Congrats to Uncle Primmy!

First off, we want to congratulate Uncle Dustin for graduating from helicopter pilots school. He has worked very hard and put in long hours studying. We are very proud of him! Yea!

And now Happy birthday wishes go out to both uncle Justin and Dustin (who are twins)! Kaylee loves her uncles very much. Here are some pics of her with them.

Uncle Primmy got to come out and stay with us again as he was finishing up his training classes. Here is a shot of us at a restaurant.

We were playing around with Kaylee in her room one night before bath time. We've got to train her to like the right teams, you know. Go Braves!

Mommy loves this dress that Gramma bought for Kaylee.

We were going to hang this mirror in our house the other day, but Kaylee has had so much fun playing with it that we've decided to keep it here for the time being!

And here are some cute videos of Kaylee playing in the mirror. Enjoy!

Our Hollywood Star!

We got to play tourist this week as Jared's cousin Ashton and his wife Becca stayed at our place. Kaylee LOVED the trip to Hollywood - there were so many 'interesting' people to see and things to look at. Here is a picture our family with the famous Hollywood sign in the back ground (it was a very smoggy day so you can't see it very well).

Ashton & Becca enjoying the sites.

Ashton is a photography major at BYU - you can't tell me that he didn't search for just the right angle for this picture (notice the horns)!

Elmo thought Kaylee was just so cute that he BEGGED us to take a picture of him with her. Kaylee was thrilled, as you can see - she's clinging onto daddy for dear life! He wasn't too happy with us when we told him we didn't have any cash for a tip!
Ha ha Elmo!!! Go and get a real job!

Mommy and Kaylee were playing in her room the other morning while getting dressed. Look at those legs! Gotta love the chub!

Kaylee just loves making a mess...we've got to teach her to put her things away when she's done though...

Yea! Look at me and my mess! (She's clapping, BTW)

Clap Your Hands!

Thanks Mike & Lauren (and Madison) for the inspiration for this weeks blog! We are so happy that Kaylee is now clapping! We're pretty biased, but we think that it is just the cutest thing in the world! Holly and Kaylee had been practicing and Kaylee took right to it. Enjoy this video!
And holy cow! She's 10 months old today!


Kaylee has been up to her old tricks again too! Last night was a doozie as she was awake from 12:30 am until 2:30 am. We sure hope that she's getting more teeth and that this is the reason for her restlessness! But wouldn't you know it - we had company spend the night last night too! They always picks the perfect times, you know?! Good thing we love her anyway! And sorry Ashton and Becca!

Random Cuteness!

Kaylee went to her 9 month check up on Friday (although she's closer to 10 months). She's now a solid 20 lbs. and 27 1/2 inches which puts her now into the 50th percentile for both height and weight (down from the 75th). She's crawling all over the place and tries to get into as much trouble as she can! We love her to pieces!

She loves her little kitty towel. Such a happy little girl!

Here's a cute pic of her sleeping with her little batooty high in the air!

She decided that she wanted to empty out one of her drawers the other day. Fun, fun!

Thanks Gramma for the pretty bow!

What a cute little angel she is!

Laughing Hysterically

Well Kaylee's nightly wakings continue. As far as we can tell, she just wants to be held because as soon as we pick her up the crying stops - immediately. Then we put her back in the crib and the crying starts again. Does anyone else's babies do this? She slept so good for so long, but the last month or so she's been waking up crying and wanting to be held. I guess it's a good thing that she loves us and wants us to hold her, but not so much at 2 am! Those babies sure are good at throwing curve balls, huh?!

Well we just love this video of Kaylee laughing hysterically as her daddy goofs off in the background. She gets laughing so hard she falls over!



We remember putting this on Kaylee when she was just 2 weeks old - she totally drowned in it! We wondered if it would ever fit her...now look! We can't believe how fast she has grown!

She LOVES pulling herself up onto tables!

Look At Me Now!

Kaylee's big accomplishment this week was pulling herself up holding onto furniture. She can even walk alongside the furniture. Earlier this week we heard Kaylee waking up from her nap and went into her room. This is what we found:

Hi Mom and Dad! I can stand up all by myself! You're going to have to keep a closer eye on me now! As if she needed another excuse not to take a nap! Now when we put her in her crib this is the first thing she wants to do (I guess it's better than crying right off the bat)! And of course she takes any opportunity that she gets to stand up alongside tables, chairs - anything around the house that she's not supposed to get into!

Daddy put up some ceiling fans in the bedrooms this week. Kaylee was a big help!

And look - she's got lots of hair now too!

We had a wonderful week enjoying time with Kaylee and family. Hope that everyone has a wonderful New Year!

Kaylee's First Christmas!

Kaylee would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Sorry it's late, but we've been quite busy these days (continue to the bottom of this post and you'll see why). We had so much fun sharing in Kaylee's first Christmas and loved watching her with all of her gifts. Of course her Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles spoiled her rotten!

She loved playing with the wrapping paper just as much as the gifts!

Here is Kaylee opening up a present.

And here is the reason that we have been so busy...we bought a house! Yeah! We're quite excited about it. We moved in on the 22nd and so it was a very hectic holiday for us. But we're happy to be close to family and Kaylee will grow up close to grandparents. The Lord has blessed us so much this year! May you each have a happy, prosperous new year!