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.

Doctors Appointment

Today Kaylee had her 4 month check-up and shots. She weighs 15 1/2 pounds and is 25 1/2 inched long. The doctor said she is in the 9oth percentile for both height and weight. She is a big girl. She cooperated very well while they did her measurments, checked her eyes and ears and mashed on her tummy, but when they got to her shots....it was a whole different story. It was so sad. I hate to see her hurting. She had to get three shots. One in her right leg and two in her left leg. She also had another polio vaccine which is taken orally. She doesn't mind that one too much. Dr. Weiss also said we could switch her back to regular milk based formula if we would like (she has been on soy since 5 weeks). John and I decided that we are going to keep her on the soy formula for now since she is doing so well. We go back in two months for her 6 month check-up and next set of shots :( Here are the pictures from today's visit (all were taken before shots).

4 Months Old

Saturday Kaylee turned 4 months old. We can't believe how quickly she is growing up. She has changed so much from the time we brought her home from the hospital. This last month has been full of fun and excitement. Kaylee had her first sleep over with Mami which went very well. She is also eating baby food for breakfast and dinner now we will be adding lunch soon. So far the only food she has turned down is peaches. She eats fruit for breakfast and veggies for dinner. Her favorite is sweet potatoes and she has those a few times a week for dinner. She would eat those every night if I would let her, but I make sure we add in some other veggies too. This month, Kaylee has also started going in the nursery at church. She goes on Sundays and Wednesdays and she has a great time in there with all her little friends. She likes to watch all the bigger kids crawl around and play. Kaylee loves to ride in her stroller now that we have turned her around so she can face forward. This has made outings much easier since I don't have to carry her the whole time. We took her to St. Augustine on Saturday and she rode in her stroller the whole day. I also take her on a walk every night, she really enjoys being outside. She is getting to be such a happy baby and she smiles when anyone talks to her. She is also sleeping well. She usually has a bath at 8:00 then goes to bed at 8:30 and sleeps until 6:30. It is so nice to sleep all night!! We have tried out many new toys this month too. Kaylee loves her exersaucer, bumbo seat, playmat, and swing. She also likes to lay on the floor and play with toys. She can actually hold onto a toy if you put it in her hand. The first thing she does is try to eat it. She is teething really bad so everything goes to her mouth. Last night we tried out her Johnny Jump-Up. She is still a little small for it, but she enjoyed watching me do the dishes while she chewed on the sides.This past month has been one of my favorites, even though I don't want her to grow up...I love all the new and exciting things she is doing now. I can't wait to see what this next month will bring. Hopefully we will add rolling over to our list of tricks. HAHA. She has her 4 month check-up and shots on Tuesdays, so I am curious to see how much she weighs. I'll be sure and post.l Here are some pictures of the last month.

Cute Girl-Cute Outfit!!Say CheesePlaying in her walker

Kaylee and Mami in their pink and brown shirtsKaylee and Daddy getting ready for churchCan you tell she was enjoying her sweet potatoesNot quite big enough yet
She played so hard she fell asleep
So Sweet

Where's Kaylee???

haha..aren't these pictures hilarious. John loves to win Kaylee stuffed animals out of the claw machine. Everytime we go somewhere that has one he has to try and win her something. As you can see, he is pretty good at it. I told him we needed to cut back on the claw machine because we are running out of room. One whole corner of her room is filled with stuffed animals. She blends in with all her annimals
Mommy get me out of here!!

New Clothes

Yesterday Lindsey went shopping for Kaylee and got her a bunch of really adorable new clothes. JC Penney was having a big sale and she got tons of cute stuff for great prices. We were very excited about this since Kaylee is growing so fast...I had to buy her a few new things last week too because she only had a few things that still fit. Every time I try something on her that she just wore..it's way to small!!! We have two big tubs of clothes that are already too small. It's amazing how fast they grow. Thanks Aunt Lindsey..can't wait to get pictures in her new outfits.

New Grill

Last weekend we purchased our very first grill (hard to believe if you know how much John loves to cook). We weren't allowed to have one when we lived at our apartment and then when we lived with my mom and dad we always used theirs. I told John when we got it home and set up that I feel much more established now..Isn't that hilarious how something as small as a grill can make you feel so grown up..haha!! Anyways, we wanted to put up some sort of blinds our on our porch where the grill is so we could make it more of a room to hang out in, so Saturday John hung up the curtains and decorated the porch a little (he is doing a Gator theme) and we had our first cookout. We had his parents and grandparents over and grilled hamburgers, hotdogs, and chicken. It was so good.

First Sleep Over

Two fridays ago Kaylee got to have her first sleep over. My mom and dad kept her so John and I could enjoy a much needed night out :) Thanks mom!!! Although we missed Kaylee very much..we had a great evening. We both got home from work around 5:00 and we weren't really sure what we wanted to do so we just got ready and headed out. We drove around for a while looking for somewhere to eat that wasn't super crowded and found nothing. I called Maggiano's at the town center to see if we could get a table and they said their first available reservation was at 8:15...it was only 6:30 (and I was starving). We decided we would go to the towncenter and walk around in some stores until then. The only problem was that I wore huge heels trying to be all cute for our date...haha..and my feet were killing me. I compained about my feet until about 7:45 and then it started pouring so we left. We swung by the house so I could change my shoes then we were back on the hunt for dinner. We ended up at Nora's (a little italian resturant) where we got strombolli. It was delecious. Back at Mac Daddy's and Mami's house, Kaylee got her dinner, bath and went to bed around 8:00. John and I slept in on Saturday and went to pick up Kaylee around lunch time. It was so great to sleep in. Thanks again guys for taking such good care of our little princess so we could have a night away. I didn't get any pictures of us, but here are the pictures my mom took of Kaylee.

Bumbo Seat

Kaylee got a new bumbo seat last week and she is really enjoying it. She can sit up really well in it and she loves to sit in it and watch TV..haha! We are going to have to limit her TV time when she gets older...she loves it. I got the bumbo seat to feed her in but she doesn't do to well yet sitting up and eating, she makes much less of a mess if I feed her in her bouncy seat...so thats what we do for now. We took the bumbo seat with us last weekend to Sonny's to see if she would sit in it while we ate..and what a wonderful idea. We put her in the seat on the table and she just hung out and looked around while we ate. Doesn't she look so cute in her seat..

Exersaucer

Kaylee received an exersaucer from a friend of ours when she was first born. It's been sitting in a corner in her room since she was too small to use it. We tried putting her in it a few weeks ago but her head wasn't strong enough so it wasn't to much fun for her. So Monday night I was trying to keep her awake until bedtime and decided we would try it again and she loved it. It's amazing how much stronger her head has gotten just over the past couple of weeks. She played in it in her room for about 45 minutes that night so the next night I decided it was time to move the bouncey seat upstairs and the exersaucer downstairs so we could use it more often. I was upstairs doing laundry and when I came back down Kaylee was sitting in her exersaucer with her little eyes glued to the TV. She was watching King of Queen's...haha!! I tried moving her around and her eyes never left the TV. It was so cute. She is having so much fun in this new toy and we appreciate the Montero's passing it down to us.

4th of July Weekend

Hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July. We had a very busy and exciting weekend. I was off work Thursday and Friday which was really nice. Thursday morning Kaylee and I went over to the DeLaCruz's and played with Jonathan and Mylee. We had so much fun hanging out with them. Little Jonathan loves holding the babies and kissing on them and Kaylee and Mylee enjoyed babbling with each other.

On Friday morning we went to the mall and John finally agreed to let me get Kaylee's ears pierced. I was so excited. She only cried for about 30 seconds until I gave her some juice and then she was fine. I think her daddy was more traumatized than she was. haha. She looks so pretty. Friday afternoon John had to take some of his clients to Daytona to the race so Kaylee and I were on our own. We headed to Nana and Papa's for a few hours to visit Aunt Shirley and Uncle Rudy who were visiting from Ocala, and Aunt Toni and Shelton were there too. Shelton hasn't seen Kaylee since she was born so he was very anxious to see her again and hold her. He was a little bummed when he realized that she couldn't talk to him and that all she does is lay around. haha (He is only 5).

Friday night we went with my mom and dad to Rob and Vanessa Allen's house for a cookout and fireworks. It was great seeing everyone and there was a ton of wonderful food. I was a little nervous that Kaylee would be afraid of the fireworks, but she didn't mind them at all. We had a great time.

Saturday morning we met John's parents at Dave and Busters for lunch and games. Kaylee really enjoys going there and looking at all the bright lights on the games, she sat in her umbrella stroller for the first time and loved it. She likes to be able to sit up and see everything. Saturday afteroon we headed to my mom and dad's for a crab boil with the Principe's, Axtel's and Taffoa's. The food was SO good. It was also Ashlyn's 13th birthday so we got to have cake and celebrate with her. It was such a fun night. Here are some pictures from the weekend.

Sitting in my big girl stroller at Dave and Busters
Sweet GirlHappy 13th Birthday AshlynThe cake was so goodT and Sydney hanging out in the pool. Poor Sydney jumped in and smacked her nose on the side of the pool. I bet she has a nice bruise now.Noelle enjoying the birthday cakeAunt Lori and KatelynMom, Kaylee and Aunt LoriPaul and Robin AxtelPJ AxtelJordan was SO thrilled I was taking his picture..Can't you tellPhillip and Lindsey..I love this picture of themPaul and Ashlyn enjoying their cake by the pool