My Little Vampire

So the other day I found Kaity peeling an orange, by herself!!! She had peeled off almost half of it before she gave up and just started gnawing at it with her 4 teeth. You are probably thinking with her 2 top and 2 bottom ones, right? Well, you would be wrong. Kaitlyn does have 2 bottom teeth, but instead of her 2 front teeth, she has the two side ones!! What the heck!! I have a little vampire!!! Take a look at her Dad's widow's peak, I should have been expecting this!!

 

Her appetite has been substantial as of late. She eats just about everything we serve up these days. It has been quite a nice change.

Thanksgiving in Park City with the Carrolls

We had a great time visiting with Markham's family in Park City. Here is cousin Megan with Kaitlyn. In the second picture, I think Kaitlyn was trying to "pose" for the camera....I am not sure. She looks pretty silly though.
"I need a snack Mom!!" Kaitlyn took it upon herself to get a snack for herself. I just wish I could have caught her before ALL the goldfish ended up on the floor, but hey, what do you do?!


And sadly.... these are all the pics I took all week. Wow...I am ashamed. There were so many fun things going on that would have been fun to blog. We played the Wii almost constantly. We played Cranium, those would have been funny. We played cards and ate the entire time :) Just picture it!

Thank you to my Wonderful Husband

I have to publicly thank Markham for being the wonderful guy that he is. He willingly faced the insanity with me @ the Park City outlets at midnight for the After Thanksgiving Sales. He was not planning on going with me. A friend and I had planned to go together. He was very excited to stay home and feel good about it because I was going to have a girls' night out. When he discovered my friend couldn't make it, and before I even asked, he quietly changed from his sweats to jeans and piled on 2 sweatshirts and a jacket to go and brave the long lines with me. Not only that, but he waited patiently while I tried on and modeled so many jeans for him and then got the "keep" and "discard" piles so confused that I had to start all over again. He simply waited. Not one complaint. He even waited while I ventured into the Gap trap with everyone else in the state and waited in a line long enough to make a person cry. He helped me pick out cute little outfits for Kaitlyn @ Carter's and didn't even protest when I wanted to go to Famous Footwear. All of this with a miserable sore throat and runny nose!!! What did I do?! What did I do to deserve such a wonderful, patient, long-suffering guy like him?! I haven't a clue....... I love you Mard!!

Help Us Settle a Score

Ok, so we were at my parents house a couple of weekends ago and my mom made chili and cinnamon rolls, not for dessert, but to eat with the chili :) YUM. (Not exactly a Weight Watchers meal I realize.) Markham freaked out because he had never heard of having the two together before. He thought we were all nuts........and so did my sister's husband. So, you tell us, have you heard of this? If you haven't, you are missing out on something fantastic!!! A little sweet and a little salty....who wouldn't love it!

Autonomy!

Kaitlyn has become incredibly independent! She has decided that she is DONE with me feeding her. She can do it herself.....or so she thinks. After I feed her a couple of bites, she shakes her head, as if to say "no way" and reaches for the spoon. I understand that this is an exciting milestone but also a huge mess. So I throw a towel down underneath her and let her have at it. I am a little concerned however because she doesn't hardly get any of it into her mouth, just all over her face, her chair, her clothes, the floor, etc. And again, if I try to lend a hand to the little novice eater she will have nothing to do with it. What is a mother to do? So I try to give her easy things to eat, but her appetite is so lame - she hardly eats anything! The only thing she eats a lot of is toast with butter and bananas and even then, she throws it all on the floor & says, "uh oh!"

I realize it looks like she is eating glue.....yuck! But I was actually trying to get her to eat some brown rice and vegetables. She only has 2 teeth.....still!!! What the heck!!

Marshmallow Puff

We bought Kaitlyn a new coat recently. She likes it, but it is huge!! It is 18 months, but what the heck!! As soon as you get to 12 months- the next size is 18 months? Am I the only one who finds this ridiculous? We were going along so nicely at 3 month intervals. 0-3, 3-6, 6-9, 9-12....why not 12-15?! Seriously though. I guess we are just waiting on that growth spurt.

Our Little Lion.........

Kaity was a Lion for Halloween. We intended to make it a family affair. I was going to be Dorothy, I've always wanted to be Dorothy. Markham was going to be the scarecrow. And........we were so boring. Shame Shame Shame on us. We had a great time though. Markham's office had a little party for the kiddies. Where was Kaitlyn's smile you ask? We were asking too. I think it was mega over-stimulation.

Alright Already!

So I guess Kaitlyn still looks just like her Daddy. 80% of the votes say so, more like 90%.... I should probably come clean. I was one of the 2 votes for Mommy. I was afraid the results would indicate this when I posted the poll. I can't help but feel sorry for myself. Good Grief. I am the one who was pregnant for the longest 9 months ever, endured the anticipation, the morning sickness, the stretch marks, the sleeping problems, the cravings, the mood swings, the constant need to pee, labor and delivery, etc. etc. and the little one looks nothing like me. What?!