Age of Lady Kaitlyn: 13 months and 4 days
Family,
And a good Tuesday afternoon to you on this uber-rainy afternoon in the Queen City. Apologies for not getting to the blog on Sunday or Monday, but trust me - it's been a manic last couple of days. For starters, I was in Costa Rica all last week with work,which means that I didn't get back until late Thursday night before a weekend road trip with the fam. But I get ahead of myself - let's get amongst it, shall we?
Ok, so the BIG HIGHLIGHT of the week is that our daughter was QUEEN OF THE SCHOOL PICTURES! That's right, sports fans - Kaitlyn Elaine Taylor's photo was selected as THE BEST of the entire school and was the featured picture for the "order your prints" poster! It was crazy - I was in Costa Rica, back at the hotel after a MISERABLE day (we'd just delivered some very bad news, and I'd shed more than a few tears), when I got on wi-fi to check my personal messages. Well, I get an email from "Heather Gaydeski Photography" telling us that prints are ready, and when I go to the website, lo and behold - K's picture is the cover and what you click to go into the site! Now granted, I'm more than a little biased, but let's be honest - this child is SOOOOOOOOOOOO CUTE!!!! We ended up buying 3 of them, all of which are displayed on this blog for the world to see. :-)
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| The winner - a cropped version of this was the featured shot on the poster. |
The other big milestone is that, as of last Monday, the car seat is now forward!!!! We flipped both carseats this weekend, and I must say - the difference is AMAZING. There is SO MUCH more space in the car now, K seems to fit so much better in the seat, it is fastened so much more securely, and we can actually move our seats back enough now that we aren't eating our patellar tendons. It is a whole new world (especially for K, who now passes out INSTANTLY when you get her in the car), and I am so glad that we did it. The infant carrier is officially retired until the next installment, as we have a "big" car seat in both of our vehicles (Katie and Ellie). It should be noted that the Britax car seat (given to us by the Parkhouse clan) definitely fits more securely and seems more comfortable, but the el cheapo that the Bull purchased seems to be a passable seat for the sneetch as well. We put the Britax in JT's car because a) that will be the car for long trips, b) soon she'll be the chauffeur, and c) we already had el cheapo in my car. K looks so grown up riding back there!
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| This one is actually JT's handiwork - AMAZING!!!! Way to GO, Muffin! |
Other items on the development front - for starters, she's now saying "Uh-oh" at random times. Granted, I don't think she actually knows what it means, but they are saying it at daycare, and I think she's trying to figure out what it should be associated with. It is SO CUTE when she says it (notice a pattern forming here? Not that I'm biased or anything) - much like how she instantly starts with "buh" the second she wakes up (whilst also pointing at the bookcase and the stuffed animals contained therein). She definitely did a lot of vocalizing in the car this past weekend - she could have some howler monkey in her DNA...
Also, she is now quite the squirmer on the changing table. I didn't realize this was "a thing," but apparently it's a very normal behavior for kids when they hit 13 months. Now I'm not sure if that means she's officially "caught up" or just doesn't like being confined, but I can confirm that changing her is now very much a 2 person job. Add in some exhaustion at the end of the night, and it is QUITE the adventure.
Also, K got her 3rd incident report this week. On Thursday we got the call from daycare saying that K had fallen whilst standing in her crib. She must have whacked her head pretty good, as a faint bruise is still there! The treatment was a "cold pack followed by lots of hugs and cuddles," and she seems none the worse for wear. :-)
As for the weekend, Team Taylor took Friday off and made the 5.5 hour journey (including a stop at
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| K's first dance with the straw cup. It went...about as expected... |
Wendy's, as we refused to stop at McDonald's yet again) to West Knoxville, where we spent the weekend hanging out with the Rice clan! My best friend "Uncle Johnny" is the baseball coach at a high school there, and I had never seen him coach. Knowing how rushed TN weekends always are (and that we normally don't get to see each other since he's got 3 kids), we made some dedicated time to watch his team in a tournament this weekend (we caught 3 games), see his new house (FANTASTIC AND HUGE!), and meet their newest addition - Henry Dean (HD). It was SO MUCH fun - filled with tons of laughs, lots of great stories, and - as per standard - TONS of great food. Beka and Johnny are quite the chefs, and so we had ribs, hash brown casserole, ice cream pie, and deviled eggs. Yes....good...mmmmmmm....
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K meets Henry...and immediate wants to
put her fingers in his mouth... |
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| "I wanna watch the Orange & White game, daddy!" |
On Sunday we stopped on the drive home and met Grammie and Grand Pooh at Perkins for brekkie. It was a quick catch-up, but it was great to see them, and very much an added bonus/nice ending to our TN weekend. I so so so so so SO love getting back home to the Volunteer state, and so it's always great to pack it full of so many friends and family. The weather was phenomenal as well, which definitely helped the experience (we spent a lot of time on Rice's deck - which is AWESOME).
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| The Rice clan strolling with K. |
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| "Take...me out to the baaaaaall game..." |
Lastly, it should be noted that K has yet another nickname - Tinybomb. Taken from the hopped pilsner brewed by the Wise Acre Brewing Company in Memphis, this is the nickname I ascribed to K after watching a couple of feeding sessions where ALL THE FOOD IN AN EIGHT BLOCK RADIUS ended up on the floor around her. It serious looked like a bomb went off in a refrigerator - hence the new name.
Okay, that's all the news for this installment. Chat with you next (Easter) Sunday!
Love,
Sam and Jenny
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