Ouchers!

First off, we have to say Happy Mother's Day to all of the wonderful mothers out there! And of course, we wish a very special one to our favorite mom - Holly! We love you so much and are so grateful for all you do for our family! XOXOXO!

So when did babies start having to get tested for lead poisoning? At one year old? All the toys from China I guess. So last week we took poor little Kaylee to get blood taken for this test and of course poor little daddy had to go in there are hold Kaylee while they 'tried' to take blood. Well, wouldn't you know it, they couldn't find her little vein! She was crying bloody murder and all the while daddy was bear hugging her so she couldn't move. I'm convinced it was much more traumatic for the daddy than it was for Kaylee, but I guess that's debatable (good thing she can't talk to tell me that I'm wrong!). So since they couldn't get blood last week, we had to take her to the hospital where they have people trained to take blood from babies. Yeah that's right! We had to put the daddy through the whole ordeal again! Well they had no luck with the first arm (I know - can you believe it!), and so they had to try again on her other arm (oh thank goodness it worked). So here's Kaylee showing you her battle wounds. She's got some bruises on her arms still. :( No fun! No fun at all!

It's a good thing that babies are so forgiving (or forgetful; I haven't figure out which yet). She was back to her happy, bubbly self later that day (much to the delight of her parents)!

And just to prove that she's still a happy baby...here are some clips of Kaylee enjoying walking (although she still needs to work on her balance...and it has improved since we filmed these videos)!