Potty time

We are in the process of potty training. Keeley is really getting into it and we have a great potty book that she loves to read. here she is teaching her doll Charlotte how to go potty and read the book.

Busy, busy

Kayden's cast came off (since she put it in dog water twice) and we got cleared from the doctor. Unless you are looking right at her finger, you won't notice it at all. The orthopedic surgeon said the nail should grow back in 6 months. As long as we don't notice any problems, we don't have to go back to see her.

However, we are likely to continues to be in the ER and specialists if she continues like this...why does she insist on being dangerous?!

Here she got clothes out of the hamper and put one in the dog water bowl, one in the empty dog food bowl and then put them together. Why? I have no idea!

She gets in the pink stool like this at least 5 times a day. She NEVER gets out on her own and always gets mad. Where is her learning curve?!

She carried this book of Kelly's all over the house. Every once and a while, she'd plop down and flip through it.

She LOVED the pool and her Uncle Kendall. Here is she trying to blow bubbles just like Kendall did. It was really cute how much she liked him.

Crazy outfits and more

Keeley has just finished summer school at her new school. She loved it. She has two new friends - Gavin and Lucas - and she talks about them all the time. There are other girls in her class but she has never once mentioned them. She is becoming more independent and more complex in her communication which is fun. However, the best thing about this stage continues to be the awesome outfits!

Here we have two shoes, bathing suit bottom, and mom's water belt.

At school, they had pony tail day and she actually let them put her hair up!!! So cute!

One Friday, she had "silly sock" day at school. Kelly had the idea to let her decorate her own socks. She was really into it!

"Resting" in Mom and Dad's bed wearing a tutu.

Keeley has gotten really into tracing her hands and feet. This is from the tub one night. You can see two feet and two hands (one is a little faded). The other big circle that is orange and green is her bottom. She insisted that it be traced!

And, the best for last......This is a stethoscope twisted around as her pants...


...and her camera backward on her neck to cover her bottom.
She is off for a ride around the house.

Where is the learning curve?

Kayden KEEPS slamming her fingers in the drawers and doors to the entertainment center. I know you probably think I should have latches on them - we DO, she can figure them out. In fact, she can take the one off the entertainment center (and it holds the two doors together). Earlier today, I was at the kitchen sink and watching her play in the living room when she slammed her finger in the door of the entertainment center and actually got her hand stuck. What hand you ask? Of course it would be her left one again. What fingers did it get the worst? Mainly just the left ring finger...again. Doesn't she know that is an important finger?!? She's going to have very pretty rings on it one day...

Momma cuddles and more

Sunday night, I was talking to Keeley about school as I was putting her down. We talked about her teachers, her friends, playing in the garden, etc. Then I asked her:

me: "Do you like school Keeley?"
Keeley: "Have fun at school."
me: "I'm glad you like school. You get to play with all your new friends."
Keeley: "uh-huh."
me: "Are you sad at school?"
Keeley: "not sad. have fun" long pause "still momma cuddles though"

How cute is that?!! I reassured her that we would still have plenty of momma cuddles just like we were doing right then.

Monday when I picked her up, I asked her if she had a good day as the teacher was putting her in her car seat. She said yes and Ms. Sutton said "She is really becoming very good friends with Lucas." I asked Keeley if she had fun with Lucas and she said "yep." Ms. Sutton smiled and said "There were lots of kisses for Lucas today." So sweet. Keeley is such a kind little girl. We are very lucky.

Gray hair

I think my hair will not survive Kayden's toddler hood and keep its natural color. I may not keep my sanity either....

Here is a run down of our last three weeks:

5/26 - diagnosed with hand-foot-mouth
5/28 - burned her finger on her birthday candle
5/29 - check up and shots
6/1 - fell off chair and amputated finger tip; molars start to come in
6/2 - had to get a cast put on because she wouldn't leave the bandaging alone

Then we have some days of "normalcy". Although, I'm not sure you can consider a one year old with a cast normal life...

6/11 - puts her cast in a bucket of rain water
6/12 - has to have cast taken off and a new one put on
6/13 - awake from 12am-4am
6/16 - falls running after us and cuts her mouth and then later puts her cast in the dog water bowl; I dry it for 10 minutes with a hair dryer before it quits feeling wet to the touch

We have an appointment tomorrow to have the cast removed again. Of course, we won't actually be able to see the doctor (that would be too convenient) because she is out until Friday. I'm hoping that the nurse practitioner will be able to see that it is healed and let us not put a cast on. Otherwise, we will have to get another cast removed on Friday when we had our regularly scheduled appointment.

She's going to wear me out!!!!

Making cookies

Keeley wants to do everything for herself and help with everything now. While it is sometimes a bit tiring, it is also a lot of fun when I get myself in the right mind set. I wanted to make some cookies the other day so I spent Keeley's nap getting all the ingredients "prepped" so we could make them together.

After the nap, we pulled out the learning tour and I gathered all the ingredients and put them on the counter. She got to pour everything in, help me stir, and even put them on the cookie sheets (albeit a little crazily)I think the hardest part was her waiting the 18 minutes to eat her creations!