Another First For Today

Kendall cut her first tooth today. I found it when she chomped down on my finger, and it was much sharper than usual. Definitely a front tooth. Explains all that drooling and chewing the last few weeks. Nom Nom Nom.

Lucky for us, Kendall is taking this whole teething thing in stride. Outside of all that chewing, you would hardly know it was happening. She's a champ!

A Year Ago Today...

Nate and I said "I Do". Happy First Anniversary!

Just Because

Just because I LOVE these PJs - and Kendall has almost grown out of them.

Crate and Barrel

If you do not enjoy diaper stories, I recommend you stop reading here.

Don't say I did not warn you... eh, it's not that bad.

We are furniture shopping. Kendall is ALMOST sitting up, and enjoys standing, so Nate and I are pretty sure our days of having an inactive baby are numbered. Take into account my indecision and the turn around time on a new piece of fabulous furnishings, and we needed to start shopping back in last August.

So, we spent this past weekend doing some family furniture shopping. The main focus point of this shopping was for a cocktail ottoman that would not turn into the "table of death". Out we go hitting the furniture galleries, specialty shops, etc in the Schauburg area. Then, like a mecca to my kitchen obsession, the bright shiny new Crate and Barrel Schaumburg calls its siren song to us. I am a sucker for new fully stocked stores. Especially ones with the full line of furniture.

So, by this time, we had been out for a while. Kendall had napped, had a bottle, and was generally enjoying the car. Good stuff. Then I went to take her out of the car. OMG. Kendall has bombed out diapers before, but not generally while we are driving the new car with no room to change her. Let's just say it was lucky we decided to put pants on her this day, and that I had a change of clothes on hand. I was so shocked by the present she had created for me I could not even begin to concentrate on the Crate and Barrel (I know, the horror). I wandered aimlessly, not able to truly enjoy the splendor that is a fully stocked new store.

After this adventure in parenting, we headed back home. But the next day, we were out there, ready to take on the furniture stores again. This time we decided to start with the Crate and Barrel, to see if there is a fabulous entertainment center waiting for us to find it.

Then, I went to take Kendall out of the car. Rinse and repeat. She sullied that Crate and Barrel parking lot 2 days in a row. I had to have a talk with her about ruining mommy's favorite stores. Not cool. At least this time I made it through. By the way, there was no fabulous entertainment center, and that Schaumburg Crate and Barrel is not as nice as Old Orchard.

But we did order a new ottoman (NOT from Crate and Barrel). Should be here in 8 weeks.

Kendall and the Bear

Similar to a hunter checking out their prey, Kendall eyes Daddy's giant hand.

Admit it - you thought this would be about a teddy bear.

Solid Food Attempt #2 - FAIL

Kendall's new thing is a keen interest in anything you are eating. She stares at you, she stares at the food, then she launches herself towards the food to grab it. The other day she picked up an empty Pepsi can and tried to drink it. Better not leave beer bottles lying around. This, along with the other cues, led us to believe she is ready to start those solid foods. We started with the rice cereal this past weekend (see attempt #2 below).

Because I feel I don't have quite enough going on, I've decided to make her baby food. Actually, I'm really excited about it. I love to cook and this is something new. Can't wait to introduce her to the wonderful world of food. Just got to get the hang of the cereal first.

4 Months - OH MY!

This post is a few days late. I have had it sitting in draft since last week, but only now am I getting around to getting pictures and video added to it. Kendall turned 4 months on 2/10/10 - and we can't believe all the new things she is up to!

Kendall at 3 months
Weight - 14lbs 15oz (99th percentile! Kendall likes her bottles)
Height - 23 3/4 inches (75th percentile)
Sounds like - A happy laughing baby. She sings along with the songs on her play gym, laughs, and "talks".
Likes - RAINFOREST PLAY GYM, her changing pad, her beautiful bedroom, the swing, the soothie pacifier (and only the soothie pacifier), the Winkle, her monkey blanket, bouncing on the exercise ball with daddy, eating, her crib, doing situps, sitting upright facing out to the world, and putting those darn minions in their place, sleeping in the car
Dislikes - dirty diapers, tummy time (ugh, it is not done sitting up!), mommy working (more on that later)
Things she can do - eat, poop, spit up, put herself to sleep (sometimes), follow you around the room with her watchful stare, stand (fully assisted), sit (assisted), smile spontaneously and in response to your smile, giggle/laugh, push up into a cobra position from her tummy, sleep through the night (but chooses not to sometimes)

Kendall at 4 months
Weight - 16lbs 9oz (95th percentile)
Height - 25 inches (75th percentile)
Sounds like -Depends upon her mood (just like mommy). Most of the time she is "singing" and "talking" to us. There is a lot of jabbering going on. Other times, like when she gets tired, she makes a throaty grumpy noise - similar to someone trying to burp the alphabet, or "Danny doesn't live here anymore Mrs Torrence" from the "Shinning" (it cracks us up every time). She also squeals with delight when we tickle her and kiss her (video later).
Likes - Standing, like it is her job. Chewing on ANYTHING she can get her little hands and mouth on. The jumperoo (and I can sing all the songs - not as well as the jumperoo lady as I do not sing well). Listening to Nate hum the theme to the "Odd Couple". Grabbing those feet - don't want them to get away! Bouncing on the exercise ball with daddy, rainforest play gym, the Winkle, eating, her crib, doing situps. Oh, and hanging out in the bjorn at the Jewel with mommy (not so good for mommy's back).
Dislikes - Tummytime - and she will roll right on over if your try to put her on her tummy. Being in the carseat without moving (in the house or in the car - have to bounce/swing her in the seat until we are ready to leave the house).
Things she can do - eat, poop, spit up, put herself to sleep (sometimes), follow you around the room with her watchful stare, stand (fully assisted - but bearing weight), sit (semi-assisted), smile spontaneously and in response to your smile, giggle/laugh, push ups, sleep through the night (but chooses not to sometimes), roll over tummy to back - in both directions

Kendall is also full of giggles. This video shows me making a fool out of myself, as both Nate and I do daily just to hear those giggles. We get this response anytime we kiss on the Kendall - she LOVES it.

We have a lot more to share of Kendall and our happenings. Hopefully I will get to posting some more later this week. Coming up, solid food attempts, my brilliant idea to buy a bar shirt for the baby, and lots and lots of pictures (I have a hard drive full of them, and we take more every day).