Trip to Seattle

We spent last weekend in Seattle. We went to the Mariners-Yankees game on Friday night with Mom, Dad, My best friend Jodi and her parents John and Brenda. We had a great time and it was a good game even though the Yankees won - at least Tim was happy. Saturday we headed out to visit my Grandpa's race horses. It was so awesome to finally meet Oh Yes I Am and Queen Sarabi who's currently pregnant. Then we headed to Emerald Down's, where Grandpa gave Tim some pointers on horse racing while Grandma, Mom, Dad, and I tried to pick our bets based on names - we had a great time and Kaia loved seeing the jockeys on the horses. I could see her already dreaming about being on top of a black beauty :) Saturday night while Tim and I were hanging out with our friends, Kaia put on a performance for her Great Grandparents and Grandparents and started crawling! Tim and I were sad to miss it, but very happy she did it in front of family. Before heading out of town on Sunday, we went to the aquarium. Kaia wasn't sure what to think of it at first, but soon got the idea even though she was tired from all of the events she got her fill of kid-watching and fish pointing.

Kaia's summer so far....

Newman Lake

Our friends Sean, Kelli & Olivia invited us to spend Saturday at their cabin on Newman Lake. We had a great time and Kaia loved playing with Olivia in the water!

Kaia and Olivia playing in the water

Kaia loved the water

So tired!

8 months old and loving life!

Kaia (and mom and dad) had a great weekend visiting Grandma and Grandpa Wigen at the Farm.

More pictures

Auntie Stef keeps asking for more pics - so here they are! Tim and I had a date night with some dear friends and I even got a redo on our Mother's Day picinic in the park!

Mother's Day

As promised here are some more pics, including pictures from today. Since Tim has been sick, Kaia and I headed down to Riverfront Park to enjoy the sunshine and a picinic... if Tim could have been there it would have been the perfect Mother's Day.

Strawberry all over!

7 months old!

I have some more pictures to post, but wanted to get this video up - so the pics will come later :)

6 months old!
Kaia’s half birthday was on April 2. Tim and I can hardly believe our baby girl is 6 months old! During the past 6 months, we have learned a lot about Kaia and a lot about ourselves. So far our late nights and busy days have been the most rewarding times in our life.

Kaia enjoys eating solids and drinking out of an actual glass, she loves the water, The Little Mermaid, reading books, music, exploring the world, being outside, and playing baby games on the computer. Her first tooth came in on April 4 and she’s 75% for weight and 83% for height. Her hair is starting to grow and she loves feeling it and running her fingers through my hair. We are so thankful for our happy little girl!

Prada already? That's mommy's little girl!

Meeting Jackson (9 months) and his Mommy, Kishia

Visitors!

We've had quite a few visitors the past few weeks -- a couple of Kaia's future friends (Lola and Ainsley), one of my best friends from college Auntie Jodi, and most recently Auntie Stef and Auntie Maddie came up for the weekend. Kaia loves a new audience, but will hopefully learn that she will have more fun with them after she takes a nap!

Sitting on Grandpa's lap before Mom heads to work

Reading "Hello, Butch!" with Grandma C.

Kaia with Ainsley

Kaia with Lola

Prunes!

Finally, sleep

Eating her foot on Auntie Maddie's lap

Chillin' on the floor with Auntie Stef

Auntie Maddie thinks Kaia's Rooster Flashlight is pretty neat

Hanging out at Mom's office


Loving her Grandma D!