9 Months Old

Kaylana turned 9 months last month.  At her appointment, which was 1 week prior to her being 9 months…she was 16 lbs and 27 inches long.

    

I think she’s now around 17 lbs.  She loves to eat solid food, well any food actually.  She always tries to grab whatever we’re eating.

  She walks along the sofa and gets up on everything she can, but lately has been loving the fridge and dishwasher.

For Mother’s Day, Kaylana gave me this super cute balloon, with the help of her Daddy of course.  I am now blogging with my new gift from him hehe.  Our old laptop kept shutting down randomly.

I love her Mommy Loves Me outfit.

I got Kaylana a ride on/walk toy!  She loves all the sounds and music!

Kaylana is sooo affectionate.  She often will come up to Rigo or I and lay her head on our arm or chest and she now gives kisses!  Still open mouth but I love how she kisses my cheek every morning and whenever we ask her to!

      She is a 49er fan like her Daddy!

I finally gave in and let Kaylana self-feed…here she is with bananas, then bread.  The girl was a mess!  It was hard for me to not wipe her every second.

 

Knocked out after getting all cleaned up!  Such a cutie!

8 Months Old...and Growing!

I really thought I'd get around to posting last month, but Kaylana got sick twice and my sister came up to visit from San Diego so I guess I was wrong. But here's what happened last month.

Kaylana crawls super fast now. When I get home from work (at 1-2am) she speedily crawls to me in less than 2 seconds...resulting in her daddy having to grab her cuz mommy hasn't cleaned up yet. Funny girl. She started really crawling at 7 months, and 2 weeks later started pulling herself up onto everything. She has had quite a few falls since then...poor baby. But she's way tougher than I expect, and usually cries from the shock of being on the floor all of a sudden. Now, after a month of falling, she doesn't cry anymore, but simply has discovered she can get on her knees and proceed into crawling position. Diaper changes have become much more difficult as she is too curious for her own good and hates to be on her back which leads to squirming and turning and all that good stuff that I'm sure all you parents know about.

She also started saying "ma-ma" and "mum" last month. I suspect she kinda knows what it means as she crawls to me when she's hungry going "mamamama."

Kaylana still loves to jump in her jumper, and sometimes gets worn out. She also loves water bottles, paper, and plastic! So we really reuse and recycle! Haha.

She also enjoys her play yard now since sometimes Mommy has to cook and can't have Kaylana crawling in circles around her!

Kayana experienced her first easter egg hunt on Easter Sunday. She had lots of fun with her cousin, Ashilene! They were crawling all over the place...but mommies and daddies had to help with the eggs higher up of course.

Lola and Kaylana have matching furry jackets!

She loves being outdoors, so we try to go to the park at least once a week, especially now that the weather has warmed up!

Thanks for the new kicks, Mom!

Ashilene and Kaylana having a staring contest, and then playing after!Sharing is caring!

Next hopeful post...9 Months...

Kaylana's 1st Professional Photo Shoot

I know I'm a horrible blogger...once every couple months is not what I want. But I returned to work last month and Kaylana is keeping me on my toes. Things she has done in the last couple months:

- Started solid foods (rice cereal, bananas, pears, oatmeal, green beans, carrots, apples, peas)

- Sits up on her own

- Rolls from back to tummy (she's rolled from tummy to back since November)

- Scoots everywhere

- Crawls everywhere

- Talks a bunch

I'm probably forgetting some stuff, but that's what I can think of now. At 1:30 in the morning. That's when I have time to blog. The "I just got off of work and need to unwind after feeding and putting the baby to bed" time.

So here is my little angel, the beautiful blessing that I am so grateful for that brings endless love and joy to my life. Don't know what I'd do without her. I love being a Mommy! I think I got used to the 4 hours of sleep a night. Hehe. I could only post a few for some reason...but anyhow, more later. Enjoy!

Holy Moly Need to Update!!!

We have definitely been busy these last few months. I realized I haven't updated since Halloween! We enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving in San Diego with my sister, Jubie, and the rest of our family. Upon our return we learned that my grandma, Mommy Dorie, would be passing away soon as she could not receive dialysis anymore. She passed away the following week and her funeral was the week after (December 16th). By that time, Christmas was a week away and then New Years! So I am going to proceed with updates starting with Thanksgiving! Those posts will be before this one, as I started them but need to finish.

For now, here is Kaylana, who is now 5 months old as of yesterday!She is getting stronger and more coordinated every day. She can sit forward on her own and today she pulled herself up and was ready to jump out of her bouncer! She used to be so tiny in it and now she fills it from top to bottom.

Rigo is out of town for work, so I have been arranging playdates so we don't get lonely. Here she is with Ashilene yesterday. It was so sweet she was giving her cousin a kiss!

And the day before Shawna and Lacey came over. They were holding hands! So cute!She is growing so fast...she now fits size 1 shoes and is wearing size 3-6 months clothes. Not as big as her cousin and BFF, weighing in at 12 pounds and 24 inches long! My lil cutie! I am enjoying every single precious moment with my beautiful baby girl!

Halloween and Kaylana's Blessing!

These last couple of days made up such an awesome weekend. Saturday was Halloween, so we of course had to dress up Kaylana in her adorable pea in a pod costume.

Later on her cousin, Ashilene, came to visit and we had to take pictures of these two cutie pies.






Yesterday we had the opportunity to have Kaylana blessed during Sacrament meeting. It was such a great testimony meeting and the spirit was amazingly strong. I think there were 14 men in that circle, and I was so grateful for those worthy Priesthood holders surrounding my daughter. It was really cool to see my younger brother, T.J., up there as well. What a great blessing it was! I am so grateful to have such a diligent and worthy husband...we are so excited that our fathers and brothers live so close by and were able to participate in the blessing. We had many close friends in addition to family that we were so happy to see there for Kaylana's blessing. Afterwards we had lunch at my parents house and it gave us all an opportunity to grow closer together and celebrate Kaylana!
























Proud Grandparents!









Some of the wonderful family and friends...I wish we could have gotten a picture with everyone!
Our eternal family!4 Generations!!!