Latest Accomplishments

Friday night I was sitting on the couch in our bonus room enjoying a quite night at home with Brent and Kaleigh. Kaleigh loves to stand and pat on the couch and look at me and giggle so imagine my surprise when she turns around, throws her hands in the air and takes off walking!!!! Granted it was only about 3 steps and not the most stable, but she wasn't lunging or being supported by anything. Of course, I screamed, Brent missed it and neither of us had a camera handy. She took an occassional step throughout the weekend and I am trying not to rush the whole walking thing. On Saturday she woke up in such a happy mood and about an hour and a half later she was the most unhappy child in the world. It was a few hours later before I discovered a very sharp "eye" tooth just about to come thru her gums. That explains the very unhappy baby. Despite the fact that she was feeling bad she spent the evening at a cookout at her Godparent's house to help them celebrate the Heavenly Birthday of their son Kyan. On Sunday we had her first professional portraits made and they turned out so pretty. It helps that the subject of the photos is so beautiful!!! Then this evening after having a rough morning with gums still hurting Kaleigh and I come home to spend an evening alone (daddy was at work) and while having dinner the child who has REFUSED to clap her hands......starts clapping her hands together!!!! She really is my child, you can't "make" either of us do anything you have to wait and let us just do it when we are ready!!! Of course daddy missed the first steps and the first time she claps her hands together. He got the first poopy diaper so I guess she feels like mommy needs some first of her own.

Trip to KY

We spent the weekend in KY last weekend and Kaleigh finally got to meet the last of the cousins and her other Uncle on my (Sandy) sided of the family. She had a lot of fun playing at her Uncle Jon's house and on our way to see mom and dad we took her to see her Uncle Greg for the first time and his son Max who is only 3 1/2 months older than her. They are as different as night and day when you look at them but they were like two peas in a pod when they were playing together. Yes, Kaleigh climbed to the top of this play area by her self and came down the slide a few times and then she decided to lead Max on an adventure and decided to head for the maze at the top of the play area. Thanks for climbing up and sending them down the slide Greg!

Change to the blog

Well, Kaleigh has been home for over 4 months now. A name change to the blog only seems fitting. Sandy and I have been talking about making the change, but have held off for various reasons. This may or may not be the final name of the blog, but it's a start. Till next time...

Fun day with daddy

Yes, Brent spends Thursdays with Kaleigh and as you can see by these pictures they had some fun this week. Brent decided to turn Kaleigh's swing set into a water slide. I think Kaleigh really enjoyed it!!

4th of July

We had a wonderful 4th of July. For the 2nd year in a row, my brother Jon and his family came to visit. We missed you Tanner. I think this may be turning into an annual 4th celebration. This year was so much more exciting because we have a new US citizen in our family and having that for our daughter, Kaleigh gave us so many more reasons to celebrate. We let the kids play together, we had a cookout at our neighbor's house with lots of kids and great friends and family, then we shopped and then ended the night with fireworks. Kaleigh and Sydney wore matching outfits made by Teresa's mom for the occassion. Check out the link to Teresa's blog on the side of mine if you are interested in any of her merchandise.