First Foods (cont.)

Here is a quick video of Kayla's 1st time trying real foods (other than cereal). She really likes some of the foods - others, not so much!

Kayla is 4 months!!!

Our baby girl is growing up!  She just turned 4 months old.  She currently weighs in at 17 pounds 3 ounces and measures 26 and a half inches long.  She has been eating rice & barley cereal for about a month and will begin oatmeal this evening.  She is eating cereal twice a day and we were given the go ahead to begin introducing her to fruits and veggies!!!  The doctor suggested that we move her from the infant carrier car seat to the convertible car seat b/c she is getting so big.  She got the next round of shots and was such a trooper.  She let out a really loud scream and then stopped.  The doctor also told us it was ok to take her swimming so expect to see pictures from our visit at the Community Center. She also has two teeth coming in but the Dr. thinks it may be a slow moving situation.

Kayla is down to three naps a day and is trying to get on a routine... she sleeps anywhere from 6-9 hours at night. She stills sleeps mostly in her swing during the day but we are working on the transition to the crib.  She loves standing up but does not have any balance yet.  She is sitting up on her own for a few minutes at a time... then she takes a dive and ends up on her tummy.  She actually enjoys tummy time much more these days.  She will talk and talk and talk - not that we understand what she is saying but boy does she have alot to say!  She loves hanging out in her walker (which is on carpet and does not move yet) and her exersaucer (which she has not realized spins around).  She LOVES playing in the tub with her little squirt toys too!   She holds and plays with toys all by herself. Everything she can hold goes in her mouth... EVERYTHING! She is a big fan of the Sprout Network and some of the cartoons... but we listen to music most of the day.

Here are some pictures of things in the life of Kayla over the past month! 

Someone is trying to break out of her crib!

Can anyone get a little privacy around here?

See mommy, I can hold a spoon and eat my fingers at the same time!

I love this new exersaucer toy... although I am not sure how it

lets me stand up, spin around and sit down!

Kayla can not decide which toys to play with so she plays with them all!

Tummy time after tubby time... this way mommy can lotion up my back too!

This cold squishy thing helps my toothies feel so good...

I could get used to just hanging around this place!

Kayla's Christening

This past Sunday we had Kayla Christened at St. Aloysius R.C. Church in Caldwell. This is the same church where we got married about 17 months ago.  This very day in the Catholic calendar is known as the "Feast of the Baptism of the Lord"... we thought it to be very appropriate to baptize Kayla in this day. The Baptism of the Lord (or the Baptism of Christ) is the feast day commemorating the baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. Originally the baptism of Christ was celebrated on Epiphany, which commemorates the coming of the Magi, the baptism of Christ, and the wedding at Cana. Over time in the West, however, the celebration of the baptism of the Lord came to be commemorated as a distinct feast from Epiphany. It was really great to be surrounded by our close family and friends on this day... its the first of seven sacrements that our little baby girl has received. She is now a woman of Christ in the eyes of the church.  We chose Schelli's Aunt Mary (who is married to her Uncle Paul) as Kayla's godmother. We felt that she is the strongest christian woman on Schelli's side of the family and she would be an amazing role model for Kayla - both in the christian world and out.  We asked Brian's younger brother Kevin to be Kayla's godfather. It was a very difficult choice for Brian to make but in the end we both feel that Kevin will also be a role model for Kayla. Hoping that she will grow up to marry someone in her godfather's shadow.  Kevin & Mary were so excited to fullfill their roles and even gave a short speech at the luncheon. We really are truly blessed (and will continue to say this) ... We are surrounded by such amazing friends and family!

Our little girl is now baptized!

The Wilson Family     

         Kayla & Her Godparents

Kayla & Sofia

The Klock Family

Silly Kids!   

Kayla, Angela & Schelli

Cousin Sean & Kayla

 Mommy & Kayla

What a Happy Baby!

Our Family W/ Mnsgr. Desmond    

 The Ohnmeiss Family

Schelli, Brian & Olivia     

     

        Schelli, Robert, Kayla & Hunter

Kayla, Daddy, Uncle Kevin & Denny    

Aunt Marilyn, Grandma Madeline, Grandpa Michael & Aunt Cheese

God Bless Our Little Girl!

Ohnmeiss Family Holiday

Here are a few photos from our annual Ohnmeiss Family Holiday get-together... this year it was after the new year with everyone's schedule's....

Kayla and her Great Uncle Robert 

           Kayla getting some yummy milk from her cousin Hunter

Kayla and Mommy 

The littlest ones... no Sean or Schelli

Let It Snow!

With all the snowfall this winter so far, we were a bit hesitant to bring Kayla out to check things out. New Years Eve Day when it snowed - a bit earlier than the weathermen expected - and the plows did not come, we decided that our condo community was way too pretty to not show her what this snow was all about! At first she gave a very perplexing look - like "I am warm everywhere but my nose.... what's this white stuff falling on my face... I love the taste of it... ok love the snow... hate the hat!" We only stayed out long enough to walk to the gazebo and take pictures and then we came back inside! Can't wait until Winter 2010 when she can walk and play outside all by herself. Daddy is looking forward to showing her how to make a snowman!

Kayla takes on Rice Cereal... and wins!

We decided to try to give Kayla cereal from a spoon for the 1st time tonight. She sits up all by herself in the highchair, is never satisfied after a full 7+ ounces, stares us down when we eat... so we thought we'd try. Most people and pediatrician's say wait until 4 months... and on New Years Day she will be 15 wks old... we won't do fruits or veggies until the 4 months but we are going to do cereal for the next month. We have been giving her a plastic spoon to play with for about 2 wks, she picks it up and try's to put it near her mouth (not really aiming)... its a chunky "take away" so its safe. She was so excited... not that she had ANY idea what was coming... At first she was like... "mmm whats this". Then she pushed it out alot with her toungue. Then we figured out that if you keep the spoon near her mouth and keep scooping up the stuff that comes out, she likes to lick and chew on the spoon. We could actually hear her swallowing the very soupy like cereal! We'd say it was a big success!

All ready!

Holiday Travels to Virginia

We decided that this year we wanted to travel to see family during the holidays. After all, alot of people have come to us lately - for the wedding shower, the wedding and the baby shower. We thought it was time we paid back some of those visits. This year we found out that our Great Aunt & Uncle from Virginia Beach (Aunt Lue & Uncle Rock) were going to be just outside DC spending the holidays with their kids and grandkids at Cousin Kevin's house... We really wanted to see them so it made it that much more fitting to make the drive. Brian's Aunt Vivian & Cousin MaryBeth live only about 40 minutes from my family so we thought we could visit the lot of them in one shot. The drive normally takes about 4 hours... But the day after Xmas took us EIGHT hours!!! It was HELL. We learned that traveling with baby means you need to plan to leave an hour sooner than you wanted AND build an hour in for stops on the way (to play it safe). Once we got to our destination it was great to visit with the family. The 1st night we stayed in a hotel - Kayla loved this! She got to sleep in her brand new "travel bed"... its great b/c it folds up into a brief case like contraption! Perfect for traveling!!! The 2nd night we stayed with Brian's family... Kayla LOVED meeting all this new family and playing with her cousins!

Her eyes closed for the flash but this was at one of the rest stops ...

she needed a stretch break and some hot formula!

Hanging out with her cousin Keeley Hudson

Kayla with her Great Great Aunt Lue & Uncle Rock

Someone LOVED when mommy was bouncing on the bed!!!

Here she is doing Tummy Time with Colin & Caroline... she loved them so much!

While Kayla slept, Mommy crawled into the playhouse for a bit...

hoping to hide, but got the opposite!

Kayla and her cousins Colin & Caroline

Merry Christmas

"Twas the night before christmas and all thru the house..."

As a child, each year Brian's Dad would read this favorite childhood story to him and his two brothers. We bought the original version so that Brian could continue this tradition with our children. Kayla fell asleep a bit early on Christmas Eve so when it was time to put out the cookies for Santa and read our story, she was a little fussy but then went RIGHT back to sleep!

On Christmas morning, after Santa Clause came and left... Kayla awoke around 6am. She had been sleeping in until about 8am but that morning she knew something was up and did not want to go back to sleep... so we brought her into our room for a little while and then went out to see what Santa left!

Checkin' out her presents...

I did good this year!

After opening gifts at our house and getting ready, we drove a short 4 blocks to Grandma & Grandpa's house to see if Santa dropped off anything for Kayla??? Grandma made a special brunch so when we got there, we sat down to have some food... then it was naptime for Kayla. Since this is Kevin & Angela's 1st year as newlyweds, they went to the Kessler's to open gifts 1st. Gift opening did not begin until they arrived around 12:30noon time. Kayla decided that this would be her long naptime and slept thru at least til 2pm. When she woke up, she got such a great surprise... SANTA came to her house to visit! (Thanks to Uncle Denny who mysteriously disappeared when Santa came - maybe he is afraid of the big guy???)

With Grandma & Grandpa Christmas morning

The Wilson girls with Santa!

My Aunt Cheese is the BEST... she and Uncle Kevin bought me this walker

Our 1st family photo on Christmas Day!