Happy Earth Day!

It's so peaceful here in the backyard sitting on my blanket.


















Ew! What is this stuff?


















Where is my blanket?


















Is that dog poop I smell?


















Finally, a smile!


















I had to get some pictures of Kaitlin in her Earth Day duds and I thought it would only be appropriate to get them outside. After taking a few pictures of her on her blanket, I thought to myself "hey, it would be really cute to get some pictures of her on the grass." It also happened to be Kaitlin's first time sitting directly on the grass. As you can see from her expressions, She wasn't too sure about it! She kept bending her legs to rub her feet on the grass. It was very cute! I finally managed to get a picture of her smiling, but it took a lot of work! (And don't worry, she was nowhere near the "poop zone.")

Congratulations Colin!

Great news! Our friend Colin who is being treated for neuroblastoma had a scan the other day which showed no evidence of a tumor! He will finish out his treatment plan of chemotherapy, but fortunately won't have to have another surgery. This is so exciting for him and his family! It's bad enough that adults have to go through this kind of treatment, but babies definitely shouldn't have to deal with this. I will be walking for Colin in the Relay for Life on May 9. If you'd like to make a donation to the American Cancer Society, you can check out my personal Relay page by clicking here.

A Visit with Family

We had a short but wonderful visit with my mom, sister, and niece this past weekend. Kaitlin loved having company and was exhausted by the end of the weekend. She did a lot of sleeping on Monday! Monday afternoon she woke up from a nap, ate, and went right back to sleep.

Besides visiting family, Kaitlin has been busy learning a lot of new things. She is becoming more and more mobile and even rolled onto Harley's bed one day (I promise I didn't put her on it). Some of her other accomplishments include dancing to her bongo drums, trying to crawl, feeding herself (or attempting to anyway), and I think she tried to make the sign for milk a couple times this week. She also loves to roll around on Mommy and Daddy's bed and play peek-a-boo with a blanket. Here are some new pictures!

Simba

Simba is clearly desperate for attention. I left the room for a few minutes and when I came back he was sitting right in front of Kaitlin. She was smacking him and pulling his hair and he didn't budge. Amazing!

Easter Bunny

The scanner is finally working and Keven was able to scan Kaitlin's Easter bunny picture. When we got to the mall, she was awake and in a good mood. Unfortunately, the Easter bunny was "out to lunch" and by the time we came back, she was tired and cranky. We tried to get her to nap while we ate lunch, but she was just too excited about seeing the Easter bunny to sleep. We were able to coax a little bit of a smile out of her for the picture though.

A Fun-filled Weekend

Last weekend started off with bad news (the death of Keven's grandfather), so it was a good thing we had lots of fun things to do all weekend. On Friday, we tailgated and went to the Auburn vs. Tennessee baseball game. Our good friends, the Gaddis', were in town and also went to the game. We sat on the lawn and had fun watching the babies play together. Kaitlin and Jake are just too adorable! On Saturday we went to Municipal Park (AKA Monkey Park) in Opelika for "Garden in the Park" where Kaitlin got to ride the Rocky Brook Rocket. The Rocket is a kiddie train that was built in the 1950's and has recently been restored. On Sunday we went to church and I captured some really great shots of Kaitlin and Jake playing.

Kaitlin's First Easter

I'm finally posting some pictures from Easter. I was trying to wait until we got the Easter bunny pictures scanned, but we haven't had a chance to do it yet. Kaitlin looked adorable in her little Easter dress and bonnet. She had to wait until after church to get her Easter basket because Keven played at all 4 services beginning at 6:30am and didn't get home until after noon. I'm pretty sure she didn't mind and she loved all of her gifts! If you look closely at the "Big Smiles" picture, you can see Kaitlin's first tooth! It's a tiny white speck just below the tip of her tongue. (If you can't see this slide show, hit refresh and it should come up.)

March 2008

I've been a bit of a slacker about updating the blog this month. Since Kaitlin is 7 months old today and has learned so many new things in the past month, I thought I would give a quick summary of her 6th month with pictures included of course! She is rolling all over the place now and is sitting up on her own. Kaitlin started eating solid foods with flavor this month (she's been eating rice cereal for a while). We started wth veggies and her favorites seem to be sweet potatoes, carrots, and green beans. This past weekend she tried her first fruit - pears, but she doesn't seem too crazy about them. You may notice some signs of teething in the pictures (mainly gnawing on her thumb) and yes, she is getting her first tooth! We felt it for the first time last Saturday and could see a tiny white cap on her gums. It seems to get a little more noticeable each day. Pop Pop introduced Kaitlin to balloons while we were visiting south Florida and Kaitlin got all excited at the grocery store the other day when she saw some. She started kicking her little legs and "talking" excitedly to the balloons. It was very cute! Well, I know you really just want to see pictures, so here they are!

Seeing Double

On Kaitlin's 6-month birthday, we took her to get her picture taken in this adorable dress that I wore as a baby. The picture on the left is me in the dress and the one on the right is Kaitlin. I think she might be a little older in this picture than I was. Of course, I was a much bigger baby (8 lbs 6 oz vs. 6 lbs 12 oz)!












We wanted to get some naked pictures of Kaitlin, but the photographer wouldn't do it (for hygiene purposes I'm sure). This is the closest we could get. We did get one where her diaper wasn't showing, but it wasn't the cutest smile.



















Kaitlin is such an easy going baby that people often ask us if she ever cries. Well, she does and here's the proof!

See Me Grow - Part 5