Kayla Mae

Fall has arrived.. brr!

I do say brr.. but we have had some very nice days. Here are some great pics of Kayla and her little sister Lily.

The girls watching the spinning birds on the swing..:)

Kayla came over to chill w/ Lily <3

BLOCKS! :) Love her smile!!

Kayla and Mema

ahh leaves.. get me out ma!

family photo :)

Kayla and Mom! <3

All is well w/ my family. Kayla seems to be doing pretty great! She is learning more and more words.. half of them it really takes me a second to understand... she still doesn't pronounce her b's and p's and replaces them w/ d's..so that is hard. However, I know she can say those sounds bc she has before. I'm pretty sure her hearing is just fine though.. she seems to get scared by the fire siren when it goes off... and it's not very loud in the house.. so i feel her hearing is ok. She just needs more time.. she will get it. She knows quite a few of her letters too! :) She does have her next x-ray coming up on Nov. 3... I'm quite nervous for that. We think she is ok, but ya never know- and w/ how her appt went last time.. just puts ya on edge.

Lily is surviving the Kayla temper tantrums and seems to enjoy Kayla's company. However, Kayla doesn't sit still long enough for Lily. It's so cute to watch Lily watch Kayla. :) Kayla still gets a little jealous from time to time...but overall life is good! <3

Praying all goes well through the cold and flu months for everyone!!

18 months

On Sept. 15 Kayla had her 18 month check up - last shot appt until she is 4!! (aside from flu shot) We were told that our Dr. in Syracuse said that Kayla will not get the RSV shot- I'm a little scared but I know she is strong.. just makes me nervous to not have that protection.

Kayla weighed 21 lbs 8 oz.. she gained a pound in a month!! Jeez louise kid!! She sounded good and everything else was well. She got her chicken pox vaccination and her flu shot. Now Jer and I need to get our flu shot- guess I should call our doctor here sometime soon!

Kayla is talking a lot now! She says a lot of words but some of them are hard to understand because she doesn't pronounce the b's or p's. She says doggie and kitty cat very well. She also knows a lot of animal sounds and just recently has shown Jer and I that she knows a few letters in the alphabet. She is a smart girl! :) She has come a long way since her evaluation this summer. Which I don't know if I mentioned but she did not qualify for speech therapy- and since July- she has grown soooooooo much!

She is still hard to feed.. one day she'll devour a grilled cheese sandwich but the next day she'll shove it away!! I waste a lot of food w/ this girl!! I do give her pediasure and just recently bought her some vitamins to help her thru this winter season.

I go back to work on the 4th of October- am I excited.. no.. but I can't wait to see some co-workers. I miss the adult talk.. and their company! Losing this post-baby weight I gained w/ Lily is proving to be quite tough as well. I'm getting a little discouraged but hopefully it'll start disappearing soon!

Good luck to all through the cold and flu season- I know we all hate this time of the year!!

Kayla is saying "Hi Lily"

Kayla reading to herself :)

She loves to play :)

Kayla is now a BIG sister :)

Lily Anna Olmstead was born on Saturday, August 14, 2010 at 12:44 p.m. She was a quick delivery! Phew!! haha She weighed 7lbs 6oz and was 20.5in long. She is a perfectly healthy little girl. We were only in the hospital for one night before coming home. It was hard staying away from Kayla and is still hard not being able to do all the things I was able to do w/ Kayla while in my recovery stage.. but soon enough I'll be back to normal. :)

Kayla wasn't too interested in Lily... at the hospital she looked at her a bit but then started to find things to get into. She was quite jealous when Lily first came home but we think she is getting used to it. She can even say Lily's name... well it certainly sounds like it anyway! :)