Kyla's seventh month- February

Kyla Posing for Portraits!



Kyla, Mason and Madeline having Portraits taken


Swinging!

Big smiles in the bathtub

Favorite Toy from Uncle David and Aunt Lisa

So Big!

Hanging out with the girls, Rowan, Kyla and Madeline

Mommy's old horse

Playing Legos with Mason

Hello!

Alaska is too cold!

This month my sister and her two kids and Kyla and I went to Alaska to visit our family. It was very cold while we were up there so we spent most of our time inside playing. Kyla thinks that Mason is the funniest person ever. She has been laughing a lot, and when Mason is around she laughs at everything he does or says. Mason thought this was great so he was trying his hardest to make her laugh.

We had a very relaxing vacation, every night we would have a fire and sit in my parents beautiful living room near the fire playing with the kids. Mason learned how to ride a snowmachine and would ride all around the yard on the kitty cat snowmachine. He loved being out in the snow and cold weather, the rest of preffered to be inside in the warm house.

Kyla and I visited with my best friend from highschool Jessica. She recently got engaged and is going to get married in July. While I was up there she bought her wedding dress so Kyla and I went to her house to see her try it on, she is going to be a beautiful bride. She has also asked me to be one of her bridesmaids, it should be a great time and we can't wait for the wedding and to have another excuse to go to Alaska this year.

This month Kyla has decided that she really likes to eat. Before she would take a couple of bites or rice cereal or fruit or veggies and then decide that was enough. Now, she will happily eat a full bowl and thinks that it is so yummy. She lets you know she likes it by saying "MMMMM" in between bites. Kyla is now all over the place scooting around. She is also pulling herself up to standing on everything. She would be happy just standing all day long. She is also walking holding onto her toys and furniture. We think that she is going to be an early walker, she just needs to improve on her balance and she'll be on the go. Kyla also loves our cat BamBam, and now that she is moving around she loves to try to chase after him and pet him. He is suprisingly good with her which is very suprising because he has never been a very friendly cat.

Kyla is now saying mama and dada, it is the cutest thing ever. This month Kyla has finally started sleeping through the night, and I am so thankful! We are so happy to have such a beautiful and happy little girl, I am constantly amazed and entertained by everything she does.

Kyla's Sixth Month- January

Singing in the microphone

Playing in my crib

Fun new toy from Grandma

So much fun in the saucer

Big girl

This month Kyla has some new little friends in Day Care. Until now she has been the only baby there, but is now joined by Bailey, Gretchen, Teagan and Claire. All Girls!!! We have a great teacher for the babies now, Moe who worked at Deer Valley years ago has moved back to Utah and we are so happy to have her take care of the babies. Kyla is the oldest of the babies in her room, but loves all of the little girls.

Kyla is a very vocal little girl, she rarely cries but loves to scream when she is having a good time. She is now scooting everywhere, she has a cute little army crawl. She has also started taking baths in the real bathtub this month. She absolutely loves the water, she can kick and splash for so long. We are starting to think we have a little swimmer on our hands and our looking forward to getting her to the pool this summer.

This is the first month that we have not gone on vacation or had family come to visit us. It is nice to have time to just the three of us, but we also miss our families.

Kyla had her 6 month wellness visit this month. She now weighs 14.13 pounds which is 25%, 26 3/4 inches tall which is 80% and her head circumference is 40%.

Kyla's Fifth Month- December

Snow bunny

All dressed up for Santa

Playing in the snow

Out snowshoeing

Me & Daddy

Kyla in a winter wonderland!

We went for Kyla's first snowshoe! We had a great time, Jon had Kyla in the baby bjorn and we went for a great walk up the mountain. When we got to the top we let Kyla get out and play in the snow. She had a great time trying to crawl in the snow and eat it too. Kyla is now a little snow bunny and Jon is so proud. He is already talking about getting her on skis next spring when she is 1-1/2 years old.

My mom came down the week before Christmas to visit us. We had a great time with her in town. We went down to Provo to visit my cousin and Aunt, went shopping for Chrsitmas presents and spent a lot of time at home enjoying time with family.

Jon's parents came down the day after Christmas and we celebrated Christmas with them. Kyla had a ton of presents to open and had a great time doing it. She would tear the wrapping paper off of the presents and stuff it in her mouth. Kyla recieved a lot of very fun toys and cute outfits. We were very greatful for all of the gifts that are family gave her. Her favorite toy was a little stage that she recieved from her Uncle David and Aunt Lisa, they said it was also Taylor's favorite. Kyla likes to listen to the music and scream into the microphone. We had a great time this month and were so happy to have our parents come to town. It has been nice spending so much time with our family since having Kyla.

This month Kyla finally got her nursery. We had sent all of the baby furniture to Alaska, thinking that we would be moving soon but then the condo never sold. So, we finally bought new furniture for her room and she now has a cute little nursery. Until now Kyla has been sleeping in our room in the pack'n'play so it is nice to have her in her own room.

Kyla's Fourth Month- November

Bathing Beauty

First food

Yum Yum!

Happy girl

Kyla & Bam Bam

Kyla is very active now. She loves to squirm around, roll around and try to reach for everything. She loves toys that make a lot of noise. Kyla is now sitting on her own. She is also starting to eating solid foods. We have started giving her rice cereal, she likes it but lets you know when she is done. She will shut her mouth so tight and turn her head away. Kyla celebrated her first Thanksgiving at our friends Saphu and Chris' house. It was very nice of them to invite us over with our little one.

Kyla had her 4 month wellness visit this month. She is now 12.1 pounds which is 20%, 25 inches tall which is 75% and her head circumference was 25%. It is amazing to see Kyla grow so fast.

Kyla's Third Month- October

Little Sweetheart

Happy Halloween!

So many toys

Rolling over!

All bundled up

Another Vacation...

The three of us went up to Seattle to visit Jon's family. We spent a lot of time with Kyla's cousins. We went to a beach club near Shannon and Lisa's houses. We also went to a Halloween party at the kids school. Kyla was dressed as a ghost, a costume that Grandma Gurry had bought her. Rory and Lauren loved seeing Kyla and were so excited to hold her. This month Kyla started rolling over, both from tummy to back and back to tummy. She is a very strong little girl, she loves tummy time and loves to stand up. Her new favorite toy is her saucer. She no longer likes her bouncy seat or swing, she would much rather move around then be restrained in one of those.

This month I had to return to work at the preschool. I am very lucky to work in a school that has infant care. I am able to take Kyla to work with me everyday that I work. Currently Kyla is the only baby there so I am actually with her all day on the days I work until December when we have more babies there. I feel very lucky to spend this time with her and it has made returning to work much easier.

Kyla's Second Month-September

First trip to Alaska

Disneyland!

Cute as can be!

So strong!

Beach babes

First ride at Disneyland

Big Smiles

Hanging out at the beach

Stretch!

Me and my moose

Kyla's second month was full of vacations! She is only two months old and has been on three vacations. Kyla and I went to Alaska for a week and a half to visit my parents. The weather was pretty cool and rainy so we spent most of the time inside. Kyla got to meet her grandpa, great grandma and grandpa and a couple of my highschool friends. We went downtown t0 the farmers market and to palmer for the state fair where Kyla got to meet a few more of my cousins. We had a great time and can't wait to move up there.

This month we also went to California to visit my sister and her family. My sister has a son Mason who was celebrating his 3rd birthday on September 28 and a daughter Madeline who was turning 1 September 11th. We had a lot of fun in California, Kyla had her first trip to Disneyland and even went on a few rides. We also went to Laguna beach and layed under an umbrella on the beach and put Kyla's toes in the water. She had a blast watching Mason, she watched everything he did.

Kyla did great on the plane rides, we think we have a little world traveler on our hands. We are looking forward to all of the places we are going to go with her.

This month at her 2 month wellness visit Kyla weighed 10.8 pounds which is 40%, her height was 23 3/4 inches which was 90% and her head is 50%.

Attached are a few pictures from Alaska and California.

Kyla's First Month-July-August

Lauren, Taylor and Kyla

Visiting cousins in Seattle

Jon with Taylor, Lisa with Kyla

Kyla's favorite toy

Aunt Shannon and Rory

Beautiful baby

We had a fun first month with our beautiful baby girl. Grandma Miranda stayed in town for the first week after Kyla was born. She cooked meals for us and helped take care of both me and Kyla. On her last day here we went for a hike with Kyla up at Albion Bason. The doctor had said that I needed to go for walks to prevent me from getting blood clots. We took a lot of pictures of Kyla in the pretty wild flowers.

The day after my mom left Grandma Gurry came to town for a week. She also cooked us lots of good meals and helped take care of me and Kyla while I was recovering and adjusting to being a new mom.

When Kyla was 4 weeks old we went on her first vacation. We went to Whidbey Island, Washington for a family reunion for Jon's Mom's side of the family. We got to introduce Kyla to her grandad, Aunt Shannon and her family, Uncle David and his family, both of her great grandmas, and many others. Kyla had a great time watching the kids play all around her.