Kaya's Birthday - A Trip to the Zoo

Not only did Kaya get to go to the zoo for her birthday, but she also got to ride in her forward facing carseat for the first time! When she got to the zoo, she got to play in the tree house with Daddy. The treehouse is great place for kids to run around, and the family pretty much had the place to themselves that morning.

Last Day in the Infant Room at School

Today is Kaya's last day in the infant room at her school. She's going to miss Ms Stacy, Michelle, and Trisha, but she's going to have a great time with Ms. Katie and Ms. Annie in the Toddler room. The toddler room comes with other benefits, like new toys and a playground! The toddler room also comes with benefits for Mommy too - snacks and milk are provided, and the cost per week decreases!

New Blog

For her 2nd year, Kaya's going to try out a new blog! Here's another picture from year 1 though. Actually, she is 1 day old in this picture.

The Distance Run

Kaya is great at cheering Mommy on at races. Today Kaya went to Philadelphia REALLY early so that she could watch Mommy run the half marathon. Thank you Kaya!

Happy Birthday Kaya!!!!

AT 8:20pm, Kaya officially was 1 year old! To celebrate, her Mommy and Daddy, both sets of Grandparents, and Uncle John and Jessie had dinner at Kaya's house, and then sang Happy Birthday to her right at 8:20 pm. At the end of the song, Kaya started clapping for herself, and then everyone joined in. Then Kaya took her very first taste of cake..or in reality frosting. She wasn't too sure what to think of it, so she immediately decided to feed some to Daddy instead! After cake Kaya got to open some of her first birthday presents, and had a wonderful time with the gift wrap as well (Kaya is a mini human paper shredder!). :)

Kaya's Birthday - A Trip to the Zoo

Random Kaya Facts

Wed, Sep 3, 2008 12:22 PM
Some general fun Kaya stuff:

She loves to unroll toilet paper, and take the wipes out of the wipes container 1 by 1. She's still horribly mean and rolls over during diaper changes. especially the dirty ones. :( She loves to clap and will clap if you ask her to. And she loves to pat, pat, pat the cats. She also loves to pat Daddy's head and always laughs when she does. We think Daddy's spiky hair must feel like a cat! She completely self feeds now, even breakfast, and also tries to feed Mommy food all the time too. Sometimes she'll just pretend she's going to feed Mommy and will take the food back at the last second though! total fake-out. She thinks that the sound of people sneezing and coughing is FUNNY. She's learning to eat with a spoon, but often gets the wrong end in her mouth. When she doesn't want to be picked up, she'll throw her arms up, her head down, and let her body go completely limp. She's starting to have tantrums when she doesn't get what she wants. and she's becoming very assertive! Her newest favorite stuffed animal is her white bunny. She can open 1 of the cabinets that has a child lock on it. Daddy things she's going to be good at those tavern puzzles. She loves to walk and hold her book open in front of her. She's all into handing people things, like books, food, clothes, etc. very helpful! She's starting to react to basic commands, like "Go to Grandma" or "Get your book". But she certainly does NOT react to "NO"!

Official Last Day as an Infant

Today is Kaya's last day as an "infant" although she's been toddling around for awhile now. She had her 12 month doctor's appt this morning, and she's doing great. She still hasn't hit that 20 pound weight requirement to have a forward facing carseat yet though! Mommy was planning to wait a few more weeks before using the new carseat anyway, because it's just too convenient to still be able to use the carrier in the morning before school. Kaya's doctor said she's doing great with eating and she's healthy and ahead on her milestones. So that was all good news to Mommy. Tomorrow Kaya gets to party!! and eat the first of her several birthday cakes! Today is also the 1 year anniversary of the day that Mommy and Daddy took a 7 mile walk to encourage Kaya to get here!

Happy Birthday Grandma M

Today Kaya visited Grandma and Grandpa Martin to celebrate Grandma Martin's birthday!