39 week bonus pictures

This is what the Publix book says a typical 8-12 month old baby eats.  I measured out all of the food and put it down.  Seems like a lot of food for a baby to me!

Kalia also ate 3 ounces of blueberries too, but this is what was left of all of that when it was said and done.  I overcooked the green beans, so she wasn't a fan.  This is also her new 'stink eye' face expression that her Daddy can't stand!  She does it all the time!

At the first part of the week, this was the only way I could get her to take her milk that wasn't from me!  Such a big girl!

Kalia and I before I went in for my exit interview to officially quit work on Friday!

Kalia and Daddy after bath time.  So cute!

Kalia and baby Yulander!  Getting two babies to smile for the camera is impossible, getting them to both look is about as good as we're getting!

Kalia telling Yulander all about her book and how it works.

Kalia : "So, and then you push the buttons and a lady talks to you!"
Yulander : "Like this, right?"

Kalia : "Yeah, yeah, yeah...like that!!  Do you see that Mommy, Yulander's pushing the buttons!!"
Yulander : "I can push more buttons.  It's no big thing.  You're kinda loud Kalia."

"Yay, button pushing time!!!"

Yulander : "Mommy, save me from Kalia!!!"
Kalia : "Oh yay, wanna come in and play too?!?!"

 I had too much fun with Kalia and her headband ... her head has grown so so much, that flower doesn't really look all that ridiculous on her anymore!  I couldn't help taking a million pictures, sorry!

I told Kalia that she's not supposed to give me this face expression until she's at least16.

Another 'stink eye' shot!

Humoring me sort of when I asked her to smile for me.  She's too busy!

Checking out the hinges...she loves all types of hinges!

She's started noticing her reflection in glass and 'talking' and waving to herself.  So cute!

Getting ready to go see baby Blake after Mommy's 30th birthday party.  Kalia was more interested in the balloon than the camera!  (Thanks for the balloons Amy!)

Loving her food...

Still loves bath time and her duckie.

Kalia and I on my actual 30th birthday.  Chris wanted to make sure he got a good picture because it was my birthday so we took a ton.  We normally take a ton anyways, but only one or two generally turn out.  Do I look older in this picture than the ones above??  (No one for really answer that!)  Haha, I feel older!

Kalia was determined to get her blueberry that she dropped while eating.  She actually laid completely down on her belly and tried to get it before trying while standing up.  She eventually went around and got it!  She's one determined little girl!

I only added this last one in so you could see how white her gums are where her pretend teeth are.  She's started drooling like crazy again, but I don't think that means she's getting teeth in.  I'm convinced she's going to be bald and toothless until she's two.  Apparently she will have white gums in the meantime!

Happy 39 week Birthday Kalia!

This week, Kalia :

• figured out how to get objects from one hand to the other.  Mainly blueberries and cheerios. 
• is standing by herself for 15-20 seconds at a time.  Half of the time she does squats while she's standing there, so she's building up those thigh muscles!
• actually says Da-da and means it, I think.  Sometimes she says Daddy.  When Chris comes home from work she screams Da-Da all excitedly.  She says da da da da da all of the time and screams it excitedly too, but the latter part of this week, it's started sounding different than when she does it when she gets excited to see her Daddy.  
• yells Ma ma ma ma (note : yells, not excitedly as above with Chris...sigh) when she wants me to come in in the middle of the night or during her nap time.  That's pretty much the only time she'll say Ma ma. She used to yell all sorts of things, including da da da, at naptime.  When she wants milk though, she knows to yell for me.
• started saying the k sound and pointing at Kodi.  We make him lay down on his bed while she's eating, so she turns her head around, points at his bed and says "kuh kuh kuh".
• started saying the g sound.  I have no idea what that's in relation to.  I mimic Jim Carey and say "it's goooood" for her food, so maybe that's it.  Maybe I should stop...haha!
• has a new facial expression that her Daddy is not a huge fan of.  She wrinkles up her one eye and keeps her mouth closed.  She does it when she thinks you're crazy, she's unhappy, or she's figuring something out.  I think it's funny!
• had baby Yulander over from Friday to Sunday to help Mommy celebrate the big 3-0.  Kalia was so excited to see him all day long every single day.  She squealed at him, talked to him, and yelled at him.  I don't think she was in chill mode the entire time he was here, she thought he was the greatest thing since sliced bread.  Poor baby Yulander!!  He put up with it really well though, they just played and played and played.   Her play area was amazing with both babies there!
• got to play with Reese, Aila, and Baby Yulander at her Mommy's bday bbq on Saturday.  She was beyond excited that all of her little friends were over.
• ate, and absolutely hated, asparagus.  She ate one tip, and then beat the rest of the tips until they were all completely smashed on her high chair, and then picked them off of the high chair tray and threw them on the ground.  Even without words, she makes sure she is heard!  She actually boycotted most green vegetables almost all week long, and I think it was as punishment to me for giving her such a disgusting one.  By the end of the week, she was back to eating broccoli and zucchini with her carrots though, so hopefully we've made a full recovery.
• can drink from a straw and will drink my milk from a cup with a straw in it.  She kept trying to drink out of baby Yulander's cup with a straw in it all weekend long.  On Monday we went to Olive Garden for my birthday lunch and I got her a kids cup of water with a straw in it.  I made the sucking motion with my mouth, and then drank from my straw and showed her the water in my mouth.  That was all it took!  She's drank a couple ounces of my milk in one sitting, and will drink water like a champ from it.
• is outgrowing some of her 12 month clothes.  I had to buy her some new pj's and I just went ahead and got 18 months.  They're a little big, but not much.  
• woke up while we were out at volleyball on Monday, but did not pitch a fit to Nancy this time.  They were playing in her play area when we got home, and Kalia seemed just as happy as could be - yay!  Thanks Nancy!!

 Kalia still hasn't learned the "stay" command...I think she might sit still in any one day for a total of about 30 seconds.  Maybe.  That might be pushing it though.  Good thing Mommy has got some long arms to catch her when she does a flip off her chair (yes, that really happens...regularly...during the photo shoots!).

Her little face is losing it's baby roundness...she's becoming a little toddler!!  Stay tuned for bonus pics...

37 week bonus pictures

Kalia and I all excited because we're heading into work to put in my letter of resignation!  Well, mine might be excited / nervous.  Kodi's not sure what he thinks of it!!

 

 Her little mouth in this next one just cracked me up.  We're getting ready to head to her little friend Reese's house, and she was so excited!  (As a side note, I think the hair on the top of her head is getting lighter.  The back is still pretty dark, but it seems lighter to me on the top...which makes her look even more bald :-)).

One of Kalia's two favorite spots in the kitchen...the dishwasher.  She was helping Daddy unload it.  Chris hollered at me to come help because she was IN the dishwasher and he couldn't get her out!  She thought it was great!

"That was fun Daddy!  Can we do that every morning??"

And now her second favorite place to hang in the kitchen...inside the refrigerator.  We could wear her out by opening the dishwasher and closing it before she got there and doing the same with the fridge.

"Mommy, come look.  There's fun stuff in here!"

"Yay fun stuff!!!"

Sharing her toys with Kodi before heading to the park.  Kodi actually does really well with not eating her toys.  Although I'm not sure if that's going to stay true with Kalia encouraging it!  She tried to immediately put this toy in her mouth afterwards...I mean, of course, right??

Fun time in the park!  She bear crawled all around...she didn't like the feel of the grass on her knees.  Her little rear was so freaking cute in this outfit, I couldn't help it!

Kodi kept taking breaks in the woods with his soccer ball.  Kalia likes to play with it too, so I think he was worried that she'd steal it while he was resting.  Such a happy Kodi!

Fun time in the big bath tub for her first time!!  She loves all her bath books and toys...she could play in there for hours some days!

Trying to crawl mach 100 for the spigot at the other end!

...and it looks like a tidal wave pool in there...which Kalia thinks is great!

Kalia's breakfast!  Bananas and blueberries, two of her favorites!

 Dinner - peas, avocado's, chicken, and pasta!  She loved the pasta, all of that is gone already.  I put milk in her cup and she drank about a half ounce of it from there before deciding that was enough.

Playing with her new spigot cover in the bathtub.  Of course it's a duck!

 Kalia doing situps for the first time.  She is impossible to get her diaper on after her bath, so we pin down her legs.  She went from this...

to this, all on her own, and without using her arms to push herself up. Although by the time Chris snapped the picture, she did have her arm holding the changing pad.  She is one strong little girl though!  (Yes, I edited in a pretend diaper there...for obvious reasons :-)).

Being goofy about something or another!

 

Plotting what to do next... 

 

Playing with Kodi instead of sitting pretty for our bday photo shoot...

 Playing peek a boo with her curtains...again, instead of sitting pretty for our bday photo shoot!

Sigh...another week gone.  Slow down Kalia!