13 months

So I am a little late getting this posted, but it has been a busy and fast month! Kaelyn is doing very well and is lots of fun! She is definitely a sweet little girl. She loves to gives kisses especially during meal time when her face is all messy! She still loves to hug everything and even pats her baby dolls on the back while she's hugging them. She also loves to pat daddy on the back when he gives her hugs! She really likes to walk backwards which she practices often. Usually its when she wants to sit on your lap. She will stand a few feet in front of you and walk back until she falls in your lap! She has started helping mommy by putting things into the garbage. If I had her something and say lets go put it in the garbage she follows me to the kitchen and drops it in!! Then I have to say all done or she will try and take everything out of the garbage!! She loves to go bye bye also. If you say it's time to go bye bye she walks over to the gate at the top of the stairs. Then when we get down stairs she knows she needs to put her shoes on first. She also loves to wave, so if you say bye bye she waves at whoever is there, even if she is the one going bye bye! She now wants to go up the stairs and down the stairs like a big girl. She will hold on to your hands and take the steps one at a time. You have to be really careful because she will start going down them without you. She has discovered she really loves spaghetti, which you will be able to see in the pictures, and strawberries are her absolute favorite. She doesn't have too many words yet, but one morning during breakfast when I asked her is she wanted more or if she was all done she proudly announced "done"! But she hasn't said it since then. If you ask her to say certain words she will produce the sound of the first letter of the word, so she is definitely on her way! We had our first trip to the zoo on Memorial Day and she loved the monkeys-just like her daddy!!! She seemed to have a fun time although she didn't like the tea cup ride which she went on with mommy. She cried almost the entire time :(

25 weeks

So I have had these pictures taken for almost a week and I am a total slacker on getting them on the blog. But life is a little busy right now, so what can I say!!! Everything has been going very well with my pregnancy. I have been feeling pretty well and am enjoying being pregnant. I have to say I am a huge fan of the
2nd trimester!!!!! We have officially picked a name for our baby boy. It is going to be Austin Michael. I have been having fun feeling him move around and beat me up inside!!! Joe has been able to feel him kicking for the last few weeks. I'm pretty sure Kaelyn has felt him too, although she doesn't seem to care. I have to say that the second time around is totally different. I am so busy with everything that sometimes I forget I am pregnant. With Kaelyn it was all I could think about!!! We are getting a few boy things here and there and I am hoping to do a little garage sale-ing. My friend Anna was able to find a Graco double stroller for $15!!!! It doesn't match our car seat, but for $15 who cares!!!!! My other friend Jamie has a co-worker that had a baby boy last August and is wanting to get rid of all of her stuff. So I am going to go have a peek at all of that stuff!!! So things are going well and we are excited to meet our baby boy!
Also, I compared pictures from when I was pregnant with Kaelyn to now.......

First pregnancy at 24 weeks


This pregnancy at 24 weeks