8 Months Old

This was a busy month! It seemed as if we were always running in 5 different directions.  Dustin and I were on the road a lot traveling back and forth to Portland.  We decided that Kayden did not need to spend so much time strapped in her car seat so she got to spend a week with Grandma and Grandpa while Dustin and I were in Portland.  They taught her many new habits...... such as screaming, which she perfected quite well.  They also taught her to just be crazy!!! She was definently a different baby when we got her back, but I know she would gladly spend another week with them, because aren't grandparents suppose to spoil you kids?

We also celebrated our first Thanksgiving together.  It was great getting to see everyone and spending time with the family.  We attempted to do a photo shoot with cousin Emily, but neither of them really wanted anything to do with it.

Our first Christmas tree

We also went Christmas tree shopping, which was not as exciting as I thought it would be because we found our tree right away and it was really cold out.  But we had fun decorating it as a family and Kayden likes to touch the needles.  Something new for her senses.  Now our living room is filled with the scent of pine! Love it!

As for Kayden, she is growing up very quickly.  She talks and screams more and more each day.  She continues to torture the animals.  Thomas,our cat, has also decided that he is her sleeping partner.  He can constantly be found snuggling her in her crib. 

She gave herself devil horns

We also discovered puff cereal.  At first she kind of struggled to get the pieces in her mouth, but now she is a pro at it.  Now the puffs seem to disappear before you are even finished placing them on her tray.  She always gets so excited when she sees the container.

7 months

Kayden is growing up so fast!  At 6 1/2 months, she weighed 15 lbs 6 oz and is 26 3/4 inches long.  She becomes more independent every day.  Since last month we have had 2 more teeth come in.  We now have our top two front and bottom 2 front teeth.  When the first top tooth started to come in, we experience one of our first sleepless nights.  Boy was that a long night for all of us.  Needless to say, we were prepared for when the next on came in.  For a few weeks, she kinda looked like a little hillbilly, with one tooth on top and the two bottom ones.  But in all fairness, she was a very cute hillbilly.

Kayden has also become quite good at sitting up on her own.  We are still working on learning how to push our-self up into the sitting position, she almost has it.  We are still working on crawling too, she almost has that down too.






Her favorite thing to do is to walk!  She loves walking around the house, we have to make it a daily thing.  I just love seeing that big grin on her face are we walk around the living room.  You can tell that she is very proud of herself.








She has become quite good at treversing the living room.  Not even the coffee tables stand in her way.  And much to Leksi's dislike, Kayden has now decided that she is becoming a good play toy.