Saturday, July 30, 2011

We made it! Kaylee is 1 year old!!

We have a 1 year old.  I still can't believe it.  We had a great first birthday and a fun July!

Kaylee got to experience her first 4th of July.  We went to my old co-worker's house for a BBQ and fireworks.  Kaylee got to bounce in a bouncy house...but wasn't so sure about it.  And she wasn't super excited about the fireworks either.  Lance and I had to do a lot of "yaaaayyyy!!" ever time one went off.  But she managed to make it through!

Kaylee also started swimming lessons!  She is doing really well and Lance even managed to dunk her in the water.  We play "Kaylee Shark" and "Kaylee Dolphin" and swoosh her around in the water.  She loves it!  She is a little water baby for sure!

I had my first trip away from husband and baby.  I went to San Diego to go to Comic Con with my friend Cody.  It was a super fun experience!  Lance and Kaylee did really really well without me.  (Nice to know, huh?)  I missed them like crazy, but I felt good knowing Kaylee was in good hands with her daddy.  They had a lot of fun together and I got to experience the geekfest that is Comic Con!

Kaylee started off her birthday celebrating early with "July Birthdays".  Lance's family has 4 family members celebrating birthdays in July:  Lance, his aunt Sue, his brother Brett and Kaylee.  Kaylee and Brett actually have the same birthday!  We actually had some decent weather (one of the rare sunny days).  We opened presents and Kaylee got to try her first cupcake!  It was tough to decide if she liked the cupcake or the garlic bread.  I feel ya, baby!

Then we celebrated her actual birthday by feeding her more cupcakes!  She was an old pro by then.  On the 30th we had her first birthday party at Richmond Beach.  We had amazing weather and an awesome turn out!  14 kids under 4!  And it wasn't as chaotic as you would expect.  All the kids enjoyed playing in the sand and hanging out with each other.  Kaylee loved crawling around and seeing everyone.  We had a "Little Monster" theme and my best friend Stef made these amazing Monster cake pops.  I am forever in her debt!






I am trying to finish up the last of my schoolwork for summer quarter before the Naugles head to Chelan!  Wish me luck because I am going to need it.  Sigh.