Kaylee {12/13 Month Update}

::12/13 Month Update::

I think I have to stop titling these blog posts "Baby Kaylee" since my tiny baby is 1 YEAR OLD!!! This year truly flew by. It was the most exciting, exhausting, best, fun, crazy year of our lives. We are so blessed to have this amazing little girl in our lives. As much as she learns everyday from us, we learn from her. She has taught us so much about life and love. The paradox of having a baby is that time flies by yet you can't remember life before them! 
 

 

Technically Kaylee is 13 months now, since I'm super late with this post but at this point I'll probably only do updates 2-3 times a year. So I'm going to change up the format a bit.

 
{Stats} 
Height: 28.5 inches (24th %)
 
Weight: 19lbs 3 oz (16th %)
 
Teeth: 4 (doc said 2 more coming in soon!)

Clothes: She's pretty true to size, fitting in mostly 12 month sizes.

 

 

{Signature Moves}

Kaylee started walking a couple weeks after her birthday and she is quickly starting to run anywhere and everywhere. She LOVES to walk, LOVES to be on the move! She also loves, blowing kisses, dancing and singing (mostly to "Let it go"), "putting on" her shoes/socks, brushing her hair, talking on the phone, & telling us "no".
 

 

{Favorite words}

Kaylee has LOTS of new words. She will attempt to say anything you ask her to (or at least think about it). Her favorites include: Apple (Aah-pull), Bubbles (Buh-Buh), More (Mo), Go (while singing "let it go"), No (Nuh), Jenna (Ne-Na), Hi, Hello (Oh), Book (Buh), Tada (Duh-Duh), Mama & Dada 

 

 

{Favorite Foods}

Lately she has been miss picky. Favorites depend on her mood that day but she eats: hot dogs, cheese, crackers, baby food, bananas, gold fish, puffs, crunchies, yogurt & nutri-grain bars (for babies).
 

{Favorite Activities}

Reading Books (loves to flip the pages, especially peek-a-boo books), pushing around her ball popper or walker, playing tea (which consists of getting on and off the chair 1000 times and throwing the tea cups), peek-a-boo, being chased, going up the stairs (haven't mastered down yet), climbing on anything and everything & being tickled!
 

 

{Least favorite Activites}

Athough she is not as bad as in the past, she doesn't enjoy being in the carseat. Notable mentions include: having her clothes & diaper changed!

{Best parent award}

The time dad turned around for 5 seconds to look at the TV and she poured a full glass of ice water down onto herself.
 

 

That time I was trying to clean her up because she was covered in cake from head to toe at her bday party. I checked the diaper for poop first and it was clean, so I stripped her naked in front of all her family and friends. Little did I know poop was plastered to her butt!

{Stories from the sitter}

I love the stories our (awesome) sitter tells me on an almost daily basis about the shenanigans my daughter gets into so I thought this would be a fun/cute section. Lately this includes: falling/jumping off the highchair in record time while she turned around for 2 seconds (no injuries), and sticking both hands in the (clean) toilet!

 

{Misc}

We started using Baby signs and Kaylee has gotten one down so far - "More". Since starting to use it she also started to say more. I think I will try to teach her a couple more since this one seemed to work so well =)

 

 

This truly is the age of imitation. I am just amazed at not only what she can do but what she understands. I swear when I talk to her, she knows/understands what I'm saying! All in all it is a super fun (if not exhausting) age! We cannot wait for warm weather so she can run around outside!
 

Snow fun with dad

We are VERY ready for Sping time! Hopefully it is right around the corner but until then: Kaylee got to "play" in the snow for the first time with dad.

 

 

She didn't LOVE it, mostly just stared at it and didn't want to be put down. I'm pretty sure this is just her age and she will probably love the snow next year.

 

 

Although, maybe she will be like me and dream of beaches all winter long! =)

 

 

I'm ready for the snow to melt and to be able to run around outside in the sun with no snow gear on!!

 

 

 

 

 

Baby Kaylee {11 Months}

I can't believe that I have done 11 monthly updates and next month my little baby will be a year old. She has such a personality and is so much fun to watch grow. I know I say this a lot but THIS is my favorite age so far. =)

::11 Month Favorites:: 

Mickey Mouse - This girl cannot get enough of Mickey Mouse. It is the cutest thing I have ever seen to watch her dance and "sing" the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse song and the Hot Dog Song. She gets so excited when she sees it come on!

Dancing -This girl LOVES music! Any time we put music on she goes crazy. Wiggles, dances and claps her heart out! It is absolutely my favorite thing! We have nightly dance parties! She is our little dance machine!

::Stats::
No official weight since our scale is broken but I'm going to take an educated guess and say around 18.5 lbs.

::Milestones::

{Words}

Kaylee says all kinds of things now a days but her favorites are: mama, baba, dada and gaga.

{Stands with no support}

Kaylee started standing with no support about mid December. She started with just a couple of seconds and now can pretty much stand unsupported until she decides to sit or reach.

::Sleeping::

{Night}

 Still a great sleeper (I NEVER THOUGHT WE WOULD GET HERE!). Bedtime 6:30 and wakes up around 7-7:30

{Naps}

Still taking 3 naps. Short morning nap around 9:30 and a longer afternoon nap around 1:00. Then she usually needs a tiny cat nap in the evenings still depending on how long her second nap lasted.

::Eating::

We weaned off breastfeeding this month. She was down to once a day and then at the very end of the month decided she was done for good. She gets formula throughout the day and the rest is food! Favorite food: Macaroni and Cheese! Also, loves apple sauce!

::Misc::

{Christmas}

Christmas really is just that much better with a kid! We had so much fun! She loved to rip the paper and eat it! Kaylee got a car seat, a bunch of books, clothes and toys! Her favorites are: Musical Car, Singing Chair and Violet the dog (who knows Kaylee's name and sings songs with her!)

{Teeth}

Two teeth popped through this month relatively unnoticed. Hopefully all her teeth will come in no problems!

{Funny faces}

Kaylee started making all kinds of new facial expressions this month! My all time favorite is her scrunched up nose and puckered mouth

She is our sweet, loving, funny little girl. She has really grown into a toddler this past month and seems so much older! We love her little personality and she has a BIG one! I think we may have our hands full when she hits the terrible twos (or threes!)!

Baby Kaylee {10 Months}

She just gets more fun every day. She is definitley getting to the age where she understands what we are saying to a certain degree. She is funny and lovable. She laughs at everything, especially her mom and dad!  

::10 Month Favorites::

1) Tickling - She loves to be tickled and will laugh and laugh. It's the cutest!

2) Tug-of-war - This is her current favorite game. She holds out something for you to take (usually her socks that she has pulled off) and when you grab it, she holds on tight and pulls it away from you, then she laughs... Rotten girl =)

3) Pushing/walker - She loves to walk around holding on. She will push things across the room holding on to them. She loves the walker. She thinks it is so fun to walk. I have a feeling she will be walking soon!

::Stats::

No stats this month! I never got a chance to weigh her. 

::Milestones::

{First words} 

Kaylee's first word was "mama", she also loves to say "baba".

::Sleeping::

{Night}

 She goes to bed around 7:00, sometimes later, sometimes earlier. She sleeps until 4-530 eats and goes back down for another hour or so. Usually gets up between 6:30-7:00. We have had a few amazing mornings where she slept until 7:30 and even once until 8:30!

{Naps}

She is back to taking about 3 shorter naps a day including a late nap. I was initially afraid to give her the late nap, even though she desperately needed it, because I was afraid she wouldn't go to bed at night. But she does!

::Eating::

We have started to give her formula 1-2 times a day. She gets it for breakfasst and then sometimes at night before bed. She seems to like it okay and didn't give us any problems. The girl loves to eat! Still breastfeeding for now, although we are weaning and she is pretty much weaning herself. Her favorite foods this month were: mashed potaotes, pumpkin pie, cookies, ham & cheesecake!

::Misc::

{Thanksgiving}

Kaylee had her first Thanksgiving this past month. We celebrated with our family at Grandma's house. She ate lots of good food and loved playing with her cousins. She was such a happy girl that day and she loved being the center of attention.

Baby Kaylee {9 Months}

This is my favorite age so far! She is so much fun! Playing with her toys, with us, interacting with her environment, exploring the world around her. It is so fun to just watch her discover new things and learn about her surroundings.  

 ::8 Month Favorites:: 

 1) Fall - Pumpkin festivals, cute Halloween outfits, cool weather and so much more! We love this time of year and all that goes with it! It's just the beginning of the holiday season and we are looking forward to all the celebrations with Kaylee! It will definitely be the best holiday season yet!

2) Kisses - "Kaylee, give mommy kisses" She turns her head in response and opens her mouth and gives you a big ole wet kiss! Open mouthed kisses from her are THE BEST! 

3) Peek-a-boo - Anything from the original "Where's Kaylee? Peek-a-boo", to jumping out from behind a door or corner. She LOVES it. She gets sooo excited and her whole body shakes and she laughs and laughs. It is our favorite game! 

::Stats:: 

16.7 lbs :: 15th%
27.5 in :: 50th%

Still our little girl but she sure does like to eat! She must burn it all off with all the moving she does! 

The doctor told us at her 9 month visit that he thinks she might be late getting teeth. He said he doesn't feel anything and wouldn't expect her to have any before 1 year. 

 ::Milestones:: 

{Eats real food}

We try to give her whatever we are eating for dinner. She LOVES real food and has started refusing baby food. I'm struggling to think of new things to give her that she can eat. 

{Cruising}

She is on the move!!! She pulls up and walks around anything she can get her hands on. I joke and say she is 9 months going on 3 years old. She thinks she can walk and she definitely tries! I don't think it will be long until she is running around the house!

::Sleeping:: 

{Night} 

 We bumped her bedtime up to 7:00 and are trying an array of sleep training strategies to see what works. We will get there, she's just not the best sleeper. I can lay her down for nighttime or a nap and she will fall asleep with NO problems! It's staying asleep that is her issue! Seriously not looking forward to the time change this weekend...

{Naps}

Naps are the same as last month, two naps a day for a total of about 3 hours of daytime sleep.  Occasionally she still takes a short third nap.

::Eating:: 

Average day: 

5:00-6:00 nurse

8:30 nurse + Breakfast (cereal and fruit)

11:30 nurse + Lunch (Meat & Cheese & Veggie)

1:00-2:00 snack (Fruit or finger food)

2:30 nurse

5:00 nurse + Dinner (Usually some of whatever we are having - Meat, cheese..etc)

7:00 nurse

(plus 1-2 nighttime nursing sessions, but we are weaning these out.)

 ::Misc:: 

{Halloween}

We celebrated Kaylee's first Halloween! She didn't really have a costume, just a bunch of cute outfits that she wore throughout the month. She couldn't eat candy or walk around this year (plus it was super cold and rainy) so we stayed in and handed candy out.

Kaylee you are so sweet. I love you more and more each day. Your smile melts my heart and I can't give you enough hugs and kisses in one day. Your only 9 months old but you are already fun, energetic, loving, sweet and adorable. Mommy and Daddy can't wait to see what you do next!