Thursday, June 25, 2009
Pee-pee in the Potty!
Kelsey went pee-pee in the potty tonight before her bath!! This was the second time she's gone - the first was last Saturday (June 20) and again, just before her bath. The funny part is when she sits on the potty she asks for a book and some toilet paper! Hmmm....
Happy Father's Day
We took the new bridge over to Maple Ridge and went to a nice Father's Day walk down by the Allouette River - a gorgeous little park called Allco Park. Kelsey liked eating the salmon berries, picking up the river rocks, and trying to dip her feet in the river.
My Daddy's the Best!
Together Forever!
No, Kelsey......
The Cresseys
My Daddy's the Best!
Together Forever!
No, Kelsey......
The Cresseys
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Fun in the Sun!
We have been trying to get out of our house to enjoy this beautiful, unseasonably hot weather in the last week and a half. Aside from not wanting to sweat to death sitting in our livingroom, Kelsey loves being outside and practically begs to go to the park! Needless to say, the water park, the beach, and Grandma's new pool are only a few places we've visited to try to seek refuge from the heat.
This is Evelyn, Nadine and Kelsey splashing and sliding in the new pool Grandma bought.
With Kelsey being older, and more mobile this summer, we thought we'd try the beach. And what trip to the beach is complete without fish & chips. While we were waiting for Grandma to return with the food, Kelsey keep "honking" at the gulls and saying "noisy" and "shhhh". She later shared some of her "chippies" with them!
This was Kelsey's first time in the ocean. She kept calling it the "river". It took her a while to warm up to it - she didn't like the sand and seaweed on her toes and kept bending down to wipe/pull it off. Once she got used to it she started singing and dancing and splashing around like crazy.
A hot weekend wouldn't be complete without a trip to the local water park. Again, it took her a while to get used to it, but once she did, there was no stopping her! She kept calling the water a "shower".
This is Evelyn, Nadine and Kelsey splashing and sliding in the new pool Grandma bought.
With Kelsey being older, and more mobile this summer, we thought we'd try the beach. And what trip to the beach is complete without fish & chips. While we were waiting for Grandma to return with the food, Kelsey keep "honking" at the gulls and saying "noisy" and "shhhh". She later shared some of her "chippies" with them!
This was Kelsey's first time in the ocean. She kept calling it the "river". It took her a while to warm up to it - she didn't like the sand and seaweed on her toes and kept bending down to wipe/pull it off. Once she got used to it she started singing and dancing and splashing around like crazy.
A hot weekend wouldn't be complete without a trip to the local water park. Again, it took her a while to get used to it, but once she did, there was no stopping her! She kept calling the water a "shower".Friday, May 22, 2009
First Weekend of Summer
We didn't go anywhere but our long weekend was filled with a park picinic with my "mom" friends and their families, a trip to Maplewood Farm, and of course a steak and corn on the cob dinner.
Kelsey feeding the bunnies at Maplewood Farm.
Our little family.
Dennis throwing our child around at Bear Creek Park!
Kelsey and Logan playing "Ring Around the Rosie" - Kelsey was being a little bossy!
Kelsey and Colin doing what they do best!
Kelsey feeding the bunnies at Maplewood Farm.
Our little family.
Dennis throwing our child around at Bear Creek Park!
Kelsey and Logan playing "Ring Around the Rosie" - Kelsey was being a little bossy!
Kelsey and Colin doing what they do best!Monday, May 4, 2009
Kelsey - 19 months
It's hard to believe Kelsey is now closer to 2 years old, than she is to 1 year old. At 19 months Kelsey is a very busy, smart, fun little girl - and Jim and I are very proud parents. If she's awake, she never quits moving - walking, running, climbing, dancing, talking, singing, wiggling.....you name it, she's doing it
Some new accomplishments in the recent months include counting to 14, naming of colors (this is thanks to her obssession with coloring and crayons), and she is working on her A, B, Cs. She sings Old McDonald's Farm, Row, row, row your boat, Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, and ABC song. She's also a very good "talker". She can point and identifly most things (ie tree, flower, bee, chair, bed, car), and is starting to put together 2-4 word sentences (ie hold it, what's that, there it is, Kelsey's car, more berries).
Some new accomplishments in the recent months include counting to 14, naming of colors (this is thanks to her obssession with coloring and crayons), and she is working on her A, B, Cs. She sings Old McDonald's Farm, Row, row, row your boat, Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, and ABC song. She's also a very good "talker". She can point and identifly most things (ie tree, flower, bee, chair, bed, car), and is starting to put together 2-4 word sentences (ie hold it, what's that, there it is, Kelsey's car, more berries).
Her loves include music, dance, bagpipes, strawberries, coloring, climbing on the kitchen table chairs, Sesame Street and In the Night Garden, running outside, her Grandma, Nana, Papa, Aunty, cousins Hannah and Sophie, Tracy and her Daycare family!
Her dislikes include diaper changes, getting dressed in the morning or before bed, having her hair washed, sitting still, and being told "no".
At 19 months, Kelsey has 12 teeth (8 front teeth and 4 molars) and is working on her canines and eye teeth. Last month when she got her 18 month vaccinations she weighed 25 lbs and mesured 31 inches long. She's wearing 18-24 month clothing and size 5 shoes.
Picking daisys at Stanley Park - April 2009
Family photo at Stanley Park - April 2009
Watching the whales at Stanley Park - April 2009
Playing in Critter Corner - Aquarium - April 2009
Lookin' at the jelly fish - Aquarium - April 2009
Playing with the rock at Colony Farm - April 2009
Colony Farm with the Fam! - April 2009
Hunting for Easter Eggs at the Surrey Nature Centre
Family fun out in Chilliwack - April 2009
Visiting Papa!
Kelsey at One Year Old
I wrote a "Kelsey at one year" document around Kelsey's first birthday to include in her baby book. I wanted to remember what she ate, her favorite toys, how many teeth she had, etc. Everything was changing so fast, and I found I was forgetting things that she did and said even the previous week.
This is what I wrote:
Kelsey at One Year!
BASICS:
22 lbs
28 inches
size 3 shoes
wears 12 month and 12-18 month clothes
hair is strawberry blond
eyes are big and bluish grey.
TEETH:
4 on the bottom, 3 on top with the 4th just pushing through the gums.
EATING/FOOD:
Started off as a good eater. Introduced rice cereal at 5 months, solids at 6 months. Ate everything we tried. Things started to get more difficult at 8 months. One day she liked something, the next day she didn’t. If she doesn’t like it she pulls it off her tongue and throws it on the floor, will try to knock the spoon from your hand so whatever’s on it goes everywhere, and when she doesn’t want any more she starts to throw things off her high chair tray. As she approached a year, things started to improve a little.
Eats mostly finger foods:
Lots of fruit – strawberries, kiwi, peaches, nectarines, grapes, blueberries are all favourites. Not a fan of bananas.
A few veggies – loves peas and corn on the cob! Will eat potatoes, beans, carrots and broccoli, but definitely aren’t favourites. Won’t touch yams or avocado, whereas 6 months ago, those were her favourite foods.
Meat - will eat little pieces of meat. Definitely likes chicken, pork and deli meats, but isn’t a fan of ground hamburger.
Grains - will eat a little whole wheat bread with crusts cut off. Has tried tortillas. Loves goldfish crackers (tried just recently). Likes dry Cheerios. Will eat whole wheat pasta (macaroni and spaghetti noodles), but isn’t big on rice.
Milk products - Loves yoghurt! And loved cheese until one day ate too much and got a tummy ache! Likes cream cheese and cottage cheese. Is drinking homo-milk. Took a little while to warm up to it, but now is drinking it warm from the bottle 3x/day.
TOYS:
Loves anything electronic – wants to touch/hold phones, DVD player, TV, camera, TV remote
Has an activity table that she will stand at and push buttons (makes noises and music). She’ll often dance to the music it makes.
Has a couple toy phones that she will hold to her hear and say “Hello”. She holds most things (including the TV remote) and will say “Hello”!
Loves books, especially ones with animals (dogs and cats). Will sit on our lap in the evening and just flip the pages looking at the animals.
Was given a doll for her birthday and immediately hugged it and put its bottle to its mouth.
Was given a Winnie the Poo car that she can sit on, walk with and make sounds with – loves it! Will dance to the music it plays and loves when mom and dad push her around the house on it.
Has a mail-box walker that she’ll walk with, try to climb in, and will put the letter in and out of.
Has a soft pink Winnie the Poo stuffed animal that she sleeps with. She cuddles with it in bed, hugs it, holds it and squishes her face into it.
Has a Fisher Price drum that she beats and it plays music.
She also has a Lily doll that sings and counts. She loves to turn her on and off and dance to the music.
Glo-worm hangs out in the crab and sings lullabys. She’ll sit and play with him at night – big smile on her face when he lights up.
SLEEPING:
Sleeps through the night and has done so from about 12 weeks on – of course she has gone through phases (week here and there) where she’s woken once or twice.
Bedtime is between 7-8PM and she’ll sleep through until 6:30-7:30AM. Often she’ll cry out in the night, usually because she’s in an awkward position (up against the railings) and can’t fix it, or she’s lost her soother or is tangled in the blankets. All we have to do is put her back in the middle of her crib, put her soother back in, cover her up and she goes back to sleep.
Still has 2 naps a day. One about 9 or 10AM and one about 2 or 3PM. She’ll sleep anywhere from 1to 2 ½ hours during her nap.
She definitely seems to need her sleep and there is a very obvious change in her demenor as soon as she gets tired.
She goes to bed or down for a nap with a fuss (almost always no crying), however, sometimes she will play in her crib for up to an hour before going to sleep.
Wearing Daddy's favourite outfit!
Loves eating corn on the cob - probably makes her feel like a big girl and feels good on her teeth!
Bathime.......need we say more?
Standing, but not walking yet.
Fun times with Daddy! So much for Mommy's $2.99 cooler.
This is what I wrote:
Kelsey at One Year!
BASICS:
22 lbs
28 inches
size 3 shoes
wears 12 month and 12-18 month clothes
hair is strawberry blond
eyes are big and bluish grey.
TEETH:
4 on the bottom, 3 on top with the 4th just pushing through the gums.
EATING/FOOD:
Started off as a good eater. Introduced rice cereal at 5 months, solids at 6 months. Ate everything we tried. Things started to get more difficult at 8 months. One day she liked something, the next day she didn’t. If she doesn’t like it she pulls it off her tongue and throws it on the floor, will try to knock the spoon from your hand so whatever’s on it goes everywhere, and when she doesn’t want any more she starts to throw things off her high chair tray. As she approached a year, things started to improve a little.
Eats mostly finger foods:
Lots of fruit – strawberries, kiwi, peaches, nectarines, grapes, blueberries are all favourites. Not a fan of bananas.
A few veggies – loves peas and corn on the cob! Will eat potatoes, beans, carrots and broccoli, but definitely aren’t favourites. Won’t touch yams or avocado, whereas 6 months ago, those were her favourite foods.
Meat - will eat little pieces of meat. Definitely likes chicken, pork and deli meats, but isn’t a fan of ground hamburger.
Grains - will eat a little whole wheat bread with crusts cut off. Has tried tortillas. Loves goldfish crackers (tried just recently). Likes dry Cheerios. Will eat whole wheat pasta (macaroni and spaghetti noodles), but isn’t big on rice.
Milk products - Loves yoghurt! And loved cheese until one day ate too much and got a tummy ache! Likes cream cheese and cottage cheese. Is drinking homo-milk. Took a little while to warm up to it, but now is drinking it warm from the bottle 3x/day.
TOYS:
Loves anything electronic – wants to touch/hold phones, DVD player, TV, camera, TV remote
Has an activity table that she will stand at and push buttons (makes noises and music). She’ll often dance to the music it makes.
Has a couple toy phones that she will hold to her hear and say “Hello”. She holds most things (including the TV remote) and will say “Hello”!
Loves books, especially ones with animals (dogs and cats). Will sit on our lap in the evening and just flip the pages looking at the animals.
Was given a doll for her birthday and immediately hugged it and put its bottle to its mouth.
Was given a Winnie the Poo car that she can sit on, walk with and make sounds with – loves it! Will dance to the music it plays and loves when mom and dad push her around the house on it.
Has a mail-box walker that she’ll walk with, try to climb in, and will put the letter in and out of.
Has a soft pink Winnie the Poo stuffed animal that she sleeps with. She cuddles with it in bed, hugs it, holds it and squishes her face into it.
Has a Fisher Price drum that she beats and it plays music.
She also has a Lily doll that sings and counts. She loves to turn her on and off and dance to the music.
Glo-worm hangs out in the crab and sings lullabys. She’ll sit and play with him at night – big smile on her face when he lights up.
SLEEPING:
Sleeps through the night and has done so from about 12 weeks on – of course she has gone through phases (week here and there) where she’s woken once or twice.
Bedtime is between 7-8PM and she’ll sleep through until 6:30-7:30AM. Often she’ll cry out in the night, usually because she’s in an awkward position (up against the railings) and can’t fix it, or she’s lost her soother or is tangled in the blankets. All we have to do is put her back in the middle of her crib, put her soother back in, cover her up and she goes back to sleep.
Still has 2 naps a day. One about 9 or 10AM and one about 2 or 3PM. She’ll sleep anywhere from 1to 2 ½ hours during her nap.
She definitely seems to need her sleep and there is a very obvious change in her demenor as soon as she gets tired.
She goes to bed or down for a nap with a fuss (almost always no crying), however, sometimes she will play in her crib for up to an hour before going to sleep.
Wearing Daddy's favourite outfit!
Loves eating corn on the cob - probably makes her feel like a big girl and feels good on her teeth!
Bathime.......need we say more?
Standing, but not walking yet.
Fun times with Daddy! So much for Mommy's $2.99 cooler.
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