A Few Things About Kaylynn

I've been lazy and haven't uploaded any pictures from our trip, but I wanted to jot down a few things about Kaylynn at this age, before she moves on and I forget to document them. She's about a week shy of 20 months, which means she's got about 3 more months to soak up being an only child.

1. Words, words, words! This kid will repeat anything (I mean anything...BRIAN!). Just this afternoon, Kaylynn and I were driving home from Jason's Deli and I hear her in the backseat saying "Come on!" We were stuck at a light and she saw the cars in front not moving. Earlier, before we even went into Jason's, there was a car that frustrated me with their choice in backing out direction and I had said, "Oh, come on" to them. She remembers. Some other frequent comments we hear are "Again, pease", "No help", "Mama/Dada help, pease", "Dada work", "Where Mama go?", "Open, pease", "Baby/Cat/Gus nigh-nigh", "No nigh-nigh/sleep", "OK, Alright", "I funny", "I see moon", "Moon is nigh-nigh", "Bless you", and many more, I'm sure. She's getting very good with the 3-4 word sentences.

2. HELLO Miss Independent! If you want to send this child into a tantrum, then all you have to do is do the buckles for her. She HAS to be the one who does the top clip on her carseat, she HAS to buckle herself into her highchair or shopping cart. If you try to do it for her, that's when you'll hear "No help." Only on occasion will she just get tired of it and ask for "Dada/Mama help, pease." She also reminds you that she needs "No help" before you even try to help her! In other words, do not leave the house in a hurry or you'll have an unhappy child in your car! We're talking ginormous crocodile tears for a good 5-10 minutes.

3. Easier naps/nighttime. Either we're wearing her out during the day or the new 1 nap routine makes her tired. Regardless, she's been an absolute delight to put down. Just 2 hrs ago, she gave me the biggest hug (we're talking full-on arms around the neck and squeezing), asked for Baby, and then I laid her down. If you cover her up and turn on the music, she's good. Sometimes you'll even get a "nigh-nigh" from her...if she's not too tired. :)

4. I Love You, too! She's said this for a while, but I still love it. Now she's adding Mama or Dada on the end. "I wuv you, too, Mama." She's too sweet.

5. Books. Still, by far, her most favorite thing to do in the entire world is read. I can't even go to the bathroom without reading to her...yes, it's that sad. :) However, I can't complain, because I think all the reading she likes to do has helped her with her words and counting.

6. Counting. She can consistently count to 3. Then she adds 9, 10. 1, 2, 3, 9, 10. No idea.

7. Food. Her new favorite thing to eat is a "seeshaw" (or something like that.) In Kaylynn's terms, that is a sandwich. Except her sandwiches are really wraps. She's had almond butter & strawberry jam, turkey & laughing cow cheese, hummus & cucumbers, black beans & avocados. If you give her a sandwich and some beeshooes or broccoli, she's a happy camper. Yes, you read correct. Broccoli is the equivalent of candy to her. She scarfs those little trees down! Cheese is still by far her top favorite thing to eat, except we have to regulate how much she gets or we have "digestive issues" if you catch my drift.

8. Airplanes. If there is an airplane in the air in a 50 mile radius, she sees it. On our trip, we joked that she if there was a plane over China right then, she'd see it (or any other random city or country). Lucky for her, we got to visit the airport 3-4 times in the past two weeks, between flying out, flying in, and just driving around.

9. Dancing. We keep meaning to get a video of it, but her best dancing happens when the theme song for The Office comes on. Kaylynn hasn't become interested in watching TV, however, she will stop in her tracks and start dancing the second she hears The Office song. This happens frequently, since we do enjoy that show quite a bit.

I'm sure there is a lot more, but these are the *few* things that come to mind just now.

And I'll get pictures soon, I promise!