Kaylee is doing new things all the time. She is getting more consistent and further with counting. She can now count to five, actually counting along with items. She can count much higher without the corresponding object. The other day I was shocked and amazed when she and I were playing at the table I said, "1" she said "2", I said "3", she said "4" and we went all the way step-counting like that until "15" then I said "16"-"20" and she repeated them after I said it! Wow!
Kaylee is now the cutest I think we have ever seen her. Saying and doing super funny things. She now thinks that "poop" is the funniest word ever, and giggles her little butt off after saying it. Yesterday, Eric and I got a good laugh out of she asked me to help her undo her straps in her highchair, I was having trouble doing it and then after waiting a minute she exclaimed, "Jeez!" We both burst out laughing and she was like, huh? "Daddy, are you funny?" We said, "No, Kaylee you were funny." She said, "Kaylee is funny."
She now tells me little tidbits of stories she wants to tell me. I was giving her a bath the other day and she told me a story about, "Daddy and Kaylee had a fire. There were bugs at the fire. Don't get too close - it's hot." I had no idea what she was saying so I asked Eric. Turns out the other night when I worked until 1 am, they had a little bonfire in the backyard and talked all the bugs and about staying away from fire. Very sweet. I'm looking forward to asking her soon what she did at daycare and hearing about her day's highlights. She told Eric a 4 sentence story the other day. He was so amazed, he commented on it a long time afterwards.
Kaylee more and more wants to sit on the adult chair at the dinner table. We've covered it with a towel and let her sit there. One day without warning it suddenly dumped her backwards - any person who knows me well knows I'm not the most coordinated person - but at that moment my instincts were there - and I caught her/ slowed her down on the way. The chair and Kaylee did fall all the way but she didn't get hurt. After that she said, "Can we do it again?" Evidently it was a fun little ride.
I don't know if I've written here Kaylee can take her shoes on and off. She can put her pants on, but does the mermaid (uni-leg) more often than not. She also cannot pull them up over her diaper. She assists in and out of a shirt and can get it over her head, but can't do the rest. She can do socks now and then, but they're not as fun as the shoes and sometimes they end up on her hands instead of her feet. She can take her diaper off, but thankfully seems to know this is against the rules (at least for long periods of time). She is more willing to let me pick out and put her clothes on than she was a couple months ago, and doesn't fight it or ask to switch parents like she had been doing.
We are having trouble getting Kaylee to eat anything other than meats, cheeses and liquids. She doesn't want to eat her fruit and veggies. We have some fruit juice that also are veggie servings, we keep on trying but anyone who's tried feeding Kaylee knows you can't make her do anything. She's extremely stubborn, and always has been. Usually we're satisfied if she eats her main course. She's very small and thin still. I am thankful for the love of cheese - hopefully it'll add the needed fat to her diet.
In the last week, I have begun to feel the baby moving more like kicks than just a little feeling. He is getting bigger! I am getting bigger! I feel more connected to him now that I know what sex he is and I can feel him move more. I am getting very excited to meet the little guy - still 3 1/2 more months to wait! Kaylee thinks my belly button is very funny. She looks at it and laughs, "Your bee-bo, momma!" One of her books calls a belly button a "bee-bo." One time she kissed my belly. She calls it my "baby bump" and says "you big momma." I don't think she really knows still what we're telling her exactly she knows we've told her a baby's in there, but until he really comes I'm not sure she'll really understand. It is going to be a shock to Kaylee to have to share her parent's time with a baby - we know that...at times I just sit and think about how nice it is to spend time alone with her and concentrate on her because I know that will change soon. So we're cherishing her alone-time while we still have it to give her.
Gotta get ready for work! Have a great day!
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