Late 4th of July Post

So we went to my auntie's house for 4th of July & Kalea was exposed to her first fireworks. She was a little interested in the ones that lit up & made a bunch of colors. I thought she would be a bigger fan because of her complete interest in light fixtures and chandeliers, but the fireworks didn't captivate the little one. Then came the loud popping of firecrackers and the usual noise that comes along with the 4th. She was not into that. The cracking began, and she didn't know what to make of the sounds. She looked wide eyed for the first few & then began crying. She calmed down after awhile, but then more snapping brought more tears. Aja ended up leaving the show early and went inside to read Kalea a book and she soon fell asleep - looking to put this extremely noisy holiday behind her.

Growing Up

Kalea continues to grow up in front of our eyes. This past week she pulled herself up from sitting down to standing without any help from her parents. She was sitting in her crib and i went to turn the light on for her room which she thinks is the coolest thing ever right now. I got to the light switch, and i turned around to see her little hands on the rail to her crib. she looked at me and pulled herself up a little but wasn't able to get her feet underneath her. Then she saw the light go on, and that got her big head looking up. She pulled again and this time she went straight up and was on her feet. She looked at me and let out one her now famous excitement shrieks, and we celebrated togehter.
Then a few days later, i get a call from Aja when i was working to let me know that Kalea had finally cut her first teeth. Her bottom two front teeth have come out to play. they aren't all the way here, but we can definitely see the two of them now. She hasn't shown a whole lot of discomfort through that process so we're greatful for that. She is now able to mow down watermelon so the little monster is greatful for that.

Classy Babe

Last night Aja and I were sitting on our couch watching How I Met Your Mother on DVD. Aja was feeding Kalea in preparation for her to go to bed for the night. Kalea finished her meal, and Aja sat her up. I looked over to see the little lady stare right at me, and she goes into a full on smile. This made my heart all warm as it always does when i get to see her toothless grin. She looked as though she was about to let out one of her squeals like she does now when she gets excited. There was no squeal on this particular occasion though. Instead of a declaration of love through one of her made up words or exciting shrieks, Kalea looked lovingly into my eyes with a full on smile and let out a huge BURP! Aja was watching the whole time of course, and we both started cracking up. The little one has started to make a habit of making her parents laugh uncontrollably lately. The personality unravels itself more with each week.
Her newest trich that she added skillset is waving hi and goodbye. We've been working on it with her lately, but she was stuck on clapping as her one trick with her hands. She likes to go with the one hand in the air with an open close of the fist as her wave. Next up, crawling! She seems to be very interested in our cat when she's down on the ground, so we're thinking of using our old kitty as bait to get our rolly polly of a child moving.