"What we get from this adventure is sheer joy." -George Mallory


Wednesday, December 16, 2009

10 months old!



So... I never got around to doing Kaylin's 9 month post and I'm late with this one. Where does the time go? I feel like someone has pushed the fast forward button on my life these days. I think about writing new posts all the time, but then something else (lesson planning, bottle washing, SLEEP!) takes prescedent and then I get crazy behind. Anyway... here we are!

Kaylin turned 10 months old two weeks ago. I can't believe we'll be celebrating her first birthday in a month and a half. It really blows my mind that my sweet little bundle has grown up so much. She is crawling all over the place and "cruising" holding onto the furniture. She's taken a couple of steps, but hasn't really started walking yet. She has 3 teeth and another 3 are on the way in. I felt so bad for her when she was starting to teeth. There was one night that no matter what we did - Tylenol, Motrin, cold wash cloths, frozen teething rings, teething tablets - she was just miserable. Nothing makes you feel worse than not being able to "fix" your child.


Billy got to spend a lot of time home during November. :) Kaylin and I enjoyed our pancake Sundays!
Kaylin and I had to say goodbye to some wonderful people recently. I got an opportunity to work closer to home so that meant taking Kaylin away from the two women who have been caring for her since she was 6 weeks old. It was such a hard thing to do, but I knew that ultimately it was the right decision for us. I can't thank them enough for taking excellent care of Kaylin and supporting me as a new mom. I miss them so much and hope to see them soon!

Kaylin and Sue

Kaylin and Mireya

Kaylin and her first friend, Samantha

We celebrated Kaylin's first Thanksgiving in south Georgia with Billy's side of the family. Kaylin was sick - she had a fever of 103 for the first couple of days. Poor thing. We were pretty close to taking her to the ER, but the fever finally broke and she started feeling better at the end of our trip.
Getting ready for Christmas!!

Note: Christmas has come and gone and Kaylin turned 11 months old today. Whoops. I'm late again. I'll try to update again soon!