Orlando Trip

This past weekend John and I headed to Orlando with his mom and little brother for a mimi-vacation and we had SO much fun. We left Kaylee with my mom and dad (thanks guys for keeping her all weekend..I know she had a blast). We headed down Friday night after John got home from work and we got there about 7:30. We dropped out stuff off at the hotel and me and him headed to downtown disney to walk around and hang out. Saturday we got up early and headed to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure..since we stayed in a Universal Hotel we got a fast pass to ride all the rides, so we didn't have to wait on anything...it was so great!! After the parks we headed to the hotel to get cleaned up and John and I headed to city walk for a nice dinner by ourselves. We had so much fun and wished we could have stayed longer although we really missed Kaylee. We are hoping to take her to Disney when it cools off. I didn't take my camera to the parks so these are the only pictures I got of our trip!! John and his little brother Caleb

This was the view from our hotel window
Our hotel

1st Popsicle

A few days ago Kaylee enjoyed her first popsicle..well only a few little bites, but she really liked it. John came home from work and I was telling him that she was a litle fussy because of her teeth and he thought it would be fun to see if a popsicle would help. (He always likes to give her foods that mommy won't) She loves lemons so we gave her a lemon popsicle..she didn't care for it at first becausei was so cold, but once she realized that it tasted good she didn't even care. She would have probably ate the whole thing but I had to take it away because her lips were turning red from the cold. It was so cute!! No daddy it's mine!!!
Yummy lemon popsicle
I had to take it away because her lips were getting to cold..it looks a lot worse in the picture than it really was.

6 months old

I can't believe that our little princess is already 6 MONTHS OLD!!! I know I say this every month but it is going by way to fast. She has changed so much since we brough her home from the hospital. She is doing so many things and she is just so much fun. She is now working on getting her 3rd tooth (this one seems a little harder for her than the first two). She rolls all over the place now, she can sit up by herself, and she is always smiling. She has been trying out many new foods and doesn't really turn anything down. She loves playing with the babies I keep during the week and she especially loves Wednesdays when Mami comes to pick her up for the day and they go shopping. She likes to be outside and she loves to go on walks every night. She is great about riding in her stroller and we love taking her places. She is starting to really like her toys a lot more now so I know Christmas is going to be a lot of fun. This has been another great month and we are hoping for some more big milestones (crawling) next month. Here are just a few pictures from this month. I have been slacking a little on the picures lately. I went to feed her and she grabbed the bottle and put it in her mouth...I guess I wasn't fast enough for her.
Holding her bottle like a big girl

Pretty Girl
She is rubbing her tounge on her gums trying to make them feel better. Poor baby!!

Sitting Up

I am a little behind on my posting but I had to share that last week Kaylee started sitting up on her own. She had been sitting for a minute or two before she would fall over, but last week I sat her up and put some toys in front of her and she sat for 45 minutes before falling and she has been doing it ever since. She loves to sit up and play and see things at a different level. It is nice to be able to just sit her down now and go do whatever. She is just growing up to fast. Here are the picures. Check out Davie in the background
What a big girl!!!
So cute

New Chair

The other day we went to Babies-R-Us for their closing sale and found this very handy new chair for Kaylee. We have been wanting one for a while but hadn't got around to going to get it...boy am I glad we got it. It has made trips so easy. The chair can go in the shopping cart, a highchair, or even a regular chair from home. Kayle loves riding in the cart and sitting in the highchair at resturants...she is getting to be such a big girl!! You can tell in the pictures she is so proud of herself. HAHA
So happy to be a big girl!!Sitting in the shopping cart in walmart...she LOVES it!!!

Sick Baby

Kaylee has had a bad cold since Monday night...she was fine during the day on Monday then during the afternoon she got really fussy and by bedtime she was all stopped up and coughing and had a fever. I gave her some tylenol and put her to bed and she kept waking up so John stayed up with her intil 12:30 then I came downstairs and sat on the couch with her for the rest of the night. The only way she could breathe was sitting up. All day Tuesday she was fussy so Tuesday when John got home I went and got her some Motrin..that seemed to help her a lot because I propped her up on a pillow in her pack-n-play in our room and she slept all night. She seemed to be doing a little better yesterday so my mom came and got her for the day. She did fine all day but last night got stopped up again and was really fussy..she has more Motrin and slept all night again and she woke up happy this morning. Please keep her in your prayers..hopefully she is on the upside and will be better very soon. I hate seeing her so miserable :(

Puffs and Sippy Cups

Since Kaylee has a tooth now we decided to try giving her puffs and she loves them...I bought the blueberry ones to begin with since she loves blueberry baby food and once we realized she liked them we went back and got all the different flavors. So far the sweet potatoe ones are her favorite..Imagine that haha!! She is also doing really good with her sippy cup she knows exactly what to do with it it when I give it to her. She seems so much more grown up now eating big girl food and drinking from a sipy cup!!

Kaylee is so happyto be a big girlPuffsChoking on her juice...she does that every time!!!

Meet the Kids

As many of you probably already know I quit my job a few weeks and now I am staying home with Kaylee. It has been so great and I love spending the days with her. My mom is very sad that she dpesn't get to see her everyday, but I told her that she can come get her whenever she wants, and she has been :) To make a little extra money I am running a little daycare in my home and so far it is going great. I have two kids so far and am thinking about adding a third one. I am only keeping babies around Kaylee's age so I can keep them on somewhat of the same schedule.

Jade just turned 4 months old and is such a happy baby she comes every day and she is so good. She is always smiling and she loves to take naps in the swing..sometimes I have to wake her up because if not she would sleep in there all day.

Davien just turned 3 months and is such a quiet little guy. He is very laid back and only fusses when he is hungry. He is very easily entertained and you can put him down anywhere. Davie also likes to swing so I had to get another swing so him and Jade could both be in the swing at the same time.

We are having so much fun during the weeks and Kaylee is doing great with the other kids...I am sure they will all become great buddies when they get more mobile :)

Pretty JadeJade and KayleePlaying with her toysBaby DavieJade playing in the exersaucer

Visit with Aunt Lorriane and Uncle Larry

Kristin and Brendan were in town a few weeks ago so we all headed to Aunt Lorriane and Uncle Larry's in Orange Park for a visit. We had a great time chatting and eatting pizza. It was Me and Kaylee, my mom, Aunt Lori and Ashlyn, and Kristin and Brendan. We don't get to visit them as often as we would like but we always have a great time when we do. Here are some picures from our visit.
Ashlyn and KayleeKristin playing the pianoAunt Loriane and BrendanCute Boy!!Poor baby trying to cut her second tooth!!

Gator Game

Two weekends ago we headed to Gainsville for the Gators first game of the season against Hawaii. It was Me and John, my parents and brothers, the Principe family, the Tafaoa family and T's brother and Bruce Collier and his dad. We had the best time and are so grateful that my parents bought the tickets for us. The gators won so that made it even better of course!! We love football season and are so excited that it is finally here. I only got a few pictures..I wish I would have got one of Kaylee dressed in her gator attire :) (She stayed with John's parents because we thought it would be too hot for her) I'll have to dress her back and do a photo shoot.

Me and JordanThePrincipe GirlsGo Gators!!!

5 Months Old

It seems like yesterday I was posting that Kaylee was 4 months old. I can't believe another month has already passed. Month 5 was so much fun. Kaylee's personality is really starting to come out and we are having a blast with her. She is sleeping all night again which is VERY nice and she is still eating like a champ!! She is eating stage 2 foods now which is good because there is a much bigger variety of things she can have. Her favorite veggie is still sweet potatoes and she also really really likes bluberries and apples mixed. As I posted previously, Kaylee got het first tooth about a week ago which is so exciting. Every day it is coming in more and more..won't be long until you can see it when she smiles. Kaylee has been going in the chruch nursery every Wednesday and Sunday and she is doing great, the workers always tell me that she is so good and they feel bad because they don't have to do anything with her the whole time like some of the other kids...Good job Kaylee!! It has been such a fun month and we are so blessed to have Kaylee in our lives. I will be catching up on pictures in the next few posts.

1st Tooth

The last few weeks we have noticed that Kaylee has started drooling a lot more and chewing on everything she can get her mouth on. (Including us..haha) Thursday night when I went to put baby orajel on her gums she bit down and I felt something sharp...one of her botom teeth has poked through her gums. I could not believe it since it was not there when I had felt just a few days ago. I was not able to get a picture of it becasue it hasn't come in all the way yet so you have to pry her mouth open to be able to see it. She has really been a trooper though...she didn't seem to be to bothered by it. I am hoping within the next couple of weeks it will come in more and I can get a picture to post!!!

John's New Store

For those of you who don't know John started a new job back in June. He is now working at Fastenal which is an Industrial and Construction supply company. He started out working in the store answering phones and learning all the systems and in just a few weeks was promoted to an outside sales associate. He found out a few weeks ago that they were opening a new store in our area and he could possibly become the General Manager. Well last Monday he went down to Daytona for an interview and Wednesday he called and said he got the position. We are so excited and I am so proud of him. He worked very hard for this and I know he is going to do a great job managing this new store. His store is only a few minutes away from my work so we will be able to have lunch together sometimes which I am really looking forward to. He is going to be working a lot more hours now so I know we will cherish the time we have together a lot more now. This weekend we painted his store (thanks mom for letting Kaylee spend the night Saturday..we would not have been able to finish with her there) and this week they will be working on getting all the product in and ready to go. Here are a few pictures of us painting the shop. I will post more once the store is all set up.
We had to put primer on the wall before we could paint it blue..it took forever to paint because the concrete kept soaking up the paint.John after painting all day!!Kaylee hung out with us Saturday morning and then I took her to my mom for the night so we could finish without interruptions.She had such a great time rolling around on the floor.

Rain Days!!!

Wednesday afternoon, Thursday and Friday our offices were closed due to Tropical Storm Fay. Even though we were stuck in the house for a few days...I really enjoyed having some time off of work and spending the days hanging out with Kaylee. (John still had to work) Church was cancelled Wednesday night so I went home and made dinner and started catching up on laundry. Then Thursday John headed off to work and Kaylee and I caught up on all the housework. It's amazing how much laundry we go through in a week!! John got off a little early on Thursday and I made dinner when he got home...can you believe I made dinner two nights in a row..haha!! Friday was the worst weather and there were lots of tornado warning's so Kaylee and I prepared the bathroom just in case we had to hang out in there for a while. Thankfully it did not come to that. By Friday night we were ready to get out so we went to eat dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings and walked around Walmart for a while. The sun finally came out for a while on Saturday so we were able to be out and about for the weekend. We were really fortunate to have not been affected by "Fay" at all. We never lost power and had no problems with flooding or anything else. Here are a few pictures I took while we were rained in.
Hanging out in her exersaucer while mommy cleaned house!!Naptime...she love to take naps in her swing!!

To Tired to Eat

This weekend we had a fun and busy weekend. Saturday John spent the day with his dad and Kaylee and I spent the day with Kristin and Brendan who are visiting from Naples. We took the kids swimming, got Brendans first hair cut, and went to the park. Then on Sunday we went to church and went to Johnny Shane and Jayde's 4th birthday party at Hannah Park. Kaylee had so much fun watching all the kids play and by the time we got home she was so worn out. I tried to wake her up to feed her dinner and give her a bath but she just wouldn't get up. haha. I managed to get her to eat 1/2 of her jar of baby food, but she kept her eyes closed the whole time. It was so funny. Here are a few pics from our weekend.

Rolling Over

So Little Miss Kaylee has finally started rolling over, but she only does it in her crib when no one is looking. HAHA. She always sleeps on her stomach at night and for the past four nights, every time I have gone in to get her she has been laying on her back looking up at me smiling..it's so cute. I've been trying to get a picture of it but she only does in when she is in her crib. Last night it was so funny, around 3:30 AM I heard music coming through her monitor that was not on when I put her to bed. I turned the monitor up and heard her laughing. I was a litle confused and also worried that someone was in her room because I knew she could not reach the button to turn the music on. I went in to check on her and she was on her back and she had her foot on the button that turns the toy on in her crib. Every time it would go off she would kick it with her foot to turn it back on and start laughing. It was histerical. Hopefully I will catch a picture of it soon.

Sippy Cup

I decided last night that is was time to try adding the sippy cup to our dinner routine. Kaylee loved it. She new exactly what to di with it, it was like she had been doing it all her life..haha!! The only one I had was one with a hard spout, so it was a little hard for her to get out, but she would finally start getting some then she would smile. It was so cute. I am going to get one that has a soft spout on it and see if she does any better. The cup had handles on it so she thought she was a big girl since she could hold it by herself. Here are some pictures of her "drinking" from her cup.