Cailyn’s First Day in Preschool 2yr old room

Miss Cailyn, Miss Cailyn. 

We were all so excited about our first day of Preschool!!! Cailyn’s first day was FANTASTIC.  We took pictures.

 

She walked right in and started playing and never looked back for me.

When I was waiting around, wishing for maybe a little whimper, she turned around waved at me and said “Bye mommy, go”

 

Okay…that went tooooo well.

When she got home she was EXHAUSTED and took a 4hr nap.

   

The next day (we go 3 days a week) We walked in and I got some more pictures.

I love a little kid with a big backpack. 

Well, the second and 3rd day have not gone as well as the 1st.  She was sad, cried or whimpered the whole entire day.  At one point when they told the class they were going outside to play she got so upset she made herself throw up.  The had to leave her in the front office and there she got to entertain everyone so she was absolutely FINE!!! What in the world???? The teachers had to hold her ALL day.  If she was held she was fine. 

Conclusion…I think this is a bit too much change for Cailyn.  At first it was fun but then when it became a regular thing it wasn’t as fun.  PLUS, I think Cailyn might be an “attention hog.”  Just saying it is in the realm of possibilities.  We will try again next week and pray things get better!!!!

Cailyn Showing Off!

I sing or read an alphabet book to Cailyn every night and it is amazing what little sponges kids are at this age.  I have to show this video of Cailyn showing us who’s name starts with what letter.  This is a good start with letter recognition!!!  (Don’t mind her mismatched PJs we had an accident last night)

Happy 2nd Birthday Cailyn

My baby girl is 2!!

To celebrate her big day we took her to Krispy Kreme for an extra yummy sweet!!!  At the age two it is a right of passage to be able to wear princess costumes, where ever you go.  She insisted on wearing her birthday outfit and rightly so, she is the princess.

The kids loved celebrating with her and it was fun to go out as a family on a school night. That NEVER happens.

We also opened some gifts at home.  Lawson was EXTRA sweet to Cailyn and made her a pillow (all by herself) and gave her two quarters.  Cailyn was THRILLED!!!

This was her second round of a party. We had a big January party up in VA while we were there. We have 4 January birthday’s in our family.  Cailyn was lucky enough to blow out the candles.

A little about Miss C at the age of 2!

Those days of being easy going and laid back are OVER.  She hit two full speed ahead and nothing slows her down.  She has learned the power of screaming to get attention.  Saying no, and thinking about hitting other.  I have my hands full now!! She won’t even ham it up for the camera anymore.  See me pulling her to get a picture.  Haha!

She loves to dress up.  Heels and all!!!

She is a picky eater but loves anything sweet.

She is still tiny.  She wears 18-24mo clothes, wears size 4 (almost size 5) shoe, and size 3 diapers.

She loves the iPad and my phone and knows how to work it!!

 

Her smiles lights up a room and melts my heart. 

and we love cuddle time!!!

Cailyn has overcome a few adversities in her short little life but she has proven time and time again she is a fighter and nothing is going to slow her down.

Here is my baby the day she was born.

At one year:

Today:

100% Toddler and 100% loved!!!

Happy Birthday sweet Cailyn.  I love you so much and I love watching you grow!!!

I said this on FB and I will say it here. I can’t believe Cailyn is already 2 years old, yet I have a hard time remembering life without her.  She has completed our family with a exclamation point!!!

Cailyn is 22 months

Lordy, lordy Mrs. Glory where has the time gone??

Out baby girl is not quite a baby anymore and showing that us that she is a BIG GIRL!

Here are some pictures of Cailyn the past few months. 

Talking: She loves to jibber jab all the time here are a few words we have mastered.  Maw (me), Daddy, Wes, La-La (Lawson), go, bow, diaper, Nana, Gra (for Grammy), poo-poo, Gigi (her blanket), Dah, doggie, cookie (of course), chic-chic (chickens), girl and more I just can’t remember them all.

She can push toys forward now.  So stinking cute!!! She loves wearing hats/helmets.

Following her sister’s footsteps. We have another little girl addicted to HIGH HEEL Shoes!!

Cailyn might have been slightly delayed in pulling up and walking but she is showing us NO delay in her interest in being potty trained.  This might be TMI- but she did her first BM on the toilet Oct 31st (21mo)and has continued to tell us when she needs to go #2 and go on the potty (if I feel like it).  I will admit, I am not in as much “rush” as I was with the other kids to potty train so I will just hold off until she is at least 2. 

(Kenna Family- who does this remind you of?)

Of course, growing up there are a few growing pains.  We have now experienced timeout.  As you can tell, she is not a fan, however, she surprisingly did really well staying put and curving her temper tantrums after isolation. This little social butterfly does not like to be left out of anything!

We have had our fair share of oopsies!  When she found a pen and decided to color my couch AND her brother!!! Yet, he didn’t realize it was his job to tell her no!  Lovely. I did get the pen marks out for the most part thanks to rubbing alcohol.

But seriously who could be mad at this face for long?

Our sweet Cailyn is growing by leaps and bounds everyday and teaching me a things or 20 along the way!!! Love you baby girl!!

Call Me Maybe!!

If you watched the Olympics, you listen to the radio you KNOW the song Call me maybe. Lawson LOVES it, McKenna loves it…I even like it.  It has a great beat.  If you don’t know the song, let me…

While we were at the mountains this song was played many times.  Here are so fun family shots of the singing…

So call me…

Maybe…

I have lots of other pictures to post of our great family vacation, but this is a start. I just need to sort them and need 2 days to put them in  blog posts!!! For now, Call me maybe!!! XXOO

Cailyn 17 months- with the many faces of Cailyn

Yes, I realize I have not done Lawson’s big 7 year old post.  Call it denial but I just haven’t gotten all my pictures in place to put that post together.  However, I was cleaning up my SD card today and remembered I need to do one on Cailyn’s 17th status. 
A couple things about Cailyn.  She loves (or I love can’t tell which) accessorizing her.  Hair bows, bracelets, fun necklaces.  She/we love it.

We are trying our hand and temper tantrums these days.  You want to get her to throw a fit in one nano-second.  Take away my cell phone!! We have also noticed if she perches up on her pink chair she either wants my cell phone or food.

We are still working on walking.  She has zero confidence on supporting herself.  She is 100% comfortable with me carrying her everywhere.  As much as I love it, she is getting kind of heavy. We are working hard and I know she will be taking off any day (I pray).
She is starting to get really sneaky.  Here she is sneaking up the stairs. Mischievous smile…

Right now at 17 months she has 12 teeth!
Look a here…I found Lawson at 11mo. wearing this same dress…in the foyer. A couple differences…Lawosn is walking and has no hair.

I did this last year with Lawson and I loved it.  Now I am doing one with Cailyn.  Here is the many faces of Cailyn at 17mo.
I have to note that this dress was Lawson’s at 10mo. it was one of my all time favorites. Lawson at 11mo in the same dress…

Where does the time go???

Progress Update on Cailyn–15 months

Wow, what a difference a few weeks make.  We are meeting and/or exceeding our weekly goals at PT!  Yippee! On Sunday May 6th, Cailyn pulled up for the first time on her feet.   Then on Thursday May 10th our PT said lets make the goal for Cailyn to start cruising furniture.  She gave us some exercises and the child has taken off!!  Friday May 11th she started taking steps along the furniture!! She cruises our furniture, sometimes letting go or just leaning slightly on the furniture.  She is now leaning forward to pick stuff up while standing.  All big milestones being reached!!

Look how strong she looks standing?? 

With this new freedom she has also discovered she can climb.  My life will never be the same again!!

However, it is fun!!  Cailyn has discovered she can now play on the playground rather then just be an observer.  She loves exploring.

Miss Cailyn, I am so very very proud of you!! You are working so hard and we can tell those doctors there is no need for a neurological exam because you are actually just smarter then the rest of us…you have captured at a young age life happens way to fast and you are enjoying the ride rather then zooming through it!! 

 

Other stuff… at her 15mo appointment she was 20lbs 14 oz and I think 30” long.  We did have to have her left ear flushed because it was so waxy and we found she had another ear infection with zero signs.  Lovely.  We are on an antibiotic (although I don’t thing she needed one). 

That is our 15 month status report.  We are doing great!! Thank you to those that wrote such encouraging and sweet words about Cailyn.  They really meant the world to me. 

What a month- February 2012

There is two words to describe February “Doctor’s Appointments”  In the month of February we have anywhere from 1-3 doctors appointments a WEEK!  It has been borderline ridiculous. We are very blessed to have healthy kids but sometimes when it rains it pours. So February it just poured Doctor’s Appointments for us! Five of them were either well check-ups (W&C), head check-up, heart check-up, and ENT (I will get to that one later).  The others have been Cailyn’s ear infection.  When the front lady at the doctor’s office knows your name it is not cool!!

If you recall we had lots of doctor’s visits from Wesley’s head concussion.  Then we had his well check-up and he failed his hearing test in his right ear.  Went to the ENT last Monday the boy has PERFECT hearing.  Great news.

While we were there I asked the doctor to look at Cailyn’s ear because she was pulling on it.  He pulled out a bunch of wax but  he said it was not infected just red.  Fast forward 2 days Cailyn was sick with a 101 fever and I took her to the doctor’s.  Sure enough right ear had an infection..  Go home with Amoxicillin and was confident she would be better by Friday.  Friday I was suppose to fly out of town to meet up with Collins for a work function.  Friday morning Cailyn wakes up and it is clear she is very sick still. I took her back to the doctor’s office (but still had my bags packed for my trip)   Look at my baby at the doctor’s office.

They told me she now had a double ear infection and was a very sick little girl and really without them saying much more I decided to cancel my trip. There was no way I could leave my sick little girl.  I wouldn’t be able to live with myself!!  We were put on a new antibiotic called Sulprax and thought surely my baby would be great by Saturday.  NOPE.  She ran a 101-103 fever up until Monday.  I don’t think there is any worse feeling then knowing you can not do anything more for your kids (like take their place). By Monday night I was happy to see Cailyn making dramatic improvements!!

Remember me wishing I could take her place….well, it happened.  I am sick now!  I probably should go to the doctors but I would like ONE week off.  Next week we start off again with dentist appointments, ear check-up, Early Prevention (will talk about that more later) so maybe if I am still sick next week I will go.

Other then the sick bug going through our house we are all good.

I do have to share one sweet thing about Lawson.  I was feeling horrible on Monday and Lawson was amazing that morning she fixed breakfast for her and Wesley, got them both dressed, and then removed the sheets off her bed (Monday is sheet day).  When I told her thank you she said “I know you don’t feel good, is there anything else I can do to help?” I am such a lucky mom! 

Tunnel Fun!!

Since Cailyn has become a power crawler we have come to find out she is fearless.  Give her an obstacle and she is ready to go.  I figured this out at a little boys birthday party and they had pretend lasers in the upstairs hallway and after all the kids crawled through the obstacle Cailyn was ready for the challenge.  She looked like a rocket going through.  It was so cute.  When we got home I pulled out the tunnels.  I remember having to CRAWL through the tunnel myself to get Lawson and Wesley to go through, Cailyn she fearlessly went through the tunnel the second it was on the floor.  (isn’t it funny how different kids can be?)

See ya later!!!