Fun with GiGi

This week Grandmother Constance came to visit and Kaylin discovered all sorts of new things. This was a big week in Kaylie's little life. I should start by saying that she was sick this week with a pretty nasty cold. When I say nasty, I mean thick green snot, red puffy eyes, restless sleep nasty. You're welcome for that visual. And yes, feel free to feel sorry for her mama. Kaylin was actually a trooper. It knocked the energy out of me, though.
Anyway...back to Kaylin's Big Week. Because of her cold, we ended up spending most of our days at home. With plenty of floor play time with mama and GiGi, she started to crawl. Woah. Hello outlet covers. Good-bye computer chord. Googleing: baby safety gates.
She's been getting herself into a pike position with her toes on the floor and her butt up in the air and then she would sort of drop to her knees. Several days of that action led to her holding herself up on all fours, rocking back and forth a little. From there, she slowly figured out how to move her hands with her knees which is what you can see in the video.
We took this video on Wednesday and by today she's really crawling. Not for very long, and pretty slowly, but she's not dropping to her stomach each step.



On Friday, we three gals went to lunch and mom suggested I give her my pickle to keep her occupied. She was so adorable. She wasn't really sure if she liked the taste at first, but once she figured out how to hold it herself, she was all about it. Gobbled it right up!




The Aftermath

Hydrating

Kaylin has recently discovered that she loves water. Loves it. I wouldn't be surprised if, given the choice, she gave up milk for water, that's how much she loves it. The other day she started making this dual-grunt: a grunt of "gimme gimme Mama" followed by a grunt of "aaahhhh. so good." It was hilarious. She hasn't really done this since, so I'm glad I caught it on camera.
I'm sorry it's sideways. I was trying to be discreet because the camera often distracts her. I wasn't thinking about the fact that it wouldn't be right side up. I think you'll forgive the mistake because she is SO STINKIN CUTE!!

He is Risen!

We had a lovely Easter Sunday yesterday. Church in the morning, then lunch and hang-out time at Grandma and Grandpa Hilliger's in the afternoon. I loved dolling Kaylie up in her frilly pink dress. Such a pretty girl.
Kaylin was enamored with her plastic eggs. I'm wondering if it's tacky for me to let her play with them year-round. She likes them and if I let her play with them, it means I don't have to find a place to store them till next year! Win-win!

Dear Gigi and Grandpa,

Thank you for the Easter Card! It was delicious....I mean delightful!!

Love, Kaylin

My little Breaststroker

This afternoon I was trying Kaylin's bathing suit on her to see if it will work sooner than later since we've been having such warm weather. So..you'll have to excuse the nekedness!

Lately she's been doing this hilarious kicking thing. She thinks it's really fun and we get a kick out of it. Excuse the pun.

She's too much!

A couple of weeks ago, Kaylin and I picked a bushel of oranges from the tree in the backyard.

Bushel. I like that word. I don't use that word enough.

If you recall a couple of previous posts, I've been teaching her to do some of the household duties. Now that she can sit up by herself, I think the sky's the limit on what she can learn =). This time I taught her to make juice.

Anyway. Back to the bushel. Our oranges were a little tart, but we were able to make a big pitcher of juice. It was fun.

Mastering the Sippy Cup

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" I guess the word "mastering" doesn't quite describe it. Garrett learned that if he drops his cup and walks away, there's another baby in town to pick it up and go at it. Over the weekend, we spend the night with Adam, Laura, and GT. While out to lunch, I gave Kaylie some water out of the bottom of my straw and she thought it was great fun. I thought I'd challenge her to see if she can get water out of a cup. Not so much.