Kaitlin is 9 months old!

Kaitlin is now 9 months old and the changes she has gone through are dramatic. Just a few milestones:
- Sunday, 2/26 - Kaitlin is officially crawling forward! Let the fun begin!
- Kaitlin has now tried avocados, bananas, and sweet potatoes. More solid foods to come!
- She's trying to pull up on things; she can pretty much only make it to her knees, but I think that has soon as she makes it all the way up, she will be off and running.

Also, I took Kaitlin to the doctor on Monday AM and here's what he said:
1. She is now 20lbs 1oz.
2. She is 27" long (I'm not sure that we got a full stretch out of her!).
3 . The doctor thinks she is beautiful and perfect; he doesn't think we should change a thing!

I'll try to post a video of Kaitlin crawling over the weekend - it's pretty cute to see. :)

Kaitlin's 9 month pictures

Hi all! I apologize for the very long delay - it's been pretty darn busy around our house lately. I've been traveling a bit more for work (a week in Dallas for training, 2 weeks in New York for a client projects, and some day trips to Chicago, Cleveland, and Austin, TX) and Josh is firmly in busy season.

I wanted to post some pictures we just had taken- Kaitlin is already 9 months old! She is now crawling forward and getting in to everything. I think Nate likes that he can play with her a bit more, but he's not a huge fan of her getting into his stuff. It's pretty funny to watch!

I'm going to try to post a little more frequently; I think this is a good log for what's going on in our lives and a good way to keep me honest and make sure I don't miss anything for the baby book. :)

Decorating the Christmas Tree

We starting putting up Christmas decorations this weekend, including the Christmas tree. Nate had some interesting ideas about how to decorate the tree.

Kaitlin didn't participate too much, other than being in the room with us. However, she is pretty fascinated by the lights.

Also, we've realized that this year we need to watch Nate a little closer around the tree. He's very curious- he's already broken 3 ornaments. :S

Kaitlin's First Cereal

They day has finally arrived - Kaitlin has finally been given the green light to eat some cereal!

It was a bit of a rough start; Kaitlin wasn't too sure about what she was being fed. But, at the day went on (and we thickened it up a bit), Kaitlin did better and better! It really seems like she's enjoying it now!

Next weekend we'll start on something that has a little more flavor - first up: Carrots!

6 month Check-up

Well, we're happy to report that Kaitlin had an excellent 6 month check-up on Friday! Dr. Mick is very, very happy with her progress. He thinks she's beautiful and he gave her the green light to finally start rice cereal.

Here's the update on her stats:
Weight - 17lbs 10oz
Height - 26 1/2 inches

She's right around the 75th percentile for both height and weight. I didn't record what her head circumfrence was; Dr. Mick just said that she has an accountant size head. ;)

Thanksgiving

Sorry for the long delay in posting - it's been a very interesting few weeks! On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, Kiki woke up with some intense pain on her lower right side - it turned out to be appendicitis. So, Kiki was in the hospital on Sunday night after surgery and thankfully YiaYia and Papou came and watched the kids. It was crazy! She was released on Monday afternoon and by Tuesday afternoon the Malarsky family was loaded in the car and on the way to Cincinnati.

We spent Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday, and Thursday in Cincinnati. We had a great time! It was so much fun to catch up with the family, including Vijay and Connie (and Soleil).

Also, Nate got to have a lot of fun helping to make cornbread casserole with Grandi and he made placecards for everyone involving an outline of his hand made to look like a turkey and some fun felt stickers.

n Friday morning we left Cincinnati and drove up to Crown Point (via Indianapolis for a quick bottle for Ms. Kaitlin). We had the big family party on Friday night, which involved all of the usual suspects. It was a lot of fun and Nate determined that he loves sweet potatoes and turkey!

On Saturday, we drove to downtown Crown Point and got to watch Santa fly in on a helicopter and then ride on a fire engine downtown. Nate was able to sit in the fire truck - it totally made his day (way more than meeting Santa).

The rest of the weekend was pretty relaxing (including a several hour long Monopoly game). It was a fun and busy weekend!

Kaitlin's Baptism

This weekend we were up in Crown Point for Kaitlin's baptism. Kaitlin did a GREAT job (and so did Nate, who was very worried about his little sister). Thanks to everyone who came to witness this important event (an especially huge thank you to Grandi, Grandpa Gino, and Aunt Kat for driving from Cincinnati).









On a side note, I have now been back at work full time for 2 weeks. It has been very interesting to try to balance everything; it's a work in progress, for sure!