These boots are made for walking!

Kay met with her physical therapist last week. She and I had a discussion on how I thought she wasn't walking because we were pushing her to do it and she is starting to protest (she is starting to let us know how she feels about things!) When I would try to make her hold my hand to walk somewhere she would get really mad and cry on the floor. So, we decided to take a few weeks off and see what happened. Well, sure enough, she is now testing the waters on walking! Her therapist has been saying for weeks that she is stable enough to walk across the room, she just isn't brave enough to do it. She is so stable she can pull her push toy with one hand and turn it wherever she wants. She barely holds onto one finger and can walk all the way down the street. This week she has taken several attempts of about 4-5 steps at a time. She has even started walking toward the center of the room vs. headed toward a piece of furniture to catch herself.

I have been standing at the ready with my camera to catch her steps. Here are a few I caught this morning!

Busy, Busy, Busy

GG (Great Grandma), the next two posts are for you! I went a little video crazy because I know you always request them!

I am not sure I am going to be able to call Kay my "baby" any more. I keep doing it and Craig keeps saying, she isn't a baby anymore! She has changed so much over the past couple weeks.

Poor thing is already having the same trouble I have with clothes. The clothes that are small enough for her waist are so short! Welcome to the world of high waters! I put these pants on this morning and it made me laugh. I think I am going to have to start figuring out how to tailor her pants so she can keep the longer ones on!

Kay is also getting really good at getting stuck in really small spaces. She is always trying to crawl behind furniture to try to get lost toys. She then discovers she is stuck and can't get out!

Kay continues to be a chatter box. She talks to just about anything and anyone. Her words are really picking up and she is really starting to understand how to communicate with us. Her favorite is bye bye and hi. Whenever she hears a car start, a door close, or a telephone she starts waving and saying bye bye. We went for a walk on the sidewalk the other day and she waved at every car that drove by.

Balls are some of Kay's favorite toys right now. She loves passing them back and forth with us. Her aim is not great, but she is getting better. She really laughs as the ball goes away from her.

Kay is such a little monkey. She tries to climb everything. She is so funny because she usually grunts while trying to do so. It is as if she thinks the grunting will help give her the strength needed to get up.

She still makes us laugh all the time. This morning out of the blue she started making her lips make noise. Once she starts something she does it over, and over, and over, and over (you get the point...)

Our little vacuum....Kay notices everything. She will stop to pick up the tiniest little spec off the floor and will then stop, turn, and hand it to us. We can't make it far without her having to stop and "pick up". Now, if only I could get her to put her toys away...

Kay is loving her swing on our porch. It took her a little while to warm up to it. Now, she crawls up to it, points, and grunts to get our attention because she wants to get in it so bad.

Fun with Dad!

Kay appears to love music like her dad. She is always going up to the piano and guitar and playing her own tune. She watches in amazement when Craig plays and sings to her. She also likes to "help" him play. It melts my heart!

Welcome Laurel!

Wow! I am behind. Our computer decided it was tired after probably over 8 years of constant use. I think we almost have our new one set-up so I can get back to blogging!

Welcome to the world Laurel! Kay's friend Laurel was born a month ago. Kay and I went over to try to take some pictures for her birth announcement. It was so funny to watch Kay. She would pull up to Laurels bed and look inside. She would watch in amazement and would giggle when Laurel made any noises. It is going to be really fun when the girls can play together. It looks like my friend Michelle will have her little girl this week. Kay is going to have so many girls to play with soon!

15 months and catching up....

I realized today it has been a long time since I posted.

We went to the mountains for labor day, but turned around less than 20 hours later to head home because I caught Craig's "food poisoning" that turned out not to be food poisoning at all. He was sick earlier in the week with what we thought was food poisoning. I guess it wasn't! For the short time we were there, Kay had a blast with her cousins and other friends there. Here are some pictures I stole from my brother's blog. I never even unpacked enough to get out the camera!





Mountains take two...we met Nana and Pops in the mountains again a few weeks later. We camped and had a great time together. Kay had a blast playing with Nana in the tent. We went for a short hike and Kay enjoyed smiling at everyone on the trail. Kay woke up at 3 am freezing cold so we had to add another layer of pjs. After that, she went right back to sleep and slept great!



Meatballs! Kay LOVES a meatball. We cut up a few small pieces for her. As Craig and I were talking over dinner we turned around to find Kay had leaned over as far as she could and grabbed an entire meatball of the plate. She was smiling ear to ear and taking a huge bite of it!


15 months! Kay is now 15 months old. I cannot believe it. She is 19 lbs, 6 0z (5%), 31.5 in long (80%), and head circumference of 45.3 cm (25%). She made a huge jump in height since last time. We are now starting to understand more of her words. She says daddy, bye bye, thank you, and a version of mama. She is now blowing kisses which is so sweet to me. She is so curious and has to open everything and figure out how everything works.


Kay is still not walking and is continuing to go to therapy. She is getting very very close! The physical therapist wanted Kay to get a pair of true walking shoes. This was my first purchase of a new clothing item for Kay (I have bought everything used so far). I was SHOCKED at how expensive they were. I spent more on Kay's shoes than I spend on my own. Her feet are so tiny that only one pair of the walking shoes came in her size. So, she is now sporting old school white high top shoes. She is not a fan of them at all, but we are slowing easing her into them.

Cooking with Kay...

What is the first ingredient when making a cake? Kay of course!

Kay also likes to reorganize our cabinets while we make dinner. Here she is helping me get everything to make pizza. She thought we would need a lemon juicer, flour sifter, cookie cutters, and tiny tart pans.


We think Kay's hair is growing in a little bit like Bozo the Clown right now...what do you think?


Kay is recovering from another ear infection. We will see how she responds to the medicine this time. We are hoping to avoid tubes a little longer...

8 Teeth!

I was wrong! I just checked Kay's teeth after bath and saw that she has 8 teeth now. One of the top molars came through and we didn't even notice it. No wonder she has had a hard time recently, she just got three teeth at once!

Kay has now accomplished recognizing her "nose". She will proudly point at her nose when you ask her to. She will also point at my nose. She is also very clearly saying Daddy when she sees Craig. Poor thing had terrible bug bites in this video.


Kay is really enjoying the porch now. We had some friends over for dinner over the weekend and the kids loved playing outside. Kay and her friend Sarah Bess helped me shuck the corn for dinner. We had ribs and chicken. We took the rib off the bone and Kay picked the whole thing up and ate it all! She loved that she could hold it and chew it off with her new teeth.