Friday, December 26, 2008

Merry Christmas!!!!

Kaelyn's first Christmas was a hit!!!! We went over to Grandma and Grandpa Renstrom's for dinner on Wednesday and then we opened gifts. We got to see Uncle Kip, Aunt Penny, Uncle Buddy, cousins Tony, Jacob, Sera, Noah, Sunny, our niece Lucia, her husband Albert, and their son Alex, and the missionaries. It was crazy!!!!! But we had a good time and it was nice to see everyone!!!! Kaelyn had fun opening her presents and playing with the paper and ribbon! She was up until 10pm but did very well! Then on Thursday morning we woke up and opened a few presents from my parents and some toys we got for Kaelyn. It was low key! All in all it was a great Christmas!!!



Christmas day also marked Kaelyn being 8 months old! She has been learning a lot and getting more mobile. She has started crawling-army style! She uses one arm to pull herself forward. She is attempting to crawl on all fours, but it is easier to scoot along. Her two bottom teeth are coming in and have finally both popped through. She can hold herself up while standing but can't pull herself to stand yet. She can also get into a sitting position from laying on the floor. She loves to be tickled and has the best laugh!!! We have been trying some finger foods, but she doesn't seem to really like solid foods yet, although she had her first cheerios and seemed to like them. She likes to hold on to them more than she likes to put them in her mouth and eat them! She loves her bottle and will stick it into her mouth as we are going up the stairs for bed time!! She definitely will let you know when she wants it!!! We have tried a sippy cup, but she doesn't seem to like that either. She would much rather just drink right out of a cup! She is getting a lot better at waving although she hasn't mastered it quite yet. She also loves her stuffed animals and blankies. Every night before bed she pulls her blanket up over her head and snuggles in! She definitely likes to cuddle too, which I love!!!!!

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Holidazzle Parade

So this is kind of late, but we went to the Holidazzle parade a few weeks ago down in the Nicollet Mall area. It was absolutely FREEZING, but being the true Minnesotan's that we are we headed out with Ethan, Kim, Kelsey and Bryson! It was actually really fun, and Kaelyn did a great job! She was so bundled up she could barley move!!!!



Ho Ho Ho!!

Last Saturday was our Christmas party for church. And we had a visitor......Santa!!! Kaelyn wasn't too sure of what to think about him, but she didn't cry so I would say that it went very well!!! We are looking forward to having her open presents this week. I think she will like the wrapping better than the actual gift. There will be more pictures to follow.



Saturday, December 6, 2008

Holiday Pics

My friend Kim did our Holiday pictures. Here is a preview to our Christmas card we will be sending out!!!!










All I Want For Christmas Is.....

...my two front teeth!!!! I got a text message from Kim (at daycare) yesterday. It said, "Have you seen Kaelyn's teeth?" So I wrote her back and said, "What???? No!!!!!" And she wrote back saying that her two bottom teeth were poppin' through!!! I was so excited, I couldn't wait to go and pick her up!!!! And sure enough I could just barley see them in there! So today we were checking her mouth out and you can just feel the bottom right one poking through! I knew it was coming, but I still can't believe it! Our little girl is growing up so quickly!

You can't really see them in the picture, but they are in there!!!!!

She has also started "crawling". But it is army style. She doesn't get up on all fours. She uses her arms to scoot forward. I got a little of it on video so I will post that for everyone to see. We are so excited that she is growing, but sad because she won't be little very much longer!!!