Kelsey Brooke

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Sledding- "Are you kidding, Ma!?!"

Kelsey, like her mother, is not a big fan of winter. Here are some photos and a video of Kelsey's first time sledding. It fairly funny. She was her little active self as soon as we got inside! Too funny! :)

Are you serious?

Monday, February 22, 2010

Lots of Love

"Daddy's Girl" pacifier and "My heart belongs to Dad" shirt

Play Group Valentine's Day Party

Kelsey, Daddy, Mocha AND Bella!

Kelsey had lots of Valentine fun. We tried to take pictures with a white sheet, our attempt at professional shots. This doesn't work so well with such an active girl, but some of them turned out pretty cute. Then Kelsey and I hosted a Valentine's Day party for our play group. We had a gift exchange for moms and babies and it was a great time! Last but not least, we got to spend Valentine's Day with our favorite valentine, Daddy! :)

Sunday, February 14, 2010

9 MONTHS!!!

9 months! Where does the time go? It's crazy to think that we'll be celebrating Kelsey's FIRST birthday in just a few short months. Our baby is looking more and more like a little girl- yes, we have mixed emotions about that! She is into EVERYTHING and loves to make a game of it! Apparently my plan when she was tiny to smile at her after telling Mocha or Bella "NO!" wasn't the brightest. At the time, I didn't want her to think I was using a harsh voice with her, but now it has backfired as everytime Adam or I use a "parent" voice, she looks at us and smiles or laughs and it is IMPOSSIBLE to keep a straight face. We definitely need some fine tuning as far as "discipline" goes :) Kelsey is crawling all over, pulls up on everything (Mocha and Bella included) and walks with her push toy. She even "walks" with any toy that is close to the right height.

Kelsey continues to nurse very well and is eating a TON! She loves pureed foods and finger foods and is dying to eat anything we are eating. Newer foods she's eating include: cucumber, kiwi, raw apples, blueberries, broccoli, strawberries, zucchini, rice, chicken, egg yolks, green pepper, lettuce, wheat pancakes, various melons, bagels and more. Despite her great eating, she continues to be the tiniest in her play group. She's weighing in at 15 lbs 9.5 oz (5th percentile) and measuring 26 3/4 inches (25th percentile). Our pediatrician thinks she's just supposed to be this size and collectively we're not worried. ( I was a couple months ago, but have realized she's just the right size!)

Kelsey is also now officially saying 4 words. Her first word was on 1/27/10 and it was MAMA!! YAY!!! :) I worked hard for that one :) She also followed that shortly with DADA, then Bella (sounds like Deda) and Mocha (momo). She's using them all the time now. :) We're signing too, but other than "up" I haven't seen any definitive independent signs yet. Kelsey seems to understand a really lot and is following one step familiar directions fairly easily AND when she wants to. Ofcourse! :) She turns pages in a book and LOVES when we read to her. She's fairly independent playing and despite some mild separation anxiety, adjusts well no matter where we are or what we're doing. Adam and I count our lucky stars every day to be blessed with such an amazing daughter and we frequently talk about how we love her more and more every day!!

Winter Visits

Loving visiting with Bubbie!

There was A LOT of snow!

My mom came up to play with Kelsey. Adam and I enjoyed
the free babysitting and Kelsey had a blast with her Bubbie!

Loving "Aunt" Becky feeding me brunch!

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Playing in the SNOW!

Getting ready for the snow

First Taste of it

We finally got some shots of Kelsey in the snow!! Of all the pictures we took, we only got one smile. Guess that confirms what we already knew. Our little one is a BEACH GIRL!!!

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Milestone after Milestone

We haven't uploaded any videos as of late, so here are a few that we took recently showing many of Kelsey's newer skills. She's crawling, pulling to stand and walking with her push toy. Her expressions are hilarious and adorable, especially her newest one- scrunching up her face when she's really happy:) She's eating lots of table foods including cheerios, peas, beans, bananas, turkey, pears, egg yolk, cooked apples, cooked carrots and cous cous. She's very independent and seems to want to do everything herself including feeding so she's learning to use her spoon. We're amazed by her everyday. And to top it all off, she said her first word on 1/27/10 at 8 1/2 months- MAMA! If I hadn't seen and heard it myself I wouldn't believe it. I'm enamored and so touched that she chose me as her first official word!!

Sunday, January 24, 2010

8 MONTHS!!!

First Official Haircut- January 8, 2010

Now I have 1 1/2 teeth!

Sleeping Angel holding her monkey

Fancy Pants!!

Pulling to Stand!! I did it!

Here ya go!

"I'm 8 months old and here's my friend, Monkey."

Kelsey is 8 months old!!!! It's crazy how fast time flies and how much our little girl is changing. At last weigh in, Kelsey tipped the scales at 15 lbs 2 ounces. Ok, maybe not tipping the scales, but she's growing well and loves to eat! She's now eating table foods including bananas (of course!), cheerios, peas, beans, pears and more. She independently pulled to stand on January 2 while we were in Fl and is now pulling up on anything and everything she can get her hands on. I've now become Kelsey's personal jungle gym and I love every minute of it! Her newest trick is to transfer while standing from the coffee table to my knees and back. She's also waving, briefly pausing when we say no and clapping her hands. She's starting to talk like crazy saying m, b, d, and tons of vowels. The other day, with lots of modeling, Kelsey imitated the word and sign "more" for water. As a speech therapist, I know it was all in imitation, but as a mom, I couldn't be more proud! Adam and I can't wait for her first official word!!