Hats off to Kaylah!

Kaylah and Grandpa Mick

Kaylah sporting Great Aunt Nancy's special hat.

Kaylah wearing Great Grandpa Edwards old Stetson hat.

Teething/Feeding

I was getting Kaylah ready for bed and I bent down to kiss her and she decided to pull my glasses off. This has become a daily game for her.

Aunt Nikki feeding Kaylah. Kaylah just starting holding the bottle on her own.

I must say that the ExerSaucer is a lifesaver. Now that Kaylah is alert and looking to be entertained more, its more difficult to get things done, but this is most helpful. :)

This is Kaylah eating her foot as I tried to get her ready for bed. Yum!

So...Kaylah has her first tooth. We stumbled upon it quite by accident. She had a plastic toy in her mouth and Romie heard a little 'clink' sound. So she felt her gum and sure enough, we have a little bottom tooth. Explains her elevated fussiness. The funniest new development has been feeding Kaylah rice cereal. She either spits it out or blows bubbles on the spoon. We are currently on the hunt for a good highchair if anyone has suggestions. We have been feeding her in her Bumbo chair but her pudgy little legs won't allow that too much longer. :These are just some random pictures from the last month. None with the tooth showing though.

Family Portaits

Love, love, love these! Kaylah may get my eyes after all!

Doctor's visit

Okay! So we may sound like over-protective/paranoid new parents but Kaylah got a bug bite of some sort on her arm on Sat. It was just big and red at first, but then yesterday it got full of pus and seemed a little more swollen. Today made the fifth day and it hadn't gone away yet. So we took her to the doctor today...only to have her tell us it was a regular insect bite. She said the rule of thumb is if you can rub it and the baby doesn't have any discomfort then its just an insect bite. But if you rub it and the baby reacts in pain, then its probably a more serious bite or sting like from a spider. Good to know. But we needed to be sure, right? So we also found out she weighs 16 lbs and 10 oz and is 25.5 inches long. She's agrowin! :)

McKaylah's Baptism

This is a short clip of McKaylah's baptism. She did really well through the whole thing until we had to lean her back and Father Dean poured the water on her head. She got a little fussy, but she was happy once that part was over. We missed all of you who couldn't attend.

Bath Time at the Hernandez House

Kaylah "kissing" her little rubber ducky. More like eating it's bill. Yum!

Her favorite bath time toy is now the red plastic cup we use to pour water on her.

Since Kaylah has starting teething, she puts everything in her mouth including but not limited to this red cup. She kept sucking on the rim so it looked like she was trying to drink from it. lol!

Kaylah usually ends her bath with an ear to ear grin which we were hoping to capture. However the moment she saw the camera she just stared. Great shot of those beautiful eyes though. :)

McKaylah's 4 month well check

Ok.  So we went to see the doctor for Kaylah's 4 month well check and shots.  She weighed in at a whole 14 lbs 8 oz and 24 inches long!  She's growing!  The hard part were the shots.  She cried and I cried.  It's so hard.  Anyways, we gave her Tylenol for the pain and she slept... a lot!  She was out from around 9:30pm until around 8am the next morning.  And she slept in her crib so I frequently kept getting up to make sure she was still covered up or laying on her back or breathing for that matter.  I'm still paranoid when she sleeps in her crib and I don't hear her for a long time.  The tough part was that next morning.  She felt warm so we took her temp and it was around 99.6.  And it just kept going higher and higher even though we gave her Tylenol every 4 hours as directed.  It finally hit 100.6 and we called the nurse at the doctor's office who gave us some instructions that helped.  We gave her some cool milk and kept her undressed.  We were about to give her a cool bath when her temp finally started to break.  Everyone says it's not a big deal until they hit 101 but it was her first and technically if you rounded up.... anyways... She's good and healthy and right on target for her age.  That's all we could ask for.  :)