6 month checkup

Kaylee had her 6 month well visit today. She is now 18.5 lb and 27.25" long. According to the pediatrician, she's still perfect and adorable. (Have I mentioned we love our pediatrician??) The doc did not expect to see her sitting up so well, either - she has been doing very well with that lately. They also did an eye test that checks for lazy eye...she had electrodes stuck to the back of her head, forehead and temple, and wore an eye patch. I guess everything went well with that...? If not, I'm sure we'll get a call or find out next time. We didn't really find out any results today and were otherwise occupied with her vaccines so didn't think to ask. She did cry during the shots, and for a minute or so after I picked her up, but calmed down quickly again. It was naptime when we left, and she fell asleep in the car on the way home, then took a good nap at home, too. She will get a flu shot (2nd of 2) in a month and then her 9 month well visit is in early January.

By the way, the paper she's sitting on in the pic below was completely destroyed when she was done with it! She was having a blast crumpling it and tearing it. Who needs toys, right?? The other picture is from earlier in the week.

Another new cousin...it's a girl!!

My cousin Stephen and his wife Stephanie, along with big brother Ethan, welcomed their 8lb, 20.5" bundle of joy Brennan Marie yesterday at 12:44 pm! Congrats to the family!!

Jamie and I are taking my grandparents (Brennan's (and Kaylee's) great-grands) to visit tomorrow morning...I'm sure we will have photos to post here, so check back soon! (or if you're itching for photos now - click on Brennan's link, to the right)

"ahahahah...ahahahahah"

Sometimes when Kaylee starts "talking" I will put my hand on her mouth and pat it over and over to make it sound funny (funnier?) She'll usually only make the sounds 3-4 times at most, maybe going for about a minute with this "game." Last night my brother Jeff came over and I started doing this, but she kept doing it for at least 5 minutes or so. I said, "this would have been a funny video," and Jeff got the camera. I didn't expect her to keep it up for that much longer, but once he started recording, she went for another 3 minutes! We were both cracking up.

6 month photos!

Wow - Kaylee will be 6 months old on Thursday. My little baby is growing up too fast!!!

This past Saturday we took her for her first professional portraits - here are a few of the best shots. It was so hard to decide which to get printed...the photographer took nearly 150! Kaylee was an angel the whole time - even while we sat there for 30 minutes narrowing down our choices. She stayed up about an hour past her usual nap time and fell asleep about 8 minutes from home...luckily she transitioned to her crib just fine and slept great (we were afraid of a power nap situation!!).

We brought Kaylee's giraffe (Smacky) as a potential prop and almost forgot to use him. I put him in her lap and she sort of hugged him - so cute! I'm glad we did bring him, as that's one of our favorite pictures from the session.

They wanted to use the black with her red dress, but we vetoed the red and black right off the bat (Go Jackets!!!), and I am so glad because I love the way the green plaid dress shots turned out with the black background.

Redemption! :-)

Kaylee said "Mama" - yaay!! :)

Rawhide!

Kaylee's started rolling!!

Laugh, Spit, Eat, Talk, Play...

Kaylee has figured out how to blow raspberries. So I've spent most of the past few days with a layer of spit on me (in addition to the coating of drool that I usually wear). (Who came up with the raspberry phrase anyway? Kaylee also goes crazy when the "tickle finger" comes to tickle her neck.

Kaylee's getting better at the eating thing already! We just feed her about a tablespoon of rice cereal before her 2nd and 4th (last) bottles. She really opens wide and leans in for the food!

Today Kaylee started saying "dadadadada" - I think because she's started spitting and is now figuring out how to use her tongue to do different things and make different sounds. (I'm hoping she figures out the "mamamama" soon!!)