11 months!

Happy 11 months to Kallie!



Updates on her growing:

Eating
- turkey lunch meat
- sliced cheese / shredded cheese
- water
- fruit cups
- yogurt
- puffs
- yogurt melts
- graham crackers
- bananas
- gold fish (only if Kensley drops them!)
- Whole milk! (she's not a huge fan... I think because I give it to her cold. She'll sip on it though)
- blueberry waffles
- Gerber ravioli
- Steamed broccoli

She still nurses 3-4 times a day. She nurses to sleep.

She sleeps all night long. Usually 8pm-8am, roughly.

She naps once a day. AHHH! ;) She'll get fussy in the moorings, but refuses a nap. She usually goes down around 1 and sleeps for 2-3 hours.

She LOVES LOVES bathtime. Like, she tries to climb in the tub every time the bathroom door is open. If Kensley is tee teeing, Kallie is in there by the tub... trying to get in. She splashes like crazy.

She stands now-- and she can get into the standing position without holding on to anything!

She has the funniest personality. She is always so happy and talks ALL the time! She's not shy, at all! :)

Staying busy...or trying to

What can I say? This winter weather is not fun. AT ALL! We run around and play in the apartment everyday. Same thing. Over and over. We do manage to get out and go to the gym or run errands--- but all in all- I am ready for the spring!!!

Kallie's hair is a *lot* longer than Kensley's was when she was 10 months old. We were able to get her hair in a ponytail last night. Her first one!







And here is one from this morning at breakfast. She and Kensley like to play this game. Not sure what is so fun about it, but they both die laughing :) :love:

Kallie- 10 month update

So I went back and dug around for Kensley's 10 month update. Here it is. I'm glad I did this! I don't have friends to share all of Kallie's firsts and milestones with so I feel like I've slacked on some things with her.

Kallie weighs 22 lbs and I believe she has grown up over night! She has recently learned to point and grunt at what she wants! It's so funny. She usually says "nuh!" over and over. She adores her big sister; it's really sweet. Their recent thing to do is play in the pack-n-play together. Kensley climbs in a yells for Kallie to get in.

She loves her puffs & yogurt melts. If she sees them, she'll throw a fit for them! She has developed such a fun personality within the past week. She is so much fun! And to sit and watch her and Kensley play and laugh together--- it's one of the best things in life. I just love it. :)



Here she is clapping


~~~Fast forward a week. That's how long ago I wrote the above section.~~~


Kallie really enjoyed the snow!

Kallie is yelling "dat!" over and over and over and points to where she wants you to go. 9 times out of 10, she is wanting in the cabinet that has all the food in it.

I went back through old blogs of when Kensley was 10 months and realized I had already introduced some solid foods to her! (you're probably thinking, "duh! She's almost a year old!". Well, in my mind, she's still a baby. Time has just flown by. So now she has had turkey lunch meat (she loves it!) and mandarine oranges. Those both were big hits. I've also given her super diluted apple juice. She is drinking out of a sippy cup as well.

A day in the life of miss priss

8:00 wake up & nurse
9:00 breakfast
10-12 nurse/nap
12:30 lunch
1-3ish play
3-4 nurse/nap
6:00 dinner
8:00 nurse/bedtime

Breakfast- oatmeal mixed with formula
Snack- puffs/melts/oranges
Lunch- purees/lunch meat/fruit
Dinner- same as lunch

She's not really hot on purees right now. She just doesn't seem interested. I think she'd much rather have big people food :)

She LOVES her baths! She LOVES her sister. She LOVES her daddy. But she is a mommy's girl. All.the.way. That may change soon, but for now, she will cling to me like crazy. Tiring, yes. But I am trying to enjoy it. She is so much fun. I love her to death.

Playing in the snow

We'd been here a couple days and Kensley kept wanting to play in the snow! So we went outside and attempted a snowman...... and this is what we got:



Come to find out- this is NOT the kind of snow you can make a big snowman with. It's about the consistency of powder, seriously. SOOOOO we just settled for a mound :)


She loved throwing it up in the air.




And Kallie also had potatoes for the first time. She wasn't a big fan!

Diaper rashes

Poor Kallie. She has had a HORRIBLE diaper rash lately that comes and goes. I have been trying to give her food but then she breaks out so I stop giving that particular food to her and then it seems to get better. When I start another food, it will break out a day or so later. UGH. I don't know what to do! This child is almost 7 months old and STILL hasn't had anything other than peas, sweet potatoes and apples, pears & bananas. I've actually cut out everything but the peas again. I'm thinking it's just a coincidence? I'll start putting more food back in her diet slowly and if the rashes persist, to the dr. we will go! Whitney had a lot of problems with Hailey when she was about this age so she told me a few things to do and get. I have been doing cloth a little and then got the Huggies natural diapers yesterday while at Target (which only reminds me of my decision to stick to Pampers- she pee'd out of the diaper last night!) Anyways, I also bought some of the extra strength Destin- it has really helped!

This morning she looked a lot better. Diaper rashes are horrible! 

And an update on Kallie- she is ALMOST crawling! She does a scoot and gets around really well. I'll video and post it soon. She is so cute and SO much fun!

Pictures to share

Here are just a few pictures to share.....

She's found her feet!

~Bedtime Fun~

I had to put her in the high chair one day because she wanted to be in the same room as mommy! I had to clean up the kitchen- she was very content in here. (Maybe we'll start some cereal soon!)

Kensley loves to help her Poppy out. She thought she'd try to help him grill. (Note: She was NOT actually touching the grill!)