Saturday, October 27, 2007
Everything goes into the mouth. She loves the pop-out figures from the bath books. The one she's got a hold of is "Fairy Princess" from the Princess Shapes book
Hitting The Sauce
Apparantly someone is starting early. Of course, she's not allowed to have any - we'll just train her to open the bottles for her mum and dad!
p.s. that's Gerry in the background, he and Alison came over for a visit.
I Like This Thing With All the Colorful Buttons
Just one more person I have to fight over the remote with!
Pumpkin Picking!
Monday, October 22, 2007
This weekend we drove to Sweet Berry Farms (don't you love the name?) for pumpkin picking. We had a great time and Kyla really seemed to enjoy it. Not the pumpkins mind you, she could have left those, but the goats and horses were a bit hit! We spent a couple of hours at the farm eating the food, petting the animals, taking pictures and of course getting our Halloween pumpkins. Which I can't wait to carve with our new carving kit! They have so many arts/crafts and other things for kids to do and I can't wait to bring Kyla back when she is older.
Funny Girl
Every night before her bath, Kyla likes to look at herself in the mirror. Tonight she decided to sit down and scooch herself into the sink. Kyla thought it was hysterical when she figured out how to turn on the water (picture 3). I think she could have happily taken her bath in the sink!
p.s. Is that the cutest baby bum ever?!
I Love My Fur-Friends
Friday, October 12, 2007
Kyla just loves the Nobu, Gimu and Lumpy - although I'm pretty sure it's not mutual yet. Her eyes light up whenever they are around and she just wants to touch them all the time. Since Ky hasn't learned the fine art of petting (or clapping for the Scottish folks), she ends up just grabbing hunks of their fur (hence the non-reciprocating love). When she's a bit older we'll be able to teach her to be gentle, so for right now she only gets supervised visits.
Stupid Baby Tricks
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Not exactly sure how to explain this picture, but it's absolutely priceless! Kyla has these bath finger puppets (this one is the alligator) and she loves to put them in her mouth, chew on them and suck out the water (gross, I know). Well she figured out the other day, that she can keep the puppet in her mouth without having to use her hands. This leaves her hands free for other things. Ahhhh, our little girl has learned to multi-task!
Strollin' Through Grand Oaks
Monday, October 8, 2007
Although it's been fairly hot here in Austin (where is autumn again?), we try to get out for a daily stroll with Kyla and Nobu. We hit the trail around Grand Oaks which has been newly redone and runs behind the houses. It's a lovely walk, and a good workout (1.25 miles).
We LOVE our Bugaboo stroller (thanks mum and dad!) and we got a special sun canopy and shade. It has UV protection and basically surrounds Kyla entirely to protect her sensitive skin from this blazing Texas sun. Plus it's pink, so it's very pretty! When the sun protection is in place, she just sits back and chews on the seat straps (hours of entertainment) or plays with "Pip" one of her crinkly stuffed bugs that straps on to the center bar (the other two bugs hang on her car seat). When we go through the "forest" areas of the trail, we take down the canopy and Kyla gets her nature fix. She really enjoys looking at the trees, bushes or just Nobu walking along beside the stroller.
Look Ma - I'm Sitting
Friday, October 5, 2007
Miss Kyla is getting to be such a big girl - she can actually sit up for short periods of time now. She has to hold herself up using her hands still, but her balance is getting much better. Now all she wants to do is sit-up and try to grab for things. She's got some serious "abs of steel"!
Outfit of the Day
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Since John has been home taking care of Kyla, he sends me an "Outfit of the Day" picture at work so I can see how Ky is dressed. This basically stems from the first picture he sent me the day I went back to work from maternity leave. Our daughter has hundreds of dollars of adorable clothes in her closet - and what did he chose that day, but a plain white onesie - usually reserved for wearing underneath the cute clothes. We had quite a laugh about it and girls vs. boys (i.e. cute vs. comfort or easibility for dads changing diapers) and now it's become the "Outfit of the Day" email. I can't tell you how much I look forward to those emails everyday since I miss my little girl so much when I'm at work. John knows if I don't have one by 11am I call to make sure everything is alright at home!
Anyway, today's was particularity darling, so I wanted to share with everyone. Our little girl is getting quite the personality.
Found My Feet
Kyla has suddenly taken an interest in her feet - at least the right one. Here is a picture from her day with John