First Steps!

Yep, you read that right. But I'll get back to that :) Anticipation killin' ya?

So we got to go to my parent's house this weekend (finally) after having not been in quite some time it feels like. My mom flew my grandma in from Michigan and she was able to get some face time with her only grandchild!! So now Kadence has officially met all her great+grandparents! KK didn't do so hot with the drive down there which was kind of a bummer. I think she was just anxious to see everyone haha or at least that's what I'm telling myself. I gave her some stuff for her teeth and she passed out for about an hour or so and then was awake the rest of the drive. Talking. LOUDLY!

Went to the Peanut Butter Festival with my mom and grandma on Saturday while the guys went and shot their guns. We had a great time -- KK tried to "lose" her lovie again, so I had to retrace our steps till I finally found him all the way back where we'd started for the day. Thank goodness I found him though. I think my Thanksgiving week craft project is going to be making more of them so if and when (realistically) she loses him again, I'll have some backups and she'll never know! HAHA After we spent most of the afternoon walking around and watching the parade, we headed into the neighborhood super Wal-Mart and I nabbed her a couple pairs of boots for winter! I've been searching forever for something that I liked and finally just said "to heck with it" and got 'em. They're adorable. We'll see how long she keeps them on. :)

Saturday night I was playing with her in her improvised "fun zone" and she kept standing up..taking a step and then falling down. Then I cross my heart she took two steps a couple different times. I kept telling Jason and everyone else that they needed to "look look look real quick" but I seemed to be the only one seeing what was taking place. So it didn't count in my book. Needed to have witnesses haha :) So Jason went off to take a shower and everyone else was in the kitchen finishing up supper and she did it again (twice) and everyone caught it, except Jason. She fell down on her bottom and we all started to cheer and clap -- she looked so concerned and almost started crying at the commotion. But nonetheless, I was so proud of her. And don't worry MeeMaw, I gave Jason a hard enough time for missing it. (big smile)

Was able to get some great pictures of her this weekend -- and a couple good ones of her with her great grandma. We also got our first 4 generation picture with her -- the last one we took from my side of the family was back when I was like 6 or 7. So it's been a while :)

I'll be posting pictures soon. Promise. xo

Mrs. Personality.

So I'm still behind on blogging and posting pictures on Facebook. Hopefully Kadence doesn't get as blessed with the gift of procrastination as I have :)

I feel like not much has happened in the last couple weeks -- but as I sit here and look back, milestones are just flying by. The weekend after my last post, Jason was out of town and ToysRUS was having a great toy sale before their Thanksgiving/Christmas sales were going to start (I found that out later...haha) But I was still able to stock up on some good things and got almost all my shopping done so I wouldn't have to fight the future traffic and the possibility of them not having something that I wanted for her. Keep in mind these toys are for her birthday AND Christmas -- which are just a little under a month apart. Plus some of this stuff is from MeeMaw/PeePaw since they went shopping with me. I'm so excited about the little Leap Frog table on the left..she's definitely getting that one for her birthday. Her B.F.F. Collette has one and Kadence LOVES playing with it! So I felt she should have one of her own. And I'm a sucker for all the Little People animal related things, so there you have it. Funny thing is she'll probably enjoy the boxes more than the toys themselves :)

I also bought her some rainbow stacking toys too while we were out shopping -- she got some of those immediately though. I'd been meaning to get some for a while and was really slacking (and delaying) on that milestone. In just a little under 2 weeks though and playing with her daily with them, she's started stacking them inside each other on her own. Plus it's fun to put her little O's inside them and watch her reach inside and pull them out before stuffing them in her face HA

KK got another free book in the mail thanks to Dolly Parton and her Imagination Library -- "Sleep Baby Sleep" has actually been one of my favorites that she's gotten since we started receiving them! I wish every state could raise the funding necessary to do this for their little people. I guess I feel blessed that I live in TN and I get to see her little library grow before my eyes. I've also purchased some new books within the last couple weeks -- Costco has some great board book sets + a carrier right now for $9.99 for the holidays.

Hmm....let's see -- new foods tried -- I've started giving her Yo Baby's Blueberry Yogurt which she loves but it's pretty cold, so she tries to pull it out of her mouth...looks at it...and then crams it back into her face!! Tried just some plain spiral pasta the other night with some jar food on the side and she took one bite and then threw the rest on the floor. So much for that idea. She likes bread when we go to restaurants, but still at a lose for what finger foods I should be giving her. Everything I make has spices in it and I know that's not really a good idea for baby. So who knows. Not to mention, the recommended daily diet for babies is INSANE! I read up the other day and here's the list -- (2) servings of vegetables AND fruits, (1) serving of yogurt, (1) serving of meat, (1) serving of grains a day + (3-4) bottles totaling 24 oz. Ummm...really?! How many times is my child suppose to eat a day?! Haha I am doing the best I can and trying to switch it up. She's still growing consistently even though I'm not feeding her everything she's suppose to be eating. *sigh*

BIGGEST NEWS OF THE UPDATE...Kadence is taking half steps! And by half steps I mean -- she is standing (and/or letting go of whatever she's holding onto) and taking a step with one foot and then either falling or sitting down as fast as she can. So we're not counting it as her first step yet until she gets a step in with both legs :) But she's done this like half a dozen times. So it's not going to be long before she's running! HA

Teeth count: Getting ready to break in her 6th one. (2 top, 4 bottom) Might have a few more on the horizon.

Till next time guys. xo

Pumpkin Baby.

So a ton has happened in the last two weeks since my last post...Perhaps one of these days I'll just stop being lazy and start blogging/posting pictures on Facebook on the regular again :) One day. In my spare time. (ha)

Kadence gave away her first kiss. Yep, you heard me. Jason and I were sitting on the floor in the play room rough housing with KK. Well, more like she was rough housing with daddy. She kept crawling over the top of his face and kicking him. She crawled away a little and then turned around and charged him as fast as she could..got right up in his face..and out of no where, planted a juicy wet one right on his lips. It was the funniest and sweetest thing I've ever seen. Definitely jealous that he was the first..and only. She's yet to attempt another one!

I started obsessing about a new website called Pinterest -- and have been getting a lot of great inspiration for taking photos creatively. A great fall idea was to take a large pumpkin, carve it out and stuff it with a baby. HAHA So I did it. Not just once but twice and KK loved it. Not to mention all the attention she got because of it. We took her (and her pumpkin) and met up with her little B.F.F. Colette down at the Farmer's Market -- and surrounded her with a bunch of other pumpkins and took a ton of pictures. She was such a sport. I wasn't too happy with how they turned out and wanted a little different lighting..so I trekked her and the pumpkin down to MeeMaw's house at the end of the week and tried it out again. I must say, I like that photo shoot a little better. Still haven't found time to actually edit the pictures, but they'll be up soon!

{See FB for the first photo shoot}

This was the finale shot from the second shoot, wish she was
still in her pumpkin for this one :)

Speaking of Colette -- we've been doing quite a few play dates lately trying to get KK to interact a little more with some babies her own age. It seems like when we take her to church and leave her in the nursery that everyone loves on her so much that they never set her down -- therefore, eliminating her opportunities to play. Although last week when we picked her up, she had a huge wallop on her forehead HAHA. Colette's mommy and I just finished up their playroom this week though, so I'm looking forward to some future play time together!!!

I think the rug rat has yet ANOTHER tooth coming in -- on top, next to the other little pearly one. That brings us up to a grand total of 5 that I can see at the moment and she's not even 11 months yet! She's been taking them in stride though and it doesn't seem to affect her too much. Although, we did have a little issue with digestion a couple weeks ago..made a trip to the doctor and had a little scare with her being on the brink of dehydration. Guess the extra saliva from the teething caused quite an issue, but we got it under control. Her little bum was so raw though :(

If you click and look at this one bigger, you can
see a tiny little tooth poppin' up on the bottom. One
of many new ones :)

New foods since the last time -- she's up to #3's now! Such a big girl. She's had some pasta mixtures with big chunks in them -- an orchard mix with some chunky fruit -- and some beef rice pilaf which had some big carrot chunks. MeeMaw spoiled her with a teething biscuit..which was followed by an immediate bath. She was a hot mess for sure! She's also enjoyed some fresh broccoli, which she wanted SOOO badly until she actually got it in her mouth. Fail. She loves corn bread though and blueberry muffins :) 

Last little antidote for this update -- we were sitting on the couch the other night watching a movie and KK was doing her thing (ie getting into everything) and came across the diaper bag. Next thing we know, she has her little container of O's (what we call her round snacks) and she's somehow managed to open it and dump a good amount out all over the floor. Before I could even get up to start picking them up, she starts crawling around and cramming them into her little mouth as quickly as she can. We couldn't stop laughing at her and decided to let her "clean up" her own little mess. She's a trip!!

Till next time.

xo