10/11 Months!

Well Kaitlyn just turned 11 months!! We can not belive she is almost a year old!?!! She is so big! She is so smart and so much fun. She really understands a lot of what we say now. Daddy has taught her to hand him the remote, she runs if you say we need to change you, she picks up her arms when we put the tray on her highchair and tell her "hands up", she barks like a doggy when you say "What does a doggy say?". It blows us away how much she comprehends about what's going on (but not really because we know she is a smart girl!!). Her favorite thing right now is her Einstein videos:) She loves the one Granny and Grandaddy gave her about Old MacDonald. She will walk towards the tv clapping and squeeling until you play it for her. And she dances, laughs, and squeels while watching it - it is seriously the cutest thing we've ever seen!! She loves people and is not afraid of a crowd. She goes to other people and doesn't mind them holding her. She's very independent! She loves hiding and when we try and "get" her. She has such a cute little personality; we love watching her grow and learn:)

9 Months

Kaitlyn is 91/2 months old now. She is so much fun. She is walking all over the place. We got her first pair of big girl shoes last weekend. She recently started clapping and saying "Da Da"! Her favorite games to play are "Where's Kaitlyn?" and "I'm gonna get you!". She loves to pull the curtain in front of her and then pull it away so we can "find" her. And she loves when we sneak up behind her and "get" her. Mark and I picked out her Halloween costume today and she is going to be a bumble bee:-) Stayed tuned for pictures. At her 9 month appointment she weighed 17 lbs. 9oz. and was 2' 4'' tall.

8 Months

Oh my goodness, I've really been slacking on the blog!! That's what happens when your little one becomes mobile:-) Kaitlyn has been doing so much!! We had our first family vacation in Seagrove Beach, FL. She loved it! When we first walked down to the beach she was kicking and screaming (a happy scream). She also tried to eat the sand, well did eat the sand! I think she had enough of the beach by the end of the week. She started cruising while we were on vacation and she took 4 steps tonight!!!! We couldn't believe it. She took a step a few times this past weekend and has been standing by herself for several seconds lately. So we thought it might be coming - we are in trouble now!;-) And she is a super quick crawler - she's there one minute and gone the next! She starting saying "Ba ba ba" and "Am am am", which quickly turned into "Ma ma ma!!". You know Mark wasn't happy, lol! But he says it doesn't count and when she starts to say "Da da" it does count. Ok! We gave her some finger foods for the first time and it was so funny to watch her eat them:-) She is still trying to get down the coordination of getting them from her hand to her mouth. So cute!

Our little lady is 7 months old!!

Oh gosh, I haven't blogged in forever! So much has happened. Kaitlyn turned 7 months and is giving us a run for our money, lol!! Kaitlyn started army crawling, got two teeth, and loves to stick her tongue out and spit (especially when we give her green stuff to eat). She is a pretty good eater. She loves her orange food and fruits. She is so funny and has a great personality! She is definitely a go-getter and will never sit still! We took her to get her 6 month pictures done (around 6 1/2 months). Here are a few of our favorites along with her 7 month picture:-)

A lot happened yesterday...

Our poor little lady was sick for the first time:-( It was no fun! But we got her checked out, some medicine and she is doing much better now! Although she was sick, she did quite a bit yesterday! She crawled for a little bit and then resorted back to her army crawl;-) She can sit up on her own now and when we go to check on her in her room she is sitting up in her crib!! So cute:-) So we had to lower her crib today. Now she is trying to pull up! And she will sit on her knees and play. She also waved at Daddy yesterday (we are 90% sure it was on purpose). Granny has been working with her on that. She is growing up so fast, we don't know what to do!

6 Months Dr. Appointment

Kaitlyn had her 6 month Dr. Appointment yesterday. The Dr. said everything looked good! She weighs 15lbs. 11oz. and is 27" tall; she is a long girl! She was pitiful when she got her shots and didn't feel very good the rest of the day, but is doing great today! Here are a couple of her 6 month pictures.

Happy 6 Months Baby Girl!!!

Happy 6 months to our little Kaitlyn!! It has been such a fun time that has flown by! Kaitlyn is sitting up pretty well and really into playing with all of her toys. She loves her activity jumper, walker, and bongo drums! It is so funny to see those little legs go go go in her walker at Granny's house:-) She gets right down to business when she is in her activity jumper. She has so many toys on there; she has a lot of work to do!;-) And we opened the bongo drums last night and she LOVED them! Her smile, laugh, and squeels are the best (well, the squeels get pretty loud, lol)! She is such a fun, happy baby! We love you Kaitlyn and love watching you grow and do new things everyday!:-)

Mark had a good first Father's Day! Alex, Kaitlyn, and I coordinated and got this great shot for Daddy:-)

Happy 5 months!

Miss Kaitlyn turned 5 months a couple days ago! Her favorite thing to do is roll around!! She is a rolly polly:-) We started giving her oatmeal recently and she seems to like it better than the rice cereal. She is getting so big, we can't believe it! Here are some pics from today:-)

Mother's Day

I had a wonderful first Mother's Day! I was awakened to a big smile and a poopy diaper from Kaitlyn;-) Mark said he would make me anything I wanted for breakfast (I chose waffles). He made waffles with strawberries and bacon. Mark and Kaitlyn gave me a card with their voices recorded - priceless! They also gave me a photo book with pictures of Kaitlyn and I and a mug with her picture all over it:-) Then we had family over for dinner. It was a lovely day!

4 Month Dr. Appointment

I took Kaitlyn for her 4 month Dr. appointment this past Tuesday. She gained two pounds and grew two inches in two months! She now weighs 13lbs. 7oz. and is 25" long. She's in the 50th percentile for weight and the 70th percentile for length. Our tall, lean girl!;-) It was horrible because Mark was out of town and I had to hold her down for her shots. She looked shocked at first and then she started screaming, her face turned beat red, and she was crying so hard no noise came out. I picked her up shortly after that and she calmed down. Never doing that again (me taking her alone that is)!! We are going to start her on rice cereal soon...I can't wait to see her reaction! She loves watching her hands grab themselves or objects (she's been doing this for a while, but her movements are more and more refined). She loves the pull-up game because she can lift her head all by herself and we're hoping this will help her sit-up soon! We have started putting her in the activity jumper, but she is not too sure about it yet.

Happy 4 Months Kaitlyn!!!

Kaitlyn is doing new things everyday:) She is so much fun! Monday night she starting grabbing her feet and squeeling; it was so funny. She discovered her voice at midnight and wanted to keep trying it out. She is laughing more and more. Her little personality is really starting to shine through. We go to the Dr. on Tuesday and I can't wait because we haven't been in 2 months!

Kaitlyn update

Kaitlyn is 15 weeks old and rolled over for the first time today!!! I was on my way home from work on the phone with Mark and he saw her do it while we were talking. I can't wait to see for myself! The work routine is getting easier the more I do it and Kaitlyn is getting more used to Granny and Grandaddy's. She is cooing, grabbing, and smiling up a storm lately. We have her 4 month well visit in a couple weeks and I can't wait to see how much she weighs. She has gotten so big and changed a lot! Easter was fun. We went to Bebe and Pops house. She was a little upset being out of her element so I didn't put the poofy dress on her...I didn't want to push it!;-) But Pops did gets some cute pictures, here are some for your viewing pleasure:) Oh and she loves her bumbo seat in the first picture. I think she feels like she's big and sitting up!

3 months old!

Kaitlyn turned 3 months old on Wednesday. Mom had her first full week back to work. Everyday got easier. Kaitlyn laughed for the first time on Monday at Granny and Gran-daddy's house! It was the cutest noise ever:) We are taking her to get her picture made tomorrow. She has been talking up a storm lately and making lots of bubbles and drool;-) We love her and love watching her grow!! P.S. Thanks to Aunt Alex for making the card and numbers!

Kaitlyn's latest things...

Kaitlyn is smiling all the time and they are big open mouth nose crinkling adorable smiles!! She has also discovered her hands. It is so cute she'll put her hands in a prayer position:) I'm going back to work this week on Thursday and I know it is going to be so hard!! But I have really enjoyed my time with her and am so grateful she'll be with Granny and Gran-daddy! It will also be nice to catch up with everyone and be around other adults;-)

2 Month Dr. Visit

Kaitlyn had her 2 month visit today. She had to get her shots and had the most pitiful cry, but she calmed down pretty quickly. She did a good job! She weighs 11lbs. 6oz. and is 23in. long! She is in the 87th percentile for her length! She will be a tall girl! She is already too long for a lot of her footie pj's. She is such a sweet baby. She has been cooing and smiling a lot!:) We entered her into a fresh faces contest to win a free photoshoot. We used this picture:) Please vote for her by clicking on this link: http://www.simplycorey.com/blog/?p=1335

Happy Valentine's Day!

Love,

Kaitlyn

Lots of Firsts!

Kaitlyn has had a lot of firsts this week! She smiled at us, she is grabbing onto our shirts and my hair, she played with her first toy, and had her first bath in the baby tub! We have put her in the activity gym before, but this time she was actually interested in everything and started playing with one of the toys!

1 Month Check-Up!

Kaitlyn got a great report at the Dr. today! She weighs 9lbs. 13oz. and is 22" long. She has grown! The Dr. said she has gained a good amount of weight, but is still in the normal range. He commented on how strong she is, how well she is holding her head up already, and how she likes to stand when you hold her.

We have noticed that she is grabbing on to us now and smiling more. Not sure it's on purpose yet, but hopefully soon! She has also out grown a lot of her clothes. She is really long! We love her so much and love watching her grow!! Here is a picture from today:)

Happy 1 Month Kaitlyn!

We love watching miss Kaitlyn grow so much! It seems like she changes everyday. We had an infant photo session done by Katey Follett photography when she was two weeks old. Here are a few of our favorites and some pictures of her recently.

Update

We took Kaitlyn to the Dr. today. She now weighs 8lbs. 6oz. and is 21" long. She is in the 50th percentile for her weight and 70th percentile for her length. We have had a rough few days with her, but things seem to be getting better. She was eating all the time, not sleeping, and crying a lot. We took her to the Dr. over the weekend and they gave her a blood test and everything was ok. Just trying to crack the Kaitlyn code!