Packers Fan Fest

Last weekend the family travelled to Green Bay, WI for the 2009 Packers Fan Fest. It was Friday afternoon through Saturday.

We had a blast, it was very well organized and a well run event. Kaiya was, as usual (knocking on wood) a great baby and she enjoyed every minute of it. We got her a small pink helmet and she got 4 autographs on it!!

Josh received a meet & greet with James Jones, Kaiya was very interested in what he had to say!

We toured the locker room - when we were in the weight room, McCarthy came in for a bit!!

Kaiya did take a couple naps for me in her stroller. She had to have her foot up on the stroller tray, I would put it down and she would put it right back up - had to take a picture - too cute!!

The teeth

Here is a new pic of Kaiya (with a funny smile) but you can see her two teeth on the bottom if you look really close! She used them on me the other day - NOT fun - I wanted to get out the bitter apple!!

Who's that baby?

My mom founda picture of me when I was 6 months old - I think Kaiya and I look a lot alike at 6 months!!!

We found one we think of Josh as 6 months - some features I can see of his - but I think more so like me! What do you guys think?

Random Videos

Kaiya has discovered a new musical instrument and she loves playing it since it makes such a unique noise.



She just mastered today (first time I saw her do it) rolling from her tummy to her back. If you remember from a previous post, I stated Kaiya first mastered rolling from her back to her tummy - so now she has it both ways! She is also on her way to crawling, she is getting frustrated I think when on her belly. In the video you will see her go up on her knees a bit (and my excitement cause I haven't seen her do that on her own!!). She is also coming up with her own way of moving - rolling to one side, bringing the leg up - rolling to the other side - bringing the leg up. She is SO FUN to watch and grow - she changes daily!

6-month Checkup

Well, last week Friday we had our 6-month Checkup and all went really well!

Kaiya is still in the 70th Percentile for her height and weight, which she has been all along, and 80 for her head...apparently she has a big head!! Although if you ask my mom, she would disagree because most of the hats she has knitted for her don't fit her, they are too big! Though the one in the picture does fit her just right.

She is now 16lbs 7oz and 26" long. She is growing like a weed!! The doctor said she is advanced in her eating skills, just in the fact that she has eaten Stage 2 type foods already and is getting 3 feedings of cereal a day.

I have been pretty good about making food for Kaiya vs. using store bought food, much cheaper!! So far she has tasted Green Beans (hates them), Peas (hates them), Pears (likes them), Sweet Potatoes (likes them), Carrots (likes them) and Banannas (likes them). So, based on her likes and dislikes, I say we might have an orange child on our hands! I heard from my parents neighbor the other day that one of her kids liked squash, sweet potatoes and carrots so much that they actually turned orange!! Yikes!! Kaiya, you better start eating the green veggies to even out the skin tone!

She also has 2 teeth now!! She started getting her first tooth right around the 6th month mark and the second tooth came in right after the first one arrived! So she has two teeth on the bottom and really, not much crabbiness to show for it!! She took it like a champ, which she seems to do with a lot of things. She really isn't a fussy baby, her shots, she cried for all of 15 seconds and then was done. The nurse even said, "come on, is that all you got, most babies cry much more than that!" When her teeth were coming in, I didn't even know it until Tiffany pointed it out to us, there was no fussing, no crabbing, nothing! We have a tough little girl on our hands!

Photography

Here is a link to a great new blog by a great photographer who has a great subject to take pictures of :) Enjoy the pictures!

Wiggle Wiggle Photography

The name comes from a dance move Kaiya has called the "Wiggle Wiggle"

The Many Faces of Kaiya Jo

Kaiya is doing pretty good on solid foods - we have done rice cereal and just started oatmeal recently. This past week we also added some peas to her cereal (she was not a fan of them) and this week now doing banannas, she seems to like them more. Here are some faces of Kaiya eating her cereal and peas.

Kaiya had her friend Lilah over for a SuperBowl Party this weekend - she was very interested in the other baby in the house. Lilah is my friends baby, she is 2 months younger than Kaiya.

The cutest picture EVER

I just realized I haven't posted this picture on our blog yet - I love this picture of Kaiya, taken by Tiffany. Could her smile GET any bigger!?

Updates

Updates on Kaiya and Mommy

Well, I am knocking on wood as I type this, but Kaiya has been back to sleeping through the night!! Literally, the day Tiffany added a morning feeding of cereal (getting her to 3 a day) she slept through the night that night!! So we are at 3 feedings of rice cereal a day and 5 bottles - 2 bigger ones in the morning and evening and smaller during the day when she is getting the cereal and this seems to be the magic that was needed to get her back to sleeping at night. In a couple weeks we are going to start adding fruits/veggies to her meals!! I wanted to wait a full month of the rice cereal before starting the other options, we aren't in a rush. So until the next hurdle..teething probably...we are back to sleeping through the night and I couldn't be happier!



She is doing a wonderful job at sitting up on her own, she is a pro. We still have tumbles every once in awhile but she is pretty good for the most part, she sits and plays. She is also getting herself geared up for crawling!!!!! She will be on her tummy and rocking her pelvis up. She seems to do it more when she is naked, as I believe she can move easier than without a clunky diaper/pants. Here is a video of her, we have another one that has more but she is naked, and I didn't want to post that on the web. But you can see in this one her hip movement to try to get going with crawling...



Brewers on Deck

We really are lucky - Kaiya is a great baby, she rarely is fussy and when she is, there usually is a reason for it. Today, we went to Brewers on Deck at the Midwest Airlines Center downtown. It started off on a very rocky start (long, long, long lines) but after we actually got into the event, it went much better. Josh got some autographs, we got a family picture with Jeff Suppan (pitcher) and just walked around. Kaiya was GREAT, she slept for a lot of it, but when we did wake her up to get the picture then she was a smiley, happy baby! She loved looking at all the people and giving them big smiles!! She is a very smiley baby.

We have it - rolling over video!

So as I said before, Kaiya likes to do things the hard way - she has mastered rolling from her back to her tummy - hasn't masterd from her tummy to her back. She is also doing pretty well sitting up on her own - still topples over but is getting better every day! Here is some video Josh and I got tonight of her rolling over and sitting up. We had to turn the light off on the camera as she would just stare at the light vs. roll over!! So the video is a little dark.