Accessories and Tricks

Kaelyn has been very productive this summer. Below are a few of the things she's been doing.

A girls got to have her accessories, right?

She got her ears pierced for her birthday.

Mom's had fun painting her toenails

Glasses - she's not too excited about them, but I'm sure that will change when she realizes she can see better. People ask how we keep them on her...we don't. If we're not holding her hands, she's taking them off, and then banging them around. Thank goodness for the 1 year warranty on them, I'm sure we'll be using it. We also get asked a lot about how they knew she needed them. I'm not exactly sure but they dilated her eyes, and then held different lenses up to her eye, and based on how her eyes reacted to them, he saw she was near sighted.

Now to the tricks

Kaelyn has been figuring out this sitting up business. She sat up for five minute sessions a couple times while her mom did Yoga the other day. It must have been a fun sight to see so she didn't want to miss any of it. Notice the boppy behind her to help out when she tires out.

"Look at me, I'm a champ

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"You want some of this?"

Smiling for the camera

And last but not least, the newest daddy/daughter circus act.

Summer Time

Kaelyn and I have been taking advantage of the warm summer weather. We've been hitting the pool at least once a week. She was really enjoying it yesterday. We went to the pool with the big slide with our cousins and had a great time.

Ouch that sun was making it really difficult to smile for the picture

Kaelyn its safe to open your eyes now, you're in the shade

Kaelyn dressed up in her Baseball watching gear.

We had a good time watching Carson and Jackson tear it up on the tee ball field.

Birthday Girl

Of course Kaelyn had to match her cake and decorations.

Blowing out the candle. (She might have had a little help from mom)

Wayne and the kids helping her open her presents.

Kaelyn's Birthday Cake

The middle layer had a Oreo frosting filling

I made Marshmallow Fondunt to cover her cake, it wasn't

too hard, but took quite a while to do it all.

Kaelyn didn't eat any of her cake, but she had a taste of the cookies and cream ice cream.

She wasn't quite sure about it ;)

Kaelyns 1st, of many, trips out on Grandpa's Boat

"This green thing is eating my head!"

In a years time...

Kaelyn has grown from 1 lb 11 oz, 13 inches long to 14 lbs 8 oz 26 inches long

(and went from the length of 2 spoons to the length of at least 5 spoons)

Dad's wedding ring went from fitting around her wrist to barely fitting around 2 fingers

She went from sporting this little number as a beanie to wearing it as her birthday party hat!

*Birthday party post to follow.

2 New Joys

So, this past week we have discovered two new things about Kaelyn. First, she loves swimming. Second, she has the cutest giggles in the whole wide world. We were up in Midway for a work retreat at the beginning of the week and took Kaelyn swimming for her first time. She has always enjoyed bath time so we figured she would like swimming as well. No doubt about it, she had tons of fun, as you can see in the video below.

(The scream at the end is her happy scream. You'll see another one in the next video)

Second, I was just playing around with her the past couple of days. We have a new trick where she actually gets excited for me to start kissing her cheeks. It's been a lot of fun and then today she did this. We almost died because of how cute it was.

(the very best giggle is at 1:00)

Kaelyn has an announcement...

NO MORE OXYGEN!

She's been off the stuff for FIVE days now, and couldn't be happier. Her mom and dad better start lifting weights now that they don't have to lug the tank everywhere they go.

Become as a little child

Kaelyn posing for her first "Glamour Shot"

(taken by Max's mom Kristin)

Last Sunday we took Kaelyn with us to Stake Conference. Now that its warming up and most of the bugs are passed, we feel like she can come with us to church now. I've been waiting along time for these days. (When I was a kid and would lay my head on my mom's lap during church, I would dream of the days I had a little one and could bring a blankly and treats to church) A couple rows in front of us I noticed a cute little girl, around five years old was watching Kaelyn for most of the 2 hour meeting. As the meeting was coming close to ending I noticed she was telling her mom about Kaelyn and her mom took a quick peek and smiled. Next the little girl was asking her mom about the stickers and oxygen tubes on Kaelyn's face.

When I saw her doing that my heart sunk a little. The thought came to me. "that must be why she was staring at Kaelyn so much." I was a little let down, but moved on quickly and kind of forgot about it. Of course this little girl proved me wrong. Right after the meeting she came back to me and said, "You're little baby is so pretty", then she shyly went back to her mom after I said thank you. I was awestruck, I can't tell you how good that made me feel. It proved to me that we do need to be more like little children. Yes, they are going to have questions about Kaelyn, and that is okay, they aren't trying to be mean or point out what's different about her. Most the time they genuinely want to learn, and what a great opportunity to teach them. But just like the little girl on Sunday, they will end up teaching us.

I just love this picture of her, check out the new hairstyle she has been sporting this week ;)

(Picture also taken by Max's mom - @ our fun play date)

Kaelyn's first ride on the Carousal at the zoo.