Christmas Time

Happy Halloween Fairy Princess

Pumpkin Patch

Mucho Hablar!!! Ma Ma... Da Da... Baby... Ba Ba... Binky... Bye Bye... Night Night... Barley... Good Girl... Aqua... UH OH!... Love You... Beso... Book... Pierce...

She is also constantly clapping for herself, dancing (volar?), putting up her clothes in the hamper, when we sigh, she sighs too with the cutest smile on her face like she knows exactly what she is doing. She loves her baby dolls and loves to hold and kiss them. At bedtime she says "book, book" constantly and wants you to read every book to her. She will sit in your lap and look at each page while you read all the way to the end. She loves books!!! She also loves to feed Barley the foods she doesn't like or isn't in the mood for. She gives it to him straight from her hand. She is also very into hitting him on the head and saying "no, no, no or stop Barley." Her walk has now turned into a run. Recently we took her to the Arboretum to see the pumpkin patch and she loved chasing the crows in the lawn. She has become very independent. When you give her something or want her to do something she will resist, but then turn around and do it herself right away, as if it were her idea. The other day she wanted to go out the front door, but it was raining outside. She had her purse in one hand, her sippy cup in the other, headed for the door and threw herself on the floor in a tantrum when I would not open it up for her. OH MY! We are so in love with her!!!

We have a litte parrot

Keaton is cracking us up these days. We call her our little parrot because she is repeating everything, and I mean everything we say. She constantly says UH OH, and apparently I must have said "Good Girl" A ALOT because everytime she puts a toy inside of something, or stacks something correctly or does anything that we would be proud of she says "Good Girl" to herself and gets the cutest smile on her face like she just did something great. Another adorable thing she does, is she got a gift for her birthday that when you don't play it for a while it turns of on its own and it says "see you later." Everytime it says that Keatons says "bye bye" as if she know exactly what see you later means... really weird because neither Nathan or I really say those words so how would she put the two together and she only speaks/hears Spanish during the day...? We are amazed every day by how much she is learning and developing!

Happy Birthday Keaton! We LOVE You!!!

KEATON TURNS 1!!!!!!!

Keaton's birthday could not have been better. Her actual birthday was last Wednesday and mom and dad just cooked dinner at the house and let Keaton open up some toys and eat a fabulous Society Bakery cupcake. The next day we had her one year checkup and shots, and boy, there were a lot of shots! It was not fun that she realized what was happening and that she was looking at me as if I was causing her all of this misery. She was a whopping 20.5 lbs, 28 inches long and has a rather large head...85%. It will all even out I'm sure! After our very long appointment we took her out for sushi and she loved it... especially the edamame! We had her birthday party on Saturday and were blessed that so many of our friends and family could be a part of it. Nana and Pop Pop got us a photographer to capture all the wonderful moments and it also let mom and dad relax and enjoy the party. So, there will be lots of pictures to come soon from the party. Now that we have a one year old, there are a few changes we are trying, for example switching from formula to whole milk which seems to be working well and switching from bottles to sippy cups that's lets just say is NOT working. The girl loves the nipple on the bottle and she knows what she wants and when she wants it. We tried for a week to gradually switch out just one feeding with a sippy cup and that seemed like it was going to be a very long drawn out process of fussiness so, we decided to just go cold turkey and no more bottles... well, that lasted about 36 hours before the temper tantrums started to consist of Keaton throwing her body on the floor, sreaming, throwing the sippy cup at me. You would think that she would be starving and would just drink from the sippy cup...nope. She actually stopped eating all together so we finally gave in and gave her the bottle. All I could think was thank goodness this is a bottle and not my boob... that would be really bad!

Labor Day in Florida

Keaton has just turned 11 months and mommy is back at work. We are busy, busy, busy! We are continuing swim lessons on Monday afternoons and we joined Little Gym on Thursdays. Keaton loves her activities and she loves playing and meeting other little babies her age. She is all over the place and I think sometimes she thinks she can run, but she is still really pigeon toed and it is hysterial. She is starting to say a lot of words in addition to her two favorites, mama and dada she says agua, Barley, baba, Pierce, book, and baby. She loves hugging mom really hard in the mornings and right before bed and she also loves to snuggle up in your lap and listen to you read books as she babbles along with you. For Labor Day we headed down to Palm Beach to visit our friends Amie and Jack and their 6 month old baby Jack. We had a great time with the kids and then headed up to Sarasota to see Nana and Pop Pop and all the Covington's drove down to visit with us too! We played and played on the beach and then played some more over at the McDonoughs house. Next week Keaton will be ONE! I can not believe it is already here and every day I feel so blessed to have her in our lives.

CABO

CABO

CABO

CABO

Hola Mexico!

We had the most amazing vacation in Cabo, Mexico this past week. We stayed at the Cabo Surf Hotel so Nathan could have easy access to the best surf break in Cabo. The hotel was beautiful and easy for Keaton's naps, meals, pool time, and everything else you need on a beach vacation. Keaton would wake up around 7:30 and we would head down to the pool then have breakfast. Nathan had already had an early morning surf session so he would join us before Keaton went down for her morning nap. She took great naps in the morning while mom got the lay out by the pool or relax on the beach and read. Then she would wake up, we would hang out together and Nathan would do some more surfing before lunch. It didn't take long... maybe two hours before Keaton was tired again and would take another 2 hour nap. Nathan got really good at taking naps with her in the room while I got some alone time and finally a tan. Keaton loved playing in the sand and feeling the ocean water on her feet. She also loved hanging out in the pool and taking a bath in our outdoor bathtub. Thank goodness for the outdoor bathtub because inside we only had showers and we haven't introduced her to that yet. Dinner time was a little inconsistant... Keaton was VERY tired by the time we wanted to go downstairs for dinner and we either had to wait for her to be completely asleep and take her in her infant carseat or we would take her and we would take turns on who sat at the dinner table while the other one played with her in the lounge area. The great thing was that she went to everyone. Waitstaff, other guests in the hotel, she would either reach her hands out for them to hold her or she would crawl to them. It was great! A few times I said I think I need a vacation from our vacation... and I now take that back... it is just "different" vacationing with a baby then it used to be. There is this whole new responsibilty thing that kind of keeps you from completely relaxing. We wouldn't have had as great of a time without her though... She is such a joy and so darn happy all the time!

Does that shoe come in any other color?

Well, after about a week of one step here and 3 or 4 here, we got 10 full steps in a row this morning... mouth wide open and arms shaking the whole time! We officially have a walker! After swim lessons this morning Keaton and I grabbed a quick bite at La Madeline where she waved to everyone walking by and flirted with a grandfatherly looking man at the table next to us. Of course he struck up a conversation with me and he couldn't believe what a personality she had for a 10 1/2 month old. Keaton kept cocking her head to the side and expecting the man to do the same, eventually he copied her and the two were belly laughing with each other. It was very sweet. After lunch we walked over to Stride Rite to get fitted for Keaton's first pair of walking shoes. The store looked overwhelming, but really there were only 3 to choose from. Keaton loved trying them on, but when it came to standing and trying to take a step with them on, she looked down at them and wondered what in the world were on her feet. Later in the day, shoes still on, we headed over to the Jones's house to meet their new addition Wrigley. Keaton and puppy Wrigley are about the same size and they like to do the same things too... chase balls, eat bones, and snuggle with stuffed animals. It was a great playdate! After leaving their house, mommy was craving sushi, so we stopped at Teppo for a quick bite to eat. It was a great day that ended with lots of packing for our trip tomorrow... CABO here we come!

Our little party animal in Kentucky!

This past weekend we went to Kentucky for a family wedding. Keaton was her usual pleasant, easy self, but we also saw a side of her that we had not seen yet... she is a partier! The girl could go all day without a nap and then stay up until 11ish at night dancing and hanging out! She was such a trooper and we had so much fun with her. We got to visit with all of the Tormey side of the family and hang out with Uncle Buddy. She would even sleep in for us which was great! She really wants to walk to try to keep up with her cousins, but she is still just cruising holding on to things. We did have a little not so good experience... when I first got there Keaton got a bite on her foot. Within 24 hours it swelled up, got hot and tender to the touch and had a red line going up her foot that was getting worse by the hour. So... 24 hours after the bite, Kim, Ashly and I headed to a Urgent Care where we found out that Keaton had an infection from the bite and had to go on antibiotics. Within a day, the swelling went down and we could see the bite which looked like it was from an ant... only in Kentucky! I did learn one thing from that experience - benedryl has the reverse effects on Keaton and it makes her hyper, happy and screaming with excitement!