15 month checkup

Kayla had her 15 month checkup today. She weighed 19 lbs 5.5 oz and was 29.25 inches.


She still fits in her infant carseat. We stopped using it for David when he was 6 months old. However, I like her in it when we go to the doctor.


It's easy for her to see me when I push her around and she can eat her snack without throwing food all over the floor.

She had to get three shots and some bloodwork done.  She hates getting shots.  As soon as she saw the nurse put gloves on, she started crying.  :(

The doctor said she is doing well on growing.  She is a little behind on walking.  He mentioned physical therapy last time, so I asked him to refer us so I should be getting a call soon about it.  They will just evaluate her and show us some stuff we can try with her at home.  I think any help will be nice.

15 Months!

Hello. 

We have to let her hold the blocks because she's tall enough now to block the 15.

Pretending to talk on the phone :)

• 6-12 month clothes.  Her outfit above is 6-9 months.  She weighed 19 lbs 4 oz.
• size 3 diaper
• She wears size 3-4 in shoes.  We always put shoes on her when we go out because she pulls her socks off immediately after we take her shoes off.
• She only gets one nap a day at daycare that lasts for 1-2 hours.
• still nursing 5-6 times a day when not at daycare. 4am, 8am, 12pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7pm.  Last week I started giving her one sippy cup of organic whole milk each day at daycare.  I think it gave her diarrhea, but I'm still trying it to see.  I'm ready to stop pumping..that'll probably be another post all by itself.  
• She has around 11 teeth.  I think she's got about 6-7 teeth coming in!
• She isn't quite walking yet.  She's only been able to stand up on her own a few times.  However, check out the video to see her do a few steps:

She really likes the blue princess wand. :)

I took this photo last week thinking it was the 22nd....but it's still a good pic :)

Random Update

Kayla started off the year with ear infections.  The antibiotic that she got gave her an allergic reaction and she got a rash all over her body for almost a week!  The doctor prescribed her a new one, and she's all better now.  She did get her Synagis shot this week too.  I'm so glad that was easy to get this month. She had to get it a couple days late to wait for her rash to clear.  She weighed 19 pounds and was 28.5 inches tall :)

Wow...you can see Kayla's whole head now when she stands up in her crib instead of just her eyes and nose.  :)

David is showing us he is a "big boy" more each day.  We put away his "singing potty" on January 1.  He had gone a couple weeks without it, so we thought the 1st was a great day to put it away.  He can use a regular toilet without using a stool now.  The only help he needs is when he goes #2 to wipe his butt.  He still wears a pull up at night, but he keeps it dry most nights.  Another thing we have been doing is letting him use mouth wash every night.  I never would have thought of using it until I saw my nieces using it when they were visiting over the summer.

My new year resolutions are to eat healthier, find time to work out, and snack less.

I turned 30 last weekend.  :)

Chris is level 46 on Skyrim. haha.

14 Months

Wow this month has gone by fast...and this post a few days late.

Kayla seems to be doing a lot more this month.  She is understanding a lot more things that we say.  I know she understands the words jump, shake, dance, again, mommy, daddy, david, nana.
She tries to repeat things that we say and do.

She can sign more, please, done, eat, and milk.  She also nods her head yes.

She likes books a lot now.  She will throw a book at me and then nod when I ask her if she wants me to read it.  When she sees a mirror at the end of the book, she kisses herself.
Everything she does is cute.
She has been getting two more teeth in.  One on the top and one on the bottom.

• 6-12 month clothes.  I think she's finally growing out of some of those 6-9 month clothes.
• size 3 diaper
• size 3-4 in shoes.  I think last month she was wearing size 2.  She loves putting on shoes.  I think she is definitely going to be a girly girl!
• She only gets one nap a day at daycare that lasts for 1-2 hours.
• still nursing 5-6 times a day when not at daycare. 4am, 8am, 12pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7pm.  She doesn't seem to be wanting to wean anytime soon.  I think I will try to stop the 3pm one and replace with milk sometime this month.
• She took 2 steps today!!!  Maybe she'll be walking next month :)

 She does great at eating.  She tries all new things.  She yells at us if she see us eating something that we haven't let her try yet.  

She's always been kind of dramatic.  She does this when she's upset about something.  Throwing herself on the floor and crying.... I hope she grows out of this when she starts walking...but I doubt it.

Christmas Presents

This year was exciting because David is old enough to get excited and understand more about Christmas.  So we had to figure out how we were going to celebrate it.  When I was growing up, my family did not celebrate anything.  I've never gotten a wrapped present from my parents...ever.  So, now that I'm all grown up and have my own family, I want to do it all and live vicariously through my children.    However, I realize last year, we overdid the presents for David.  So this year, we tried not to overdo it.  It was also better that we didn't wait to open everything on Christmas day.

On Christmas Eve, we went to church with Chris's parents and then we all came back to our house to have dinner and exchange gifts with them.  David and Kayla also got to open 3 presents from us which were mostly clothes/shoes.  I hope it snows this winter because I got them stuff to keep them warm and dry.

On Christmas morning, we had to wake up David.  Chris told him Santa came and David jumped out of bed and ran to the living room.  He was so excited when he saw the stockings had been filled and there were extra presents around the tree.

However, I made him eat breakfast before we could open any presents.  I thought that would make him eat faster, but I was wrong.  It made him not want to eat because he was too busy staring at the presents.

 Eventually, we got around to opening the presents.  David and Kayla each got 4 wrapped presents under the tree and one big present.  One from mom, dad, sibling, and santa.  Then, there was also one big present from mom and dad.  And of course Santa filled their stockings with a few small toys and treats.  Earlier in the week, I took a vacation day to spend with just David.  We went shopping and David got to pick out some presents for the family and I let him help wrap them.  He was horrible at keeping anything a secret.  Although, he never gave any hints as to what Kayla's present was.  I think because he didn't know what it was called.  He got her a tea set.  Anytime we'd ask him what Kayla got he'd smile real big and say, "it's a secret!!"  

 Kayla got him a latches board puzzle

 The big presents that we got the kids were their new rides:

He got a huge power wheel truck.  Chris and I felt super guilty about this purchase.  Neither one of us had one of these growing up, and we think it's too much for a three year old.  However, we're suckers.  We felt sorry for him because he was running after the neighbors' power wheels and wondering why his car had to be pushed. He had a blue one similar to the one Kayla is in above.

However, David's favorite presents were what Santa brought him:

The cargo carrier and car carrier.  

 Kayla's favorite present was probably the purse that Nana got her.  She loves to take things in and out.