Milestones

Kiley now says:

• bye-bye - her first official word that she's been saying clearly for months
• hello (when she picks up one of the kids' itouches and holds it up to her ear - comes out as huh-LO
• ball
• baby
• uh-oh - very cute, anytime something drops or someone falls
• mo - along with the sign, means more or I'm hungry
• no - as in 'can we change your diaper?', answer 'NO'
• mama & papa - although she doesn't typically say these when she sees us or in context, (more like babbling 'mamamamama') - once in awhile she will look at me and say 'Mom' or 'Mama' and the same with Papa

She knows where her tummy is, her eyes, her nose. She knows her toes and feet and hands. Her tummy was first - we'd say 'where's Kiley's tummy' and she'd stick it out (which takes very little effort really) and pat it. I love, love, love her feet. I call them her happy feet - as they are in constant motion. When she's really excited in the car she kicks them between the seats while I drive. She also does her happy dance, when she's having fun or something tastes really yummy. She LOVES to eat; now will do green beans, broccoli, spinach, roasted bell peppers (but not raw), tomatoes, strawberries, bananas, oranges, any kind of carb, cheese, yogurt, peanut butter, and on and on. She knows where the girl scout cookies are and she will go to them and point and grunt, or come and grab and hand and drag us over and point and grunt. If she's eaten, I will give her a small bite. She ALWAYS wants 'mo, mo...' and I tell her 'that's a treat and we only eat a little bit. Too much is bad for our body.' And she gets really mad, but we move on and find something else to do.

Kiley took a spill at Brownies the other day because she was tired and missed her nap. She hit her mouth on the floor (carpet) and it bled like crazy. It was scary, but Sydney was incredible - she whisked her to me and then ran to the bathroom for paper towels, then stayed with me while I rinsed Kiley's mouth and stopped the bleeding. Once all was under control, I realized I was shaking and repeating, 'It's ok, it's ok, it's ok...' which I realized I was doing kind of robotically to reassure myself as much as anyone else. Still Sydney was a trooper until a few minutes later when I looked up to see big tears in her eyes. She held it together longer than I did really, and when she lost it she was upset for awhile. I didn't realize that your mouth bleeds so much. Sydney and Kiley's shirts were both ruined because of the stains, and Kiley's mouth looked bad for a few days, but she's just fine now.

Included are a couple of pictures from lunch yesterday. We ate outside at Chuy's and it was gorgeous!! We're expecting a couple of inches of snow tomorrow??? Anyway, you can see Kiley's four teeth (just four) - with the same big gap between the front two that Sydney had with her baby teeth - compared to the gummy grin that is long gone. And, if you look closely, you can see three hair bows in her hair, because she finds them lying around and wants them all in her hair at once these days.