Messy!!!

Kylie had her first experience with real spaghetti the other night. She has only been eating the baby food kind and loves it so we thought she might like the real thing. We only gave her a few noodles, and she did pretty good. She kind of had a hard time getting the noodles to stay in her mouth, but after a while she got the hang of it. After the few noodles we gave her the baby food kind and let her eat with her hands. That was first. She had a blast eating with her hands and making a mess!!!! Her hand, face, and belly were red from all of the sauce.
Spaghetti for dinner means a second bath for Kylie Jo.Love that messy face!!!

Growing Up

Kylie is growing so fast. It is hard to believe that she is already 13 1/2 months old.

Kylie's Latest Accomplishments:

• Signs the word "More" when she wants more of something to eat/drink
• She now has 9 teeth. I found the 9th tooth today while she was eating a snack.
• When you say "Arms Up" she does it
• Points to what she wants and says "uh" which I guess it her word for "I want"
• Stands up by herself when she is playing on our bed/or any other big bed. She doesn't do it much on the floor I guess because it is not as soft. Can we say "spoiled"...just kidding.
• Has been riding in a forward facing carseat since last month and she loves it.
• Turns the satellite for the tv on and off and knows which button to push to do it
• She still uses a sippy cup, but now she likes to drinks from a regular cup (kind of messy, but we learned to only put a little liquid in it)

Favorite Things:

• Vanilla Wafers (she could eat them any time of the day if we let her)
• Eating anything off Mommy and Daddy's plate even when she just ate
• She likes avocados just like mommy and mac and cheese (the real stuff not the baby food kind) 
• Mommy and Daddy's sunglasses (she takes them off our head and puts them on her)
• Reading books
• Buttons of any kind
• Her stuffed kitty cat that rides in the car with her
• Looking at pictures of herself on Mommy's cellphone (she hands me the phone and says "uh")
• Waving and smiling at everybody she meets
• Going to YaYa's house to play with YaYa and Uncle Ryan
• Making a mess of toys in the living room (We call her "Hurricane Kylie" after she is done playing)

Kylie's New Hat

ONE YEAR OLD!!!

Kylie Jo is now one year old! I can't believe it. It doesn't feel like it has been a year. Time has gone by so fast. It feels like just yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital. She is growing up fast and I love watching her grow and learn. She is everywhere these days. She doesn't like to sit still for very long.
We had her first birthday party this past weekend. It was exhausting (for me and my mom), but fun! Kylie got so many presents. Most of which make noises. She has all kinds of buttons to push, books to read, and clothes to wear. She had her very first cupcake at her party. She loved it! At first she wasn't to sure, but then she took the whole thing and tried to put it in her mouth. She ate most of it and then ate a little icing off a second cupcake. She is a fan of sweets like her mommy.

Here she is getting the icing on the second cupcake.

Yum Yum

Here she is in her pretty party dress and
sitting below the banner her mommy made her for her party

Here is her "cake". I made all of the cupcakes...all 91 of them
(that is how many four boxes of mix made)

Just another picture because I think it is really cute :)

I love her in her overalls.

Kylie Jo,

I'm glad you had a great birthday party. It was exhausting, but I would do it over and over again for you. I can't wait to continue watching you grow and learn new things every day. Just don't grow up too fast!

Love,

Mommy

Almost One

Almost a year ago to the day I posted how I was ready for Kylie to come. Now she has been here for almost a year, and I don't know what I would do without her. I didn't know how much I could love someone until I met her. I cannot believe she is turning one year old on Thursday.

Here she is in the 4D ultrasound.

Here she is at 10 1/2 months.

I hope to post year pics soon. Her birthday party is next week and she is ready to have her first cupcake :):)

These past 12 months have flown by!

Happy 1st Birthday Kylie Jo...our sweet and lovable Kylie Bugs!

Mommy and Daddy love you very much and are proud that you are our daughter.

Smiley Kylie

Love these pictures!!! They were taken by one of my co-workers at our yearly police party.

This was a very long day for us, but you can't tell my Miss Kylie's smile. We were outside from 10a-5p on this day, and she loved it. We spent the first part of the day at at family function by the lake and the second part was the PD party. She is such a ham. Everyone thought it was so funny that as soon as the camera was pointed at her, she would start cheesing. Hope she always does this when she gets her picture taken. She is a very very happy baby (if you can't tell by the pics). Love those baby blues!!

In a little over a month she will be a year old. Hard to believe it. She is all over the place and getting into everything...and I mean everything. Her favorite thing to do is stand up at the coffee table and bang the remote controls and coasters on it and then let them fall to the ground. Good thing the coasters are not breakable. She has also started walking along the table when she sees something at the other end that she thinks she needs to have.

Another picture of the Cutie Pie

I know the picture is not the best quality, but still very cute :)

It is hard to believe my little baby is going to be a year old in less than two months. She is now all over the place...more than before. She now crawls on her knees when she wants to, but is still very fast doing her army crawl. She likes to "run" (crawl really fast) away from me when she is trying to get somewhere she is not suppose to be (like the bench next to the tv or the hearth). She keeps us busy.