slide

Kaitlin LOVES to go down the slide. Once she's goes down, she wants to KEEP going down it.

gymboree

Last week the nanny took Kaitlin to Gymboree for open play. She said it took Kaitlin a little while to figure out she couuld run around and play on everything without getting into trouble.

great grandma's birthday

I'm catching up on posting but a few weeks ago we were at Bryan's parents house celebrating Bryan's Grandma's birthday. Here's a few photos of Kaitlin reading with cousin Jake.

mommy's little helper

A few weeks ago, I got out Kaitlin's newborn clothes to pull out some gender neutral items, wash them and put them away. Kaitlin decided that she needed to "help" mommy out. As you can see she liked to be INSIDE the bin and threw everything on the floor. At least it kept her entertained for awhile.

stroller obsessed or cabin fever??

The nanny had the day off earlier this week. Bryan stayed home with Kaitlin in the morning and I came home to watch her in the afternoon. Bryan pulled out the jogging stroller to take her for a walk and she climbed in all by herself. I guess she's either stroller obsessed (see my previous post about the new stroller) or she has cabin fever. If the stroller is out, she will whine and try to get in it. At least the weather is getting nice out. We hope it stays...

37/38 weeks

On March 7th I was 37 weeks. At that appointment the doctor was surprise on "how much room" I have up near my ribs. The baby is riding REALLY low. This past Tuesday I had my 38 week appointment. There has been no "progress" so I wasn't able to schedule my induction for the 25th/26th. Hopefully by my next appointment there will be some progress.

I've gained 25 pounds so far (compared to 42 pounds I gained with Kaitlin at this point). My weight hasn't gone up during my last three appointments. Everyone keeps asking me what I'm doing different. Nothing really, just chasing around a toddler. Oh what a difference! Here are a few photos with me at 37 weeks.

  Had Bryan try to get a cute picture of Kaitlin and me.

new stroller = new toy?

The minute Kaitlin saw our new (double) stroller, she wanted to sit in it. I seriously wheeled her around the house first thing this morning (before she even had breakfast) for 10 minutes. Then after breakfast, she was whining to sit back in it. So I bundled her up and took her for a 10 minute walk, this time outside.

no, no, no

Yep, that's Kaitlin's favorite phrase these days. Below is a video of her saying it in her cute tone.  The day I took this video I was sitting on the floor reading to her and Skyla started pawing at the blinds. I went over to Skyla, smacked her and said no. Kaitlin proceeded to walk right over to Sklya, hit her and said "no, no, no." And then kept following her around (trying to hit her again) repeating no. I had to try so hard not to laugh. So needless to say we really need to watch what we say (and do) in front of her.

admiring herself

Kaitlin was watching herself on the screen as I was filming these videos. As you can tell, she LOVES looking at herself. And yes those are heart stickers in her hair.

15/16 month update

Okay I'm a litteh behind on posting (I've been trying to post updates when we head to the doc and Kaitlin's last appt was a month ago at 15 months). I like posting this info so I have one (easy) place to reference this info for peanut #2.

15 Month appt stats (I need to update this since I keep forgetting to grab her stats)
Weight: TBD
Height: TBD


Sleep:
Bedtime is at 7 pm and Kaitlin has been waking up around 6:30 am – sometimes she gets up a little earlier and if we’re lucky sometimes she’ll stay quiet until 7:00 am (which is quite the treat). We have been really good about reading to Kaitlin before bedtime. Now she’s obsessed with pointing to her books on the bookshelf and picking out a book for us to read to her. One of her favorite books is “Fish Kisses.” One night she just started hugging/kissing the pages.

On most days Kaitlin takes one nap a day usually going down after lunch (12:30/1 pm). The length of time that she naps really varies. Sometimes it’s 2-3 hours and on a bad day it’s 30 minutes.

Vocabulary:
Her vocabulary is slowly building. So far she says cat, hi, all done, oh-no, shoes, cheese (and I’m sure I’m forgetting some). She also repeats “no, no, no” but she doesn’t quite grasp the meaning and says it all innocent/cute. We all know that it won’t always be that way. Kaitlin also “talks” quite a bit looking up at you and having a conversation in her own language.

She understands so much more than you realize. She feeds her baby with a (toy) baby bottle and even shares her own snacks and sippy cup with her babies. She has been giving her babies kisses and most recently Bryan asked her to burp her baby and she did!

Skype /Phones:
She is totally obsessed with Skype! She will walk into the office and start waving at the computer. Recently Bryan and I got new phones and we can now Skype from our phones. Her face just lights up with excitement. And since we got new phones Kaitlin has inherited Bryan’s old Blackberry and mommy’s old iPhone (which I’m going to hang on to for a bit until she can actually enjoy some of the kids apps I’ve downloaded). And for the few times that our landline rings, it’s funny to watch her run to the phone to “answer” it.

Teeth:
Kaitlin now has the top four and bottom four plus all four molars in. Now we're just

Other tidbits:
- Kaitlin has been really good about being gentle with the kitties. She even gives them hugs (i.e. kind of lays on top of them). Surprisingly they have been pretty tolerate of her. I hope they are this good when peanut #2 arrives.
- We are not allowed to give her peanut butter/nuts yet
- Kaitlin gets ridiculously excited when we turn on Yo Gabba Gabba. You should see how her face lights up. It’s really the only TV show that will get her attention (and also give mommy/daddy a chance to get something done if we need to).
- Has started to blow kisses.

Look at how long her hair has gotten!

 She LOVES her books (even if they are upside-down).

halloween pictures

Ooops I just realized I uploaded these photos and never posted them. These were taken at Bryan's co-workers Halloween party. We weren't there very long before Kaitlin went to bed so we didn't bother putting on her costume.

She LOVED playing with the play kitchen.

stickers....

The other day I found a sticker book at Marshall's and brought it home for Kaitlin. I wasn't sure if she would be into something like that quite yet. Well she LOVED it. So much that I came home from work the other day to find stickers in her hair. How could you not smile with a little toddler come running to you when you walk in the door with her hands up (wanting to get picked up) with stickers in her hair. Of course after she got over mommy, she went for my keys on the table.