Kylie did a good job of putting me to sleep with her tonight, so the blog will have to wait until tomorrow. But there is always time for a quick highlight moment ... Kylie walked all the way down our hall and in to the living room, by herself!! She was walking tord Melissa, who just kept backing up, it was amazing! She still seems to think walking is just a fun game to play, I don't think she realizes she can use her new-found skill to get around faster. I will write a full update of today when I have a min tomorrow :o)
More to come soon,
Natalie
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Kylie May's big day 361
What could make Tuesday morning Barnes and Nobel story time more exciting? When you get to go with your cousin Liam!! That's right, Kylie got to spend time with Liam again this morning and boy did they have fun. After a couple good stories and play time at the train table, we jumped in the car and Kylie took a nap on the way home. This afternoon she spent time with Mimi and Papa, while I cleaned the kitchen, I think she got the better end of that deal ;o) She helped Mimi do a little yard work, and from what I hear, she enjoyed getting dirt everywhere! By the time I came by to get her she was bathed, in a clean outfit and ready for another nap. This evening she played a little bit with Craig before we headed back to my parents for a delicious dinner. Craig headed to work and Kylie decided to practice a little walking. I can't believe her birthday is just a few days away, we are hoping it doesn't rain, it might make it a little hard to have a backyard BBQ :o)
Kylie had her first little taste of whole milk tonight. She has been eating so much lately and we are trying to make sure she is nice and full before bed. She still nurses all the time, but just nursing before bed is not enough to fill her up anymore, so tonight she got a little warm milk with her bedtime snack, she seemed to really like it :o)
More to come soon,
Natalie
p.s. In 4 days our Kylie May turns one year old. We can't believe it. Unfortunately, it also means the winding down of the blog. :-( Since we look forward to sharing it with our little busy bee someday, Nat and I wanted to extend an invitation. There have been so many of you that have read and followed this crazy saga over the last year, and we think it would be fun if you shared some of your thoughts, memories, anecdotes, opinions, or anything else you want, so that one day (when she actually learns to read) she can see the people that watched (in blog land) as her first year of life unfolded. It would be great if you emailed a little something to Nat or I and then we can attach a compilation to her last big blog entry next week. Thanks!
craig.johnson.m@gmail.com
nat.ann.johnson@gmail.com
Kylie had her first little taste of whole milk tonight. She has been eating so much lately and we are trying to make sure she is nice and full before bed. She still nurses all the time, but just nursing before bed is not enough to fill her up anymore, so tonight she got a little warm milk with her bedtime snack, she seemed to really like it :o)
More to come soon,
Natalie
p.s. In 4 days our Kylie May turns one year old. We can't believe it. Unfortunately, it also means the winding down of the blog. :-( Since we look forward to sharing it with our little busy bee someday, Nat and I wanted to extend an invitation. There have been so many of you that have read and followed this crazy saga over the last year, and we think it would be fun if you shared some of your thoughts, memories, anecdotes, opinions, or anything else you want, so that one day (when she actually learns to read) she can see the people that watched (in blog land) as her first year of life unfolded. It would be great if you emailed a little something to Nat or I and then we can attach a compilation to her last big blog entry next week. Thanks!
craig.johnson.m@gmail.com
nat.ann.johnson@gmail.com
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| This is how I found her when I went to bed last night, I think I have seen Craig in this exact same pose ;o) |
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| Story time with Liam |
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| Liam was having so much fun |
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| Kylie enjoyed licking plain yogurt off strawberries for dessert |
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Kylie May's Double (play) Date Day 360
Kylie had a busy morning eating and playing at grandma and grandpas house, followed by a trip to the chiropractor, then home to climb in bed with mommy for a nice, long nap. And that's just what it was, so long in fact, that she missed her Gymboree class (we will go to a make up class on Thursday). When it was finally time to get up, we had more to eat and cleaned the house to get ready for our play date!!! Since today was the first day on spring break for the school district, both Gina and Emily were off and looking for a play date for their little ones. Once Jax (11 months) and Liam (9 months) arrived Kylie realized she was out numbered and asked if we could invite Michelle over (from next door) to even it out. So we did, and just like that Kylie was on her first double (play) date. It was SO fun to have 4 babies here, I hope we get to have another play date with everyone soon :o) The photos say it all...
More to come soon,
Natalie
More to come soon,
Natalie
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| Jax is 11 months and is already walking so well. "Look mom, one hand!" |
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| Michelle - "Between you and me, I'm kinda board." Liam- "Tell me about it." |
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| Babysitter Kylie is holding Michelle, she is 10 months old. Auntie Melissa is holding Liam, 9 months. |
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| Beep, beep, baby crossing. |
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| What's better then one baby? Four babies!!!! |
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| "Come on Liam, I will show you the best dirt for eating." |
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| Kylie born in March, Jackson born in April, Michelle born in May and Liam Born in June. Can we say friends forever! |
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| "Jump in Jax, I know what to do, I push my dolls around all the time." |
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Sunday, March 3, 2013
Kylie May goes and goes Day 359
Nat made the comment this morning that she is "falling more in love with Kylie every day." I would agree. She is getting sweeter, cuter, and more fun by the day. As we laid in bed watching her sleep it was hard for us to believe that she is already so big and has such an in depth personality. I think when we look at her, we both still feel like she should be that little newborn that was born in our kitchen. Not to sound like a broken record (you know. That vinyl thing that spins round and round. Wait. How do I even know what it is?), but, the time has flown by.
Despite our love and amazement with Kylie, Nat and I can't get over one thing. It is exhausting keeping up with her. :-) I'm sure anyone reading this who is a parent is saying, "just wait until you have a second one". Haha. I can't even imagine. I literally felt like I spent the entire day in the kitchen. Every time I turned around she was hungry again, and I was scrounging to throw some food together. Oh. The teenage years will be a treat. Anyone know a personal chef who would be willing to work for, oh.... 2 dollars an hour? I'll keep looking.
In the midst of keeping our tiny tot fed, dry, and rested we had a funny moment. Kylie and I were crawling (yes, both of us) around the backyard, learning how to navigate stairs on our bellies. While doing this, I picked up a stray rubber band that was laying around. I started shooting it up in the air (you know. off my thumb and fore finger), and when it landed Kylie started laughing like she'd seen the funniest thing in the world. Needless to say we repeated this game until she was tired of laughing and my fingers were tired of shooting. Watching her belly laugh like that though, is just another one of those things that makes all the exhaustion wisp away. Thanks for the laughs little monkey May.
more to come soon,
Craig
Despite our love and amazement with Kylie, Nat and I can't get over one thing. It is exhausting keeping up with her. :-) I'm sure anyone reading this who is a parent is saying, "just wait until you have a second one". Haha. I can't even imagine. I literally felt like I spent the entire day in the kitchen. Every time I turned around she was hungry again, and I was scrounging to throw some food together. Oh. The teenage years will be a treat. Anyone know a personal chef who would be willing to work for, oh.... 2 dollars an hour? I'll keep looking.
In the midst of keeping our tiny tot fed, dry, and rested we had a funny moment. Kylie and I were crawling (yes, both of us) around the backyard, learning how to navigate stairs on our bellies. While doing this, I picked up a stray rubber band that was laying around. I started shooting it up in the air (you know. off my thumb and fore finger), and when it landed Kylie started laughing like she'd seen the funniest thing in the world. Needless to say we repeated this game until she was tired of laughing and my fingers were tired of shooting. Watching her belly laugh like that though, is just another one of those things that makes all the exhaustion wisp away. Thanks for the laughs little monkey May.
more to come soon,
Craig
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Kylie May Tackles the Mountain Day 358
What do Everest, Kilimanjaro, and Whitney all have in common? Yeah. I know. They are all fairly tall mountains. What about besides that? Yeah. Yeah. Kylie has climbed them all....that's another easy one. What else? Fine. I'll give it away. The common thread is that none of those three ant hills were the one billy goat may ascended today. Which one did she climb then? I'm sure you've heard of it. It's called Mountain View (okay so maybe that's just the street name and I haven't the slightest idea what the hill is called). Inspired by Frodo or Bilbo (pick your favorite), our little hobbit scaled Mordor (I mean Mountain View) like a swarm of Dementors (Yes. I just mixed Lord of the Rings with Harry Potter) was hot on her heels. Seated comfortably in her back pack, she watched as all 8 dogs (did I mention we went with a group of 9 people and 8 dogs) raced around every turn. Kylie loved being part of the pack. One thing we learned, (actually re-learned) is that Kylie is a doer not a watcher. After 15 minutes of hiking in the pack she decided she was ready to scale the trail on her own two feet (while holding Nat and my hands....of course). It meant a little extra effort on our part, but it gave her a nice workout. The whole escapade required backpacking, shoulder riding, carrying, walking, and nursing to get to the bottom, but I'd say Kylie's first hike was a smashing success.
Since man does not live on hiking alone (or something like that), we had to find other interesting things to fill the day. Nat was busy sleeping off the "night shift fog", so that left me in charge of entertaining Kylie. A dangerous thought? Sometimes. Let's see. I couldn't find any crickets, there was no food to cook, we read all her books, so...
I only had one good idea (self designated) left. Play outside in the dirt. In hindsight was it my best idea? I'd like to think it was up there. :-) She did end up with clothes covered in mud and a mouthful of dirt (ok. maybe it was more than one), but lets keep some perspective. She had a blast, and that's what really matters. Plus, I was able to get the yard work done. That is a good new fashioned win-win.
Needless to say Kylie was spent, which meant a good day of napping. She didn't go down for the night though without trying a few new foods (none of which she liked very much). She got to try tomato, plums, black olive, and kale. Of the four, only the plum and olives actually got swallowed. The kale and tomato lasted on her tongue for about a microsecond before coming right back out. What a surprise, right? the sweet and salty foods were the two that she enjoyed. I guess we'll just keep working on refining the palate....but not tonight.
more to come soon,
Craig
p.s. A week from today our Kylie May turns one year old. We can't believe it. Unfortunately, it also means the winding down of the blog. :-( Since we look forward to sharing it with our little busy bee someday, Nat and I wanted to extend an invitation. There have been so many of you that have read and followed this crazy saga over the last year, and we think it would be fun if you shared some of your thoughts, memories, anecdotes, opinions, or anything else you want, so that one day (when she actually learns to read) she can see who the people were that watched (in blog land) as her first year of life unfolded. It would be great if you emailed a little something to Nat or I and then we can attach a compilation to her last big blog entry next week. Thanks!
craig.johnson.m@gmail.com
nat.ann.johnson@gmail.com
Since man does not live on hiking alone (or something like that), we had to find other interesting things to fill the day. Nat was busy sleeping off the "night shift fog", so that left me in charge of entertaining Kylie. A dangerous thought? Sometimes. Let's see. I couldn't find any crickets, there was no food to cook, we read all her books, so...
I only had one good idea (self designated) left. Play outside in the dirt. In hindsight was it my best idea? I'd like to think it was up there. :-) She did end up with clothes covered in mud and a mouthful of dirt (ok. maybe it was more than one), but lets keep some perspective. She had a blast, and that's what really matters. Plus, I was able to get the yard work done. That is a good new fashioned win-win.
Needless to say Kylie was spent, which meant a good day of napping. She didn't go down for the night though without trying a few new foods (none of which she liked very much). She got to try tomato, plums, black olive, and kale. Of the four, only the plum and olives actually got swallowed. The kale and tomato lasted on her tongue for about a microsecond before coming right back out. What a surprise, right? the sweet and salty foods were the two that she enjoyed. I guess we'll just keep working on refining the palate....but not tonight.
more to come soon,
Craig
p.s. A week from today our Kylie May turns one year old. We can't believe it. Unfortunately, it also means the winding down of the blog. :-( Since we look forward to sharing it with our little busy bee someday, Nat and I wanted to extend an invitation. There have been so many of you that have read and followed this crazy saga over the last year, and we think it would be fun if you shared some of your thoughts, memories, anecdotes, opinions, or anything else you want, so that one day (when she actually learns to read) she can see who the people were that watched (in blog land) as her first year of life unfolded. It would be great if you emailed a little something to Nat or I and then we can attach a compilation to her last big blog entry next week. Thanks!
craig.johnson.m@gmail.com
nat.ann.johnson@gmail.com
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| "Let's go mom. I'll drag you if I have to" |
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| "I'm pretty sure the trail picks up again somewhere around here." |
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| "Is it just me or does this picture make me look really small compared to my parents?" |
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| "This is why I came. The view from the top." |
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| "Don't worry dad. I'll be right here behind you if you need anything." |
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| "Dad. Sshh. I think we're being followed." |
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| "Quick. Catch those dogs." |
Friday, March 1, 2013
Kylie May Hangs Out With the Neighborhood Day 357
It's nice to live in a place where you feel safe with the neighbors. When Kylie was first born and we lived in the hood of South Central Los Angeles that was scary. Now that we live here in Redlands though....whewww!....it's so much friendlier.
We did a tour of sorts this morning. First stop. Uta (and her little dog too). She was sitting on her front porch (so was her dog) so we decided to stop by and say hi to her "bow wow". Half an hour later when Papa Gene walked up Kylie was still laughing at the puppy as it tried to lick her face.
Stop two: Papa and Mimi's. Grandma Carol took Kylie over for some morning play/nap time while we worked on getting the back yard all cleaned up (who knew a bunch of dirt could require so much attention).
Stop three: Matt and Undy's house next door to see Michele, Sarah, big Kylie (their nanny), and Grandpa Ron (Matt's dad). Only a little stop over to say hi, but later Ron stopped by with Michele so Kylie and her could have a little front yard play time.
Stop four: The neighbors on the corner (Jare, Sai, Zane, and Izzy). For this one, our little slugger threw a baseball around (yes a real one), watched the big boys play catch, hit whiffle balls, and ride their bikes). Little May flower was pretty determined to be involved with anything ball related. How determined? Well she screamed every time someone other than her decided to hold the ball for longer than a nano second. As soon as they gave the ball back? Nothing but smiles.
Stop five: Lance and his rototiller. We are trying to level out all the dirt in our back yard, and we knew our neighbor right behind us has a twelve year old son who loves to rototill, so.....we asked for some help. Help came, and his name is Lance. He (and his parents) came over for a little while to till up some land. Lance and Kylie are buddies, but unfortunately, our little social butterfly happened to conk out before this last encounter. She was, however, pretty excited (at least we like to think she was) when she found out that the roto master was over for a while.
Needless to say the neighborhood crawl lasted from Kylie up to Kylie down, which means I get to watch a tired little pumpkin tonight while Nat works. We did do one "Nat unapproved" thing tonight, and I'm going out on a limb by writing it. The water was running and the bath was almost ready when we saw it. A cricket, and it was hopping around OUR bathroom. I wanted to see how Kylie would respond to the little jumper so I picked it up and put it down next to her. Was she scared? Did she scream and hide? No chance! She looked at me with a "Dad is this for real" kind of way, smiled, and started chasing the little guy. She actually picked him up twice, before he managed to hop to the safety of a corner. Had the bath not intervened, the little biologist might still be crawling all over this house chasing her jumping buddy.
The night is still young, but I'm getting old so off to bed I go.
More to come soon,
Craig
We did a tour of sorts this morning. First stop. Uta (and her little dog too). She was sitting on her front porch (so was her dog) so we decided to stop by and say hi to her "bow wow". Half an hour later when Papa Gene walked up Kylie was still laughing at the puppy as it tried to lick her face.
Stop two: Papa and Mimi's. Grandma Carol took Kylie over for some morning play/nap time while we worked on getting the back yard all cleaned up (who knew a bunch of dirt could require so much attention).
Stop three: Matt and Undy's house next door to see Michele, Sarah, big Kylie (their nanny), and Grandpa Ron (Matt's dad). Only a little stop over to say hi, but later Ron stopped by with Michele so Kylie and her could have a little front yard play time.
Stop four: The neighbors on the corner (Jare, Sai, Zane, and Izzy). For this one, our little slugger threw a baseball around (yes a real one), watched the big boys play catch, hit whiffle balls, and ride their bikes). Little May flower was pretty determined to be involved with anything ball related. How determined? Well she screamed every time someone other than her decided to hold the ball for longer than a nano second. As soon as they gave the ball back? Nothing but smiles.
Stop five: Lance and his rototiller. We are trying to level out all the dirt in our back yard, and we knew our neighbor right behind us has a twelve year old son who loves to rototill, so.....we asked for some help. Help came, and his name is Lance. He (and his parents) came over for a little while to till up some land. Lance and Kylie are buddies, but unfortunately, our little social butterfly happened to conk out before this last encounter. She was, however, pretty excited (at least we like to think she was) when she found out that the roto master was over for a while.
Needless to say the neighborhood crawl lasted from Kylie up to Kylie down, which means I get to watch a tired little pumpkin tonight while Nat works. We did do one "Nat unapproved" thing tonight, and I'm going out on a limb by writing it. The water was running and the bath was almost ready when we saw it. A cricket, and it was hopping around OUR bathroom. I wanted to see how Kylie would respond to the little jumper so I picked it up and put it down next to her. Was she scared? Did she scream and hide? No chance! She looked at me with a "Dad is this for real" kind of way, smiled, and started chasing the little guy. She actually picked him up twice, before he managed to hop to the safety of a corner. Had the bath not intervened, the little biologist might still be crawling all over this house chasing her jumping buddy.
The night is still young, but I'm getting old so off to bed I go.
More to come soon,
Craig
Kylie May's First Music Class day 356
As if starting new Gymboree class wasn't enough this week, Kylie also started a music class at the University of Redlands. So her and I got up and out the door this morning to join one other little boy (Zander), his mommy and the teacher Teresa. The class was about 35 minutes long and included singing, clapping and playing with some percussion instruments (shakers, bells, wooden sticks). Kylie was not so sure about the new environment at first, but in no time at all she was smiling and hitting her wooden sticks together, having a great time, until Miss Teresa needed to put them away, then Kylie threw a little fit. The fit was over as soon as she realized that the next percussion instrument was on its way over :o) The class will go for another 10 weeks (I think), so I am excited to see how she does once she gets in the routine. She enjoys music and movement so much that I think she is going to have a great time.
This afternoon we enjoyed the beautiful weather (75 degrees) while we played outside and took a walk. Kylie took a nice long nap and when she woke up Auntie Melissa came down to play. Kylie decided that it was time to practice her new walking skills in the living room, so what did we do? We woke up Craig! (Luckily he was about to get up anyway) So Kylie practiced walking between the three of us, her max was about 12 steps (of course we didn't get it on video :o( but we did capture a few other attempts). Then we headed out for a family trip to Lowes for some supplies for Kylies birthday, then to downtown Redlands for a quick little visit to the dance studio. We made it home and Kylie and I played while daddy made an amazing dinner. Tonight Kylie had fish (which she loves), sweet potatoes and peas (whole peas, she loves picking them up and poppin them in). She ate so much, all that walking must be burning extra calories. She took a bath then we all settled in for a bed time story and sleepy time...oh wait, did the front door just open...Auntie Melissa is home? Up pops Kylie's little head, she squeals and tries to crawl off the bed ASAP. So much for bed time, so we all get up and spent some family time in the living room, Kylie had a late night snack, then back to bed. She still falls asleep nursing (doing her gymNURSEtics most of the time), but eventually I am able to sneak away and attend to the house and blog. Tonight she was not so found of me trying to sneak away and Craig had decided to "rest" with us while I was nursing her to sleep. He was out within seconds of his head hitting the pillow :o) So I finally got away, woke up Craig so he could get ready for bed and now that the blog is almost done, I am contemplating whether or not I have the energy to clean this house, it might just have to wait until tomorrow, it's not every night that I get to snuggle both the loves of my life :o)
More to come soon,
Natalie
P.S. I was thinking about this time last year, I was already two days past my due date and secretly hoping the baby would come on leap year. Deep down I could tell I was not ready to go in to labor yet, I was still to comfortable, but who would have known it would still be 10 days. Our friends Jon and Raquel are due March 6th, it would be fun if Kylie had a birthday buddy, but my guess is that baby Alexander may continue to cook a little longer, first babies tend to do that :o)
Kylie eating yesterday...
This afternoon we enjoyed the beautiful weather (75 degrees) while we played outside and took a walk. Kylie took a nice long nap and when she woke up Auntie Melissa came down to play. Kylie decided that it was time to practice her new walking skills in the living room, so what did we do? We woke up Craig! (Luckily he was about to get up anyway) So Kylie practiced walking between the three of us, her max was about 12 steps (of course we didn't get it on video :o( but we did capture a few other attempts). Then we headed out for a family trip to Lowes for some supplies for Kylies birthday, then to downtown Redlands for a quick little visit to the dance studio. We made it home and Kylie and I played while daddy made an amazing dinner. Tonight Kylie had fish (which she loves), sweet potatoes and peas (whole peas, she loves picking them up and poppin them in). She ate so much, all that walking must be burning extra calories. She took a bath then we all settled in for a bed time story and sleepy time...oh wait, did the front door just open...Auntie Melissa is home? Up pops Kylie's little head, she squeals and tries to crawl off the bed ASAP. So much for bed time, so we all get up and spent some family time in the living room, Kylie had a late night snack, then back to bed. She still falls asleep nursing (doing her gymNURSEtics most of the time), but eventually I am able to sneak away and attend to the house and blog. Tonight she was not so found of me trying to sneak away and Craig had decided to "rest" with us while I was nursing her to sleep. He was out within seconds of his head hitting the pillow :o) So I finally got away, woke up Craig so he could get ready for bed and now that the blog is almost done, I am contemplating whether or not I have the energy to clean this house, it might just have to wait until tomorrow, it's not every night that I get to snuggle both the loves of my life :o)
More to come soon,
Natalie
P.S. I was thinking about this time last year, I was already two days past my due date and secretly hoping the baby would come on leap year. Deep down I could tell I was not ready to go in to labor yet, I was still to comfortable, but who would have known it would still be 10 days. Our friends Jon and Raquel are due March 6th, it would be fun if Kylie had a birthday buddy, but my guess is that baby Alexander may continue to cook a little longer, first babies tend to do that :o)
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| Yesterday Kylie got to push a new toy at the Great-Grandparents house, she also got to meet a new baby doll, and she loved it! |
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| Sitting at the University of Redlands after her first music class (she is holding her "purse" over her shoulder). |
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| We got to see Michelle for a moment today, Kylie is very in to giving hugs. Kylie hugged Michelle and the babysitter (also named Kylie) multiple times, she even gave a few prolonged hugs where she rested her head on Michelle's shoulder, Michelle was not thrilled, but seemed to tolerate Kylie :o) |
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| Michelle is 9 months old, both these girls are going to be tall, we might need to start a neighborhood volleyball team :o) |
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| Kylie also pulled at her outfit as if to say "Ya I think I would like to borrow this." |
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