Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday to the greatest Mom and YaYa in the world!!!!!!!!!!!

We love you!

love,

Kylie Jo, Lindsey, and Joe

Six Month Checkup

Kylie had her six month checkup on January 8th. She is 26 1/4 inches tall and 13lbs 3oz. She is tiny! I think she takes after her mama (at least when I was younger). The doctor said her weight doesn't really match her height. She needs to weigh more. She eats every three hours, but is constantly kicking or moving around so she doesn't gain any weight (I wish I had that problem). The doctor also started her on solid foods which he said will help her gain weight. We started her on oatmeal which she likes, and yesterday she got her first taste of bananas and strawberries. I think she really liked that. We are trying to give her a new kind of food every week to get her to try everything. We want to make sure she isn't allergic to anything. It didn't take her long to master the spoon. She gets excited when I am making her oatmeal and will try and get the bowl before I can mix it up. She eats a bowl full in less than 15 minutes. We got her a high chair yesterday so now she can eat at the table like us. My dad bought her the high chair and I know she is going to love eating at the table like everyone else does (when we do get to eat as a family).

KYLIE FACTS:

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  Loves to "talk" all of the time (I wonder where she gets that from) 
  

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  Has two teeth on the bottom front 
  

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  Loves to smile and play 
  

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  Wakes up happy...she is defintely a morning person
  
  
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  Can sit up by herself without help
  

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  Can hold her own bottle
  

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  Trying to crawl
  
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  Likes to stand while holding onto our fingers 
  

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  Still sleeps all night (thank goodness)
  
  
  
  
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  Takes her pacifier in and out of her mouth constantly
  
  
  
  
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  Likes to chew on the opposite side of the pacifier
  (as seen in the picture below)
  
  
  
  
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  Loves baby food (at least the ones she has tried so far) 
  

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  Likes to hang out with daddy and watch NCIS 
  

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  Likes to give kisses to mommy and daddy and eskimo kisses to YaYa 
  

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  She is still the best baby in the world (in my opinion)
  

She is getting so big. I always tell her not to grow up too fast. It is hard to believe that in less than 6 months she will be turning one!

I LOVE her smile and laugh.

Almost 6 Months Old

Looking cute in a new outfit from YaYa

Hanging out with Uncle Ryan

All I Want for Christmas...

Is two of my bottom teeth.

Miss Kylie is getting some teeth. There are two teeth poking through on the bottom front. It is hard to get a picture, because she likes to hold her mouth tightly closed.  Can't believe my little baby is already getting teeth.
She is growing up so fast :(:(:(:(
We were on our way back from Garden Ridge this past Sunday (December 6th) and it had been a long day. She is normally a really good traveler, but half way home she started to fuss a little. We can usually give her a pacifier and she calms down. That worked a few times, but she kept fussing. Joe reached back to give her the pacifier back and she took his hand and put his fingers in her mouth, and he felt her little teeth. No wonder she was fussy. We stopped at Walmart on the way home to get some overnight Baby Oragel just in case. As soon as we got her in the store, she just looked at me and smiled. Her teeth really haven't been bothering her. The only way I know she is teething (other than the fact that I can see the little teeth) is that she sucks in her bottom lip and sucks on her teeth (or where the teeth are coming in).
It is hard to believe that is less than one month, Miss Kylie Jo will be half a year old.

Where has the time gone?

I cannot believe that in one week my baby will be five months old! She is growing up so fast. It's hard to believe that on New Years Day it will be halfway until her first birthday. Kylie is still, in my opinion, the best baby anyone could ask for. She is happy and smiling 95% of the time.

Facts about Kylie:

• Still looks like her daddy according to 90 percent of the people we know. We hope she grows out of that...HA HA
  


• At her 4 month checkup she was 12 lbs and 5 oz (exactly two pounds heavier than her 2 month checkup), and 24 and a half inches long. I can already see that she is going to be taller than me. Her next checkup is when she is 6 months old. Can't wait to see how much more she has grown.
  


• She still sleeps all night (from about 11pm until 7 or 8am). Poor baby is up late because of mommy and daddy's work schedules. Mommy has to feed her when she gets off at 11pm :(
  


• She now moves in her sleep. Before I was able to put her to bed and she would sleep all night on her back. Now I put her to bed on her back and when I get her up in the morning, she is on her tummy with her feet under her, and her little butt in the air.
  


• She still loves to be held and cuddle with her mommy and daddy.
  


• She is a great napping buddy!! We lay on the couch together and take naps quite often.
  She sits with us helping her and likes to pull herself up to the sitting position while holding onto our fingers.
  


• She is still moving all of the time. The only time her legs stay still is when she is asleep. She loves to sit in her bouncy seat and kick those legs. We don't have to bounce her in the chair, she moves herself with all of the kicking she does. She kicks so hard that the toys hanging down have flipped over the other side of the toy bar a few times.
  


• She rolls over both ways. She likes to lay on her tummy in her crib and look at the colorful butterflies on her crib sheet.
  


• She now takes her pacifier out of her mouth and can put it back in by herself...most of the time. When she takes it out of her mouth, she likes to hold on to it with her thumb.
  


• She now laughs out loud. She first did it about a week ago. She only does it sometimes, but when she does, it is a full belly laugh. Her whole face lights up! I have told several people that she is laughing out loud. When I try and make her laugh to show someone she just gets a huge smile on her face like she is going to laugh, but she doesn't make a sound. (She loves to make a liar out of her mommy)
  
• Her favorite "toys" are her bear blanket and her burp cloths.
  
• She has found her feet and likes to pull on them. Thankfully they haven't gone into her mouth yet. I'm sure that day is coming.

I can't wait to continue to watch her grow and learn. She learns something new almost every day. I love her so much and I am very proud to be her mommy!!! There are times I am so tired after work, that I just want to go home and sleep, but as soon as I see her I get more energy.

Picture Time...Again

Looking pretty in her polka dots

After bathtime in her Winnie the Pooh towel

Playing video games with Daddy

Taking a nap on the couch with Daddy

Kylie Jo will be four months old next Sunday! She is the best baby anyone could have and I'm glad that she is mine. She loves to smile all the time...well 99% of the time. She is really started to "talk" to us now. It is hard to watch a movie at home because she talks through it, but I don't mind. I love to hear her little voice.
Next appointment is November 6th for her 4 month checkup.

Miss Kylie Jo

Hanging out with YaYa

Napping with YaYa after church

Hanging out with Daddy

Watching tv with Mommy

All of these pictures are cellphone pictures so they aren't the best quality. I still need to upload pictures from my camera, but can only do that from home (and when I'm home, I am a little busy...i wonder why)

I can't believe that Kylie will be four months old on November 1st! Time is flying by! She is growing up way too fast.