First Swim

We took Kaitlyn swimming today for the first time. I really wanted her to like the pool, so I was a little nervous. But she really liked it! However, she did not enjoy me putting on her sunscreen before we got in the pool. And she got inpatient with mommy when she put her bathing suit on backwards (what can I say, I was thrown off by the pressure of having everyone watching me coupled with her being fussy).

She took to the water right away. She kicked her legs like she knew how to swim. She liked splashing, but didn't like it much when the water got in her face. We had a float for her to sit in that has a cover so she can have shade. She didn't seem to like that at first - she preferred having us hold her. But later she liked being in the float too. All in all - it was a great day!

Here are some pictures of her in the pool with her daddy. The last one is her napping later - she was worn out!

Mommy's First Trip Away

Last weekend I went to Chicago to visit my grandmother for her 90th birthday. Eric stayed home with Kaitlyn. I left on Friday, after dropping her off at her Grandma Aitken's house. I got home Sunday afternoon. It was tough being without her and being so far away. But I knew she was happy at home with her daddy. Our next trip away is to NYC in June!

Tickle Monster

Music Festival, Mommy's Birthday and a Soccer Ball

We took Kaitlyn this weekend to the Cherokee Music Festival. The festival is a charity event put on by our CEO at his ranch (a couple of hours north of San Antonio). Kaitlyn really enjoys people watching and being outside, so she had a really good time. I loved showing her off to all of my coworkers and had a good time listening to the live music and hanging out.

Sunday was my birthday and my gift was spending the day with my precious girl. We went for a run in the morning (got caught in the rain). Later we went to lunch at McAlister's and then shopping at Costco. I decided that running errands is much more fun when she is with. We completed the day with dinner and cake with family. A very good weekend.

Here is a recent picture of Kaitlyn showing how good she has gotten on her tummy. I suspect I will be blogging about her crawling any day now:

Here's a picture I just took of her playing with her first soccer ball. Most of the time she tried to eat it, but she did have a good time playing with it.

6 Months Pictures

I went and got some pictures taken of Kaitlyn today. She was not in a great mood, but I think we still managed to get some good ones. This first outfit I put on her for the first time today. It has bloomers that were way too big, but you can't even see them.


She did not know about sitting in the rocking chair. She thought it was pretty weird and I think you can see that in this facial expression:


By the time we got to this chair, she was getting more comfortable. I wanted to get a shot of her with her legs crossed and she did it here all by herself. She cracks me up when she sits like that. Such a lady!


Here are my favorites. She is getting really good at holding herself up on her stomach, so she really enjoyed laying on the beach towel. And look at the background - doesn't it look like she is really at the beach? She's got some growing to do before she can wear this swimsuit. Her pants would fall down.


And here are the money shots. I was a little skeptical of the "diaper shot" as the photographer called it. I thought, "why would anyone want to see a diaper?" But all the shots were like this - no diaper visible. Here she is demonstrating her "old man look" as my parents call it.


I like her in green, but wasn't a big fan overall of the black background. I wasn't last time either. Maybe next time I have to veto the black background before it even makes an appearance.

She looks like she is flying. I was holding her up from behind, so I'm not sure what she was looking up at.

Peaches!

We were given the green light by the pediatrician to start fruits and vegetables. For some reason, I picked peaches. Here's some pictures. I think from the first one, you can tell that she was making some not so nice faces:

In this one, she is demonstrating how she likes to grab on to the spoon with her 2 teeth and try to bite it off!

6 months check-up

I took Kaitlyn to the doctor on Friday for her 6 month check-up and shots. Here are her stats:

Weight - 13 lbs, 12 oz (1 lb, 14 oz gain from 4 months)
Length - 26 1/4 inches (1 3/4 inches since last visit)
Head - 44 cm

Her weight (although low) has kept along the same percentile range, so the doctor is pleased. We decided to stop the pepcid, because the vomiting has stopped (knock on wood) and she no longer shows discomfort at feedings. We also decided to stop adding formula to the breast milk (we were adding it to make it high calorie). However, the doctor wants us to stop in for a weight check in 6 weeks to make sure she is staying on track. She called Kaitlyn "thin" but said she looked good.

When asked if Kaitlyn was sleeping well, I responded that she didn't nap well but that she slept a good 11 hours straight at night. I asked what we could do to help her napping, and the doctor laughed and said we should just be happy with the night-time sleep. That basically we were lucky!

We were given the green light to introduce fruits and vegetables, with a new one introduced every 3 to 5 days. Good thing, because Kaitlyn needs some more fiber in her diet. She has been grunting and struggling a bit these days. Probably because she has only been eating rice cereal, which doesn't have any fiber in it.

Then Kaitlyn got all her shots (yuck!) which of course made her cry. But she calmed down quickly. But she was out of sorts that night and must have been having some side effects. Poor thing had a tough time falling asleep and seemed a bit warm.

Next visit at 9 months.