Saturday, December 5, 2015

Kaylins First Birthday Party

I can't believe I never blogged Kaylins First Birthday Party! It was tons of fun, we had lots of family and a few friends over for the afternoon, cupcakes, snacks and presents!

Opening Presents, she really liked the box :) 


Playing with her piano from Grandpa Jamie



 Eating her Birthday Cupcake! I wish I had taken pictures of the food, Joy helped me make everything and it was so cute!

 That sure was yummy mom!


We took some one year pictures with our favorite photographer. They turned out so so good!




We found out a few weeks before taking pictures that I was pregnant! So we took the opportunity to take a few pregnancy announcement pictures as well.



Happy Happy Birthday Kaylin! We love you so much!

Friday, November 6, 2015

Kaylin 11 Months

Weight: 20lbs
Length: 29in

Diet: Nurses when she first wakes up, before naps and before bed. Eats 3 meals a day in her high chair. Will eat nearly anything and lots of it! If I make scrambled eggs or oatmeal for us for breakfast she eats as much as I do!
Sleep: Still going to bed around 830-9, I nurse her and lay her down and she goes right to sleep. We had a few weeks where she was waking up every 3-4 hours at night(no fun for mom!) but we are finally back to sleeping from bedtime to 5-6 am then I nurse her and she goes back to sleep til 7:30 or 8. Still taking 2 naps a day, usually 2 hours each.
Mood: Great! She is such a happy girl unless she is tired or hungry.
Activities: Whatever she wants! Lol she explores the house and plays with anything she can find. I just close the doors to the rooms I don't want her to go in and check on her often. She scatters her toys all over the house. Just started walking, she was getting so close but just didn't seem super interested, then all of the sudden, on her 11 month birthday she just decided to start walking everywhere that afternoon.
Clothing: Wearing 12 month clothes! Still in size 3 diapers but when we run out we will buy size 4 because the size 3 are getting small. Her Bum Genius cloth diapers are still on the medium setting but I think we will have to move them up soon!
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We are taking her 1 year pictures this weekend and planning her birthday party for next month. Can't believe my baby girl is almost 1! We love you so much sweet girl!

Monday, October 5, 2015

Kaylin 10 months

Weight: I'll have to update this later. She is so squirmy I'm having a hard time getting a weight and the one I did get didn't seem accurate.

Diet: Nurses every 3-5 hours during the day. Eats nearly anything! She usually has a snack in the morning, fruit or leftover veggies from supper one night. Then when we eat supper she eats again. Sometimes she eats what we're eating or she will eat fruit, veggies,  or cheerios. I have started buying those squeeze packets of applesauce or other fruit purees, they are great for when were out and about! She loves them, we also do cheerios or baby mum mums rice cakes sometimes. I honestly think if I let her she would eat more table food and only nurse at night and morning, but I'll hold off on that for another couple months :)

Sleep: Still going to bed between 8-9 puts herself to sleep so easily now! I don't know why I didn't start this sooner. I feed her and lay her in bed and without a peep she goes right to sleep. Usually wakes up once, around 4-6am then goes back to sleep till 7:30ish. Still takes 2 naps but I think she's trying to transition to one nap because lately her morning nap is only about 30 minutes and her afternoon nap is between 2.5-3 hours.

Mood: great when she is fed and rested! This month we had a week or two of teething at the same time as a developmental "leap"  those weeks were rough. She was pretty fussy and clingy for awhile. But her top 2 teeth popped through(that makes 4 teeth total)  and she is back to her normal happy self.

Activities: Has started roaming the house more lately, I started closing the bathroom doors and for the most part I let her roam and just check on her often. Last week she played with the stuffed animals and a few other thibgs in her room for almost an hour! She still loves when we get on the floor and play with her. She is "cruising" everywhere and will walk if we hold her hands or with her walker but has never taken more than a step without holding onto something. She has started standing on her own for long periods of time. I know she will be walking before long! It's fun to see her grow up but I don't want my baby to walk! She loves playing with all her toys, our shoes, water bottles etc. She especially loves emptying her toy basket then climbing in, so much so that we may need a new toy basket soon(but hey for a $5 basket it turned out to be a pretty good toy!) she picks up everything she finds and sticks it in her mouth, I am constantly vacuuming and still have to really watch her while she's playing and pull things out of her mouth from time to time.

Its hard to see but she was trying to grab the light, so funny!

Clothes: Still wearing 9 month clothes,  size 3 diapers and medium setting Bum Genius cloth diapers at home. Probably will move up to 12 month clothes soon. I have some 12 month clothes and have already started buying her some 12 month clothes. I am excited to shop for 12 month clothes because there is so much more variety of styles in 12 month and up than there is in the baby sizes! Also, really want to buy her some little moccasins but trying to hold off till she can walk. Already planning her birthday outfit and party. Where has the time gone??
Playing with Mama Lyons and Daddy at the LV Homecoming game

Monday, September 7, 2015

Kaylin 9 Months

Weight:17.6
Diet: Nurses every 3.5-4.5 hours during the day. Recently started eating lots of table food, she will eat nearly anything but loves yogurt and fruits and veggies. Loves her sippy cup and drinks lots of water

Sleep: Goes to bed around 830-9. I have quit swaddling her, just feed her and lay her in bed. Some nights are better than others but she is usually asleep within 10 minutes. Naps twice a day for 1-2 hours.

Mood: Usually very happy girl. Really only gets cranky when she is hungry or tired.  Loves to talk and will smile at anyone who talks to her.

Activities: Mostly just loves playing on the floor, plays with her toys, plays with us. Pulls up on everything, walks across the front of the couches and entertainment center. Always babbling, and will laugh when we do certain things. Loves to play with Zoey, she usually let's Zoey lick her as much as she wants. She likes to "pet"  Zoey but she's pretty rough! Luckily Zoey doesn't seem to mind.  Loves going on runs with Mama, she just sits and chills in the stroller, sometimes babbles.

Clothes: Wearing all 9 month and some of them are getting snug. Not sure if that was a growth spurt or if I waited too long to move her to 9 month.

Can't believe how close she is getting to a year old! We love you Kaylin!

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Kaylin 8 Months

Weight 16.4

Diet: Nurses every 3.5-4.5 hours during the day. She is starting to eat baby food but is very very picky! So far the only thing she really likes is peas. And I can't make home made baby food. It has to be store bought baby food peas. Trying to work in other things here and there. 

Sleep: Goes to bed around 830-9. I swaddle her, feed her and lay her down in her crib. She was sleeping until 4-6am and then back to sleep after I fed her until 8 or 830. But lately she's been having teething pain and then a cold so waking up every 4 hours or so.  Usually naps twice a day for 1.5-2 hours.

Took a nap with her DaDa

Mood: Usually very happy! She really only gets fussy if she is hungry or tired. She talks all the time. The only sound she really makes is Dada but she makes all kinds of other noises. Including one that sounds like "Hey!" it's so cute!


Activities: Playing on the floor is about the only thing she does. She doesn't like the swing or jumper anymore. She doesn't like to be confined. So she crawls around the house playing with her toys and pulling up on everything and getting into everything! She's a mess :) she loves to pull up on the couch and walks back and forth across the front of it. She just recently started letting go for a second or two at a time and standing by herself. She's such a daredevil! Loves playing peek a boo, giving kisses(which is actually licking) and biting things. Sometimes she will crawl up to me and just bite at my shirt. She loves when we get down on the floor and play with her. 

Loves phones and the laptop! Always wants to grab at and then chew on them. That's the laptop cord she has in her mouth, I guess she thought she could "charge" herself :)

Clothes: Almost completely grown out of 6 month clothes. Fits into most of her 9 month clothes but doesn't have very many. I plan on going shopping on tax free weekend. Woohoo! :) Still wearing size 3 disposables at night and when were out and about and Bum Genius cloth on the medium setting when were home.

She has never really liked the water, she didn't mind bathtime but didn't really splash and play but the last time we went to my parents house she just splashed and splashed in the pool! We need to get a little baby floaty for her.