Kaylana is 1 year old! and San Diego Trip…

Last Saturday Kaylana turned 1!  She also had her first trip on an airplane!  We flew down to San Diego for our nephew’s baptism and I couldn’t get the day off so we had to fly Saturday morning.  Kaylana was very well behaved because she slept through most of the flight, which was awesome for us.  We picked up our rental car, went to my sister’s house, changed, picked up some last minute things for her at Costco, and went straight to the baptism!  It was great to see Kainoa get baptized and hear T.J. give the talk on baptism.  I’m sure it will be the first of many, as he was called to serve a full-time mission in Paraguay, Asuncion North Spanish-speaking mission.  He will be heading to the MTC in October.  We are so excited and proud of him!

Left: Me, T.J. & Ro as T.J. opened his mission call                           Right: Uncle T.J., Kaylana, and Ysella (Jubie’s daughter)

I am catching up as I realized I haven’t blogged in over 2 months.  After the baptism we had a lil celebration at a nearby park for Kaylana’s birthday and Kanioa’s baptism.  Kaylana seemed more intrigued by all the people surrounding her than the actual huge cake that was in front of her.

I love the dress she is wearing.  I got it a while back and am so glad it fit her for her birthday!

 

We relaxed the whole weekend as it was our first vacation this year.  Here are some pictures of the girl cousins playing.

 

 

My parents were leaving Monday, so we walked(my sister lives by the beach and the hotel was only a few blocks away but two strollers plus two little boys running around is more challenging!) to their hotel and the kiddies opened presents from Uncle Rojohn & Auntie Merilee.  Afterwards we ate some yummy pho and took casual cousin and family pictures. 

Kaylana loved her present: a Little People car! She enjoyed everyone else’s presents too.  Haha.

 

Look  at my mischievous lil girl trying to grab her cousin Makeo’s hair.  Hahaha.

 

  

 

Me and my girl!

 

 

T.J. finally got in the picture with us after he set up the tripod!  Kaylana was kicking Auntie Marc’s head.  Lol.

 

 

The next day we went to Seaworld! Yay!  We finally rode a ride as my sister came with us and we swapped kids to ride.  Here is Rigo and Kainoa on Journey to Atlantis.

 

We got to see tons of animals, which we loved, especially the penguins, puffins, beluga whales, dolphins, polar bears and fishies.  Kaylana got a kick out of touching the ice wall that simulated the Arctic.

 

I saw this awesome sign at one of the shows and had to get a picture. All the shows are great at SeaWorld, especially the Sea Lions if you want a laugh and Blue Horizons if you like the Cirque du Soleil type and dolphins. Pets Rule and Shamu were great too of course.  Kaylana was all cuddly by the end of the day.

Being down by San Diego, we had to hit the beach at some point.  Kaylana got in her swimsuit for the first time!

At first she cried when the water hit her, but after a few waves, she was loving it!  Yay water lover like her Mama!

 

 

 

 

  Kaylana kissed and hugged her cousins goodbye, and we had to head home back to reality.  But it was a fun and relaxing vacation!

The day after we got home we had a celebration with the Canizalez side.  Kaylana opened more presents and got to eat her first cake…she loved it and made a mess!

 

 

 

 

She really dug into that cake.  Oh frosting! Kaylana has truly been a blessing in our lives.  She brings so much joy and happiness into our home and is seriously one of the most smiley babies.  I could not have asked for a sweeter or more precious child and am so grateful to be her mother. 

Happy Birthday Kaylana! We love you so much!

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!