Almost 16 months

Tonight as I was putting Kaitlyn to bed she carried her baby to bed, tried to change the babies diaper as I changed hers. Put the baby on her boppy, patted her, cover with a blanket and said “night baby”.

Kaitlyn is such a big girl now! She will be 16 months old next week. She is doing some very fun things; she really understands what we are saying. Shaun was cleaning the basement and she brought him a roll of paper towel, so he told her to bring them all over and put them in a certain spot and she did. She will put things back or put them away, she will go get things you tell her to get. This week she really likes talking on the phone and will talk on any phone and carry it around with her. When she wakes up in the morning she wants to put on my swim cap and goggles which are on my nightstand because I was swimming for a while (it is pretty funny to see).

Kaitlyn has started to tackle her friends; Faye said that she is the bully at daycare which is not good. She grabs Nathan by the shirt and shakes him and yells at him. She fully body tackles Giada. The other day at play group Kaitlyn looked like she was going to hug Eva and then jumped on her! We are going to have to work on being nice to our friends!

Kaitlyn has a play group every other week with some friends that we meet at the Little Gym. Eva and her mom Jane, Ethan and his mom Kelly, Lana and her mom Becky. We have a lot of fun when we go over there and it’s nice to talk to other moms. I am really enjoying spending time with them.

Kaitlyn has almost all of her teeth, her k9s are starting to come in on the top, she has all her top teeth and all 4 molars, she doesn’t have a few teeth on the bottom but I think they might be on their way in as well. I feel like a bad mom sometimes when people ask how many teeth she has and I can’t tell them the answer. It makes her so mad when you try to look at her teeth that she screams and screams so I would rather have a happy baby then know how many teeth she has.

Kaitlyn has gone #1 and #2 on the potty. It was just a coincidence both times that she did it. I noticed that her diaper was dry when I was going to the bathroom so I would sit her on her little pink potty as I went to the bathroom and she has gone. She does like to sit on the potty she is very cute about it. She will learn eventually, no rush but I think that it’s good to give her a chance to go.

She is very happy to see me when I come home from work and likes me to pick me up so she can show me all kinds of things around the house. She has become obsessed with lollipops and knows where we keep them and throws a fit while pointing to them if you don’t give her one.

Kaitlyn is eating all "adult" food or table food, she is done with bottles and drinks out of sippy cups. She isn't the biggest fan of milk but she drinks it before bed and when she wakes up at night, sometimes in the morning. She isn't sleeping through the night consistently but will go back to sleep after some milk. She still has her paci but if you tell her "Kaitlyn give me the paci you are a big girl, big girls don't need paci's" she will give it to you and walk away to go play. She only "needs" it to go to sleep, I am thinking when she is a little older we will try the put the paci's a basket for the paci fairy to take them to babies who need them idea, but i think we are ok for now.

Kaitlyn LOVES to dance. She loves music and noise she is so funny to watch dance and "get down" do her music.

She is saying Mommy, Daddy, bottle, bubble, apple, doggie (comes out dought de), wee when she she comes down the slide, hi, bye, night night, and baby on a constant basis. She will wave and tell you bye bye before she goes to bed. She is a good girl and learning alot everyday.

Kaitlyn is such a big girl now! I can’t believe how fast time has flown by! I know we have many more milestones and wonderful firsts and great memories and I can’t wait to be there for all of them!