carrots (a new love)

Cutie Pie

2007-12-28T21:11:00.000-06:00

Helping momma with the laundry
Falling alseep eating - Kaelyn has started to show some real personality when it comes to eating. It is so cute and sneeky. If there is something that she doesn't want to eat, she won't spit it out, but just sits there with her mouth closed. She seems to even pretend to fall asleep. Sometimes she will eat something that she doesn't like but moans with every bite. When you give her a bite of something she likes, then she will stop moaning. It makes us laugh. The other day, she was falling asleep eating something she didn't like so I went to put her in bed. She was sleepy in my arms, but when I put her in bed, she started laughing and stood right up and kept laughing. I picked her up and she started crying. Go figure. She loves standing in her bed. Back to eating we went, and she got sleepy on me again after 2 bites.

Kaelyn loves playing with her Pappy dog. He inches up next to her with this look that says, "please play with me". He is so very gentle with her and we couldn't be more pleaded. She even slaps him most of the time, and he is still very gentle. Ringo on the other hand growls at her when she gets too close. He doesn't want her near him at all.

Snow and more snow

2007-12-28T20:48:00.000-06:00

This snow has been crazy for Oklahoma, but boy is it beautiful. Kaelyn played outside for a smidge, not quite old enough to get a real thrill from the wonderful white creation. The goats are not too thrilled with the weather, but they stay cozy in the hut that daddy built for them. Oh yeah, by the way, we got another goat. Her name is Snowflake. Very interesting and exciting story there. If you are wondering why we would do such a crazy thing, it was because we learned an important thing about goats. They are herd animals and need company. Babe was not eating her food and was very unhappy. She is pregnant, so food is very important, so we had to get her some company. It was like magic. She loves her food now.

7 months

2007-12-22T16:22:00.000-06:00

These months just keep getting funner and funner. Kaelyn is now seven months old and more active than ever. She is pulling up on everything and laughing and squirming with glee all the time. She certainly lets us know when she wants something or is unhappy with something. Wiping her chin when she's done eating and changing a diaper or putting on clothes are quite the chores these days, but the giggles, and kisses, and joy with life make up for it all. Here are a few cute pics. Kaelyn also got dedicated at church today. It was a beautiful service today and a wonderful time of year to be blessed to have her dedicated. She is such a blessing to us and is a gift that we get to cherish here on this earth.

1. Playing with Colton. Colton is wondering what that crazy little lady is doing.
2. Playing with Colton some more. He is such a good buddy.
3. Cute face
4. Goofy face
5. This corner has become one of Kaelyn's favorite morning spots. She stands there and watches the goats and the puppies playing. She watches and laughs and talks. It is so cute.
6. Standing at the ottoman. Notice the resting on the elbow. What a pose.
7. Standing in our crib when it is time to be sleeping. It took a little winding down as you can see. So cute and so proud of herself.
8. More crib standing
9. Out in the snow with daddy
10.At the baby dedication
11.Swinging at Grammy's. The snow melted too fast.
12.Daddy and Micah throwing snow balls. Daddy looks like he is prancing

The 6th Month

2007-12-12T13:45:00.000-06:00

Boy oh boy have we been having fun or what. Kaelyn is just growing and growing and enjoying life more and more everyday. At her 6 month check up, she weighed in at 16 lbs 4 oz and was 25 1/4 inches tall. She is a shorty, but I like her that way. Kaelyn loves to eat and still only has rejected avacados. Everytime we add something new and interesting, she loves it. She says DADADADADADa all the time these days. An mmmmm sound comes out only when she is mad. Her new favorite thing to do is crawl in our laps and tug at our pant legs to get us to pick her up. She is beginning to do the real crawl more often these days except when she is really excited about getting somewhere and she goes to town with her inch worm crawling screeching as she goes. It is so cute. She still is thrilled about her bath time. She loves to bang her toes on things and slap the ground and try to lay on her puppy, Ringo. She "sings" when she plays her piano and loves to get ahold of anything that we have in our hands. She is definitely a mommas girl, but as long as momma is not in the room, she is happy with most other people. Poor daddy, his day will come soon. At least she says dada. We are just in love with our baby girl. Enjoy the cute pics and videos.

1. just mommy having fun with the computer and pictures
2. Playing with her puppies and the grass
3. same
4. I love drinking from mommy and daddy's cup. This water was cold, but it was sooo good.
5. eating blueberries for the first time
6. The thumb is a very significant part of eating. It some how makes everything taste so much better
7. Playing with a paper camera
8. Just looking cute
9. Kissing mirror
10. saying dada
11. playing piano and singing

Just some baby fun

2007-11-15T16:25:00.000-06:00

Kaelyn strutting her new diapers.

Playing at the zoo with our mommies group with the lorikeets. Kaelyn quite enjoyed looking at them, but they were a little noisy.

Our dear friends Rachel and Jason came down and visited a couple of weeks ago and we had a fabulous time getting to see them again. They live in Indiana these days.

Just a couple others for fun. I really love the one of her in her highchair and pink jammies. She just looks beautiful!!! We love our dear baby if you can't tell.

Kaelyn at 5 1/2 months

2007-11-03T11:28:00.000-06:00

Wow!! This has been a big month for our little girl. Even just a big last two weeks. She weighs in now at 15 lbs 4 oz. She has mastered sitting well, she army crawls all over the living room requiring constant supervision. She has cut two teeth, started solid foods, and wants to check out anything that she hasn't touched before. She is so conscious of the world around her and gets bored easily with the same old things. She dumps over baskets and bangs on objects now. Grammy got her a new toy that has been her favorite lately. It is a cookie tray with several different shaped cookies that fit into respective holes. She loves to take all of the pieces out and make the tray sing. She is such a delight!! She laughs so much and gives such heart melting smiles. Life is quite fantastic. Kevin and I have definitely discovered that you can never understand the love of a parent until you become one yourself. What a priveledge it is to be blessed with children.

So far, there is no food that Kaelyn has turned down yet. She has tried bananas, pears, apples, peas, and sweet potatoes. We will try carrots next. I bet she really loves the sweet fruit we have been feeding her. She certainly lets us know how much she loves them with her cute giggles and her screaming when it is all gone.

One thing that we just do not understand. About 95% of people that see us at a store or out and about come up and say "Oh what a cute little boy". They say this even if she is dressed in pink or a dress. I don't get it. So, we started putting berets in her hair. She looks so pretty. Someday this will all change I am sure. She would make a pretty handsome boy though cause she looks so much like her daddy, but she is our beautiful girl.

Kaelyn has definitely become a momma's girl, and if momma isn't in the room then she wants daddy instead of anyone else. It is so fun that she loves us so much. She knows her parents well.

Well, check back soon.

Look at me all sittin' pretty

Babies in diapers are so precious

I am a girl, I promise

Daddy's trying to get me to walk already

I was making daddy said cause I wanted mommy

Growing up so Fast

2007-10-08T18:55:00.000-05:00

Our little baby girl is doing so many things so fast. She is about to take off crawling. She gets up on her hands and knees all the time and rocks, but doesn't know what to do with her cute little hands. She is also working on sitting, but has a ways to go in that department. Enjoy the cute pic and video.

Belated 4 month photo shoot

2007-10-08T18:29:00.001-05:00

4 Months Old

2007-09-25T20:51:00.000-05:00

Wow!! Time is flying but with so much fun. Kaelyn went to her 4 month check-up on Friday and weighed in at 14 lbs 4 oz and is now 24 in. tall. She has evened out very well with her height and weight. The Dr. said we should wait until 6 months before we start any solids, but I am not sure we can wait that long. Kaelyn wants everything that we put in our mouths. She reaches for our cups and lets us know about it when we don't let her get her hands on it. She puts her mouth on it like she is going to drink out of it. We will see how we do and plan on making it until at least 5 months. Kaelyn is rolling everywhere and working hard at sitting up. She can hold her weight up for a minute or so, but then falls too far forward and gets uncomfy. She bears her weight on her feet very well and jibber jabbers tons. Tummy issues are great with the goats milk and aside from the bathtub, being outside is Kaelyn's favorite place to be. It's use in soothing her is still amazing to us. Yeah Kaelyn, we love you!!!

Fun in the Tub

2007-09-25T20:18:00.000-05:00

Bathtime has become quite a joy around our house. Kaelyn is pretty smart and knows when bathtime is coming. If you put her on the bathroom rug, she knows what is coming next. She always starts to squeal with delight. Now, when I go into use the restroom myself, I have to leave her outside of the bathroom or hold her so that she isn't disappointed when I pick her back up without a bath. When she gets in the tub, she always has a look of shock on her face at first and then starts kicking around and squealing again. We love our water baby. I hope that these videos are ok with you all. We got our nakie nake baby. But they are so stinkin cute.

Rolly Polly

2007-09-25T15:27:00.000-05:00

Kaelyn has now mastered rolling over both ways. It is so much fun seeing her scrim all over. When she first started doing it, she would get so happy with herself for accomplishing the task. This video was the first roll over we caught. She has now been doing it for 2 weeks. Tummy time is her favorite now that she can get herself there.

Yeah for the zoo!!

2007-09-25T15:19:00.000-05:00

At People's church, we have this wonderful group of women that get together every week with our kiddos and do fun things and fellowship. A couple of weeks ago we got to go to the zoo. It was a gorgeous, overcast, cool day and all of the animals were chipper and excited to be out and let us see them. I feel so blessed to be a part of this group of women and for Kaelyn to have some good friends to grow up around. She was awake and happy to be there this time too. We also ran into our friend from work, Jennifer, and her family.

Just playing and laughing

2007-09-25T14:44:00.000-05:00

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Wake up routine

2007-09-25T12:43:00.000-05:00

For the last several weeks, Kaelyn has been waking up so happy. She usually just talks to herself and then smiles so big when you go into the room to take her out of bed. It is one of those smiles that just melts your heart.

Updates

2007-09-23T21:31:00.000-05:00

Well, I once again am slacking on the pics so here are a few from the last few weeks.

Jibber-Jabbering

2007-08-21T20:45:00.001-05:00

Here is Kaelyng talking away. She is a very good story teller these days. The story gets extra interesting when it involves her fingers in her mouth along with the talking too. We didn't get that captured yet though.

Three Months Old

2007-08-21T13:32:00.000-05:00

Kaelyn turned 3 months old last Thursday. Wow!! How time flies. She is growing so fast. She has several new latest and greatest acheivements. For the last couple of weeks, we keep finding her rolled over in her bed, but we still have yet to witness her in the act. She has also become quite the jibber-jabberer. She starts off with a sound and repeats it over and over again, and then makes a new one and repeats that one over and over again. Then she lets out a shrill screach of excitment with herself. It is so precious and fascinating. Another thing that just blesses and delights my heart so much is that when I go in her room when she wakes up, I look at her and say her name and then she gets all the way up on her hands, looks at me and gives me the biggest smile you ever saw and then buries her head in her matteress. Boy does that moment make my heart glad. Daddy and I just can't get enough!! Kaelyn also has a new friend. She loves har teddy bear blanket.

Daddy an Kaelyn swimming. The water was cold after the rain, but she enjoyed it after she got used to it.

Reading Daddy's mail

Me and my new friend

Our Little Toodelbugs

2007-08-21T12:49:00.000-05:00

Miss Cutie Kaelyn is getting sooo big and learning so many new things. She is fascinated with Kevin's computer screen as seen below, and has also been checking herself out in the mirror (last pic). These are just some random snap shots.

Two Month Portraits

2007-07-22T21:51:00.001-05:00

She is just too beautiful for words!!

I'm a happy growing girl!!

2007-07-22T14:54:00.000-05:00

Our cutie pie just had her 2 month check up and is doing just fabulous. She weighs in at a whopping 12 lbs 14 oz and is 22 1/2 inches long. Right on target. The Dr. says that she is super smart and doing things that he would expect from a 4 month old. That's our girl. She holds her head so well and has even rolled over twice. She can stand with us just holding her hands and she is so very alert and social. We couldn't be happier. She did have to get two shots though and certainly was not happy about them. She did not breath between the shots either. Poor thing. Mommy got into her PICU mode and was able to handle it just fine, but then gave her baby lots of loves. Every step in this mothering process is going to make her an even better and compassionate nurse for sure. Update on the tummy issues she was having earlier: we got her started on gripe water and also discovered that she has either a sensitivity or allergy to milk and so I cut out milk from my diet, and she is a whole new baby. It was a night and day difference. The gripe water aside from helping with tummy aches and gas works wonders on hiccups. It will stop them on contact. All that together makes for a much happier baby. God has been so good to us. She is still sleeping through the night and so much more playful during the day.

Getting Wet

2007-07-22T14:29:00.000-05:00

Kaelyn went swimming for the first time last week and seemed to love it. She probably stayed in for 15 minutes and only got out cause we didn't want her in the sun too long. Here cousins were having fun too. Caroline was going to town and sticking her face in the water. She was splashing all around. Anna was a lot more timid and was easing into the water. She would cry any time water got on her face. She did have fun though, so that was progress from the last few weeks of her saying she didn't want to go swimming.

Cute stuff

2007-07-22T14:16:00.000-05:00

Going to the Zoo Zoo Zoo

2007-07-15T14:18:00.001-05:00

Last week Kaelyn and I went to the zoo with a couple of friends from work and their cute kiddos. Kaelyn was such a good girl and finally had her first experience of riding in her stroller awake. The weather was perfect at first and then got really hot (a first for this summer for sure). I hadn't gotten to see much of the zoo in a long time and was amazed at what all they have done to it. We will be going often now for sure. Cute Shelby liked petting the donkey and playing at the park. After it got too hot, Kristin and her kiddos went home and Mary and Brody came over and played at our house for a little while. It was fun to catch up with our friends and enjoy a good time.

Spraygrounds

2007-07-14T15:40:00.000-05:00

Today, we had a bunch of fun playing at the spraygrounds at Macklenburg Park. We went with several community groups from our church and had a blast. Kaelyn seemed to like the water pretty well. She only cried once playing in the water because she got water on her face. She also cried when we got her out of the water and dried off. Hopefully she will turn out to be a water baby. Kaelyn cute friend Evie was there, and they had a good time together. Evie did not like the water though. It was a nice time getting to know a few other young couples in the church. We feel very blessed to be in this place. God has been very good to us.

Just a few other cute pics

2007-07-08T15:35:00.001-05:00

Laughing

2007-07-08T15:33:00.001-05:00

These laughs are hard to capture, but so much fun to watch. She smiles and giggles quite often these days.

Bathtime

2007-07-08T13:45:00.000-05:00

Kaelyn Loves bathtime very much and is starting to play with the water. She usually is unhappy when she has to get out though. This is her in her cute bunny towel.

4th of July

2007-07-08T13:37:00.000-05:00

For the 4th of July, we went over to Nathan and Lisa Koehn's house and had Hamburgers and dessert and played with their cute new puppy, Roxie. She had been very sick, but is much better now. And of course we played with Ellie. Then, we all came back to our house and shot of some fireworks and watched several shows from around the city from our deck. It was a very nice time. Our puppies were scared to death of the fireworks though, so Ringo hung out in the laundry room after he darted in the door and would not budge. Cute puppies. Kaelyn loves being outside, and enjoyed watching the fireworks. She was very tired though and would cry bunches when taken back inside. We all had a good time.

Kaelyn's Wrap

2007-07-03T21:27:00.000-05:00

This is how mommy and Kaelyn get the grocery shopping done. Sometimes she likes it and sometimes she doesn't. It is fabulous when she is sleeping, but if she is hungry, it is torture for the both of us. Cheap and comfy mode of transportation and comfort.

Play date with Colton

2007-07-03T21:08:00.000-05:00

Kaelyn and Colton had a fun play date today. Heather and Colton came down from Shawnee and the kiddos spent their time eating and sleeping and making cute noises while us mommies took a stroll around the mall and had some lunch. It was so nice to get out of the house for awhile and to talk baby things with a friend. Our kiddos are so close together which makes it a lot of fun, yet so different in how they are growing and changing. It is so interesting to see how God pieces these little people together and how unique and special they are.

Amazing Baby!!

2007-06-30T10:08:00.000-05:00

Wow, we are amazed!! Our little princess is sleeping through the night these days at a whopping 6 weeks. This week, she has gone 8 hours 3 times at night. We hope and pray that it will continue, and we are so proud of her. Mommy is thrilled to get some good solid sleep. Kaelyn is such a smart little girl. She is also laughing a ton these days. What a joy she is!! Thank you God for our precious daughter!

First Boat Ride

2007-06-26T18:09:00.000-05:00

This weekend was Kaelyn's first venture out on the boat. She was such a trooper and slept through the whole thing. She even slept through getting that bulky life vest on. The outing was quite an adventure for Kevin and I though. Kevin had several people from work out with us plus a couple of our friends. As many well know, we have had some very strange weather around here lately and yes, it decided to storm on us. Not just rain, but storm. Fortunatly, Kevin had already dropped Kaelyn and I off on the shore when it all hit, but everyone spent a great deal of time bundled up in the cars before it all passed. One couple stayed out on the boat during the ordeal, whick turned out to be a great miracle for us. Reason being, the anchor did not hold on the boat, and they were able to drive the boat around during the storm to keep it off shore. After the storm passed, we cooked up some buffalo hot dogs and hamburgers. It cooled off pretty good, hence Kaelyn all bundled up in her stroller. She slept straight through that as well. So, that is her first adventure with mom and dad in the boat.

Portrait Time

2007-06-21T15:16:00.001-05:00

I had fun the other day taking my own portrait shots of our precious girl. Here they are.

Grammy and Kaelyn

2007-06-17T21:35:00.000-05:00

Diaper Rash

2007-06-17T21:17:00.001-05:00

For those interested in details and a new parents discovery of a good trick. Our poor little girl has a very sensitive bum that has not tolerated commercial wippies very well. Not even pampers sensitive wipes. We have been using cloth wipes with water and occasionally huggies sensitive wipes (they are the only ones without alcohol). The other wipes caused sores as you wiped, no matter how careful I was. Needless to say, this whole parenting thing has so much to do with trial and error. So much to learn, and every kiddo is so different. Her poor rash kept getting worse, even with creams and changing often. We finally tried some cornstarch powder with zinc oxide, and it has worked wonders, on top of what you see in the pic (airing it out). We couldn't resist taking this cute pic. She was all covered up, but kicked her covers off. Brrr bum. Hopefully we are on the uphill. Things are looking so much better.

Meeting Colton

2007-06-17T20:58:00.000-05:00

Last Wednesday, we got together with our friends, and got to hang out with Kaelyn's new buddy Colton. He is the new son of our friends Greg and Heather. He is 2 1/2 weeks younger than Kaelyn. They have some fun years ahead of them. We all, along with our friends Nate and Lisa ventured out to Red Robin for dinner. Right now it isn't too hard to head out with the little ones cause they sleep so much. It is just timing that we have to be creative with. We had to make sure and head out before it was time for the cute munchkins to wake up and want their dinner. It all worked out perfect. Friends are wonderful and it is a blessing to still be able to hang out with them, kids and all. These little guys have some great adopted aunts and uncles now.

1 Month Appointment

2007-06-17T19:29:00.000-05:00

Kaelyn had her 1 month appointment on Friday and boy is she growing. She weighed in at 10 lbs 13 oz and is now 21 1/2 inches. She gained a total of 3 lbs and 2 oz and 1 in since we left the hospital. Aside from growth, we are dealing with some gastrointestinal issues. She has reflux and a cranky tummy, but we are starting to get some things under control with gripe water. I had never heard of this remedy before, but it has worked wonders. I am also happy that we can take a route other then medication. Gripe water is just some herbs. We had researched it before we went to the dr. and I almost didn't want to mention it to him cause I thought he would be upset. Actually, he was very pleased and told me how he would like us to use it. Yeah!! I like our dr. He is very thorough and cares very much. We feel blessed to have him.

4 weeks old

2007-06-12T14:35:00.000-05:00

Time is flying, but we are sure enjoying it. I can't believe that tomorrow our little munchkin will be 4 weeks old. She gets more beautiful and fun everyday though, so we are happy. Kevin came back from his training on Sunday and was amazed at how much bigger she was. It all happens so fast. Yes, we did survive him being gone, but what a wonderful thing to have daddy back in the house. Kaelyn has been doing great and is already handling a schedule very well. What a blessing to us to have things be somewhat predictable now.
Kaelyn loves to go on car rides and watches out the window until her eyes can't stay open anymore. When she is awake she can definitly tell when the car is moving and when it is stopped. She much prefers it moving.
We actually caught a smile on camera the other day. Yeah!! She smiles a lot, but most often as she is falling into a very nice sleep. Occassionally they seem to be in response to an emotion. We hope that you all enjoy the pictures. We certainly love taking them, and I seem to have a new favorite everyday.

For Daddy

2007-06-04T18:48:00.001-05:00

Just for you while you are away.
Love Kaelyn

2 weeks

2007-06-03T14:51:00.000-05:00

Well, sorry we are being pokey on the updates. We have had family in town and been just a little bit busy. So, here goes. Little Miss Kaelyn is too precious for words. She amazes us everyday. We have been so blessed with her sleep patterns and good temperment (thus far). She is a bit cranky in the evenings, but once she is asleep for the night, she just wakes up to feed and is back down to sleep. Way to go girl!! She has been on several big adventures thus far and is a real trooper. Her parents are a bit crazy for sure. She has gone to a beautiful wedding, a birthday party, church, a graduation, and even the zoo. The puppy dogs are very curious about her, but are good with her. Kaelyn just got to meet her Grandma Jody and Aunt Theresa, who came down and spent the week with us. Also, my girls discipleship group came and visited. Things have been pretty busy. This week is going to be a lot more laid back, yet a little rough as well cause daddy has to go away for the week for army training. It is amazing how much they change even in that short of a time. But yeah, it is Kevin's last annual training with the army. Kaelyn seems to be pretty strong for her age. I layed her on her tummy the other day in her crib, and came back a little bit later and found her in a completely different place. I am not quite ready for that kind of movement at this age. One pic shows her turned sideways in her bed. She also hold her head up pretty well at times. We are amazed. Enjoy the pics. There should be plenty more coming this week as well.

Now we have Daddy's Baby pic

2007-05-28T11:27:00.000-05:00

It will be fun to keep up as the months roll on to see who she takes after. We know that each month she is likely to favor a different one. It is so neat to see how God pieces these little ones together. Oh, and Kaelyn is sporting her wonderful Fuzzibunz cloth diapers.

Dr.'s appointment at 1 week 1 day

2007-05-25T11:52:00.000-05:00

Today, we went to the dr. to see how much we weighed. We gained a whopping 8 oz in the last 3 days. We have a little miss piggy on our hands. She will be good and healthy. The dr is very pleased with her progress, and is amazed at how alert an attentive she is for her wee little age. She is also doing very well with sleeping at night between feeds. We are so blessed and having a blast with her. I also went to wal-mart with her today and carried her in her wrap. She looked around at everything the whole time that we were there. She kept trying to hold her head up so that she could see things. She never shed a tear either. She is such a good girl.

First Week

2007-05-22T19:57:00.001-05:00

So, we have been home for a few days now and are making lots of big and wonderful adjustments. Kaelyn is such a joy, and of course is the most beautiful baby in the whole wide world. She is keeping mom and dad on their toes trying to figure her out, but we are making really good strides. Kaelyn is a wonderful eater, and a very sporadic sleeper at this moment. She had her first Doctor's appointment this week as well, and weighs the same as when she left the hospital, 7lbs 11 oz. We hope that you enjoy the pics. Oh, Kristin, thanks for letting us borrow the swing. Kaelyn likes it a bunch so far. Aunt Theresa, the feet pic is for you. Do they look familiar. Yesterday, Kaelyn's cousins, Anna and Caroline came and visited. Anna did not know what to say about her new cousin, but got to hold her and give her a kiss. When she left with Grammy, she told grammy how much she loves baby Kaelyn and that she got to hold her and kiss her, and began telling a story about how much she loved her.

Is there a resemblance??

2007-05-18T16:50:00.001-05:00