Piggybacking at the Zoo

We brought Kalea to the zoo the other week and Auntie Noelle came along. One of the little monster's new favorite things to do is piggyback ride. She's a little character now & in this video she not only shows off her new found love, but also gives the camera a crazyhead, and a nice little song.

Sharing

Kalea has really been into sharing lately - her food, her toys, and her lambs. She has a bunch of soft fleece lambs that are small rag-like toys that she just loves. She uses them to go to sleep & they have become her comfort thing. She has begun to learn to kiss. She often takes her lambs and gives her version of a kiss to them which is really an open mouth slobber of a kiss. She enjoys sharing this event with her loved ones as well as you can see her doing in this vid with Auntie Bonnie.

Making Life Work

Recently Aja and I have been juggling our work schedules around and trying to make everything work with child care as i assume most new parents do when they are adjusting to living with a new member of the family. We have been blessed so much so far with having family step up and help us out by watching Kalea. Both our moms have helped out considerably, and have really relieved a lot of stress in finding child care. My sisters have been a big help too, stepping in and taking care of Kalea while we are at work & really coming through when we are in desperate need of last second care. An added bonus to my sisters watching Kalea is that they are both really good photographers. They come well prepared as well with beautiful cameras and photo sessions in mind. I love coming home and hearing about how Kalea's day was, but it's so much fun to actually see what she was doing that day 'cause there are massive amounts of pictures of her just being her. Here are some gems that Noelle took this past week, and Bonnie took when I went to pick Kalea up from my Mom's place last weekend.

New Teeth, New Toy

Kalea has added more teeth to her three bottom that came in not too long ago. There is now another tooth on the bottom & two top teeth have cut their way in, making the little kid a full on toothasauraus. She has not complained much at all besides being somewhat moody here and there. She loves being able to bite through things now & puts those chompers to full use whenever watermelon, canteloupe, or peaches are anywhere near her. She also loves crackers when she can get her hands on them.
We went shopping at Babies R Us yesterday and picked up baby-proofing equipment because this little girl is on the move! She has been figuring out how to get all over the house now that she is getting comfortable with walking around while holding on to something for support. We wanted to pick her up something that will encourage her to step away from the coffee table and furniture that she usues to support, so we bought her a little shopping cart to use as a walker to get around the house. She absolutely loved it causing her to show off those new chompers as you can see in the pictures. The cart makes little noises and is full of toy groceries, so she would pick them up and place them in the cart which made the music start playing and made the teeth come out. She was so excited about the whole thing. Next up...walking around without the use of a cart!

Crazyhead!!!

The other week Kalea started shaking her head like she was saying no with her eyes all bugged out & she just thought it was hilarious. We started calling it her crazyhead & she now does it on request when she is in a performing type mood. We were able to catch it on our camera in all it's glory. Check the end of the video for another one of her tricks - waving bye.

Bath Time

Here's a video from a couple of months ago when Kalea was still able to fit her little baby bathtub. She has graduated now to the kitchen sink where she likes to have a few minutes of splashing before she is cleaned. She loves water!

More Songs by Kalea

Auntie Noelle was able to catch this video of the little chatter box while she was hanging out in her crib the other week.