We took Kaitlyn to New York for the first time today. We drove to the Metro Park in NJ and then took a train over. Kaitlyn loved the train rides and the subway. She made A LOT of friends! Who says New Yorkers are grumpy and mean, so many people offered us their seats on the subway because of her.
We went to Ground Zero, passed by central park and the plaza, FAO Shwartz, the Disney store, times square, the m&m store, rockafeller center, s'mac (they have kinds of mac & cheese)for dinner with Auntie Oriana. Then we headed for home.
Shaun got to see the tree lit and I got to go to times square. We know Kaitlyn was too little to remember this trip but Shaun and I made alot of memories today that we will never forget!
Growing every day...
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Kaitlyn's new things
Kaitlyn is 17 months old. She is busy busy busy and into everything. She is playing with her toys more and will stay entertained for awhile on her own which is great for getting stuff done around the house. She will play with her beads forever, and is still into her baby dolls and coloring! Everytime she sees a peice of paper she starts to say color, color, color. She pats the ground and says here, she wants you to sit and color with her. She will share her crayons with you. Shaun is pretty sure she said her first sentence the other day which was "can I color?".
Kaitlyn can repeat alot of what you say and mimic your tone. New things come out of her mouth every day! She is getting better at peoples names and now when she is crying you can ask her what she wants or what is wrong and she will answer you yes or no. She is addicted to Lollipops or "pops" and M&M's which we have started to call "mores" because Kaitlyn will stant there and point to them and sign and say, more more more. She is all about chicken nuggets, we bought her dino nuggets from BJs and she will shovel them in. It's amazing how much she eats sometimes.
Kaitlyn is getting very good at her animal sounds she knows cat, cow, pig, duck, sheep, dog (she pants instead of saying woof), lion, bear, horse and mouse. She is really enjoying putting things together and taking them apart like her beads and blocks.
We are not sure what Kaitlyn will do this christmas. At friendsmas on Friday Mike & Andrea brought Kaitlyn some presents and she took forever to unwrap them. She pulled off one peice of paper at a time and then took it to the trash can. This could be a VERY long christmas! Kaitlyn did a very good job of sharing at friendsmas. Dante was here and we got to meet little Vinny, and Joey G was here as well. Kaitlyn shared all of her toys and showed them to the boys. She was excellent! Alot better then I expected. OH that reminds me of Friendsgiving, Eva came down to friendsgiving which was at the beach this year so we could enjoy the new completed addition upstairs. When Matt & Jane left with Eva Kaitlyn pointed at the door and just cried because her friend left. it was ADORABLE!
Kaitlyn went to her first movie today. Mommy took her to see Tangled, she was very good for the first 45 mins. The movie was VERY cute but i think it was too new Kaitlyn wanted to play with the aisle lights and causing problems. She seemed very confused about the giant screen. She was better then I expected though. I think that if Shaun and I had both been there it would have been easier to keep her in a seat and watching the movie. Or if it was a Dora or Diego movie she would have sat mezmerized for the whole thing!
Kaitlyn has moved on from Handy Manny and is obsessed with Dora and Diego, she will say both of their names when the show comes on and she rolls her R's when she says Dora it's funny! She did the funiest happy dance the other day when i put on Micky Mouse Club house for her and can point out Minnie Mouse and tell you who she is. She likes Chuggington as well, she really likes Choo Choos.
This year will be Kaitlyn's second christmas. She is more aware of the decorations this year, we put up the tree while she was asleep one night and she came down the next morning and when she saw the tree she rubbed her eyes got a very confused look on her face. She pointed to the tree and looked back at me and asked "tree?". It was too cute. I bought her a Little People Santa set, so she would hopefully recognize Santa. She does recognize him and can point him out in books or toys or on tv. When we took her to see him she waved and pointed and said Santa. I tried to put her on his lap and she lost it! Tears and screaming. The picture is AWESOME! We also took Kaitlyn on the Santa Express with Joey, Shannon & Russ. She loved the train and looked out the window the whole time (I think she liked being able to look out while we were moving instead of being strapped into a car seat). She and Joey had a great time until Santa came to see us, she freaked out again. Poor little Kaitlyn. Hopefully next year she will like him. We are going to try to leave cookies out for Santa this year more for the pictures then for her to understand it. I can't wait for Christmas, I think she is going to be so cute.
That's all for now, more to come soon!
Kaitlyn can repeat alot of what you say and mimic your tone. New things come out of her mouth every day! She is getting better at peoples names and now when she is crying you can ask her what she wants or what is wrong and she will answer you yes or no. She is addicted to Lollipops or "pops" and M&M's which we have started to call "mores" because Kaitlyn will stant there and point to them and sign and say, more more more. She is all about chicken nuggets, we bought her dino nuggets from BJs and she will shovel them in. It's amazing how much she eats sometimes.
Kaitlyn is getting very good at her animal sounds she knows cat, cow, pig, duck, sheep, dog (she pants instead of saying woof), lion, bear, horse and mouse. She is really enjoying putting things together and taking them apart like her beads and blocks.
We are not sure what Kaitlyn will do this christmas. At friendsmas on Friday Mike & Andrea brought Kaitlyn some presents and she took forever to unwrap them. She pulled off one peice of paper at a time and then took it to the trash can. This could be a VERY long christmas! Kaitlyn did a very good job of sharing at friendsmas. Dante was here and we got to meet little Vinny, and Joey G was here as well. Kaitlyn shared all of her toys and showed them to the boys. She was excellent! Alot better then I expected. OH that reminds me of Friendsgiving, Eva came down to friendsgiving which was at the beach this year so we could enjoy the new completed addition upstairs. When Matt & Jane left with Eva Kaitlyn pointed at the door and just cried because her friend left. it was ADORABLE!
Kaitlyn went to her first movie today. Mommy took her to see Tangled, she was very good for the first 45 mins. The movie was VERY cute but i think it was too new Kaitlyn wanted to play with the aisle lights and causing problems. She seemed very confused about the giant screen. She was better then I expected though. I think that if Shaun and I had both been there it would have been easier to keep her in a seat and watching the movie. Or if it was a Dora or Diego movie she would have sat mezmerized for the whole thing!
Kaitlyn has moved on from Handy Manny and is obsessed with Dora and Diego, she will say both of their names when the show comes on and she rolls her R's when she says Dora it's funny! She did the funiest happy dance the other day when i put on Micky Mouse Club house for her and can point out Minnie Mouse and tell you who she is. She likes Chuggington as well, she really likes Choo Choos.
This year will be Kaitlyn's second christmas. She is more aware of the decorations this year, we put up the tree while she was asleep one night and she came down the next morning and when she saw the tree she rubbed her eyes got a very confused look on her face. She pointed to the tree and looked back at me and asked "tree?". It was too cute. I bought her a Little People Santa set, so she would hopefully recognize Santa. She does recognize him and can point him out in books or toys or on tv. When we took her to see him she waved and pointed and said Santa. I tried to put her on his lap and she lost it! Tears and screaming. The picture is AWESOME! We also took Kaitlyn on the Santa Express with Joey, Shannon & Russ. She loved the train and looked out the window the whole time (I think she liked being able to look out while we were moving instead of being strapped into a car seat). She and Joey had a great time until Santa came to see us, she freaked out again. Poor little Kaitlyn. Hopefully next year she will like him. We are going to try to leave cookies out for Santa this year more for the pictures then for her to understand it. I can't wait for Christmas, I think she is going to be so cute.
That's all for now, more to come soon!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Updates
Kaitlyn is now 16 months old.
She is talking more, both baby babble and actual talking. She will answer most yes and know questions. Do you want some juice? No, Do you want milk? Yes. Do you want to go to bed? Yeah and she heads up the stairs. Do you want more grapes? Yes. Do you want this book? No. This book? Yes
She sings some songs, twinkle twinkle, old macdonald, hop up jump in from Handy Manny. She LOVES to dance. Sometimes I think she is going to loose her mind she has such a good time dancing to the themes for Dora, Word World and Go Diego Go. She likes to dance to almost any music that comes on.
She has been paying very close attention to tv lately. She will sit and just watch a show, where before she would get bored after awhile. She listens to what they are doing on the show too. For example, yesterday she was watching dora and they were saying Shake Shake shake and she was doing the same thing they were doing on tv. She is a very smart little girl.
We are getting better with her paci. She doesn't use it for most of the day, she only really needs it if she gets upset about something or is getting ready to take a nap. I am currently working on getting Kaitlyn to leave her paci in her bed so that she doesn't see it all day and therefor doesn't miss it. So far it's working out well.
Kaitlyn knows the difference between the dogs now, she can point out Dilion, Tyler and Bailey. She loves to give them hugs but doesn't always love the kisses that she gets back. She is getting alot better with petting gently and loving on the dogs. They love their Kaitlyn too.
Kaitlyn now has a real pillow in her bed instead of a boppy. She seems to like it and doesn't miss her boppy. We got her a little travel pillow, it's very sweet to see she snuggles up and falls right to sleep.
Kaitlyn will give you kisses and hugs and blow kisses. She waves hello and good bye. She says HI, bye, when you aske her to say night night she says bye bye. She says dis (this) and dat (that), yes, no, pop (lollipop), kitty kat, woof (dog), she will say boo, moo and quack, choo choo. She says something that sounds like Peek-a-boo and very clearly says I see you. She will mimick alot of things you say including I love you. Which is my personal favorite.
Kaitlyn is growing up very quickly. She loves to play with her baby dolls and pat them and feed them and push them in the stroller. She likes to play with little people and this weekend started to play with choo choos and ask for them. She still loves her kitchen and books. She is starting to like puzles and loves the ball with the shapes that fit inside.
I think I say this every time I update but Kaitlyn is very smart and super sweet! I love that little girl!
She is talking more, both baby babble and actual talking. She will answer most yes and know questions. Do you want some juice? No, Do you want milk? Yes. Do you want to go to bed? Yeah and she heads up the stairs. Do you want more grapes? Yes. Do you want this book? No. This book? Yes
She sings some songs, twinkle twinkle, old macdonald, hop up jump in from Handy Manny. She LOVES to dance. Sometimes I think she is going to loose her mind she has such a good time dancing to the themes for Dora, Word World and Go Diego Go. She likes to dance to almost any music that comes on.
She has been paying very close attention to tv lately. She will sit and just watch a show, where before she would get bored after awhile. She listens to what they are doing on the show too. For example, yesterday she was watching dora and they were saying Shake Shake shake and she was doing the same thing they were doing on tv. She is a very smart little girl.
We are getting better with her paci. She doesn't use it for most of the day, she only really needs it if she gets upset about something or is getting ready to take a nap. I am currently working on getting Kaitlyn to leave her paci in her bed so that she doesn't see it all day and therefor doesn't miss it. So far it's working out well.
Kaitlyn knows the difference between the dogs now, she can point out Dilion, Tyler and Bailey. She loves to give them hugs but doesn't always love the kisses that she gets back. She is getting alot better with petting gently and loving on the dogs. They love their Kaitlyn too.
Kaitlyn now has a real pillow in her bed instead of a boppy. She seems to like it and doesn't miss her boppy. We got her a little travel pillow, it's very sweet to see she snuggles up and falls right to sleep.
Kaitlyn will give you kisses and hugs and blow kisses. She waves hello and good bye. She says HI, bye, when you aske her to say night night she says bye bye. She says dis (this) and dat (that), yes, no, pop (lollipop), kitty kat, woof (dog), she will say boo, moo and quack, choo choo. She says something that sounds like Peek-a-boo and very clearly says I see you. She will mimick alot of things you say including I love you. Which is my personal favorite.
Kaitlyn is growing up very quickly. She loves to play with her baby dolls and pat them and feed them and push them in the stroller. She likes to play with little people and this weekend started to play with choo choos and ask for them. She still loves her kitchen and books. She is starting to like puzles and loves the ball with the shapes that fit inside.
I think I say this every time I update but Kaitlyn is very smart and super sweet! I love that little girl!
Monday, October 18, 2010
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!
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!
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Our Baby is a Big Girl
Kaitlyn has been up to a lot recently. She really has become such a big girl!
She is very helpful, she will follow directions. Put this back, give this to daddy, give Bailey a kiss, pick that up please, lets clean up etc. She understands so much. Shaun and I had a conversation last weekend about when we will have to start watching what we say around her so she doesn't repeat it to the wrong person. I can see it now XX mommy and daddy said your a punk. Can't wait for that...(SARCASM). Kaitlyn has been VERY talkative recently. She will talk all day and sometimes just wants to stand there and tell you all about it.
Kaitlyn has moved to a big girl bed over the last two weeks. She has done OK. I know she fell out one night because I heard THUD...CRY. The first week was very easy because she didn't realize she could get out once we put her to bed. This week has been more challenging, you put her in the bed, tell her night night, leave the room and you immediately hear feet hit the ground and crying heading toward the door. I think that teething and not feeling good has played a large part in her not falling asleep/staying asleep as well. But she knows that if she is out of bed and crying we come right into the room, so she uses it to her advantage. Shaun decided to move her to the big girl bed because she is really starting to climb on things and he was afraid she would climb out of bed.
I think my favorite big girl bed story so far was one morning this week Shaun had to get up early to go to a meeting. We ran out of toilet paper in our bathroom and there was none in the hall closet, knowing there was extra in Kaitlyn's bathroom Shaun decided to sneak into the bathroom and get some. He snuck into the room, into the bathroom, shut the bathroom door, turned on the light, got the TP, turned off the light, opened the bathroom door and there is Kaitlyn standing in front of the door looking up at him with the "what do you think you are doing" face. I can only imagine how funny it was to actually be there!
Shaun also turned Kaitlyn's car seat around, so now she is facing forward. She seems to enjoy it, she can see out the window a little bit better and we can talk to her when we turn around. I have a hard time seeing her in my rear view mirror (I think it's because I am so short) I really have to angle it down if I want to see her. Shaun says she dances in her car seat on the way home sometimes. (More on dancing later). Kaitlyn is very good in the car she is pretty content to sit and look out the window. She likes to take her shoes off while we are driving as well, mommies girl!
Kaitlyn is starting to show us all that she has learned. She will sing songs with you. When you sing Old MacDonald she says "E-I-E-I-E" she will woof like the dog and say quack quack for the duck. Sometimes she will do something that resembles a moo. She really likes reading books with animals and making the noises. She will say Kit Cat when we get to Faye's in the morning and point to the cats. She also waves and says Hi to dogs and cats on tv, which is really funny. This weekend Kaitlyn started to spin in circles and sometimes "fall down" when you sing ring around the rosey to her.
Kaitlyn LOVES to dance. She swings her arms, shakes her butt, spins around, wiggles, moves her feet, bounces, squats, sways and claps to the music. I tried to get some good video tonight but she was more interested in the video camera then dancing at that point. You can ask her "Kaitlyn do you want to dance", and she will start dancing right away no music necessary. She does have her favorite songs though. Currently her favorite jams are OMG by Usher, Who let the dogs out, Dynamite by Tao Cruz, and she still loves Follow the Leader by the Soka Boys, but she will "get jiggy" to almost anything.
Other things that Kaitlyn has been doing. She will make you food in her kitchen, she stirs the pot and then feeds it to herself and says UUUMMMM, she also feeds her babies and will share with you if you ask. She pushes her babies around in the little stroller (she is determined when she wants to go somewhere she will find out a way to get around that corner or through that door or through the gate with her stroller). She hugs and kisses her babies and will pat their backs, very cute. She loves playing with her "Little People" she has a school that Eva gave her for her birthday, I was amazed the other day when she put the people in the merry go round and then moved them into the desks, she gets them to fit in the circles where they go with no trouble. It's amazing. We now have a play group of kiddos from the Little Gym, we have our second play date this week.
Kaitlyn is very determined, when she wants to do something she does it! She will throw a mini fit if it doesn't go her way but then takes her time and tries again. Neeno thinks Kaitlyn is going to be an engineer. She is very interested in how things work. She likes to open and shut things, looks at the screws, bolts, connections, figure out how it opens, shuts, folds, fits, feels etc. Sometimes you can see on her face, what happens if I do this. She is such a little explorer.
It is very surreal to look at pictures of Kaitlyn when she was just born and only a few months old and look at how much she has grown and changed. It's already hard to believe she was ever that small when you see a newborn! I had to put away most of her 12 month clothes because she is too long in the torso so they are really stretching to cover her or the head holes were too small and she would SCREAM when you were trying to get them on and off.
Kaitlyn still likes her bath time. She likes the pool (as long as it's not too cold) either her little one in the back yard or a big pool. We took her out on the boat a few weeks ago and while she hated her life jacket she didn't mind the noise of the boat. I can't wait to take her to the beach next week for vacation!
Kaitlyn is growing up so fast! Every smile is precious she won't be this little for long! She is so much fun!
She is very helpful, she will follow directions. Put this back, give this to daddy, give Bailey a kiss, pick that up please, lets clean up etc. She understands so much. Shaun and I had a conversation last weekend about when we will have to start watching what we say around her so she doesn't repeat it to the wrong person. I can see it now XX mommy and daddy said your a punk. Can't wait for that...(SARCASM). Kaitlyn has been VERY talkative recently. She will talk all day and sometimes just wants to stand there and tell you all about it.
Kaitlyn has moved to a big girl bed over the last two weeks. She has done OK. I know she fell out one night because I heard THUD...CRY. The first week was very easy because she didn't realize she could get out once we put her to bed. This week has been more challenging, you put her in the bed, tell her night night, leave the room and you immediately hear feet hit the ground and crying heading toward the door. I think that teething and not feeling good has played a large part in her not falling asleep/staying asleep as well. But she knows that if she is out of bed and crying we come right into the room, so she uses it to her advantage. Shaun decided to move her to the big girl bed because she is really starting to climb on things and he was afraid she would climb out of bed.
I think my favorite big girl bed story so far was one morning this week Shaun had to get up early to go to a meeting. We ran out of toilet paper in our bathroom and there was none in the hall closet, knowing there was extra in Kaitlyn's bathroom Shaun decided to sneak into the bathroom and get some. He snuck into the room, into the bathroom, shut the bathroom door, turned on the light, got the TP, turned off the light, opened the bathroom door and there is Kaitlyn standing in front of the door looking up at him with the "what do you think you are doing" face. I can only imagine how funny it was to actually be there!
Shaun also turned Kaitlyn's car seat around, so now she is facing forward. She seems to enjoy it, she can see out the window a little bit better and we can talk to her when we turn around. I have a hard time seeing her in my rear view mirror (I think it's because I am so short) I really have to angle it down if I want to see her. Shaun says she dances in her car seat on the way home sometimes. (More on dancing later). Kaitlyn is very good in the car she is pretty content to sit and look out the window. She likes to take her shoes off while we are driving as well, mommies girl!
Kaitlyn is starting to show us all that she has learned. She will sing songs with you. When you sing Old MacDonald she says "E-I-E-I-E" she will woof like the dog and say quack quack for the duck. Sometimes she will do something that resembles a moo. She really likes reading books with animals and making the noises. She will say Kit Cat when we get to Faye's in the morning and point to the cats. She also waves and says Hi to dogs and cats on tv, which is really funny. This weekend Kaitlyn started to spin in circles and sometimes "fall down" when you sing ring around the rosey to her.
Kaitlyn LOVES to dance. She swings her arms, shakes her butt, spins around, wiggles, moves her feet, bounces, squats, sways and claps to the music. I tried to get some good video tonight but she was more interested in the video camera then dancing at that point. You can ask her "Kaitlyn do you want to dance", and she will start dancing right away no music necessary. She does have her favorite songs though. Currently her favorite jams are OMG by Usher, Who let the dogs out, Dynamite by Tao Cruz, and she still loves Follow the Leader by the Soka Boys, but she will "get jiggy" to almost anything.
Other things that Kaitlyn has been doing. She will make you food in her kitchen, she stirs the pot and then feeds it to herself and says UUUMMMM, she also feeds her babies and will share with you if you ask. She pushes her babies around in the little stroller (she is determined when she wants to go somewhere she will find out a way to get around that corner or through that door or through the gate with her stroller). She hugs and kisses her babies and will pat their backs, very cute. She loves playing with her "Little People" she has a school that Eva gave her for her birthday, I was amazed the other day when she put the people in the merry go round and then moved them into the desks, she gets them to fit in the circles where they go with no trouble. It's amazing. We now have a play group of kiddos from the Little Gym, we have our second play date this week.
Kaitlyn is very determined, when she wants to do something she does it! She will throw a mini fit if it doesn't go her way but then takes her time and tries again. Neeno thinks Kaitlyn is going to be an engineer. She is very interested in how things work. She likes to open and shut things, looks at the screws, bolts, connections, figure out how it opens, shuts, folds, fits, feels etc. Sometimes you can see on her face, what happens if I do this. She is such a little explorer.
It is very surreal to look at pictures of Kaitlyn when she was just born and only a few months old and look at how much she has grown and changed. It's already hard to believe she was ever that small when you see a newborn! I had to put away most of her 12 month clothes because she is too long in the torso so they are really stretching to cover her or the head holes were too small and she would SCREAM when you were trying to get them on and off.
Kaitlyn still likes her bath time. She likes the pool (as long as it's not too cold) either her little one in the back yard or a big pool. We took her out on the boat a few weeks ago and while she hated her life jacket she didn't mind the noise of the boat. I can't wait to take her to the beach next week for vacation!
Kaitlyn is growing up so fast! Every smile is precious she won't be this little for long! She is so much fun!
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