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 9/14/06 On September 3, I took Kaitlyn to get Mommy and Me pics and I picked them up today! 
 9/14/06 Well, our day started at 3:00 Am this morning. No reason why we had to get up at 3, Kaitlyn woke up and informed us it was time for the day to begin. She excitedly told us as she jumped up and down on the bed saying "Mommy" and "Daddy" over and over and giving us kisses as we hoped for sleep. Kaitlyn stayed up until 4:45. I had to get up at 5. I'm sleepy. A little after 6 we got into the car and headed to San Francisco. I had myself an extra large cappuccino that helped some while Kaitlyn decided to sleep the whole way there, lucky girl! We hit traffic right before the bridge, so we arrived with only a minute to spare. Luckily, the whole studio was backed up, so we had a few minutes to play before work had to start work. Kaitlyn had her picture taken with Christen, a 2 year old little boy that is really cute and a little girl who was 4. Kaitlyn wore a bright pink corduroy ruffle dress white tights and an off white long sleeve onesie. She was so cute! She kept twirling, dancing and jumping. Kaitlyn has figured out how to jump about an inch and a half off the ground. She?s coordinated enough now where she gets both feet off the ground at the same time. It?s so cute to watch!! After we were done, we got in the car, went through a drive-thru and headed home. Kaitlyn danced to all the songs on the radio, played with her dolly and played ?boo? with me. Then Madonna?s song ?Vogue? came on. I showed Kaitlyn really quick how to ?vogue? and she loved it. She came home and told Daddy ?Voo, Voo? We finally got a peak at what woke Kaitlyn up at 3. She cut a new molar with another right behind it. It?s a pretty big tooth, so I?m not at all surprised that it woke her up. Unfortunately, she won?t take Tylenol, she just spits it out. Hopefully she?ll take it tonight or some teething tablets. While we were home, Kaitlyn was playing with her stickers. I couldn?t tell what she had on her hand and assumed it was a dog based on her pronunciation. I asked ?Is that a dog? and she told me ?No, Duck? as clear as day! I was so proud of her!! She also keeps playing with her Elmo toy and singing along with him over and over and over again! We?re now awaiting the arrival of a vendor so we can go and get Daddy?s car, take it somewhere else and then we should meet Auntie Christy and Cousin Cami at Chuckee Cheese for some good times and yummy food! 9/13/06 I know some people are curious as to what type of hearing test requires sedation. I stumbled accross this great article that should explain it perfectly!! Auditory brainstem response (ABR) test An infant is sleeping or sedated for the ABR. An infant may be sleeping naturally or may have to be sedated for this test. Additionally, older, cooperative children may be tested in a silent environment while they are visually occupied. Tiny earphones are placed in the baby's ear canals. Usually, click-type sounds are introduced through the earphones, and electrodes measure the hearing nerve's response to the sounds. A computer averages these responses and displays waveforms. Because there are characteristic waveforms for normal hearing in portions of the speech range, a normal ABR can predict fairly well that a baby's hearing is normal in that part of the range. An abnormal ABR may be due to hearing loss, but it may also be due to some medical problems or measurement difficulties. 9/12/06 I just wanted to share a funny story. I just put Kaitlyn down for a nap. She fought me tooth and nail. It has been quiet for a couple of minutes, so I figured she was sleeping. I am in the office working and all of a sudden, I heard a "Boo" and a baby giggle! That little girl climbed over the rail on her toddler bed, climbed down the stairs, climbed over the baby gate, went through the dining room, climbed over the baby gate and "bood" me! She sure does keep me on my toes! And here's an update on Kaitlyn's speech and hearing. She has a developmental evaluation on Friday. She has to have it to have the speech evaluation. I am sure she'll pass it with flying colors since she counts, knows colors, all of her body parts (even the difference between fingers and hands and toes and feet and hair and head) and has the gross and fine motor skills of a 3 year old. On Friday, September 22, Kaitlyn has her speech evaluation. They will come over and watch her play for 1-2 hours and see how she speaks and all of that. On October 18 Kaitlyn will have her Hearing Test. She does have to be sedated. Because she has to be sedated she will be at the hospital for 3 1/2 hours. Her appointment is for 4:00 PM, but we have to get there at 2:00 PM and the earliest she'll be released is 5:30 PM.
09/11/06 I would first like to take time on this day to thank all of our courageous and amazing troops for all that they do to keep us safe. I will never forget the tragic events that took place 5 years ago today, the memories, the fear, the sadness. I know I feel incredibly lucky and blessed to be alive and well and able to celebrate so many wonderful occasions with my family. My thoughts, prayers and sympathy are with the amazing families of the brave who have lost those they love.    Kaitlyn had quite a busy weekend. On Saturday we went out to celebrate Aunt Jamie and Uncle Joel's first wedding anniversary! Nana, Papa, Auntie Christy, Uncle Dennis, Cami and SOOO many more people were there! Kaitlyn was a really good girl and loved being the center of attention! On Sunday she had lunch with Nana and Papa and helped in the garden. Then, she went and saw Grandma and Grandpa who had just gotten back from their trip! She had a lot of fun playing and eating a lot of watermelon! She colored, chased the kitty and had a mini ice cream cone. When we were leaving, she did the cutest thing. She had her baby doll and when she said Bye bye, she made the baby doll wave. Then she made the baby doll blow kisses, then she made the baby doll pick her nose. It was hilarious! Today, Kaitlyn had it pretty easy. She took daddy to work. She went with mommy to a meeting, then to Target for shopping. Kaitlyn went out and about for over 2 hours today without a diaper on and didn't have a single accident!! Kaitlyn and Camaryn were in the New Star Discovery Pageant. They both did sooo well! I taped everything and have a ton of pictures to upload tomorrow! Cami smiled and acted so flirty with the judges. She placed 2nd runner up in her age, way to go!!! Kaitlyn went on stage and danced and jumped and placed 1st runner up! Both girls won Photogenic Product Placement!! They were beautiful princesses!
9/9/06 Kaitlyn would like to first say Happy Birthday to her Aunt Linda!! 
Well, we are officially home, unpacked and well rested. We had a great time and while we would have loved to stay, it sure is nice to be at home in our own beds. I don't think anyone appreciates that more than little miss Kaitlyn. Even though we took all of her bedding, favorite toys, pillows and everything we thought she could want, she still loved being at home. We were incredibly proud of Kaitlyn. She stayed awake the whole drive home and didn't fuss once. She sang, played and enjoyed yummy treats! You can see quite a few pictures on the picture page! On Thursday, Kaitlyn went to her daddy's softball game. She made a new friend named Avery and loved playing peek a boo with her. Kaitlyn would hide and then run out and say boo. This is her all time favorite game!! We are noticing a definate improvement with our little misses speech. She is saying more words, like "dar" for there, "done", "dog", "town", "vroom" "choo", "up" and "down" and is copying what we say a lot more often. She has started to speak in some 2 word sentences. She will say "ya mommy" or "no mommy" or "more daddy" and greet us with our appropriate titles. Hopefully, with her tongue completely healed she should be picking up a lot more soon. She loves to sing and has started to sing the last verse of Wheels on the Bus with us "All Around the tooooowwwwnnn" and today I caught her signing with Elmo on Sesame Street! Kaitlyn's speech therapist has been assigned to her through Alta Vista. They should be scheduling an appointment for sometime this month to take care of her evaluation. We had a phone call while we were gone to schedule her hearing test and will be able to schedule it on Tuesday. While in Reno, my cell phone was stolen or misplaced. So, I cannot be reached by cell phone. We were out and about yesterday so I missed the call about her having a booking for Monday. So, she should be back to work next week. Last night Kaitlyn got to see Cami for the first time since we've been back. Let me tell you, she was sooo excited!! Kaitlyn played with Cami, loved her and kissed her. She went shopping with Auntie Christy and Nana and got the cutest pageant outfit. Cami got a new pageant outfit too that is really super cute! Let me tell ya, these are going to be some well dressed little girls! Tonight, Kaitlyn is going with everyone out to dinner to celebrate Aunt Jamie and Uncle Joel's First Wedding Anniversary! Their wedding was the first Kaitlyn ever went to!! Here is a picture of her at the wedding last year: 
Tomorrow, Kaitlyn's grandma and grandpa will be back in town and we will all catch up at dinner!! Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!
9/6/06
Hello Everyone! We are still in Reno. Kaitlyn's daddy is out with Auntie Christina and Brian while Kaitlyn relaxes and watches TV! Our trip started on Monday morning. First, we had breakfast with Nana and Papa. Then, we went and loaded up the big Penske truck for the drive up to Reno. Kaitlyn fell asleep before we could even leave West Sacramento. About 45 minutes into the trip Kaitlyn woke up. She was so excited to be sitting in such a big truck and able to see so much of what was going on. Traffic was perfect, it only took an hour and a half for us to get to Reno. Once we got here, we checked into our room at the Silver Legacy. Mommy and Kaitlyn were super hungry so we went to eat. After a late lunch, we got all of our luggage and went to the room to start unpacking! Who knew we brought so much stuff?? After we unpacked and got some relaxation in, we went to Circus Circus. Kaitlyn LOVED it! She was a huge fan of the circus acts and of course the games. Her favorite game was the ring toss game where you try and get the rings onto the glass coke bottles. After we won a bunch of toys we headed to the room. We ordered room service for dinner. After we ate we went to sleep. Kaitlyn was too excited to sleep, but luckily we eventually persuaded her to. Tuesday started bright and early for daddy. He had to go to work. Kaitlyn and Mommy went to a yummy breakfast and then went to meet him. We did some walking around and visited everyone. It had been a year since many people saw Kaitlyn and they couldn't believe how big she was! We had lunch with Dusty and then we got the phone call Aftdthat Auntie Christina and Brian were there. We helped them get checked in. Auntie Christina and Daddy had to go back to work and Kaitlyn fell asleep. Kaitlyn took a really good, long nap. When she woke up she got dressed and we all went to a really nice dinner at a place called "Roxy" After dinner we returned to Circus Circus. We had another fun night of prizes and tickets and having a great time. We returned to our room where we tried to talk Kaitlyn into sleeping. She decided she had won way too many games to go to sleep. After a LOT of persuading she finally did. This morning started bright and early. Daddy went to work while mommy and Kaitlyn got ready. We then met Daddy and Auntie Christina and Brian for breakfast. After a yummy meal we went for a walk along the strip to do some shopping. Kaitlyn fell asleep so we brought her back to the room to nap. After some good napping, we all got ready and went out to eat again! We had a delicious dinner. Then we went to Circus Circus. Kaitlyn played the game where you throw the balls into the pool of water that is moving in an attempt to get the ball into a small colored bowl. She did it! She hit a red bowl and won a flower! Daddy won Kaitlyn about a thousand tickets in one shot, so he picked out some cool things for Kaitlyn and Camaryn. We're now in the room again. Kaitlyn is putting her animals to bed and I'm talking to her about sleeping. We've taken a ton of pictures that I cannot wait to share when we get back! Tomorrow night we will probably go to Daddy's game. After that we will be able to upload pictures and nap.
9/3/06 Kaitlyn would first like to wish Archie, her bestest puppie in the whole wide world a very happy 3rd Birthday!   Archie and Kaitlyn have become fast and wonderful friends. They love to play together. Kaitlyn's favorite is chasing Archie around. She knows he hates it, but doesn't dare stop. Her favorite is to ride her pony on a stick and chase him. When she sees him, she gets so excited and starts laughing so hard that she falls down and has to start all over again! Archie doesn't have it so rough, he has someone to get into trouble with, someone to help him break down the baby gates and someone to feed him under the table. Plus, he has an assistant. At anytime if Archie's food bowl is empty, Kaitlyn will pick it up, take it to the storage closet, open the door, open his food container and fill it, little handful by little handful. She is such a good girl! Here are some pictures of Kaitlyn and Archie through the course of their friendship: 
Kaitlyn has had a great week! She recovered from her brief illness and went to Daddy's game on Thursday. Cami was there and the two of them had a lot of fun playing with another little boy. Kaitlyn is a rough and tough little girl and LOVES to run, jump, climb and play tag. She had a ball. On Friday, Kaitlyn had lunch with Papa, Nana, Auntie Christy and cousin Cami. They did a good job of wearing her out because when I went to get her she fell fast asleep. Later that night, Kaitlyn went with Mommy and Daddy to Denny's for dinner. We were both so incredibly proud of her. She has mastered using silverware. She doesn't get even one kernal of food on the ground. She likes to use her napkin. She takes a bite, then she wipes her face. On Saturday we all had a lazy morning and then got ready for the fair! It was so much fun this year! Kaitlyn had a blast! She was so excited by everything and kept saying "ooohhh" and "awwwwee" while pointing, squeling, clapping and giggling. She found her favorite goat. She kept pointing at him and saying "mine" and wouldn't let any other kids pet him. She petted his nose really gently and blew him kisses. She didn't like the "heifer" goats with the big horns one bit! She was a bit scared of them! She had her first frozen lemonade. At first, she didn't like it, then she refused to share! Her absolute favorite part of the fair was the monorail! She loved it!! She pointed everything out to us and had such a good time on it! Here are some of our favorite pictures from the fair! Kaitlyn giving mommy kisses: 
Kaitlyn waving at the fair goers: 
Kaitlyn checking things out: 
Kaitlyn showing us the fun stuff:
Kaitlyn showing us the big "mooo": 
Kaitlyn looking at the goat: 
Kaitlyn and Daddy in front of the "recycled water" Fountain: 
Kaitlyn looking at the water: 
Kaitlyn, mommy and daddy at the Fair entrance: 
Kaitlyn at the fair entrance: 
Kaitlyn was really tired from the fair and fell asleep as soon as she got in the car. We came home, she slept, she played, she ate and we went shopping for new shoes! Kaitlyn's feet have really been growing. She is already up another size. She was a good girl while shopping so she got a Subway sandwich and LOVED it! Today is pretty unplanned, which is a nice change. So far, it's a lazy morning. This afternoon we will be going to Grandma and Grandpa's, it is Sunday afterall. We have some packing to do and some errands to run. Tomorrow we leave for Reno. I think Kaitlyn is going to LOVE Circus Circus and there are going to be so many kids there to play with in the kid's room she's going to have a blast! Grandma even bought Kaitlyn her very first sleeping bag. It even blows up. I'm sure she'll love it on top of the cot! Everyday you see more and more of a big girl in Kaitlyn. Her favorite game is to scare daddy. If he isn't looking at her, she'll whisper to you "daddy" then she'll put her finger to her lips and say "shhhh". They'll sneak up on him, go in front of him and scream while jumping on him. When she's done laughing she'll yell "Boo" and laugh some more. It is the cutest thing to watch! Kaitlyn's speech seems to be improving. She has learned the "e" and she "sh" sound. Both are amazing improvements considering she hasn't even started speech therapy lessons yet. Hopefully, she'll be talking up a storm in no time! Kaitlyn loves mirrors! I have no idea which Aunt she could have possibly got that from. Not one of them love mirrors hee hee. Kaitlyn likes to take handheld mirrors and look at herself in them. Most of the time she likes to do funny faces. Her favorite face to make is one where her eyes are squeezed nearly shut. She squinches up her nose and shows her teeth. She'll do that face and then crack up laughing. She's such a doll. As you may of noticed, Kaitlyn's had a few ads out recently. In case you missed any of them, here they are! September 3: 
August 31: 
August 27: 
August 13: 
And, here are some pictures Uncle Dean just e-mailed to us from Aunt Barbara's camera! 
I hope that we have a chance to update again before we leave. If not, have a safe and wonderful week! I'm sure there will be a nice long update with about a gazillion pics when we return! 8/31/06 Kaitlyn would first like to wish her Auntie Christy and Uncle Dennis a happy anniversary!!
She hopes they have many many more to come! Kaitlyn seems to be feeling better today. She is super duper cranky and could probably use a lot more rest, but the constant diaper changes are over, and the sniffles seem to be gone. I'm sure we'll have more to update as the day progresses!!
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