Kaitlin's First Haircut

Kaitlin's bangs were starting to hang in her eyes, so while we were in Florida before Christmas, Pop Pop gave her her first haircut. She wasn't too thrilled with the process, but at least she doesn't have hair in her eyes anymore! And Pop Pop was excited to be able to cut her hair since he has always cut Kenny's, Keven's, Kyler's, and Kohl's.

Thank You

Kaitlin is doing well with her signs. Here is a special
message to everyone who sent her a Christmas gift:

Merry Christmas!

Here are some pictures from our Christmas festivities.



















Kaitlin reaching for Mommy; not a big fan of Santa Claus at this age!




















Our "big" girl hardly ever sleeps on Mommy anymore - so sweet! (Vacation is tough; especially at Mom Mom and Pop Pop's house.)




















If we hadn't already ordered our Christmas cards when I took this picture, it definitely would have been on them!

Kaitlin's 15-Month Checkup

Kaitlin went for her 15-month checkup today as well as the dreaded MMR shot. Kaitlin weighed in at 17 ½ pounds and 30 ¾ inches. Her weight is not even close to being on the growth chart, but her height is still right around the 50th percentile. There were two kids in the waiting area who were in for their 12-month checkups; both of them were much bigger than Kaitlin! She is just a skinny skinny girl. Buying clothes for her is a constant struggle. I just bought her a pair of leggings yesterday; the tag says 12M: 28-30.5 inches, 20-23 pounds. See my dilemma?

Overall the doctor said she looks great and she wasn't really concerned about Kaitlin's weight since she has started walking since her last checkup and she was recently sick for a month. She does want us to bring her in for a weight check in about a month just to be sure we're not missing something. Please pray that Kaitlin will eat well and gain lots of weight over the holidays!

Kaitlin has started to say a few words. She says daddy a lot, but rarely says mommy (although we know she can). This makes me very sad :( She also says cookie, cracker, light, and yum yum. She was trying to say please this morning, but of course it sounded nothing like it! She also makes some animal noises when she feels like it including quack quack, moo, ssssss (snake), and grrr (bear).

Kaitlin can make lots of different signs and loves to watch her "Baby Signing Time" videos! She even uses sign language to ask for them. The signs she does the most include milk, more, please, book, all done, banana, dog, hat, wash hands, Baby Signing Time, and ball. She is just now really starting to use her signs to communicate and is very good at signing "more, please" when she wants more food, especially cookies! She loves her mini Vanilla Wafers! Some other signs that Kaitlin can do are drink, eat, car, thank you, airplane, train, coat, cracker, shoe, sock, brush teeth, and it hurts. It seems like every time we watch one of the videos she does a new sign.

Kaitlin spends most of her time wondering around the house getting into this and that. She particularly enjoys putting objects inside other objects. Her latest skill is taking off her socks. Everytime I lay her down for a diaper change the feet go up and she pulls her socks off. She also tries to put them on, but it's not quite as effective! Well, I really need to try to get something done before Kaitlin wakes up in a half hour, so I should end this very long post. Here are some pictures of her trying to put on her socks!