Walker, Baby Ranger

Yesterday, Kaylee could (would, more like it) only take up to 4 steps at a time. We tried again this afternoon and she walked across the room - time after time after time! I think we counted about 30-35 steps all at once. Big change from 4!

Visitors!

We went to brunch with Mike and Jole this morning, then they came over and got so see Kaylee. She actually let Mike hold her for a bit before getting too squirmy/fussy, and Jole held her some, too. Hopefully she's getting better with being so crazy around people she doesn't know super well, but I'm not holding my breath, as she goes back and forth!! Here are a few photos from their visit...

(can you tell they're related??)


Why is it so hard to get everyone to look at the camera at once?? :-)

Stepping it up

I forgot to post last night, but Kaylee took 4 steps on her own a couple times yesterday. Both were contrived - I got her to walk to me one time and got her to walk to Jamie another. But that counts, right? Tonight after dinner she was holding onto the arm of the couch and we thought she was going to hold on and walk along side it like usual, but she had one arm out to the side and just let go with the other and walked beside it for 3 or 4 steps all on her own! She took another couple steps a time or two shortly after on her own, too...getting a little more daring.

More swinging

Took Kaylee to another park on Tuesday - still loved the swings!! Her Braves baseball cap is still a tad bit too big (stays on, but slides around some), but should fit well come baseball season. :-)

Other pic is just a cute sleeping baby one - she piles all her little blankies together and sleeps on them (there are 5 in with her). Usually when we go in to get her in the morning, she's awake and standing, but she was still asleep on them the other day, so I ran and got the camera before she woke up.

Swinging

The weather was SO NICE this weekend, we took Kaylee to a playground yesterday (no time today). Pretty much the only thing she could do was swing and people-watch. She seemed to enjoy both. Here are a few photos...

From this morning. Kaylee making Smacky "attack" her. (We'll say, "Smacky attacky" and he attacks her with kisses. She did it to herself and to Tigger this morning).

If you see this baby, do not let her have the car keys:

She thought it was hilarious to bite onto the spoon at lunch today and not give it back.

Also - another tooth has popped through on top. She now has 5 broken through and another (also on top) not too far behind. Probably be here within the week.

Still not walking all on her own, but she's taken 2-3 steps at once (via trickery) and she can walk very well holding just one of my hands. I'm hoping she will by her birthday because I have a cute dress for her to wear, and dresses + crawling are not a great combo...

Baby steps...well...step, twice?

Twice today I tricked Kaylee into taking a step on her own! Both times she got mad at me afterward, too, and turned her legs into jelly when I would try to get her to repeat it. This morning she was holding on to our coffee table and I held out one hand for her to grab and in the other had an empty water bottle that she likes to play with. My empty hand was just far enough away that she'd have to take a step to get to it, and she did! I think she realized what was going on as she was grabbing my hand because she had this weird "what the heck just happened?" expression. Then she got the water bottle and forgot until I tried to get her to do it again a minute later and she started the jelly legs thing. Pretty much same thing again this afternoon, but different location and different toy being offered.

In Need of a Feather

Kaylee and I went back to my favorite store last week (baby/kids consignment!) - I bought a pair of baby pants, tights, two hats, slippers, a toy piano and toy camera for $12. Wooo!! Here's Kaylee modeling one of her new hats. Super cute. It'll definitely fit the rest of this year and I'm hoping it still fits next fall/winter, too (it's very stretchy!).

A few weeks ago Kaylee figured out how to turn on the water in our master bathtub. As you can see here, Shadow was not too happy about it coming down right on him (though he does love playing in the water).

Her expression in this photo cracks me up...I would love to know what she's thinking sometimes!!! Maybe: "this water is freezing!!"


Out for a stroll last night, stylin' in her new hat.

Can't think of much to report right now. She knows so many words (not talking, but responds by pointing to/looking at/getting/doing what we were asking), it's amazing. And she picks things up so fast!! I bought that toy piano for her on Friday and by Saturday she knew when we said "piano" that's what we were talking about. I imagine it will be tough to get things past her soon enough, hah! (For now, at least, she still falls for peek-a-boo.)

Oh - yesterday she stood for over a minute! Don't think she realized it or she would have plopped down sooner...I was getting dressed, so I put turned on the TV and started a recorded show (she loves the theme song for "My Friends Tigger and Pooh"). She was standing, only holding on to one of my hands when it started. I let go and she stood there, correcting herself when she'd get off balance, and finally plopped down. I paused the recording and it had been running for a minute and 20 seconds - I was holding her hand for a few seconds up front, but she stood on her own for at least a minute! New record for her. So I guess that was something new to report. And every day she looks closer and closer to walking. She'll walk across the room as long as I have a hand under an elbow, barely supporting her, but she is hesitant to try it on her own. Once I let go she plops right down, even though I was barely doing anything. Anyone have Dumbo's feather we could borrow??