More new words!

So many new words from Kaylen, they are hard to keep up with. Here are a few from the last week:

Pretty: "Peddy"
Kaylen: "Kay-en"
Come on
Truck: "Tuck"
Outside: "Oh-Side"
Slide: "Side"
See you
Drink: "Dink"

☼Fireworks☼

Happy Fourth of July! As you can tell by the pictures, Aiden was way more excited about fireworks then Kaylen - she feel asleep about half way through the show. Aiden was so excited about his "rocket" firework, but was so sad after we set it off! I guess all things must come to an end, including rocket fireworks.

The learning curve!

I keep saying that Kaylen is literally learning at least one new word a day. Sometimes I find it hard to remember all the things she can say, and I don't think others really believe me just how fast she is really picking up on it. So, I've decided to start blogging them! I love this stage; their little minds are like a sponge and pick up on everything that goes on around them. Really I think Kaylen is learning to talk so rapidly because Aiden quizzes her ALL THE TIME. Most every day, when we are driving to daycare, Aiden is in the back seat saying "Kaylen can you say....". Amazingly, she like this and she will at least try to say everything he asks her to say. So here are a few of her most recent words:

Shoes: "sues"
Juice: "sues" (sounds exactly like shoes - this gets very confusing)
Snack: "Sack"
Aiden: "A-e"
Peek-a-Boo: "Pee-Boo"
Elmo (she loves Elmo)
Elmo movie: "Elmo mooee" (also loves the elmo move - we watch ALOT)
Come on: "Cuh on"
Bike
Hat

These of course are in addition to the many words she has said for a while; Mama, Dada, Poppy, Papa, Nany, Nana, ball, dog, cat, cow, eyes, nose, mouth, book, Love You, night-night, hot (learned that one the hard way), no-no and many more. It is so fun to see her grow up!

What a goof!

This is Aiden as he was getting ready to go play on the slip-n-slip in the backyard. No, I didn't make him hike up those swim trunks to his armpits; that was all him! He saw no problem with it, but did agree to lowing the waist line to a bit more "normal" level. Then, of course, he had to show off his muscles and act silly for some pictures!

Kaylen Pictures

These are a few old pictures I found of Kaylen; I can't believe how much she has grown up in the past few months. Her hair is longer and face has changed so much. Our sweet little girl! It is hard to believe that we will be celebrating her second birthday in just a few months.

A little personality starting to show through!

Our little Kaylen is definitely not a baby anymore. She's a walking, talking full blown toddler. I have to say, she must be the smartest 18 month old on the planet! (ok, maybe a little biased). Her rate of speech development is quite impressive. I was recently gone for five days to a class in Louisville. It seemed like she had learned a whole handful of new words in the short time I was gone. Just yesterday she came up with two new phrases... "go bed" and "uh oh, potty". As you can guess by the last phase, we are toying with the idea of potty training. She know when she is going, and loves to sit on the potty, but has only actually made it to the potty twice. I don't want to rush her, but I'm excited at the thought of no more diapers!
Kaylen has definitely started to show her true personality. She can be a little sassy and stubborn at times, but is still such a little love bug! Her most recent favorite activity is coloring. This was never something Aiden was interested in so it is fun to see her get so much enjoyment from it. Trent was watching the kids the other day and said she sat for an hour and a half just scribbling on a page...pretty good attention span for her age. She also LOVES to read books. She would be content to just have someone read books to her all day! Also, she has decided she loves to DANCE. Her car seat seems to be her favorite groove spot as most often she is swaying back and forth just feeling the music. He favorite song (gasp) is Katy Perry's "Hot and Cold". Ok, not the best role model for her but it does have a fun beat to it! Her other favorite dance tune is the Napa commercial, so I guess I won't fret too much about the lyrics she is listen to.

Tone deaf!

We were driving along the other day; Kaylen playing in her seat, Aiden gazing out the window and myself minding my own business and singing to the radio. Aiden pipes up "Mom, are you singing?" (me) "Umm...yes, why?" He says "Are you going to sing every song?" (I have a good idea where this might be going). "Maybe, why?" He pauses for a minute. "Because...your hurting my ears. Like REALLY Mom, your really hurting my ears. I'm getting a headache. If your gonna sing you need to do it QUIETLY...."
Ok, ok, I get it. So I'm not going to be the next American Idol. The honesty of a four year old. Gotta love it!