The World Needs More Ninjas

I realize it has been a while since I wrote a blog with Kaelyn updates. Seems our life stays pretty busy these days. I’m sure she is doing lots of new things since my last post, but it’s hard for me to remember them all. I’ll try to list a few…

• She has eaten ALL kinds of things now including macaroni and cheese (the real kind), banana pudding, cottage cheese, baked ziti, Wendy’s frosty, pancakes, waffles, Chick-fil-a chicken nuggets. Don’t worry – I do give her healthy things too like peas, carrots, black eyed peas, and bananas.

  She is good at chewing so I always try to give her some of what we are eating (“table food”), but she still also eats the regular baby food in the jars. Her favorite is prunes.


• She is pushing up on her hands and knees. She’ll probably be crawling anytime now. She does manage to get from Point A to Point B by using a combination of rolling and scooting. I think she’ll be pleasantly surprised to learn how much more efficient crawling will be. Time to baby proof!
• She still doesn’t sleep through the night, but she does take much better naps. Hooray! She used to take about two 30 minute naps, and now it’s more like two 1-2 hour naps. Oops, I just gave up any excuse I had for not being a better blogger.
• Two words: Swinging Rocks!

• She babbles ALL the time. I’m starting to think she is getting the idea of what Mama and Dada actually mean, but maybe that’s just wishful thinking. We are taking a Baby Signs class, so maybe we’ll be communicating more clearly soon.
• She loves to point. Her two little pointer fingers are always sticking out looking for something to touch, poke, scratch, and explore. Exhibit A:
  

Hmmm, I’m sure there are more, but that’s all I can come up with for now. A few of Kaelyn’s “firsts” the past couple of months include:

• A Clemson baseball game
• A train ride
• Getting teeth (she has 3 now with 1 more on the way!)
• Her first 5k race

I personally think she is getting more adorable and precious and amazing everyday even though I didn’t think it was possible. Sometimes I just want to squeeze her as tight as I can until she just mushes into me. It’s like I just can’t be close enough to her. Sometimes I just want to kiss off her entire face. She is Daddy’s joy and Mommy’s girl.