Apple Picking

Kaylee sort of has enough hair now for a ponytail (pigtail?). She wanted to wear her new Halloween hair bow, so I put it in a ponytail for school on Friday. She then wanted to take pictures in our graveyard. I have more headstones, but need new ground stakes before I can put them out!



Yesterday we took Kaylee to Hillcrest Orchards, where she enjoyed apple cider, the petting zoo, a wagon ride and, of course, picking apples!




Petting the chick - she didn't want to hold it (probably safer for the chick!!). She enjoyed holding the kitten until it started slipping and tried to grab her leg with its claws, then she was all done holding kittens for the day!


This was her petting stance - ready to run if needed. As you'll see, one of the little goats startled her at one point and she did turn and run!






Riding the saddle horse and going down the big slide!


Family on a wagon ride, then apple picking! Kaylee insisted on carrying the bag herself, even though it was pretty heavy for her (as she told us a few times).




"Milking" Buttercup the cow:

Good pictures

This evening after a walk around the neighborhood, Kaylee sat down on the steps and said, "I want to take a good picture with my pumpkins." I guess because the other day she was just making silly faces and I told her I wanted "a good picture." So here are the results of her "good picture" session:

Atlanta Greek Festival

The annual Atlanta Greek Festival was this weekend, so we once again drove down to my parents' house and walked to the festival for a yummy lunch and good times with friends and family.

Kaylee relaxing on the way to Gramma & Grampa's house:


With her friend Ellie. They rode a spinning ride, a Ferris wheel & bounced together. Some of the bouncing shots cracked me up...you'll see!






On the way to the pastry shop to get cookies! And showing me how she takes a BIG bite of her yummy Greek cookie.


We went for a walk around 7 this evening. It was so nice out! Slight chill in the air, ahh. We all grabbed jackets or sweaters and walked around the neighborhood for a bit. Happy fall!!

Pumpkin Farm 2010

This morning I took Kaylee back to the Kinsey Family Farm to pick out some pumpkins, take a hayride and feed the catfish. To her delight, there were also some goats to feed this year. Not much to write, I think the photos speak for themselves. :)

2.5 year checkup

Kaylee's 2.5 year checkup was yesterday, and for the first time they measured her on the "big kid" equipment: the scale they stand on and standing against the wall for the measuring tape (which I think is more reliable than lying on the paper that gets crunched then stretched out when they actually measure). She is now 35 lbs (97%) and 37.5" tall (92%)...at her 2 year appointment they measured her as 37.75" which I thought was a little high. At any rate, the measurements should be more accurate from here on out.

On our way to the pediatrician's office, we passed Chick-fil-A and Kaylee said, "I want to go to Chick-fil-A. I don't want to go to the doctor, just Chick-fil-A!" Jamie wasn't going to be home for dinner anyway and I didn't have anything planned, so I told her if she was very good at the doctor we could go, but we had to see the doctor first. She said, "I'm am very good. I want chicken nuggets and fruit." (She doesn't say "I am" but "I'm am." :) ) She was very good, even with a 1/2 hour wait in between seeing the nurse and doctor (I guess that's what happens when you take a 4:30 appointment; they're backed up by then!). At her 2 year visit, she pretty much was weepy or crying the entire time a nurse or doctor was in the room with us, but this time she was happy the whole time, except for some crying for about a minute after she got a shot. They were out of flu shots, so she got the nasal flu mist instead, which I'm sure she preferred!, and just the one shot. She got a sticker at check out then we went to Chick-fil-A and she ate all her chicken nuggets and fruit. They have fall decorations up (scarecrows, pumpkins, etc) and Kaylee was quite excited about that, too. As I ordered, she went over to a big scarecrow display and danced around, so she was quite happy again, shot all but forgotten...until bath time when she saw the band-aid again and told Jamie about how she got a shot, but she was brave.

Too loud!

This picture is from about a week ago; I had to go in and wake Kaylee for school, which the camera flash helped me with.


Saturday night we went to Kani House (a Japanese steakhouse) for Baba's birthday dinner. The chefs clang their spatulas and knives on the cooking surface and it's pretty loud. Kaylee did not like all the noise - she kept telling us, "it's too loud for me!" - and kept her hands over her ears nearly the entire time we were there! Even as she was eating (with her chopsticks, nonetheless!), she had one ear covered. She much preferred the rock garden, fish tank and waterfall in the lobby to the noisy dining room.

More confirmation

I had my "20 week" ultrasound today - at 19 weeks and 1 day. They schedule it between 18-22 weeks, though the ultrasound technician I saw said it's best to do at 20+ weeks as the babies are more developed and the techs can get all the images they need. I remember we went in "early" with Kaylee, too - around 19 weeks - and they couldn't get what they needed, so we had another ultrasound at about 23 weeks with her. Luckily for the tech, she was able to get the images she needed (and unluckily for me, as now I don't get another ultrasound until possibly near the end - and only then if they're worried about something!).

The tech only printed these three images for me:

Left side: head on the right, hand near face, leg bent with knee near fist.
Right side: head on the left, facing image; body to the right; arms on either side of body with hands near head (think "hear no evil")


Left foot on left side; right foot on right side (though you can see both in each image).


More confirmation he's all boy!