Monday, November 5, 2007

What to do when a boy makes a move on your girl?

One minute, Kailee and Leighton are happily playing with one another as they debate who has the coolest Mom. I was so proud to hear Kailee talking me up like she was!
Then, the next thing I know... Leighton busts a move on Kailee. And after all I taught her, she didn't move. She totally let Leighton kiss her. I thought to myself "that a girl... Mommy did the same thing when she was dating Daddy!"
This past week has been very eventful for the Critchfield family. Kailee started army crawling the beginning of October and 3 weeks later she is crawling on her knees like a big girl! It's fun to see her on her hands and toes with her butt in the air too! She loves to crawl around the living room and play with toys, Daddy's books, her diaper bag, etc. She is really enjoying being so mobile. Two days later she starts attempting to pull herself up on things. She reaches up and grabs on to chairs or the couch and sometimes falls, but of course Mommy is there to catch her so she doesn't bump her head. Once she gets both hands up on a chair or the couch, she tries to move her legs up to stand, but just isn't strong enough. Soon enough!
Also, Kailee has been saying "ma ma", "da da", and "la la" a lot more. She loves to talk to herself! My favorite part of the day is when Kailee wakes up. Jared brings her in to the room to me and puts Kailee on the bed beside me. It's a very refreshing wake up call. She tries to crawl all over me and speaks jibberish to me, but I can understand her. She normally says things along the lines of "get up Mom, we've got to play... and I'm starving... wow, you've got a cool bed, how come my bed is so small and hard?"
She has also become aware sometimes when one of us leaves. One day Jared was leaving and said "Bye Kailee, I love you" and shut the door and she screamed. It was so cute. She did the same thing for me that day when I left. She also cried when Lee Willis left our house. She just loves company!
The past 2-3 weeks Kailee has been Miss cranky pants half the day. I could feel a little bump on her gum where a tooth was surely going to pop through soon. Sure enough last Friday moring, I felt a little edge of the tooth and the next day I could feel the whole tooth. Though it is hardly out of the gum, it's there and will be more visible soon! This is my attempt to get a picture for you! It's a little blurry, but if you look closely, you can see her lips, lol.
Here is a gorgeous dress my Aunt Michele bought for Kailee. She looked like an angel in it. Isn't it cute? If you're reading this Auntie, you've got great taste in baby clothes!

3 comments:

The Ballard Family said...

That is my favorite dress ever! She did look like an angel when she wore it on Sunday. Soooo cute! I love how fast things are happening for the Critchfield's these days. I have got to be more diligent with my blogging. First, Kailee is crawling. Then, Julie is bedridden. Now, Kailee and Layton are engaged (or soon to be).

Alan and Sharon said...

Wow! Teeth! My goodness...these kids grow up fast...and already a kiss! What will we do with them? :)

mary said...

What an exciting post! That is so funny that Leighton is going after Kailee this early. I was just laughing while reading that little story! What fun!