Clap Your Hands!

Thanks Mike & Lauren (and Madison) for the inspiration for this weeks blog! We are so happy that Kaylee is now clapping! We're pretty biased, but we think that it is just the cutest thing in the world! Holly and Kaylee had been practicing and Kaylee took right to it. Enjoy this video!
And holy cow! She's 10 months old today!


Kaylee has been up to her old tricks again too! Last night was a doozie as she was awake from 12:30 am until 2:30 am. We sure hope that she's getting more teeth and that this is the reason for her restlessness! But wouldn't you know it - we had company spend the night last night too! They always picks the perfect times, you know?! Good thing we love her anyway! And sorry Ashton and Becca!

Random Cuteness!

Kaylee went to her 9 month check up on Friday (although she's closer to 10 months). She's now a solid 20 lbs. and 27 1/2 inches which puts her now into the 50th percentile for both height and weight (down from the 75th). She's crawling all over the place and tries to get into as much trouble as she can! We love her to pieces!

She loves her little kitty towel. Such a happy little girl!

Here's a cute pic of her sleeping with her little batooty high in the air!

She decided that she wanted to empty out one of her drawers the other day. Fun, fun!

Thanks Gramma for the pretty bow!

What a cute little angel she is!

Laughing Hysterically

Well Kaylee's nightly wakings continue. As far as we can tell, she just wants to be held because as soon as we pick her up the crying stops - immediately. Then we put her back in the crib and the crying starts again. Does anyone else's babies do this? She slept so good for so long, but the last month or so she's been waking up crying and wanting to be held. I guess it's a good thing that she loves us and wants us to hold her, but not so much at 2 am! Those babies sure are good at throwing curve balls, huh?!

Well we just love this video of Kaylee laughing hysterically as her daddy goofs off in the background. She gets laughing so hard she falls over!



We remember putting this on Kaylee when she was just 2 weeks old - she totally drowned in it! We wondered if it would ever fit her...now look! We can't believe how fast she has grown!

She LOVES pulling herself up onto tables!

Look At Me Now!

Kaylee's big accomplishment this week was pulling herself up holding onto furniture. She can even walk alongside the furniture. Earlier this week we heard Kaylee waking up from her nap and went into her room. This is what we found:

Hi Mom and Dad! I can stand up all by myself! You're going to have to keep a closer eye on me now! As if she needed another excuse not to take a nap! Now when we put her in her crib this is the first thing she wants to do (I guess it's better than crying right off the bat)! And of course she takes any opportunity that she gets to stand up alongside tables, chairs - anything around the house that she's not supposed to get into!

Daddy put up some ceiling fans in the bedrooms this week. Kaylee was a big help!

And look - she's got lots of hair now too!

We had a wonderful week enjoying time with Kaylee and family. Hope that everyone has a wonderful New Year!

Kaylee's First Christmas!

Kaylee would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Sorry it's late, but we've been quite busy these days (continue to the bottom of this post and you'll see why). We had so much fun sharing in Kaylee's first Christmas and loved watching her with all of her gifts. Of course her Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles spoiled her rotten!

She loved playing with the wrapping paper just as much as the gifts!

Here is Kaylee opening up a present.

And here is the reason that we have been so busy...we bought a house! Yeah! We're quite excited about it. We moved in on the 22nd and so it was a very hectic holiday for us. But we're happy to be close to family and Kaylee will grow up close to grandparents. The Lord has blessed us so much this year! May you each have a happy, prosperous new year!

She's Crawling!

This has been a fun week for us! Kaylee has decided that she wants to wake up during the night and cry. Silly girl. She just misses her daddy, I suppose. But Kaylee now has 6 teeth (four on top, two on bottom), weighs 19 lbs., and is crawling. She's growing up so fast it's amazing. We love her so much and are very excited for her first Christmas!

Here are some pictures that we took a while back in Kaylee's Christmas dress.
What a happy family!

She loves taking her shoes off!

Has anyone ever played the trick on someone sleeping where you put their hand in warm water? Well, it seems that every time we put Kaylee in the bath tub, she can't resist the urge to let it flow! Of course we can't let her bathe in dirty water, so this is Kaylee playing in the sink while daddy re-fills her bath tub with water.

Hey! Who took my dentures?!

Scary Santa!

No new posting in 3 weeks? The Christmas Season is definitely upon us. We had our ward Christmas party on Saturday. Recognize the guy in the middle? Look closely, some of you may know him. Anyway, Kaylee wasn't too excited when Daddy threw her on Santa's lap....better luck next year!

Thanks to Gramma for the pretty bow and dress...

and cute ruffle tights!

Kaylee has an obsession with table legs. They're the first thing she goes for when we put her on the ground. Does anyone else's baby do this?

And look! She's starting to crawl! We're still waiting for her to string together a couple of real good strides. Then we'll call it official.

The whole Thomson (and Bowen) clan came down to Long Beach for Thanksgiving. Once again, we are grateful to Holly's parents and grandparents for letting us make a ruckus! Kaylee just got right in there and stole the show!

Here are some more cute pictures from last month.

And check out the hair she's got now!