Coloring

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

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

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

Spring Weather

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

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

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

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

Thank you Jesus

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

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

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

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

Is There Any Resemblance???!!

Daddy

Daddy

Daddy

Daddy
Kaelyn

Where do you think she got her belly? Mommy

Mommy

Mommy

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Gold in Her Tummy

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

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.