My Pregnancy Journal: Kalia : 26 months

This past month was a big one for Kalia. She's :

still as goofy as ever, and has taken up this silly, and slightly annoying :-), new obsession with jumping and running around in "just her hiney". Sans diaper. She's
done a ton of jumping on her trampoline, playing soccer with Kodi, and running around our backyard naked.
likes to try to drink hose water. When it goes in that fast, the rear end isn't so fun!!
has started not being so shy around other kids. She likes to play around them now, and has a few friends.
was super excited about the 4th of July and the fireworks that the neighbors across the street put on for her before she went to bed. She thought they were great! It also made her warm up to the little boy across the street and actually run around and play and be silly with him - woo hoo!!
went on her first trip back to Florida, and man oh man, it was a whirwind of a trip! We went to Tampa for Ashleigh's baby shower and stayed with Amy and her little friend Reese for Friday night and Saturday and went and saw our old neighborhood and Nancy and Bob. Sunday evening we drove to Melbourne and hung out with Aunt Jennifer and her crew, and then Monday hung out with Grandpa and Grandma Drago, and Tuesday hung out with Grandma and Grandpa Taggart and went swimming all morning, then picked up Shyanne from school, and met Gma and Gpa Drago at the park with Aunt Jenn's crew and a bunch of other family members. She was so tired by the end of the day! Wednesday we headed back to Tampa and left from there on Sunday morning. She had a great time hanging out with her friends and family and really enjoyed herself! She is a great little traveler, she just won't sleep in a plane or car still. Boo! But at least she stays happy!
went to the beach with the Wells's and Berland's and had an amazing time. We all miss the beach!
has started attending these little Home Depot workshops the first Saturday of the month with her Daddy. She built a truck and painted it and thought it was the greatest thing in the entire world. We will drive by a Home Depot and she will say "that's Home Depot!!! I want to GO!!!" Chris actually lets her use the hammer and everything!
started swimming about 10 feet all on her own. She jumps in and swims to us and picks up her head. Sometimes she'll pick up her head in the middle, but she forgets to breathe. One thing at a time! She looks so cute swimming because even though she's a giant, she's still so little! All the kids line up to watch her in the beach club and she LOVES the attention she gets!
and the biggest thing this month...Kalia graduated to a big girl bed the day after we got back from our Florida trip!! I knew it was coming, but was surprised it was already! I had ordered a new sheet set and a few blankets and new jammers for her to be excited about graduating to the big girl bed before we left for Florida, and it luckily arrived the day we had to transition her. She had occasionally been putting her foot at the top, but always put it back down and slept amazingly in a pack n play while we were in Florida. She got to the top of her crib and fell out and landed flat on her face. After a complete freak out, I rocked her to sleep and put her to sleep in her crib for that nap, and then after naptime we practiced sleeping in her big girl bed and moved in in there and she was really excited about it, and did amazing the first night! We've had a few hit and misses, but she's actually been doing better in the big girl bed than in the crib. Woo Hoo!

Onto pictures!

Taking off her diaper and jumping in just her hiney!