A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

December was a busy month!! We had a great Christmas with family. My family came to our house on Christmas day and watched Kayla so that Dwight and I could spend time with his family. Then my family celebrated Christmas the day after. Unfortunately my sister and her husband could not come due to the snow but we are hoping to see them this weekend (weather permitting). Kayla had a great time opening all the gifts and loved being the center of attention. Kayla even ended up getting her two front (bottom) teeth for Christmas!



Kayla wasn't able to go to the mall to see Santa due to her quarantine so we decided to dress my father up as Santa. Unfortunately, Kayla took one look at Santa and started crying. We were able to calm her down a little bit for some pictures but she was not happy. So then we decided that I would dress up as Santa to see if we could get a picture with her smiling. Well she thought that mommy dressed up as Santa was hilarious. The hardest part was getting her to look at the camera instead of at me. The things a mom will do for a picture of her kid!

Of course Kayla's favorite 'trick' to do now is to show everyone 'how big' she is. She really stretches to show she is 'sooo big'!

She figured out how to crawl on her hands and knees in the beginning of December and can move quite fast now! She is doing a wonderful job of baby proofing the house for us. She also walks along the furniture now and is getting pretty good at standing on her own. She had a physical therapy appointment before Christmas and the PT doesn't think it will be very long till she walks which means she will be done with physical therapy!
Kayla also had a doctors appointment last week. She didn't gain much weight (now she is 18 lbs) but the doctor wasn't concerned. With her increased mobility she is burning a lot more calories. She got another RSV vaccine and had blood draw to test her lead and iron levels. The blood results were good and the doctor was happy with her overall health. Per the doctor we have been decreasing the amount of formula she gets and increasing the amount of 'normal' food she gets. Kayla so far seems to like almost everything we feed her. She recently started eating Cheerios which she seems to really like. Of course she thinks she should also eat everything that mommy and daddy eat.


Mugsy is a bit confused about why the baby and Mummum are in the pen and he is not.



The three of us enjoyed a quiet New Years Eve at home. Kayla even stayed awake till midnight!


Kayla now has 2 goats of her own, since her first goat from last year decided she wanted to have a baby (which I think makes Kayla a grandmom already!). Kayla really likes going to the barn to see the goats.