More

Erik is trying to teach Kayleigh a couple of signs, and is really good at showing her how to do "more" when she eats. I tried my hand at sign language at dinner tonight, and this is the result. She's not as good at using her hands as she is at using her voice. She was much more demanding earlier in the feeding. I think she was getting more full and less loud.

Sitting up

Kayleigh has been able to sit up on her own for a couple of months now, but yesterday, Erik and I saw her get to a sitting position from her stomach. She can push up to a crawl position, and then keep going from there. I think that means that she should be crawling pretty soon.
Erik put Kayleigh to bed about 8:00 last night. Around 9:15, she started crying, so I went upstairs to check on her. When I got into her room, she was sitting up looking at me! I couldn't believe it. I think now she's going to have to learn how to lay back down. I'm afraid she's going to wake us up for a few more nights trying to figure out how to get back to a good sleeping position.

Work it out!

Erik went to an FSU basketball game with his friend, Lee, this afternoon, and got this headband. Kayleigh definitely looks like she's ready to go to the gym.

It's official!!

We're going to Hawaii!!! Erik and I bought our tickets last night. Woohoo!!!

Bathtub blow out!

I decided to give Kayleigh a bath this morning before we head over to Jacksonville for a couple of days. I was reading my Reader's Digest as she bathed, and I got a funny feeling that she was doing something in the tub that she shouldn't be doing. I thought she peed, but when I took a better look, it was POOP!! Oh my!! And not normal baby poop--this was the thick stuff like she had been eating solids. Gross!! I grabbed her and wiped her down. Then I started in on the ducky tub and the big tub. It was a MESS! When I was ready to start over with her again, I saw that there were poop streaks on the bath mat that I placed Kayleigh on. Oh boy. We had quite the time this morning. On the plus side--she's all clean now!! :)
P.S. A lot happened this morning, so keep reading the other posts!

New booster seat

Granny and Aunt Charlene (Shirley's mom and sister) are in town, and last night Aunt Charlene offered to babysit for us. Poor Erik and I didn't know what to do with ourselves, and we ended up at Toys R Us. Kayleigh really does need to have some kind of high chair or something for when she eats. All we've used so far is her Bumbo on the table. We have friends with a seat similar to this, and they always brought it with them when they went out to eat so their daughter didn't have to sit in the gross high chairs at the restaurants. What I like about the seat is the portability (it's coming to Jacksonville with us today) and the toys on top. The toys come off and Kayleigh will have a smooth tray to eat off of. She had some Puffs to eat in her chair this morning, but mostly wanted to play with her toys.

Kayleigh the Disciplinarian

I'm not sure what the giraffe did wrong, but Kayleigh made him face the corner!