28 February 2006
So our camera suffered a most unfortunate fall, so we have not been taking any pictures for some time. A new one is on the way… (these were the last photos taken, not the best, but hey, it’s all we’ve got).
Kayla and I went to the Children’s museum to explore. Most of the exhibits would be more exciting for a walker for sure, and a bit older. There was a toddler area where Kayla liked the kelp forest and wanted me to walk her in there over and over. We then explored the rest of the museum and found a drum for Kayla to play.
Kayla loves the drums more and more. Every time she sees one of mine she wants me to play it, and then she dances and dances. It is super sweet. I took her to the dance class where I used to drum, and she really loved seeing/hearing the drummers and dancers. She was hitting the floor as if it were a drum and doing some funky moves in between the dancers.
Wayne celebrated his 75th birthday, and we went down to Longview to celebrate with him. Kayla took home one of Wayne’s helium bday balloons. This provided her with lots of entertainment time. Whether letting go of the string and having mommy retrieve it, or batting it around.
Tim went to Mexico for just about a week for work. The last week in February Tim, Kayla, myself and 3 other families took a trip to Whistler. Kayla did great with the other kids, pretty good in the car (considering it was way to long in the car) and we had a good time too. Tim and I took turns the first day, and actually got to ride together one day since we switched child watching with another couple. That was a nice treat. It was an amazing gorgeous drive home followed by a potato burrito at Casa Que Pasa on the way home. Not such a bad way to spend a Friday.
14 February 2006
Well Kayla has been working on getting some upper teeth for some time now. I would say three poked their way through on Sunday. It looks like a fourth one will be coming soon, but it didn’t make it with the rest. She now has five teeth which she happily grinds together to make a “nail on chalkboard times 100” sound. It’s changed her looks somewhat as will happen. I’m glad they are through and am hoping for more sleep at night now. I think she was really in a lot of pain for several nights. We will miss her sweet gummy grin, but embrace the growth we must.
On Monday Kayla and I went to Cruiser’s and Crawlers (9-12 month old group). It was a bit overwhelming for me and Kayla after a while. There were so many kids and adults in the room. One of my favorite things right now is watching Kayla with other crawlers. I love how they kind of sheep-herd each other around. Kayla still seems to really love other kids, especially other crawlers, and migrates towards them. Well, okay, maybe just their toys.
On Tuesday we got to hang out with Aiden. They both seemed to have a good time together.
12 February 2006
Kayla really enjoys her new wagon. Tim decided to drive her around in it which she couldn’t get enough of. More more more she said. She fit really well inside the thing (hhh hhh), and it didn’t tip over or anything, right Tim? :-)
Great grandma Barbara and Grandpa Jim came up to visit on Saturday. Kayla enjoyed exploring her great grandmother’s face. She’s always been fond of those noses.
Sunday Tim and I walked around Discovery park again and enjoyed the nice weather.
6 February 2006
…So Big!
At 9 months one week she weighed in at 15 pounds 15 ounces, and is 28 inches long.
3 February 2006
Tim headed off to Eindhoven, so Kayla and I packed up and went to the Big Island to visit Vicky, Lila and Zayden. All was going well with the flight there, we got to Maui on time, loaded the plane all set for take off when the captain came on to tell us that the hydraulic fluid was leaking and we would be on the plane until it was fixed. Well, after the layover at Maui (we couldn’t get off the plane for that) andwith our delay, we were only on the plane about 11.5 hours total. We could have flown further than Tim did. Kayla almost lost it as she was soooo tired, but I managed to coax her to sleep. Phew.
Hawaii was great. It was warm, sunny, a little rainy and of course, there was the family to visit. Kayla got was pretty sick for most of the time, but she was such a trooper. She managed a few smiles and really tried to be herself. She had a few smiles for the swing.
Kayla really seemed to enjoy her cousin Zayden. She followed him and seemed to want his attention as well. Kayla also enjoyed her grandmother and seemed to like her auntie Lila better than her mother much of the time. :-)
Zayden is really growing. He was talking up a storm and though I needed a translation here or there, he is getting pretty good at talking. We went to the beach one day, and though Kayla slept, we enjoyed watching Zayden play in the water.
Kayla managed some more developing despite being sick. She began pulling herself up on the furniture to stand. She was getting pretty good at it and really looks tall when she does. She was up on her feet and hands in the crab position quite a bit, liked to open and close the doors to get to the doorstop, and also began pointing at things. Kayla started using some more signs too. She said book, and something that looked like “hey, what’s going on?” It was kind of like a wider book with shrugged shoulders and hands open. She is sooo cute when she signs and it amazes me that at nine months old she can communicate so well.
Vicky, Zayden and I went to the outrigger for some lunch and a swim in the pool on our last day. Kayla was feeling better but Zayden was now feeling sick. Poor little ones. It’s so sad to see them sick.
So, then it was time to take our short 5 hour 44 minute flight back to Seattle. The plane was delayed about 1.5 hours, and I ran into the woman that sat behind us on the flight there. She said, well, since this plane is flying direct (already coming from Maui) I guess that means that there won’t be any problems. Boy was she wrong. Again the plane was loaded and then we were told there was a maintainace problem. Turns out they needed another computer for the cockpit and we had to fly to Honolulu to get it. So, first they had to de-gas the plane as the amount of fuel they had made the plane too heavy. Well that only took about 2 hours or so. Anyhow, after leaving Honolulu, we got to Seattle roughly 4.5 hours later than intended. Northwest Airlines. Hmmmm….