Birthday and Big Things-a-Happenin!

Once again, slacker mom strikes again!  It may be partially due to the mommy revisiting playing the Sims again or just general, all around lazy and tiredness, but there's no time like the present for a little update!

The biggest news being that August 8th was your first birthday!  Time certainly does fly!  We celebrated with a cake that you promptly devoured (after your brothers helped you to blow out the candles).  Yummmmm!

Not too much later, you officially started taking steps!  You had been standing for a while, but not appearing brave enough or quite sure of yourself to take the first steps.  Instead, you'd lean towards one of us until we caught you.  Then you took a step or two backwards, and that seemed to work out pretty well!  Next came the forward, and within a week you were off!  One weekend you really got the hang of it and you haven't looked back since.

You checked out just fine at the doctor's appointment (well visit)...still small, but growing just fine!  You weighed 18lbs, 15.5oz and were 28 inches tall.  I realize how petite you are when you're still fitting into clothes meant for smaller babies.

You're eating like a champ (in fact, your diet is probably more diverse than Jared's right now!).  You gobble down macaroni and cheese, spaghetti, toast, yogurt, chicken nuggets and even mashed potatoes.

About a week ago, we let Stat back into the house and you've become quite fascinated with him.  At first you were a little nervous around him, but now you love to chase him down and grab at him (which he lets you do).

Well...that's the quick update!  It hardly seems possible that you're already a year...it doesn't seem so long ago that we were waiting anxiously for you to make your appearance!

A Happy Un-birthday to Kaitlyn!

As I'm sitting here waiting to copy some files over, I thought it was about time to do another update.  Today is particularly apropos, as it was nearly Kaitlyn's real first birthday.

Luckily, the REAL birthday was delayed after this and two more false attempts.

In any case, we've had quite a few adventures in the past few weeks!  First, a little stay cation at the Arizona Grand resort.  You were very  much enjoying the wave pool and even the lazy river.

But by far the biggest excursion came with our trip to Reno for your uncle Gary's wedding!  A quick one and a half hour flight, and we were there.  Checked into the Peppermill and we had a nice little vacation before the big day later that week.





In other things, you had your very first ear infection (eep!), which cleared up pretty well.  Still growing pretty well and weighing in at 18lbs, 1.5oz at the doctor a few days ago!  You are standing up like a pro, not holding on to anything.  Not quite figuring out how to take those first steps, but that will come!

And with that...it's on the last stretch to your FIRST birthday.

Slacker Mom's 9-Month Update

Well, my dear little Kaitlyn...you are 9 months old!  Oh how the time flies!

So to give the quick run-down of everything, you've sprouted a total of SIX teeth so far (four on top, two on bottom).  It seems like once we get you recovered and back on track from one set of teeth sprouting, it's time for another, and the fussiness starts again (although it's getting easier as we go).

You're crawling!  Sitting up on your own!  Pulling up on everything!  This all seemed to happen one right after the other.  You had the "army crawl" started after you would try getting up on all fours and rocking back and forth for a while.  Now you do sort of a combination of all fours and army crawl (when you get lazy).  You love to pull up on everything...the little table in the living room, crate shelves, the side of the bathtub...you name it.

You eat like a champ as well...I think you have a more diverse set of foods that you'll eat than Jared does.  You love the puffs these days (when your brothers aren't stealing them from you), gobble down all sorts of pureed foods, you'll do Cheerios too, as well as bready things (like pancakes and breadsticks).

You love to chatter, and you (unfortunately) still get up a few times in the night.  We haven't moved you to your own room yet (but soon!).

Well...that's the basic run-down of things.  We'll see how much you've grown tomorrow at your doctor's appointment!  Happy 9 months, little lady!

Four and five months already!

I realized as I was going through the blog list that I hadn't given four month stats!

At the doctor, you were 13lbs, 2oz and 23 3/4 inches!  Growing well!  You did a good job of holding your head up for the doctor when she put you on your tummy.  Four shots again and oral vaccine (same stuff as at your 2 month appointment).

A week later, you were getting a bit fussy and not eating very much.  The daycare suggested we take you to the doctor just to be on the safe side (and since it was right before we were leaving for Reno, it was a good idea to go now rather than wait until we got back).  You had lost weight, going down about 5oz since the previous week.  No fever, but given that you weren't having a lot of wet diapers (which I thought was from lack of eating) the doctor suspected that it could be something like a UTI.  You had to be catheterized, but the urine came back positive!  Ugh!  You did remarkably well with the catheter, and it seemed much easier on you than it did on Daniel at that age.

Your first Christmas we spent in Nevada, and you got to add two more states to your list!  You've now been in 5 states (Arizona, Utah, Montana, Nevada and California!).  You also had your first snow experience and all of that good stuff.

Just yesterday you turned 5 months as well.  No doctor's appointment for that, so I don't have any growth stats...but you are definitely growing fast!

2 Month Well-Checkup!

Just a quick post...your two month well checkup...two weeks late.  But better late than never!

Anyway, your stats are as follows:

Weight:  11lbs, 6oz (25-50%)
Height/Length:  22 1/4 inches (10-25%)
Head Circumference:  16 inches (90-95%)

Yes, apparently you've also inherited the big noggin' like your brothers have/had.

Other than that, you got a whole bunch of shots (four!) and an oral polio vaccine.  You were looking like you weren't feeling all that terrific for a day or so afterwards, but Tylenol made you a bit happier, as did lots of rest.  Here's to another healthy few months!!!

Catching Up on Things...

I guess there's been a ton of things that happened in the weeks (eep!) since the last post.  Hopefully, I'll make it through all of the major things and have time to spare tonight to update your picture-a-day stuff!

So we start at six weeks!  That's more of a milestone for mommy, not necessarily you.  We went to mommy's 6-week post-partum check and by all counts, everything is pretty good.  Six weeks is also the end of maternity leave, and so back to work it is!  Although this time it is only to work out the 7 days that were left before the whole pre-term labor stuff started.  Instead of popping you in daycare, you came with me to work (saves money, doesn't it?).

After finishing out the last days of work and departing, we had another part of a week alone together (not including when Daniel is home from school).  This time was spent getting ready for our trip up north to Montana.

We flew up to MT on Saturday the 5th, and you did wonderfully on the plane (slept most of the time).  We arrived in Great Falls a bit after 6pm, got our rental car and headed out for the hour long (ish) drive to your grandparents house.  This trip was a bit bittersweet, as it is not only the first time that your grandparents met you, but also the last time that you got to see your grandfather.  Your Grandpa Stone was pretty sick in the weeks leading up, which we knew, but it was a very sad time, as he passed away right before midnight on October 9th.

As weddings and funerals tend to be the time where family and friends gather, there was lots of both that came for the memorial service on Saturday.  You got to meet many of your aunts and uncles (great- and otherwise) and cousins.

We flew back on Sunday the 13th, in time for you to start your first day at daycare on Monday.  You did GREAT, as we figured you would.  It also made you sleep like a champ...bedding down at around 11 for the night and not getting up to eat until around 6!  The same was true for the next few nights, sleeping for at least a 5-6 hour stretch or more!

Backpedaling a little, you turned 2 months old while we were in Montana, and we're anxious to see how much you've grown when you have your 2 month well check next week!

Five, Going on Six Weeks!

I know you're not yet six weeks old, and it feels like jumping the gun here and pushing ahead faster than I'd like...but you're 5 1/2 weeks old!

I can't honestly say there's been a whole lot that has been super exciting other than you being our favorite little lunch companion when Mommy and Daddy go out on Daddy's work at home days and all of that good stuff.  You've also been a great shopping companion too...you and me, and sometimes Daniel.

So your Mommy is still doing the picture-a-day thing, and it's amazing to see how you've grown and changed in this short period of time.  I pulled out a 3-9 month range onesie the other day (just for variety...and it was clean) thinking it would be absolutely huge on you...and while it was still big, you weren't swimming in it as much as I imagined!

As for routine, it's stayed pretty much the same...still having the standard once in the middle of the night waking to eat.  Even so, you're consistently sleeping at least 3, close to 4 hours at a stretch at night.  Your nursing skills (boobies!) have gotten better too, such that you seem pretty satisfied sometimes without having any extra formula after you've eaten.

In other big news, your first airplane trip is coming soon!  We're going up to Montana to visit Grandma and Grandpa Stone at the beginning of October (just about 2 1/2 weeks from now!).  It'll be exciting to get to see them and spend some time where it's a little cooler!  After we get back, you'll start daycare!  Mommy is finishing out her job this coming week (but you'll go to work with me!) and then we can spend another couple of days at home together before the trip.

Once again, it's going by fast!