4 Months Old Today!!!!

My little girl is 4 months old today...already. It seems like yesterday that I was writing that she just turned one month old. She is dressed up for the occasion. This little one loooves wearing dresses. Dresses come in very handy as she uses them as a face cloth and they accommodate her persistent need for putting something in her mouth..hahaha. The other picture of her in the Snugli was way too cute not to post, plus she is sporting a hat (much too big for her yet but I am way too excited) from her Great Nan aka NANA. She handmade this along with a matching sweater that is equally adorable. I cannot wait until she can wear this. The little dress and tights are from Jack's parents and the hat that happens to match perfectly is from Amanda and Brent...thanks so much!!. Her super cute Minnie Mouse onsie is from her Gido and Grandma D (My Dad and Dianne) from their trip to Disney World.

More photos here: http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p220/sjrugg/FEB%2023%202007%20-%204%20months%20old/

Just some more pictures...

This is one of the sleepers her Grandparents in California got her. Thanks!

Kailey's toes

I just love her little feet and I cannot believe how strong her little piglets are. She can pinch me with them and wrap her feet around my arm like they are a set of hands. What is cool is you can see her little birthmark in the one picture. That fine dust you see is in her cream. Like a baby exfoliate I guess. These were taken just after her morning bath.

**UPDATE: Thes pictures look so much better in black & white. :-)

The Other End Of The Tub

She is now having her baths at the infant/toddler side of the tub. Since she can sit up quite well I think she is ready for this. You can tell by the pictures she is thrilled with this 'upgrade'. Just wait until I upgrade her to the big tub...WOW!

Ready for Summer!!!

Well, I am pretty much DONE with this winter nonsense...so is Kailey. Bring on Summer!!!! I took her to Wal-Mart today for an outing (WOW...exciting) and bought a weather shield for the stroller. It will block out 97% of UV rays and best of all will protect her from wind and snow. It is completely see through too so she will still be able to take in all the scenery. This is our planned activity for tomorrow weather permitting. I did a test today. She is getting a tad big for the car seat bag so I thought I would take it out and put her in a snowsuit then strap her in...I TOTALLY know why these were invented now. It is so much easier to just put a sweater on her and zip her into the bag. WOW!! Her feet do not touch the end of the bag yet so we are ok but I wanted to see how much more room the seat had without it. Quite a bit more room but so not worth the tears of trying to strap her in with a bulky snowsuit on. She gave me this look like..."you could have asked my opinion on this matter and I gladly would have told you not to remove my bag!!". Off we went...binky, hat with flaps, facecloth and back up binky in my pocket. She usually is awake for these trips it seems now. She finally fell asleep at the checkout. She wasn't very talkative but massive blue eyes taking everything in. There were so many Moms with babies there today. I guess everyone in town was having cabin fever. I felt for one new Mom...her baby was maybe 3 weeks old and was shrieking and you could tell this was her first time out and she looked like she wanted to cry. I remember how scary it was when I took Kailey out alone for the first time so I recognized the look of fear. She had a ton of gear with her too...2 diaper bags...toys..bottle...snugli and then the infant car seat in the cart...WOW.

Piglet is a Blast!!!

Thank You Mr. & Mrs. Meating for the huge piglet you got me for Christmas!!!

Time For Grobags!!!

It would appear that Miss K likes to kick all of the blankets off of her at some point in the night. The past two morning I have come into the nursery and she is 'naked' (just in her sleeper) and cold. She also likes to 'crab-walk' herself to the very end of the crib and has her head jammed into the bumper pad. If she keeps doing this then she will have another flat spot on the top of her head that may counteract the one on the back of her head...hahaha. I guess that is why I believe in bumper pads, can you imagine how that would feel to have the hard crib rails pushing on the top of your melon...ouch!!! I bought two grobags (sleeping bag that they wear) before she was born and she wore them for the first month of her life but I later decided that it was too much of a pain to get her in and out of it for a diaper change in the middle of the night and was too bulky to feed her in them so I packed them away. Now that she sleeps through I think this will be a great piece of 'gear' that will ensure she stays toasty warm. She is napping in it today to see if she is ok wearing this rather than the usual three blankets she has on her. I need to get Zoe one too...just kidding.
I took these pictures a few minutes ago. Both of my girls snoozing and both of them suckling?!

Yesterday Kailey had two visitors, Jackie and her Mom. Kailey was great and manged some pretty big full body smiles* at both of them.

*Definition of a 'Full Body Smile': When Kailey thinks that a plain old smile from ear to ear just wont cut it she puts her hands into fists, pulls her legs up and tilts her head to one side. Very funny.

My Little Doll...

Here is Kailey wearing a dress her Daddy got for her from Disneyland before she was born. I know it is premature especially when I look outside and all I see is SNOW...booo. I wanted to see what she looked like in it so the poor kid had to endure yet another photo shoot. I loooove the panties that match...they have ruffles around the legs and on the bum...soooo cute. More photos on the bucket site. The onsie she has on underneath matches this set and the cool thing about that is, it was a gift from Brad and Cheryl from before she was born and before we knew she was a girl. Wearing a dress totally fascinates her especially if she is not wearing anything on her feet. She is amazed by her toes.

http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p220/sjrugg/17%20Feb%202007%20-%20dress%20time/

Returing To Work & The Escape Artist

I was already dreading returning to work and have been having serious anxiety over the fact that we have no contacts/family that could look after her. Most reputable day homes in the area have a waiting list a mile long and the only other option is daycare...booooo. Guess what???? My bosses talked and approved me coming in from 7:30am - 11:30am every day and Jack's shift would be noon until 8pm. This means little Kailey can stay home!!! I was so excited when I found this out. Jack will get the mornings with her and she really is her best in the morning that is for sure (at least she is now) and then I will have the afternoon/early evenings with her. This is a win win situation as I will be more in the loop with the daily operations at work and Jack prefers the later shift. Most of all Kailey will not have to go to daycare!!!! Yahooooo!!!! She can get her socialization through play groups and such. What a total relief and I cannot thank my company (esp. Brad) enough for this one. I posted the upper left picture because if you click on it to enlarge it you can see her hair (not much, I know, but it is coming in and is quite blonde).

:-)

This is Kailey after some serious playing!!!

On another note....


This little monkey can get out of her Bumbo (her rubber seat that you all have seen pictures of). If she is wearing any sort of grips on her feet she will plant them and arch her back a way up and pop her thighs out and proceed to use the back of her head to roll out. OMG!! Thank goodness I was right there (not that I ever leave her sitting in this unattended) but it really freaked me out. She will also fling herself, or try to, right out of your arms. She is to be held with two hands now and will be strapped into everything. What a crazy little chicky poo!!! I will try to get a video of her Bumbo trick.

All Bundled Up!!!

I thought I would try her in the snow suit she got from 'Auntie' Cheryl. It is so sweet. What you cannot see in the pictures is all the pretty embroidery work on it (Winnie the Pooh). It comes with detachable boots and mitts but I had to get the picture taken before she got cranky being all bundled up. I want her to get used to this as it is warming up and I would like to take her for a walk in her stroller rather than the car seat. She would get a kick out of looking around and not feeling so constricted I am sure. The stroller lays down as well, so if she zonks out she can be comfortable. I took her outside for a little while today when Jack was outside hooking our Satellite up. And I have to say...it was like holding a doll. She loves being outside and the fresh air will do her good (and me). I cannot wait for the snow to be gone because apparently I picked the worst winter to have a baby :-(.

Today's cereal adventure went really well. She managed to swallow a couple of spoonfuls this time but still looooves blowing raspberries. I love our morning routine. I get up before her so I can get ready somewhat. I wait anxiously for her to get up and when I hear the first babble I am in there saying good morning. I am almost always greeted with a HUGE smile and copious quantity of conversation. I feed her the bottle and whatever is left we use to make some cereal. She had the exact same conversation today with all the squeals and everything like the video. She likes to chit chat while the spoon is in her mouth. Then I bathe her and by that time she is ready for a power snooze (usually 2 hours). I figured out a better way to hold her while I feed her and she, so far, has done much better today...more content and more willing to take more. I think the way I was holding her was putting some pressure on her head she didn't like. Now I kind of face her a little out rather than toward me and her long limbs just fall comfortably rather than all tight. Who knows. She is back eating like she was before. She had 27 oz. yesterday and 1 tsp of cereal with an oz. of formula (not sure how much she actually ate but I do know she managed to get some on her toes. I cannot wait for Summer to come...imagine all the pretty little summer dresses?! WOW. Jack picked out some really nice ones when he was in California for work before she was born. They all have matching diaper covers/panties. Very sweet. She finally can touch the floor in her Jumperoo so the towel is gone and she had a blast. She is completely sprawled out in her crib napping she worked so hard.