We learned this trick from Sofia!
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Busy Social Calendar!
We spent 9 days in CA, then got back to NC just in time for Mandy and Seth to come out here to visit for 7 days! Kaylee wanted to give Aunt Mandy kisses all day long. So Mandy, being such a good aunt, puckered up for a lot of wide-open mouth kisses from Kaylee.
Then John, Kim, and Chandon came up to Sanford for the second half of the Haak NC Trip! Chandon is about to turn 5 years old and so we set out on a mission to keep him busy. One day we drove the 1 1/2 hours to the Asheboro Zoo. This would have been a great day of animals and fun except for the 102 degree weather outside. We made it half way through the park and had to leave for fear of heat stroke! Luckily Chandon and Kaylee both seemed to enjoy the animals that we did see so it was worth the trip.
In front of the Mountain Lion habitat. He could have been fake for all we knew...he never moved from his tree stump.
The next day we went to Marbles Kid Museum in Raleigh. We all had a good time, what a fun place!
Then we went to a park where of course Kaylee HAD to swing. ;)
Fun times with Aunt Mandy and Uncle Seth!!! Can't wait to live closer to them!
"No Aunt Mandy! I can do it myself!"
"See...."
Then John, Kim, and Chandon came up to Sanford for the second half of the Haak NC Trip! Chandon is about to turn 5 years old and so we set out on a mission to keep him busy. One day we drove the 1 1/2 hours to the Asheboro Zoo. This would have been a great day of animals and fun except for the 102 degree weather outside. We made it half way through the park and had to leave for fear of heat stroke! Luckily Chandon and Kaylee both seemed to enjoy the animals that we did see so it was worth the trip.
Kaylee thought the Puffins swimming under the water were funny. She followed them really well and laughed at them.
In front of the Mountain Lion habitat. He could have been fake for all we knew...he never moved from his tree stump.
The next day we went to Marbles Kid Museum in Raleigh. We all had a good time, what a fun place!
Then we went to a park where of course Kaylee HAD to swing. ;)
Fun times with Aunt Mandy and Uncle Seth!!! Can't wait to live closer to them!
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
An update finally!
We had a great time celebrating Kaylee's 1st birthday in San Jose! She adjusted to CA time perfectly and loved meeting and being around so many new people.
Annika, Bridget and I made Kaylee's cake and cupcakes. I had researched and practiced ideas for several months (poor John had to eat all my creations haha), but I could not have pulled this off without Annika and Bridget!
As always she prefers the things she isn't suppose to have...wire antennas for example.
YAY!! It's my birthday!
Kaylee wasn't sure of her cake and preferred to eat it with a fork. But even with a fork she spit out the cake. She's never eaten anything with a consistency like cake or sugary stuff so she was very unsure of it all.
So we gave her a cupcake instead since it was smaller and less intimidating than a huge cake. She still wouldn't eat the cake, but figured out that she likes frosting! Still not a drop of cake or frosting on her dress though.
Annika, Bridget and I made Kaylee's cake and cupcakes. I had researched and practiced ideas for several months (poor John had to eat all my creations haha), but I could not have pulled this off without Annika and Bridget!
As always she prefers the things she isn't suppose to have...wire antennas for example.
YAY!! It's my birthday!
Kaylee wasn't sure of her cake and preferred to eat it with a fork. But even with a fork she spit out the cake. She's never eaten anything with a consistency like cake or sugary stuff so she was very unsure of it all.
So we gave her a cupcake instead since it was smaller and less intimidating than a huge cake. She still wouldn't eat the cake, but figured out that she likes frosting! Still not a drop of cake or frosting on her dress though.
Yay for frosting!!
Silly Daddy, this is MY frosting!
The rest of the trip flew by. We enjoyed every minute but it went too fast.
Kaylee swam in a real swimming pool for the first time and she loved it! We went swimming another time while we were out there and she is a natural in the water.
And we had a playdate with Sofia! Kaylee and Sofia are 3 days apart and seem to rival for the most updates on our monthly blogs. We had a great time playing with Sofia and Amy at the park where Sofia showed off her crawling skills. A few hours later Kaylee started crawling! Thanks Sofia for being such an inspiration!
So for our monthly/year update:
It seems like Kaylee really matured during month 11. She is very lady like, preferring to eat with forks and spoons rather than her fingers. She eats with a fork almost perfectly and handles a spoon well as long as the food can't fall off (ie. oatmeal). Although she still likes to eat spaghetti with her hands. She spent the month trying to crawl but realized that rolling is so much faster...and boy is she fast at rolling! She currently does the GI Joe crawl to get places and is working on perfecting a real crawl. Her top 2 front teeth are working on their appearance. She nods her head for yes and shakes her head for no to answer questions. She is learning to stop doing something when we say "no". And she perfected her clapping to finally make noise when her hands hit each other! Of course, that means we clap for everything now. When we say "Kaylee, wave bye bye" she claps instead.
Poor girl caught pink eye and a sinus infection as soon as we got home (I think it was from the gross people surrounding us on the plane ride home), all while those top teeth were breaking though. She's been a trooper through it all though and hardly fusses. Really the only time she cries about being sick is because of the dreaded aspirator. She's getting over it all quickly.
Aunt Mandy and Uncle Seth are here for a week and Kaylee is really enjoying them. She wants to give Aunt Mandy kisses all the time...way more than mommy and daddy ever get! I'll update their visit later.
Driving Grandpa Rowe's tractor
Grandpa and Kaylee found an old bird egg!
Grandpa Woertman!
And we had a playdate with Sofia! Kaylee and Sofia are 3 days apart and seem to rival for the most updates on our monthly blogs. We had a great time playing with Sofia and Amy at the park where Sofia showed off her crawling skills. A few hours later Kaylee started crawling! Thanks Sofia for being such an inspiration!
So for our monthly/year update:
It seems like Kaylee really matured during month 11. She is very lady like, preferring to eat with forks and spoons rather than her fingers. She eats with a fork almost perfectly and handles a spoon well as long as the food can't fall off (ie. oatmeal). Although she still likes to eat spaghetti with her hands. She spent the month trying to crawl but realized that rolling is so much faster...and boy is she fast at rolling! She currently does the GI Joe crawl to get places and is working on perfecting a real crawl. Her top 2 front teeth are working on their appearance. She nods her head for yes and shakes her head for no to answer questions. She is learning to stop doing something when we say "no". And she perfected her clapping to finally make noise when her hands hit each other! Of course, that means we clap for everything now. When we say "Kaylee, wave bye bye" she claps instead.
Poor girl caught pink eye and a sinus infection as soon as we got home (I think it was from the gross people surrounding us on the plane ride home), all while those top teeth were breaking though. She's been a trooper through it all though and hardly fusses. Really the only time she cries about being sick is because of the dreaded aspirator. She's getting over it all quickly.
Aunt Mandy and Uncle Seth are here for a week and Kaylee is really enjoying them. She wants to give Aunt Mandy kisses all the time...way more than mommy and daddy ever get! I'll update their visit later.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Happy 1st Birthday!
Today was Kaylee's 1st birthday! I'll update the blog once we get back to NC. So little time while we're here in CA.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Photo shoot at Grandpa's!
My friend Raquel owns Life Stages Photography and she came up to my dad's house today to take Kaylee's 1 year pictures. Of course Kaylee zonked out for a nap just before Raquel arrived so we chatted for a bit, while Kaylee had a 30 minute power nap. Then I woke her up and we did a quick session before she realized she was still tired. Kaylee was a trooper and happy as could be! Here are a few!
My dad built this stool in his 7th grade woodshop class!
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Natural Bridges
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Happy Father's Day!!
I knew from the moment I met John that he would be a wonderful father and he is more than I could have ever imagined. Kaylee is a very lucky girl to have him for a daddy and I still thank God every day for bringing us such an amazing man.
And here's a little tribute to our dads.
And here's a little tribute to our dads.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Need a florist??
Mandy and Liv have started a florist business and are for hire! They do amazing work and definitely have the eyes for floral design! Check out their blog! We Like Flowers
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Saturday, June 12, 2010
Party Time!!
Kaylee has a store bought party dress but I just had to make her another one too. :) I am so excited for her to wear this!! She's asleep right now otherwise she'd be modeling it in the pictures. I still need buttons for the back. I'll get those when we go into town tomorrow for church.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
"swimming"
We were given a blow-up baby pool as a shower gift last year but it said 18+ months on the package so I had put it away. Turns out it was small enough I could have been using it for a bathtub this entire time! It is such a cute little pool, called The Tadpole. ha! She had a blast splashing, filling up the cups and pouring water out of the cups. Thanks Carolina!!
We don't have a bathtub in this house (well, the master bath has a jacuzzi but that's not very practical for a baby) so Kaylee takes showers. She's great at showers but I do hope that we can get the tub put in her bathroom so she can be the quintessential kid, playing with toys in the tub, taking pictures with her hair shampooed into a mohawk, etc. For now, I may be using this pool as her "tub"!
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