Uncle Graham and Auntie Jess here to visit...but where is Daddy?

Kylie has had a very busy couple days. We had a wonderful visit with my friend Liz and enjoyed meeting her new little bundle of joy, Zachary. Kylie did really well on the car ride home, well she slept for almost 2 hours, which would have been enough to get us home had we not spent an hour in traffic, but none the less we made it back. Kylie came with me to teach my line dance class at the studio on Wednesday. She was not interested in staying with Auntie Melissa the whole time, so I did some of my teaching with a baby on my hip :o) Thursday we went to music class and spent some time cleaning the house and getting daddy ready for his trip this weekend. Uncle Kyle arrived Thursday night and Kylie decided that she wanted to get up and spend some time with him around midnight, silly girl. Friday morning Craig got home from work and he and Kyle packed up and started their drive to SF. Kylie didn't wake up in time to say good bye to her daddy and she did spend a little time walking around the house later that day saying "da da da da."

Kylie and I finished cleaning the house just in time for Uncle Graham and Auntie Jess to arrive. They have not seen Kylie since before Christmas, before she was even crawling! She has changed so much in the past couple months, not only is she mobile, she is talking up a storm. "Yes, No, Mama, Dada, Eyes, Trash, Ouch, Bowwow, Baba" and a few more I can't think of. She also gives very purposeful hugs and kisses, will try to lift your shirt to see your belly button and if you are female, she will try to reach down your shirt to feel your nipple. We had a wonderful BBQ with the family, Kylie showed off all her tricks, including going down a little slide in the backyard and throwing a little fit anytime I was not an arms reach away. She had been a little fussy the past few days, we tried to facetime with Craig this morning, it went well for a couple minutes then she started crying, big tears, she didn't understand why daddy was in the little box and not home. She misses him so much, this evening she asked again, "da da da da?" and when I told her Dada was not here she got very sad and gave me a very long hug and whimpered a little bit. It just breaks my heart, I miss Craig too, we can't wait for him to be home hopefully tomorrow night.

So today Kylie spent some more time with all the family, we had brunch together at Mimi and Papas. It was a hot day today (high 80's) and Kylie got to wear her new dress that Graham and Jess brought her from Thailand. It has an elephant on the front, it's oh so cute. This afternoon Kylie attended a Preggie-Mama self care event with me. I was there taking photos and Kylie did a great job playing while I got some good shots. This evening we all got dressed up and headed to the dance studio for the Spring Showcase. I did not dance in the showcase, but we had a great time watching some of the routines. We made it through the first act and a couple dances of the second act before Kylie yawned, I asked her if she was ready to go home and go nigh-night, she nodded yes, and we were out the door. She seemed to really enjoy watching the show, she tried to get on the dance floor almost every piece, she would dance along with the music and clap at the end, so cute!

Sorry these updates are so long, I should just write more often :o)
-Natalie

Sporty girl in the yoga pants and Giants gear!

First time she has seen a full length mirror (at the hotel during our trip to see Liz). She kept giving herself kisses...

and hugs...

but couldn't figure out why she couldn't walk to where that other baby was.

and after about 30 minutes she was pretty frustrated.

Matt and Craig putting the babies to sleep, what good daddies

Kisses for baby Zachary.

Don't worry, it's empty.

Breastfeeding buddies

Kylie wanted to be part of the family photos shoot.

Bubble time with daddy is so fun!

She was actually able to blow her own little bubble, she is such a smart girl.

Kylie at the Preggie-Mama event, wearing her cute dress from Graham and Jess and enjoying making noise with the shakers.

I remember when we got these PJ's as a gift when she was first born, I just couldn't believe we would have a little one that would actually fit in them and be walking around, and now here she is, it's going by so fast!

On our way home from Liz's house we stopped at Subway, Kylie got her own kids meal and was so proud of her little bag, she carried it all around the store.

We finally got a king size bed! Of course it arrived Thursday when Craig had to work, then he was gone all weekend, so we still haven't slept in it all together yet, but Kylie sure thinks it's fun/

Graham and Jess holding Kylie's hands walking down the street.