Vacation Time!

Kurt and I are off having fun in Morro Bay! Today's adventures included a stop at the Gilroy outlets, checking into our hotel with an amazing view of the bay and Morro Rock, walking along the Embarcadero and buying our traditional Christmas ornament, and eating at a DELICIOUS restaurant Kurt found on yelp (The Galley).

Our hotel room was so silent, that I read a good 30 pages from my book (Recovering Charles) while Kurt was showering. No kids crying, needing to be fed, diapers needing changed, etc. Thank you Noah & Anissa!

Kelsie (or Logan)'s New Flower

I made Kelsie a flower yesterday to go with her Christmas dress and for next week's family pictures...Logan really liked it. He decided to model it for me out of his own free will and choice.

Celebration!

Woohoo she survived! Kurt & I treated ourselves to surviving Kelsie's first year. :)

P.S. Kaiser gave us those glasses in the hospital the day we were discharged from the hospital...its NOT an announcement. :)

She's ONE!

We started today with a Birthday Breakfast for Kelsie - pancakes, eggs, sausage, and juice. mmm. Kurt works from home on Wednesdays, so it really was a family event. Then I got the kids cleaned up and dressed and then we headed to go see Dr. Crook for Kelsie's one year check-up. Logan was so excited to go see Dr. Crook. He seriously loves that guy.
Well, Kelsie passed her checkup with flying colors, except we'll be meeting with an eye specialist in a few weeks. She still has goopy watery eyes. :( Kurt did too at her age. He even had a surgery scheduled to fix it. But after a blessing and a family fast it miraculously cleared up - true story.

She currently weighs 18 pounds 10 oz. (13th percentile), is 2' 5" tall (about 50th percentile), and her head circumference is about the 50th percentile.

Then we headed to get the dreaded shots. :( Two in each leg...bummer. She cried a little while getting the injections, but has been a champ since then. No fever- No extreme fussiness. Logan was the opposite - didn't mind the shots, but got fevers and felt awful the rest of the day.

Things we don't want to forget about Kelsie at 12 months:

• She walks! She often takes a 3-4 steps, falls over, and then stands back up and tries again.
• She has 4 teeth - but is missing her front 2 teeth. She kind of looks like a hippopotamus.
• Still has goopy eyes (meeting with the specialist at the beginning of December)
• SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!!! Finally! Been waiting a long time for that one!
• Drinks whole milk like a champ. No longer nurses.
• Has a great, I mean HUGE appetite. She eats more than her older brother.
• Very busy/active.
• Happy baby. Smiles at EVERYONE. (Has a way of making everyone feel like they are special.)
• Drinking pretty good from a sippy cup, but still uses a bottle too.
• Loves to play with her big brother.
  
• Favorite toys - mega blocks, toy Grandma & Grandpa got her in September, her new princess car, walker, Little People Farm....whatever her brother is playing with.
• Mostly wearing 12 months clothes (some big 9 months ones are still hanging around).
  

My Life as a Tools Developer

November 18, 2008

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ONE YEAR!

Is it Saturday yet?

Saturday morning Kurt & I are going on our first ever trip by ourselves (except one night we spent in Tahoe by ourselves before Kelsie was born) since having kids! My sister-in-law Anissa (and Noah) agreed to watch our kids to make this trip possible--so a BIG THANK YOU goes out to them!

We have our trip down the central coast planned a couple different times, but deals to Maui & Utah came up that we couldn't turn down. But, now we are finally doing it! Saturday and Sunday night we will be staying in Morro Bay and Monday night we'll be staying at a lodge in Cambria.

My great-grandparents retired in Morro Bay, but since my Great-Grandpa Nay passed away before I was born and Grandma Nay moved back to Bakersfield, I never made a trip out there to visit them.

I know there are lots of fun little shops to look at, we have tickets purchased to tour Hearst Castle, and we've found a few other things on Trip Advisor...but if you've been there we're definitely open to suggetions of any MUST-DO things. :)

The Party Continues...

Like we said, this week is going to be pretty crazy getting ready for our vacation and Thanksgiving...so we decided to let Kelsie go ahead and open her presents from Grandma & Grandpa Keyser. We called them on SKYPE, and they were actually able to watch her open the gifts too! She received 2 adorable dresses and a toy that she has been enjoying...when her brother isn't "borrowing" it.


Kelsie now has 4 teeth...and looks a little bit like a hippo. The 2 teeth next to the middle 2 decided to come in before the middle ones. :) She decided to have fun in the bucket of clean laundry...

Kelsie's Princess Party

Today we celebrated Kelsie's 1st birthday a few days early. Her actually birthday will be a busy day full of doctor checkups, shots, oil changes, getting ready for vacation/Thanksgiving, and church activities...so we took advantage of her not knowing the difference. :) Grandma Smith drove over for the festivities and the Tuitavuki Family joined us for a little bit of fun. Kelsie kind of got a hang of the present opening thing...but of course just wanted to play with whatever she opened.

After lunch and presents we let Kelsie eat her yummy cake. The teddy bear cake I made turned out pretty cute, but its always pretty sad hacking into the bear. I made the same cake, but decorated it a little different for Logan's first birthday.

Next, our other little princesses or prince decorated their crowns with colors and stickers. Actually Logan said he was the prince, Malia was the princess, and Eliza was the Dragon :)....lol. It was a pretty low key birthday party but it we had a lot of fun.

Lastly, my brother Noah, Anissa, and the girls joined us for a little post-party fun and we went to Sushi (well only Kurt & Anissa ate sushi). Since we had such a big party we were able to reserve one of the rooms in the back.