EASTER TOT SCHOOL

This is a picture of the Easter Cake Morgan helped me make for our Easter dinner! To see what other Easter activities we did the last few weeks, you can go HERE to our Tot School blog!

MORE ON KELSEY...

Well, she is officially crawling.....all over the place! She is 3 months ahead of when Morgan started crawling. We're working on "that's a no" and "not for Kelsey" but since she is younger than Morgan was when we worked on it with her, she isn't catching on as quickly! :)

At her 9 month appointment, Kelsey weighed 18 lbs 14 oz (49.5%) and was 29.75 inches (97.85%). We got the okay to try to introduce small amounts of dairy, and so far she has LOVED the little bits of YoBaby yogurt she gets each morning. And so far, no reactions whatsoever. Yea! I've also been giving her small bits of "table food" such as tiny pieces of waffle, crackers, etc. She loves that as well. She now has 6 teeth, and looks to be getting at least one more.

Yeah, can you tell she is teething? :) Because of this....

...her crib now looks like this! Thank goodness for Amazon Prime that delivered these crib rail guards in less than two days! :)

EASTER 2012

Our first Easter as a family of four!

Mommy and Kelsey (9 months)

Daddy and Morgan (3.5 years old)

She loves to clap for herself! :)

The cousins on the Hart side.

My two precious girlies!

Morgan loved hunting for those eggs!

"Look! I see one!"

Showing off their "loot."

Kelsey wasn't in on the hunt, but she still enjoyed playing with the eggs once the older kids took out all the prizes.

Happy Easter!

KELSEY 9 MONTHS

I can't believe my baby is 9 months old already. She is definitely developing her personality, and it is so fun to hear her babble and talk to us! I love this age!

She has her 9 month appointment on Tuesday, so I don't have any recent stats yet. But she has changed so much over the last month! She really IS starting to get some hair, even though it's still hard to tell in pictures. Her baby fluff definitely has red tints to it! She holds her bottle now on her own, which is so nice, and I no longer am putting rice cereal in them except at night. She doesn't even wear a bib anymore! Our specialist said we don't have to go back anymore, and that we can start weaning off the Prevacid whenever we feel ready. But I'm going to wait and talk to our pediatrician, too, before I do anything.

Kelsey is really "talking" a lot, and loves to hear her own voice. :) She says "mama" and "uh-oh" pretty clearly, and I have caught on that she says the same sounds (uck) whenever we go to her room to read her books or when she sees one of her books. We are teaching her signs, too, such as more, bottle, please, thank you, mommy, daddy, sister. Every once in a while she'll sign "more" or "bottle."

Another big accomplishment this month: She takes her naps now with her arms out of the swaddle! Yea! As the weather gets warmer, I'm hoping to soon drop the whole swaddle altogether. I haven't attempted night time yet, but will soon.

I keep think she'll start crawling any day now. She definitely knows how to get around, though, by scooting or rolling. She'll try to crawl even, but just keep scooting herself backwards instead. Gone are the days when I could set her down in the Living Room on a blanket with toys and go to the laundry room for a minute or into the kitchen. :) She DOES know how to sit back up from a laying down position, though, all by herself. I guess it's time to lower the crib mattress!

We love our little Kelsey Faith! What a precious gift she is to our family!


Oh, and yes, this was planned. I gave her some rainbow colored cooked spaghetti (on purpose) for some fun sensory play. I was right there by her the whole time, and she only tried to put it in her mouth once. She really loved the feel of the noodles between her fingers! :)