Silly faces

I just had my digital camera hooked up to the computer to download some other pictures, and I found these pictures of Kayleigh. I can't remember what I was trying to get a picture of her doing--I think I was trying to get a picture of her climing into her little chair. She obviously isn't cooperating with me, and it making these very silly faces at the camera.

New teeth

Boy do I feel like a bad mom. Kayleigh has been a little drooly lately--nothing dripping, but she sometimes has a hard time keeping the spit in her mouth. I could tell that her next two bottom teeth are getting ready to come in, but last night Erik had her across his lap, and I saw something white towards the back of her mouth. Yep, she has two top molars coming in! It's either the first or second molar, but there is one on each side. And, you can see a lot of white, which means that they've been there for awhile.

Kayleigh made it through almost a full week of school before they called to say she had a fever and needed to be picked up. Luckily, Erik was off for the day, and he went and got her. Unfortunately for him, I was also on my way to get her (not knowing that he had been called). When she got home, she seemed okay, except for being a little warm. Here is a short video about what she thinks of taking Tylenol.

First day of school

It has been a long day! Kayleigh went back to school today for the first time since her birthday. Sure, she's been there to visit, but today she was there to stay. There are 7 kids in her new class, including her, with 2 teachers. All of the kids were in Kayleigh's old class, so that probably made the transition a little easier. One of the teachers was also her teacher last year--another plus! There is another kid in the baby room that will move up to her class eventually. This kid (I think it's a girl, but I always think it's a girl!) is 10 months old, but was 2 months premature, so the school decided to hold her back until she catches up some more with the older kids.
In Kayleigh's new class, most of the kids take a nap at the same time, instead of going down when tired. They also sleep on mats, instead of in cribs. The rest of the class has been practicing this all summer. Kayleigh had a hard time taking naps last year, so I was worried about it today. When I picked her up today, her teacher told me that it took a little time to get Kayleigh to sleep, but she ended up sleeping the longest. I was SO glad to hear that, because she's been taking some great naps over the summer, and I've been worried that she wasn't getting enough sleep while at school.
Kayleigh was asleep tonight by 7:30, so I know she had a big day.

Dancing queen

Oh my gosh! We were on our way home from dinner with Jim and Shirley, and Madonna came on the radio. I asked Kayleigh if she was dancing, and this is what she came up with. Of course she did it a little better earlier, but we had to wait until we got home to get the camera. She was so funny one time when she was shaking her hips and then waving her hands in the air! This girl never ceases to amaze me with her tricks!


P.S. No, Aunt Anne, I am NOT going out to buy her a pole!!!

We're in trouble now!

Aunt Anne, Kayleigh heard that you wanted to take her to Shaws, and she wanted to show you that she really does need some good walking shoes! She just started taking multiple steps without holding on to anything this week. It is so amazing how quickly she'll realize she can do something and then keep doing it. It was on our anniversary (June 19th) that she took her first steps, and it's just now that she's trying to go out on her own. She has been moving all over the place while holding on to something, but this is whole new territory. By the way, she could have taken more steps for the 3rd lap, but tripped over my foot. Don't ask me how, because I have small feet!
Watch out, Thor! Kayleigh will soon be chasing you around, too!
P.S. It's a couple of hours later, and Kayleigh climbed down off of the couch and walked into our bedroom to find Erik! WOW!!


This other video is of her climbing into her chair. She has ignored that thing for months now, and all of a sudden she saw it and decided to climb into it. She has another little chair upstairs that she was climbing into today, too.

New shoes!

Now that school is about to start again (ugh!) I had to buy a pair of tennis shoes for Kayleigh. She has worn some sandals before, but that's not allowed in school. The playground at school has mulch in it, so they don't want the kids to wear sandals and get their feet torn up by the mulch. Unfortunately, the selection was weak, and "Winnie the Pooh" tennis shoes were the best ones that I could find. I'm not a Pooh fan, so I don't really like buying their stuff, but the shoes have both pink and purple in them, so that means they'll match all of her clothes. She wore them to Publix today and did okay with them on. I got her to walk for a little bit in the house with them, but then she was ready to take them off. I figure I need to get her to wear them for at least a little while each day so that she can get used to the feel of them before she has to wear them all the time at school. They are off now, and she's having fun playing with the velcro!
I am also trying to put more bows in Kayleigh's hair so that she'll keep them in. She's a little more used to them now, but sometimes still likes to pull them out of her hair. Now that she has more hair, I like to put the bows in it. She definitely looks cute with them in, if I do say so myself!

Whew!

I started to think that it would never happen! Since we've been home from Hawaii, Kayleigh has had a rough time going to sleep and staying asleep. I'm sure part of it was her body re-adjusting to the time change, but I do think that another part of it was her being spoiled in Hawaii by sleeping in the same room (and sometimes the same bed!) as Erik and me. She has finally started sleeping through the night again, and has been able to put herself to sleep. I was getting worried because 1.) I don't like having to be up with her when I should be sleeping, and 2.) I go back to work next week and REALLY don't want to be up with her while I should be sleeping! Kayleigh will also start back at day care next week. It's going to be a big week for the two of us! For now, I'm just trying to enjoy my last few days off.