Beach Blast

Erik competed in his second triathlon this weekend in Mexico Beach. We made a weekend out of it, going over Friday night and coming back Sunday morning. Erik did well, coming in 4th in his age division.
Of course, the pictures are all of Kayleigh. She is too funny when she eats, double fisting her bagel. I think she wanted to make sure she got to eat all of it, and we didn't take it away. The picture of the 3 of us was taken by a lady at the restaurant we ate at Saturday night. The last couple of pictures are of Kayleigh eating this afternoon. She decided that the food was too good to just eat, and rubbed it on her face! That's what all of the brown flecks are.

Look down!

I finally got the videos up of Kayleigh. You have to go down a couple of posts, because I started that blog a few days ago, and I guess blogger.com keeps them in calendar order, rather than the order that I post, if that sense.

How could I forget??

Kayleigh's height is 28 1/2 inches, and her weights is 24 pounds 4 ounces.
I am seriously working so hard to get a video of Kayleigh making her noises! I got a good one last night while she was in the tub, but then realized that you can see ALL of her, and I won't publish that on the internet. So, you'll just have to wait a little longer! She would NOT do it for me today, either! I think she's rebelling! I guess if you want to hear it, you're going to have to come over for a visit!

New sounds

As September gets closer to its end, I have been thinking about the new things Kayleigh can do at 15 months:
She will sort of blow her nose, and at least not freak out as much when you wipe it. She has gotten into books, and will back into your lap to read one. She even has her favorites!
She really likes to open drawers in the dining room and get into the refrigerator. She'll come running to the kitchen if she knows the door is open.
She is starting to make more sounds. I've told you about the "toot toot", but she is also working on other animal sounds. When you ask her to, she will moo, buzz like a bee, "hoo" like an owl, and oink like a pig. Granted, the moo and hoo sound pretty much the same, and Kayleigh just makes a funny noise when she does the oink, but she knows what she's trying to say, and she's consistent.

I FINALLY got some videos of her making the sounds! No, I don't think they're as good as the first one, and Kayleigh won't do the bee in it, but it's still super cute!

This first video is of Kayleigh making her sounds


This video is of Kayleigh saying, "Toot toot!" She is also playing with her nasal spray. She likes to take the top on and off, and I let her play with it while I brush her teeth and blow dry her hair.

15 month check up

Yesterday, I took Kayleigh to the doctor for her 15 month check up. Everything is great, and the doctor was impressed that she has two molars coming in. She had to get 3 shots yesterday, which was not fun. The nurse had me hold Kayleigh in my lap while she gave the shots. While she was screaming, I'm pretty sure I saw a bottom molar starting to come in.
She is still short and chunky, coming in at the 4th percentile for height (!) and the 71st percentile for weight. She's grown 2 1/2 inches since her 1 year check up, and has only gained about a pound and a half.
I don't have any cute pictures or videos of Kayleigh this time. We are trying to get one of her saying "toot toot!" She learned that from my mom while we were in St Pete. We have also taught her to pinch her nose and say "toot toot". If she's feeling really brave, she'll do it to one of us!

Pictures!!

I realize some of you are going through withdrawals since I haven't put any pictures up this week. Last night while Erik and I were getting ready to go out to dinner with our friends Rob and Cassie, Kayleigh was sitting on the bed waiting for us. She was so cute leaning up against the pillow like her dad does when he watches tv. Then today, I was able to put one of my small hair things in her hair and make a little whale spout. She kept trying to get the camera again, so it was hard to take a good picture. By the time she was done playing with the camera, she wanted the pony tail out of her hair!
Kayleigh was sent home from school yesterday because of some stomach issues. They have carried over to today, but she is mostly acting like her normal self. We are just VERY careful before we change her diaper so that nothing runs out on us. Gross!!

A new sign and a new place to put things

Kayleigh is so good with her sign language and telling us what she wants. Last night when I was getting ready to brush her teeth, she pointed to her toothbrush and paste and made up a sign for brushing her teeth. She did it again today, so my guess is that she knows what she's talking about! We have never done this sign with her, so that's why we think it's so amazing.



Can you tell what's in the wrong place? Kayleigh has learned to put things on the purple spout on the right side of her house. Today she put her cup of milk and lion on the spout while she finished playing with her toys in the corner. This girl cracks me up!

Oh my gosh!

We are in SO much trouble!!! Kayleigh's teacher told me today that she and some boy were smooching and hugging today! First, they were on the slide. Then, the smooching and LAYING ON PILLOWS continued in the "safe area" where kids can go to calm down before joining the group again. Somehow Kayleigh and her friend got back into the safe area and laid down next to each other. Both teachers had to check it out before separating the two. I don't know what Erik is going to say when he hears this! It's probably a good thing that he doesn't take Kayleigh to school. Hopefully that boy got a good talking to!