Old McDonald Had a Farm

We traveled to Birmingham on Sunday for Jake's birthday party. We were so glad we were able to celebrate with Jake and his family. Their friendship is such a blessing to us and we are really sad that they had to move to Birmingham. The birthday party was a farm theme so all the kids got farm animal bibs and there was a scarecrow. Kaitlin loved playing with the scarecrow's hat and walking around the room with her pig bib in her mouth. Jake also got a really cool tractor with a trailer for his birthday and Kaitlin had a blast playing with it! Thanks for sharing, Jake!

Kaitlin's 12-Month Checkup

I took Kaitlin for her 12-month checkup yesterday and it went very well! She weighed in at 17 lbs, 3 oz and is 29 inches long. The doctor was very happy with her weight and Kaitlin is now transitioning from formula to whole milk - woohoo!! Now if I could just get her to drink it out of a sippy cup!















I tried to get a picture of Kaitlin spoon-feeding herself cottage cheese, but she just kept pointing at the camera. We are just amazed at all the things she can do now! She even took a few steps on her own for the first time on Monday. What a big girl!

Kaitlin's Acting Debut

Kaitlin made her acting debut a few weeks ago at church. You can check out the video here. She is about 1 minute into it.

War Eagle!

Kaitlin went to her first Auburn football game today. Of course we tailgated beforehand and the game didn't start until late, so we were all very tired by the time we got there (we got to the game late and left at half-time). The tigers pulled out a win, but their offense didn't look great. Hopefully, they will look better next week!

 
 
 

Happy Birthday, Kaitlin!

Kaitlin's birthday was Saturday and although we had her party last weekend, we did have a small family celebration. It was a nasty day here as Tropical Depression Fay was visiting (and hasn't left yet) and we were all three a little bit grumpy. Kaitlin got her presents from us, and had a cupcake. Well, she scraped some icing off the cupcake and then screamed for someone to get her out of her high chair. Here are a few pictures from Kaitlin's big day.



















Kaitlin pulled up on me and then stood on her own for about 15 seconds - the longest we've seen her do it.
















Kaitlin loves to whack her balloon to hear Pooh sing "Happy Birthday."




















Here, Kaitlin is playing with the water table that we got her for her birthday.




















Kaitlin was disappointed that she didn't get to play in her new frog pool more because of the rain. We eventually had to hide it because she would get mad when she looked out the window and saw it.




















Kaitlin was delighted to play with this flower!




















Apparently cupcakes aren't good enough for this princess!

Party Time!

Last weekend was very big for Kaitlin. Although her birthday isn't until this coming Saturday, we decided to celebrate a little early and had her birthday this past Saturday. All the grandparents came to town for her party as well as Aunt Kim and Sarah. There are so many pictures that I decided to do two slideshows. This first one has pictures from the weekend and the second one is all party pictures. Kaitlin opened some of her gifts before the party (so we'd have them to entertain the other kids at the party) and some of her gifts after the party (due to a limited attention span). It was a really great weekend and we are lucky to have such wonderful friends and family to celebrate with.

As expected, Kaitlin made great progress while her grandparents were around. She didn't start walking, but she did start doing sign language for real. She now does the signs for milk, more, and all done. She even tried the signs for cat and cracker while MomMom and I were watching Baby Signing Time with her. I believe this proves our theory that Kaitlin likes to show off for her grandparents because today when she and I watched Baby Signing Time, she only did the sign for "all done."

Awesome pics!

I'm taking a photography class and our assignment this week was to take portraits. What a great excuse for me to take pictures of my two babies! The goal was to try to get a blurry background. I was only somewhat successful with the blurry background, but I got some really great shots of Kaitlin and Harley.

This one needs more explanation than a slideshow will allow. Kaitlin was hamming it up for the camera, but instead of smiling, this is the face she made. It reminds me of that Friends episode when Monica and Chandler get engagement photos made and Chandler is making these really hideous faces in all the pictures!

Vacation

Well, I haven't had time to go through these and make a slide show, so I'm just going to take the lazy way out and just link the album (click on the picture below to see more). We had lots of fun in Virginia! We went to the zoo and even out on a dolphin cruise. Some of the dolphins came right next to the boat and we even saw babies! We even convinced Sarah to pose for some pictures with Kaitlin; up until now the only pictures we have of the two of them together are candid shots.

Virginia - July 2008

Great News!

I took Kaitlin for a weight check yesterday. She is up to 16 pounds, 8 ounces (up 10 ounces) and is 28 ½ inches long. The best news is that her weight is back on the growth chart - woohoo! The doctor was very happy with that and told me to keep doing whatever we're doing.

Kaitlin is pretty much all over the place now. As mentioned before, she loves to open and close Harley's crate. Well, I knew it was only a matter of time before she crawled into his crate and it happened on Wednesday. Yesterday, she decided to get in the crate with Harley. I don't think he was too pleased with that development. I think we're probably going to start teaching her that she needs to leave Harley alone when he's in his crate. Here are some pictures.

 
 
 
 

Holy Cow! Kaitlin is 11-Months Old!

I can hardly believe it has already been 11 months since Kaitlin was born. The time really has flown by and it's getting harder and harder to remember how tiny Kaitlin was when we brought her home. Kaitlin has made a lot of progress this month and she really likes to show off for her grandparents. When Keven's parents were in town for the 4th of July, Kaitlin started waving and clapping her hands all the time (way more than she had been). And this past weekend, we traveled to Virginia to see my family and Kaitlin started to do a lot of crawling. I would say she now crawls on her hands and knees more than on her tummy. She does resort to the army crawl if she is in a hurry though! When we got home Monday night, Kaitlin was very anxious to be out of the car and moving around. She "cruised" along the couch for the first time ever! And this morning, she pulled up on my legs and let go! She stood on her own for about 2-3 seconds. It just amazes us how suddenly she starts to do new things. Here are a few pictures from our day.