Birthdays and transitions

Kaylee had a very fun birthday yesterday! Her daycare spent the day doing Easter things:
- Easter egg dyeing and a hunt
- Puppet show
- Cupcakes
- She got to wear her birthday hat.
After daycare we took her out for pizza and then my parents came over, gave her some presents in an Easter basket and dyed more eggs with her. She loved dyeing Easter eggs, mixing colors and seeing what the spoons and wand sounded like on the bowls. She also had fun breaking the eggs after my parents left (when not supervised by us! Yikes…oh well).

Update on Kaylee’s new bed – things are going great. She has gotten better at sleeping through the night in it, similar to what she was like in the crib. She still wakes up early sometimes like 5-6 am and then I go in an lay down with her. She thinks it’s lots of fun to read books on the bed with us before bedtime, and has spent a lot more time in her room lately. She has also given up the bottle totally this week and only uses a nukie at nighttime now (after we convinced her Jackson would get it after he did get one, and now she stores her nukie safely in her bedside cabinet during the daytime to keep it safe.) Therefore, we are hearing a lot more of our beauty’s little voice, which we missed so much while she had the nukie in. It feels like a way better fit.

Today is my birthday – yesterday was Kaylee’s. I’ll tell you Kaylee is the best gift to me. She is more than I ever could have expected and hoped for – being a parent is so rewarding and is a beautiful thing (even though it’s hard work). She is so much fun and is so loving right back in return! I get so excited about her birthday, mine just pales in comparison to the excitement I feel for hers. Little kids birthday’s are so much better – they get so much more excited and happy. Their reactions are so surprised and cute to the attention they receive on their special day, you just can’t match that.

Tomorrow she has her 2 year dr. appt. We will have to do the shots again – no fun but a must.

Today is the last day at her daycare – I am feeling mixed with sadness at the same time feeling excitement over the new daycare and wondering how that transition will go for Kaylee next week – I hope she likes it! They are very sad to see her leave and giving her lots of love I’m sure today and on her birthday yesterday. So she gets to leave in the midst of lots of festivities – which is very fun!

Stay tuned... I’ll let you know how the above two go very soon! Happy Easter everyone! We are excitedly awaiting the arrival of Eric’s parents and my little 4 year old neice to stay with us during a long weekend. I’m sure Kaylee will love having a stay-in playmate for the next few days! I’ve been telling her about it but she won’t understand until it happens I think…can’t wait to have Easter day with the extended family!