Kaelyn army crawling

This was last week, now she can do it without smashing her face into the carpet :)

Kaelyn's 9 months old!

Kaelyn sure is one happy little girl! She is always happy to see you and is very ticklish. She is on the move too. Rolling of course, but now she has started army crawling. She's getting better and better and I'm sure 'real' crawling isn't too far away (I'll post a video soon). She also likes to stand. We love all this progress but we're in no hurry for her to be so mobile yet! Where did my little baby go?!  She gets lots of compliments on her beautiful blue eyes and smile when we are out and about. Her mohawk is also still going strong, I might try to get a clip in there one of these days :)  Getting better at saying Dada and mama. She likes to raise her hands above her had for "So Big" to get you to smile. She is still eating like a champ, there is no food that she doesn't like so far. She prefers finger foods to baby puree's... can you blame her? Some of her favs are pasta pick-ups, cooked carrots, avocado, peaches, pears, puffs, cheerios and yogurt melts. She is also taking 2-3 bottles of formula a day and can hold the bottle herself. She has 6 teeth and I think that is what has been waking her up the last week or so once a night. Still takes one nap a day for about 2hrs.

She had her 9 month check-up yesterday and everything looked good! Ashlyn even got to wear a pair of the Dr's gloves and put on the stethoscope and listen to Kaelyn's heart just like Dr Knudson :)

Stats:

Height  30" (99%)

Weight  22.0 lbs (92%)

Makes sense why everyone seems to comment that she looks so long!

4 days, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months

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Feeding myself is messy business!

New pool

The girls got a new pool to try to beat the heat. Ashlyn really likes the built in slide and that it's much deeper than the old one so she can actually swim.

Show me your bear roar!

Kiddie Pool

We enjoyed some time at the kiddie pool. Kaelyn really liked it since the water was nice and warm. She just floated around, played with toys and let Ashlyn pull her around the pool.

slopping the hogs

Ok, so we don't quite slop our hogs but Ashlyn loves to give them grass through the chicken wire!  This is one of the fun things we do when Kaelyn is taking her afternoon nap.  Ashlyn usually asks if she can go inside the barn and go in the pens to ride the pigs... of course the answer is no! A 280lbs pig is not something for a little girl to mess around with!

Cruising around the yard on her 4-wheeler... pretty serious!

She draws a crowd!

Sometimes she gets "lucky" and they lick her fingers.

checking for aphids

We drove around checking for aphids in the beans and Joe showed Ashlyn what he was looking for. Sure enough they were bad. Beans will have to be sprayed for the 2nd time.

Checking out the new cattle.

Beans are almost as tall as Ashlyn!

more birthday pics

We had her open her gift from us on her actual birthday.

Apron with her name on it...

to go with her new little kitchen!

She picked Pizza Ranch for supper, her favorite!

Lake Belle Taine

We spent the last weekend in July at our friends cabin on Lake Belle Taine with our friends the Simon's and Dorn's. We borrowed Lyndsey & Keith's camper for our family to stay in and the girls slept in the bunk beds. Ashlyn was pretty proud of sleeping on the top bunk too!  Weather was perfect as was the lake and sandy beach. Lots of R&R and even a little skiing! Ashlyn asked Emily if she could live up there with her, she didn't want to leave - it was so cute!

Emily & Ashlyn

Kaelyn enjoyed the lake too!

Perfect beach!

Lincoln & Ashlyn playing on the beach

Kaelyn's 8 months old!

Seems like the days just fly by at the Loula house! Kaelyn is 8 months old and is becoming such a sweet little lady! She is right around 22lbs so we had to give up the infant seat and move up to the convertible seat. I think she can see out the window better so she likes it!

~Rolling everywhere, can spin circles on her tummy - she's fast!
~Lots of giggling and smiles
~Mohawk is growing taller and taller, still can't put a clip in it
~Eats nearly any kind of baby food. About 3-4 jars a day
~Gets mad if you don't feed her fast enough!
~Can pick up food easily and feed herself
~Takes a 6oz bottle of formula before bed every night
~Sleeps from 8pm to 6:30am, sometimes goes back to sleep till 8am
~One nap a day, 1pm - 2:30 or 3:00pm
~Loves to watch our dog Gauge run around and likes to pet him when he sits still
~Has 4 teeth, center two on top & bottom
~LOVES to hang upside down
~Sitting up like a champ, even in the bathtub
~LOVES bath time with Ashlyn. Lots of splashing and toy struggles :)

Leech Lake

We took our annual family vacation up north again and this year we went to Leech Lake. We stayed at Anderson's Cove. My mom came with to help watch the girls so Joe and I could go do other things like golf and go out for dinner just the two of us. It was wonderful!  Ashlyn had an absolute blast and was pretty sad that we had to leave when the week was over. I think Kaelyn was going through grandma withdrawals for a few weeks after we got home. The girls were pretty spoiled for the week!

Ashlyn pushing Kaelyn on the swing.

Many hours were spent at the playground.

We went shopping that Monday since it was raining.

Ashlyn got a "glitter makeover"

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and of course we had to get ice cream cones when we were done shopping.

Ashlyn LOVED the pool but didn't love me trying to take pictures :)

We stayed in cabin #1. It was 15 feet from the lake.

We saw a ton of wildlife out our dinning room window. 

Kaelyn and grandma snuggling on a cooler evening watching Ashlyn on the swings.

I took Ashlyn kayaking

Daddy took Ashlyn fishing and she loved it!

Helping daddy drive

Daddy took Ashlyn out to the trampoline

Kaelyn enjoying herself on the boat

A rare picture of Ashlyn and I

Fish kisses!

Joe showing her the tongue of the fish

All the kids got a freezepop at the lodge while they hid the coins for the treasure hunt

Treasure hunt on the beach

Ashlyn found 3 coins and turned them in for $.75!

Train ride around the resort

Kaelyn at the pool... the water was a little chilly for her taste

They had this adorable beach chair that fit her perfect.

She liked that much better!

Joe tossing Ashlyn in the air

She really liked this chair and watching everyone swim!

Checking out the games in the lodge

Ashlyn and grandma Deb throwing bread in the lake for the ducks

Action shot, bread in the air!

The best part of vacation is snuggle time :)

Big thank you to Grandma Deb for coming with and helping with the girls.

Everyone had a nice relaxing time... can't wait till next year!