8 months!

Kay is 8 months now. We took her to the doctor to get her flu vaccine the week she turned 8 months. She weighed in at 15 lbs 10.5 oz with clothes on. Kay is into everything now. She rolls to get where she wants and will not eat with anything going on around her (she gets distracted). She is still obsessed with her socks and won't keep them on for more than a few seconds. She really likes to play with little objects with her fingers (like shoe strings etc.). She continues to love her food and is drinking 5-8 oz during each feeding. She continues to be long and thin. Where do you think she got that from?? In the pictures below Kay is wearing a dress my mom wore as a baby.

We continue to take her to physical therapy every week. They want Kay to now learn now to get herself into the "crawling" position.

We are still crossing our fingers for the ear infections to stay away. She has a small cold this week and we are really hoping it doesn't impact her ears.

Overall, she is still one happy, healthy, smiley little girl!

Snow!

We did get a little bit of snow when Craig returned home from China. We took a nice family walk in the snow and our friends joined us. Kay isn't a huge fan of the cold air, but we bundled her up really well and she took a nice toasty nap while we walked.

The Park

We took Kay to the park by our house. She seemed to enjoy the baby swing there. At first she just looked at it trying to figure out what she was sitting in. After awhile she warmed up to it. I think she is going to love it soon. She had the most fun playing with dad in the air!

Jump! Jump!

Kay is starting to love her doorway jumper. At first she just stood there and then once Craig and I started jumping beside her she giggled so loud and started copying us. Here is a little video of her playing with Craig.

In case you are wondering....

....two thumbs are better than one...

Dear Daddy,

Dear Daddy,

I miss you! Please hurry home from China. Bath time is not as fun without you!

Love,
Kay

Oh yeah, mom says it is your shift for "sleep boot camp" when you get home!

Where is Kay???

Well, Kay is getting busy, busy, busy!



She enjoyed her first real snow last week. We spent the night at Grandma's house since Craig was still in China and we did not want to get snowed in alone. We took Kay outside for about five minutes and that was enough! Lets just say she was not a huge fan of the cold.



While at Grandma's we decided to clean out the attic and get some of my childhood toys out. Boy did we find some treasures! After laughing hysterically at my brother and I's childhood journals we had to write for school we decided to pose Kay with all the dolls we found. She loved it! She kept looking from one to the next. She pulled their hair, held their hands, and tried to figure out what they were.



Kay is starting to do this head scoot thing. For the first time, I put her down to take a shower and when I poked my head out to check on her she was out of sight! To get where she wants she lays on her back and pushes up with her head and arms and scoots. Not the traditional intro to crawling, but she is getting stronger! She is also realizing that she can roll to get toys now and will roll several times in a row to get what she wants.

We continue to have the never ending sock battle. I put them on, she takes them off.

Kay's cousin Charlie came and spent the day with us last week so Scott and Marcia could go to Scott's doctor appointments. It was very fun to watch Kay try to keep an eye on Charlie.

She continues to stop her "tricks" whenever I put a camera in front of her. I will keep trying to capture her scoot and other funny things she does.

We have another appointment with the ENT next week. We will hear then if Kay needs tubes immediately or if we will be able to buy some time and wait.

We have started "sleep boot camp" this week. We are now on day two. The doctor finally gave us the "ok" to not feed Kay in the middle of the night. We were waiting because of Kay's size. She is now up to 8% and I have successfully not fed her for two nights in a row. It made for some long nights (Don't ask me why I decided this was the time to start while Craig is out of town...). I hope it is worth it! Kay is really starting to eat a lot. She enjoys lots of fruits and veggies now. I am hopeful all the food will help her sleep!