Monday, October 3, 2011

Visit to the Aboretum

I did not have school today, so Kacie and I went to the Dallas Arboretum with my mom. I had only been there 2 times,  and the last time was 4 years ago. I was excited to take pictures of Kacie and all the beautiful flowers. I was also looking forward to getting the obligatory "pumpkin patch" pictures that everyone always takes. (I was also dying for her to wear this adorable outfit from my friend Stefanie!)

This was our first attempt at a picture by the pumpkins. There was so much to look at, we had a hard time getting Kacie to look at the camera. After a few shots, she started to cry. I thought maybe she didn't like sitting on the ground.
Another pumpkin shot...didn't like the hay either, so I had to sit with her
Pic with Grandma
A house made of pumpkins
Tired after looking at all those pumpkins
When she woke up, her head was sweaty from being in the stroller, so we found a shady place on the grass to stop and play for a while. There was a nice breeze, so everyone got to cool off. We practiced sitting, and she sat up by herself longer than she ever had before!
Attempts at a mother/daughter shot
On our way out, I wanted to try go get a smiling pumpkin shot. There were pumpkins lining the sidewalks, so I thought maybe she would like it better sitting on a blanket on the sidewalk, instead of the hay and bark from the pumpkin patch. Nope. She immediately started crying when I sat her down, so I went to sit with her again.
We had a really great day! My parents have a membership at the Arboretum, so we hope to take many more trips as it gets cooler.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Randomness

Here are some pictures from the past few weeks.
Sweet girl at church
Playtime with Addison & Lux
Jason was getting Kacie's things ready one morning and Kacie was playing on her mat. When he came back in the living room, she had somehow pulled/knocked it over. I love her little grin that says, "Look what I did!"
Kacie getting a good look at Earl
Eating....I mean reading her book


Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Kacie is 6 months old!

Where does the time go? I cannot believe my little princess is already 6 months old! She has just been growing and learning so much the past month. Here are some highlights:
  • She still jabbers up a storm.....ALL the time. She is making "mama" and "dada" sounds, but I know she doesn't know what she's saying yet. She is also making a "smacking" sound with her lips.
  • She has never taken a passy, but now she LOVES to chew on them. 
  • She is scooting, rolling, and semi-crawling all over the place.
  • She has started eating oatmeal in the morning, and rice cereal and vegetables at night. She loves sucking on grapes, apples, bananas, and ice cubes in her mesh feeder.
  • She is taking 2 naps a day about 1 1/2 hrs each, and sometimes a 30-45 min catnap in the evenings depending on when she wakes up from her afternoon nap.
  • Sometimes she "flaps" her arms and it's really funny.
  • We have been working on sitting up. She can last a few seconds before she topples over to the side. Many times she won't sit up because she's too busy leaning forward and grabbing her feet!
  • She looks up when you call her name. 
  • She will grab anything and everything within her reach.
  • We finally finished all our size 2 diapers, so now she's exclusively in 3s.
  • She still has really chunky little thighs, so some of her onsies are too tight on her legs.
  • Her smile just lights up her whole face.
  • When she gets excited, she kicks her feet and breathes really fast, almost like "panting."
  • She is so entertaining. Jason & I can just sit and watch her talk, play, roll, squeal, and giggle and it makes us laugh so hard.
  • She has started actually jumping in the jumparoo. Up until now, she just played with the toys and smiled when we made it bounce, but she hadn't quite figured out how to bounce herself. 
And as always, here are her 6 month pictures....We had a really hard time getting her to smile this time. She either got a super serious look and just stared at the camera, or she wouldn't look at us at all. We were making all kinds of noises and faces, but she just wasn't interested. She also kept grabbing the sign, so I had to move it above her head. As you'll see, that didn't stop her from trying to reach it! (I'm posting alot for memory's sake.)
This is one of the only times she would smile
 Are we done yet?
 Seriously mom, I can still reach it!
 See?
 This one would have been great if she was smiling!
 We finally gave up and propped her up like this
This outfit came with a hat. We had to get at least one picture with it on.
After the "photo shoot," we headed over to my parents' house for dinner. Here is our attempt at a family photo. Once again, Kacie would not smile for the camera!
Here she is getting ready for a walk in her big girl stroller for the first time
We had her 6 month check up and shots yesterday. Kacie is now 16 pounds, 14 oz (EXACTLY double of her birth weight), and 26 1/2 inches. The doctor said she is 50-75% in both. He didn't give an exact number, just the range. Here is my sweet girl with her bandaids (2 shots on each leg),
One last picture of her passed out for a LONG nap when we got home.
We love our little girl so much and cannot believe she is already half a year old! We cannot wait to see her grow and develop more in the coming months!

    Friday, September 23, 2011

    The Sweetest Sound on Earth

    Here are some funny daddy/daughter moments before bedtime. Jason gets her ready for bed each night, and she was such a cute giggle box tonight!

    Catching Up!

    It's been harder to find time to do the blog the past few weeks as school is getting busier. We are definitely falling into a routine these days. Kacie usually wakes up between 6-6:30. Jason feeds her and either gets her ready to go or puts her back down, depending on when he has to be at work. Every once in awhile, she sleeps until 7 or 8. On those days, I don't get to see her before school. I pick her up most afternoons between 4:30-5:00. When we get home, it's usually time to eat, so she nurses and has cereal, then we play a little bit, try to go for a walk, have a bath, and then it's bedtime at 8:00 already. Our evenings are packed, but I try to squeeze in all the time I can with my little girl.
    Here are some pictures from the past few weeks.
    A cute denim dress for church
    Dinner with Michael & Cheryl
     Sweet picture with Daddy before dinner
    She loves to play with and suck on her toes.
    Some pictures at Mrs. Amy's house
    This is how she "moves" these days (isn't that a yoga pose?)
    Sweet girl
    Playing with her friend Lux who is about 5 weeks older
    Family walk on our first cool evening. Even Earl got to come!
     This is her reaction to her first bite of bananas!
    Kacie will be 6 months old tomorrow!

    Monday, September 12, 2011

    Cute Videos

    Here are a few videos from the past week of my little cutie pie jabbering & squealing away!