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about 2 hrs later…

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I’m so very grateful that Kaylee has had a relatively easy time of teething. She gets a little extra crabby for a few days and is done. It’s been REALLY nice. That is until this last tooth. This one has been a beast! It really just makes me so grateful that her other teeth didn’t cause her this much pain. She hasn’t slept at all well the last couple of nights, and this morning woke up just thrashing in bed and crying from the pain. She is not a morning person (gets that from me,) and so was too tired to get over it and fall back to sleep after I got her some meds. So I had a lovely morning that started at 6am (normal is 8:30 9ish) with my ouchy baby crying nonstop for almost 2 hours. I finally got her to eat a couple of pancakes to fill her tummy. Then we put on shoes (over her jammies) and broke out the lipgloss. She finally fell asleep on the couch with all her favorite things to comfort her: Mom, Lamby, blankie, pillow, shoes, lipgloss, and the theme song of Friends in the background. It helped that her meds had kicked in so the pain was dulled, but I like to think it was my half awake and slightly insane by that point (not a morning person) mothering that did the trick. It was at this point that I took out my earplugs. 🙂 She was much happier when she woke up so we went outside to play. We finally broke out the sidewalk chalk from Auntie Sam, and had a blast with it. The rest of our day has been hit and miss, and I’m hoping this tooth comes in soon! Here’s to better mornings, and better days…

and then she climbed right in….

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Last night we had a family picnic at our favorite park and had lots of fun. Kaylee has been to this park before with her cousins and remembered playing in the river. Jon was watching her while I was getting food ready. She was staying on the sidewalk along the river but couldn’t get to the river because she really hates grass. So we weren’t too worried. Well before we knew it she was on one of the little bridges and climbing into the river! She found a perfect grass free way to get into the water. She was so proud of herself. I was surprised she stayed in the water for so long since it really cold mountain water. Jon had to pull her out and shake her off so we could eat. She was so wet! Well as soon as she was finished eating she climbed right back in. Jon and I decided for her that she was done when she started shivering. Every time we asked if she was done she would shake her head no. She really didn’t want to leave. I think we will take her back before it starts getting cold here. Which means we will be back to the canyon park soon.

Weight check…….

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Weight: 17 lbs 13 oz

So Kaylee is still .34% for weight. But she didn’t fall farther down the growth chart, and 8 oz in one month is much better than only 6 oz for three months. So we go back in one month for another weight check and meeting with her Doc. He was pleased that she seems to have leveled off, but would still like to see a bit more weight on her next month. So she’s getting weighed at 17 moths old, then again at her 18 month WCC. If she still isn’t doing better at putting on the weight then her Doc wants to do some tests to make sure that there isn’t anything going on other than a super fast metabolism. So just for fun I thought I’d jot down a list of Kaylee’s cuteness.

funny face saying, “cheese!”

  • Things she likes to say:
  • “aw dun” (all done)
  • “bup peas”, or “peas bup” (up please)
  • “uh oh”
  • “yesh” (yes)
  • “ish” (fish)
  • “hi”
  • “awples” (apples)
  • “wub, wub” (rub, rub. for washing hands or putting on lotion)
  • “hi guys” to groups of people
  • “dis” (this, while pionting)
  • “do ya, do ya” (for her Lamby. It’s part of the Lamby song I made up. And she can’t say Lamby yet…)
  • “pweety, pweety” (pretty, pretty. For her jewelry or hair clips)
  • “bebe” (baby) for herself in mirrors, her baby doll, pictures of babies, or babies we see at church and aound.
  • “cheese” (for the camera, or the food)
  • “push” (we tell her to push her arms and legs though her cloths, so now she says push push with us while we are dressing her or putting her shoes on)
  • she signs more followed by “peas” when she wants more food
  • Mama, Mom, Dad, Daddy, Papa, Yaya, Buba (Barry)

  • Things she likes to do:
  • go for stroller rides (Barry is her favorite for this)
  • be outside (not on grass)
  • play on the laptop
  • sing her songs
  • read books to me (she reads one to me while I read one to her)
  • play with her fridge phonics magnets and sing ABC’s
  • give her baby doll stroller rides, hugs and kisses
  • rock in “her” rocking chair (my nursing rocker)
  • eat, eat, eat….
  • put on lipgloss (Aunt Sam taught her well)
  • put on shoes (on herself or others. She likes people to have shoes on)
  • put on her sunglasses and my big sun hat
  • bring me my shoes and grab the mail keys when she wants to go get the mail, she holds my hand and the mail keys until we get to the mail box then she stops walking hands me the keys and says, “Mom” letting me know it’s my turn. On our way back to the house she gets to hold my hand and a letter.
  • she points at things she doesn’t have words for yet until we figure out what she wants.
  • throw amazing temper tantrums when she doesn’t feel well
  • lay on her pillow in the living room to relax, or sit in her chair (the two things she doesn’t share ever)
  • waves goodbye and blows kisses to everyone
  • give squishes (hugs)
  • say prayers (she says her own and will finish with “aw dun.” She is very good at being reverent during scripture and prayers every night. And I love how well she folds her arms!)
  • play with Yaya, and Papa
  • Play with me and Jon
  • talk on the phone

This list could go on and on I’ve left so much out, and I’m sure I’ve left out some of her words and little sentences, but I really wanted to get it all down before too much longer. We are very impressed with our little 16 month old.