First Time at the Playground!

We have a playground just down the street from our house. It doesn't have any swings, so before Kacie could walk, we didn't ever take her there to play. The playground equipment is pretty big, but now that she can walk and climb, I thought it would be fun to take her and see how she did. Oh my gosh, she loved it! I was by myself the first time we went. It was hard to get pictures because I was trying to follow her around, but here are a few.

Here's a video of her toddling around

 Back at home with the AC!! (notice she has the passy again)

As you can see, my little climber had a blast. We will try to go a few times a week, but it's hard when it's already 90 degrees by 9 or 10 o'clock each morning. At least the playground is covered. I had so much fun watching her explore.

Swimming

We have taken Kacie so our neighborhood pool several times and she LOVES it! She likes to go back and forth between the baby pool and the big pool. She fusses when it's time to go. I'm so glad she's not afraid of the water. Here are a few pics from our first two trips to the pool.

Chasing her around trying to get a picture!

Don't remember what that was about

 That's better

 Ready to go

 Drying off before going home

I am looking forward to many more days at the pool!

Some More Random Pics

Here are some pics that I realized I hadn't posted. I love that little outfit, by the way!

 

She went through a few weeks of being whiny and crying more than she ever does

 She found some "passies" and started carrying them around with her

 On the way home from my school when mom brought her to visit

14 Months

I'm a little behind because I lost my camera for a few weeks! I wanted to get all caught up with our summer fun, but the lost camera put a damper in my plans. (I'm putting the correct chronological date on this post, but it's really the middle of June! Yikes! By the way, found my camera in the couch cushions).

Anyway....Here is Kacie's 14 month post!

• This month flew by! I almost forgot to take her picture on May 24. 
• Many things are the same as the past few months. She continues to entertain us with her silly faces, noises, and jabbering.
• She is understanding so much! I am constantly amazed at how many animals and body parts she can point to correctly (just to name a few!)
• A few weeks ago, she started waking up EARLY....like 5:30-6:00. She was waking up pretty consistently around 6:45 or so. I know six doesn't sound that early, but when I'm trying to get ready for school, I don't have time to have her walking around. We usually leave her in her crib until about 6:45. I get her up, change her diaper, take her to our room, and wake Jason up. I have a minute or two for hugs and kisses, then I leave for school. But only one more week!
• She also started having a mini-meltdown the past week or so around 7:30. As soon as we say, "Kacie, let's put your jammies on!" She screams "no" and starts crying. This lasts anywhere from a minute to 20 minutes. We try to distract her, but for some reason she has started fighting bed time. She usually calms down and goes right to sleep by the time we go to her room. It's just so different to our child that hardly every cries!
• She is walking faster and faster every day. She loves to squeal and "run" away when we say we're coming to get her.
• She is really having a great time at Amy's house with Dawson and Addison. When I get there to pick her up, the girls will walk to the door holding hands. It's so cute!
• She also loves doggies and babies. She will squeal and point when she sees either one on tv, at the store, in a book, anywhere!
• I feel like there's so much more, but I can't think of anything else new as I'm typing.

We love our little munchkin so much! I am SO excited to get to spend the summer with her. I know I will be tired, but it will be so fun. A lot different from our summer together last year. As always, here are the other attempts at the 14 month picture:

Kacie, look at Mommy!

 Don't pull your dress up!

We turned on "Fresh Beat Band" to try to get some smiles. We got smiles, but we couldn't get her to look at us!! Guess our plan backfired.

 And now it's time to grab the sign

 Where's Kacie?!

 This was later in the evening when we had taken off the bow. I just thought it was cute.

 Uh-oh...I don't know who pulled all the notebooks of Mommy's students out of this basket while she's trying to grade....hmmmm...maybe it was Earl...

Finishing up 13 months...

Here are the last few pictures from this month...

Let's start with some cute outfits :)

I LOVE to watch her sleeping. She moves around so much and gets in the funniest positions. This is what she looks like when she first falls asleep.

 This is how she eventually ends up.

 Reading books in Daddy's truck

 Our first big toddler moment....pulling out all the wipes!

That about sums it up. She will be 14 months tomorrow!