Dancing Queen, Young and Sweet, Only Seven...Months

(Well, almost 8 months!)

Not sure of Kaylee's true first day of doing it, but she's been dancing to music this past week. Moreso to kids' songs or if I sing a dumb little song to her, but if she's standing up somewhere (holding on to something), she starts bouncing along. So cute! Also yesterday she successfully clapped on her own for the first time! She was very excited about that.

So these pics have nothing to do with dancing or clapping, but they're cute anyway. :-)

"Okay, Dada, so you said first I click here, then I just need to type SesameStreet.com. Uh, Dada, how do you spell Sesame...? "




Oh, man! What is that crazy Elmo doing???

Yet another new second cousin!!!

Kaylee has another second cousin - her 3rd this year since she's been born!!! This is also the 3rd female born this year in my maternal grandparents' family. Kaylee started the trend, followed 6 months (exactly!) by Brennan, and now nearly another 2 months later by little Esther. Way to go trying to balance out the male/female ratio, Lowe fam!! Unfortunately, we won't get to visit with the new family any time soon, since they live in MD, but we are at least blessed with computers and blog updates these days. :-D

Here's a photo of the new cuz and the new family of 4...my cousin Jonathan, wife Elisha, son Caleb (2 in Feb) and introducing: Esther Mae Lowe, born 11-16-08 at 5:59 AM. 8lb 8oz, 19.5"

Welcome, Esther!!

A-maze-ing!

We went to Uncle Shuck's Corn Maze last night with our small group. Wow, it was cold!! Next year we'll have to go earlier in the season (yesterday was the last day it was open this year). We made it through half of the maze (there were two sides) before calling it quits.

Brief tooth update

Kaylee's bottom middle left tooth has broken through now, too! Just a day behind the other...yesterday I could feel it just underneath her gums and today it's through.

Another first

Kaylee has her first tooth! Well, partly. The bottom right middle tooth has broken through her gums. I thought I saw something yesterday when she was eating, but then I forgot to check until today. And it's already through! She hasn't been fussy about it or anything, and she's still been sleeping great, so I didn't even think she was teething yet! Awww, my baby is growing up. So lots of firsts this past week...1st vacation, crawling, teeth...what's next? Seems like everything's happening at once!

Gatlinburg - too many photos!!!!!

View from our cabin's deck - daytime, and in the morning (hmm, wonder why they're called the Smoky Mtns?)







Biscuit & Tater (Kaylee & Nate, for those uninformed...)
I think Brandon must have been hypnotizing the babies as I took that second shot. They seem to have the same dazed expression!











Just another normal day with the fam.










Nate being cute. (I don't think he can control it...it's powerful stuff.)














Kaylee on the Ober Gatlinburg tram, and a view of the fall colors from up high.











Jamie & Kaylee enjoying the scenery.














Nate trying out Kaylee's jumper...maybe in another month or two, huh?














Kaylee was absolutely riveted by all our activities...we thought it was funny that we ran across a sign for "Sleepys" while she was out!

On the MOVE!

How have I forgotten to post this? Kaylee started crawling!! She'd gotten better at rolling/flopping/scooting around on her stomach, but hadn't quite figured out how to do more than just rock back and forth on her hands and knees until early last week. She's still a bit unstable, but has managed to crawl up to about 6 steps in a row before giving up. I think she's figured out, though, that she's faster doing her commando crawl - she uses mainly one arm/elbow to scoot herself forward and pushes some with her feet (while reaching out with the other arm to get what she's going for...even if it's still a few feet away...or using that hand in a "normal" crawling way - yes, it's a bit funny looking). She's getting pretty fast; we're going to have to keep our eyes open!!