So big

As I was addressing Christmas cards Kelsie was so nicely entertaining herself briefly in her room. I looked up from the table and saw this in her room so I snapped a picture.

Later Kelsie was feeding herself bananas and cheerios but got a little sticky . . .
Aren't her teeth cute though?

P.S.
Happy belated birthday Dad! I didn't get you a present this year but I sure enjoyed making you look like one ;-)
Love,
Kelsie

Watch her go

Here are a couple of videos to watch of our littlewalker, getting better by the day.

My fun toddler

We attempted Kelsie's one year pictures a few days ago. I say attempted because I was by no means impressed so I didn't order any and plan to reschedule soon. I had them taken at the picture people like I had once before only this time wasn't quite as successful as the last. Basically I could have easily taken pictures equivalent to those at home and it really seemed like the lady wasn't even trying. My only thought is that maybe since it is around the holidays and they are obviously much busier than the rest of the year that maybe they hire temporary help that isn't quite as experienced as the rest of the staff. Also, I do acknowledge that Kelsie isn't the most cooperative child to photograph and I also thought that she might still not be feeling well still from the eggs I fed her the day before.

However, I highly doubt this was the case because I caught this cute video shortly after. Kelsie had a little incident with the trash can so we had to take a bath earlier than normal which turned out to be very enjoyable. Beware of very loud and high pitched squealing ;-)


Back to the allergy, I am really disappointed to have confirmed that Kelsie is also allergic to eggs. I had suspected it but I was kind of in denial because I really do NOT want a kid with allergies but I'm holding out hope that she out grows them soon. When I fed them to her once she threw up and this last time she got diarrhea, a rash on her bottom and a rash on her face. This is what her face looked like when I was still eating dairy by the way and the type of rash she gets if she has something she is allergic to.


On to happier subjects, here is another video that I got of Kelsie giving kisses, playing with her doll (that is practically as big as she is) from her "Aunt" Deb and getting too close to figuring out how to open the door.

No more baby

I suppose it is official although it would be pretty hard to deny these days. Kelsie turned one last week which means no more baby for me. I can't believe she is a "toddler." I must admit I wouldn't go back, I don't miss the baby days. The only thing that I miss is knowing that even if I wasn't looking at her for one second she wasn't going to eat something off the floor or get into some other kind of trouble.

Kelsie basically started walking over the weekend which I'm sure is going to amount for even more fun near in the future. She will now take 7-8 steps and just stand up in the middle of the room to walk to something. Of course I don't have any pictures or video of this but I'll work on fixing that soon. She also said mama for the first time. She has said it a couple of times in the middle of the night and then on the way home on Sunday.

Considering the ride home was one of the first times Kelsie said mama it probably should have been enjoyable. However, my toddler is no better of a car rider than my baby. She pretty much cried 75% of the way home and slept for the other which only amounted to about 1 hour total. In addition to that it started raining on our drive home and we were in Josh's truck and all our stuff was in the back. Luckily nothing got too wet but between that and a crying baby Josh and I were a little on edge. We were very glad to be home when we finally made it and I think Kelsie was just as happy.

As you can see the ride there was lot more peaceful. You like Kelsie's first ponytail?


Here are a few pictures from her birthday celebration(s). I'm so sad I didn't get a picture of the balloons my mom got for her which Kelsie loved. (Don't worry we didn't actually let her play with them.)

My sister made Kelsie a cute little sign.

Opening some presents

Carrying her new purse

These maracas were basically Kelsie's motivation to walk. She had a lot of trouble crawling with them so she just kept standing up.

Last but not least, a few pictures of Kelsie enjoying her "cake." Since Kelsie is allergic to milk and apparently not ready for eggs yet either I struggled finding something to make for her. We settled on some banana/applesauce cake with powdered sugar on top which she seemed to enjoy.

Excuses, Excuses

So, I've been terrible about blogging lately - seems to be a trending theme here huh? It isn't because I haven't had things to write about because in fact I've had a lot. I could have told you how somehow Kelsie managed to poop down the front of her leg while I was trying on a bridesmaid dress at David's Bridal. I wouldn't have told you though that I changed her in my trunk and had to wipe her pants off on the cement because that's gross.

I could have blogged about Kelsie finally getting her 4th tooth or about how she is talking (3-4 recognizable words) and still not walking contrary to what this picture may lead you to believe.



I could have talked about the fact that Kelsie is going to be ONE tomorrow and how incredible old she looks in that picture.

Instead of being able to talk about all that though, or about how I should always let Josh take our family pictures because he does a much better job . . .



. . . instead of all that, we've been sick. For what seems like forever. Then, on top of it, Kelsie got an ear infection and I got mastitis. Which we both are still taking antibiotics for. Which I'm totally not excited about (the antibiotics or being sick). So hopefully this will all pass soon because being sick is no fun, being sick with a baby is no fun, and being sick with a sick baby is exhausting. Ridiculously.

So I blame the lack of blogging on that.

Not me!

In celebration of baby Stellan's "Home Run," which you can read about at MckMama's website I decided to do another Not Me Monday post.

A few short days after I posted this sweet picture, I most certainly did not give Miss Kelsie her pacifier back.

I know that you must stick to your guns as a parent so I would never do something like cave in, that would just be silly.

I also did not start to get worried that since she was quickly approaching her 1st birthday that she would simply be addicted to this pacifier forever. I know better than that, that is why I would never take it away for a second time. I was also definitely not acting depressed and moody all weekend as I listened to Kelsie whimper, whine, and cry in her crib, knowing exactly what she wanted. Nope, not me

I always read instructions so of course I knew exactly how to work my relatively new blackberry. Because of this, my sister's fiancee' certainly did not point out to me that I was able to access the internet for free with my phone. If that was possible, I would have for sure already known that. And when it comes to work I am always productive, so don't worry even if I knew my phone had access to the internet I would never check twitter, facebook, and blog updates with my phone while at work to stay updated on baby Stellan's surgery, or my coupons ;-) That is definitely not something I would do.

Since I also always take very good care of my belongings, I do not have to call to get insurance on my phone now that I know its capabilities. I would never put my phone on a hot stove, drop it, have it thrown by Kelsie, or spill water on it. That would be so irresponsible which is why I would never do something like that ;-)

Brush! Brush! Brush!

I almost forgot I was doing a little research and apparently it is recommended that babies have their first dental appointment by the time they are 1 or 6 months after their first tooth comes in. This seems a little pointless but I also realized that I do have to start brushing her teeth at some point. Maybe I'm a bad mom because we haven't started already but at least she only has 3. Anyway, we decided that we would try to start brushing them (without toothpaste) gently and I just thought this picture was too cute.

P.S. Are you in shock as much as I am with my posting history that I just made 4 posts in one evening?!?