The Walkers: June 2011

Monday, June 20, 2011

9 month checkup and Happy Father's Day

Here's the stats from Caroline's 9 month check-up:

Height: 28 3/4"- 85th percentile
Weight: 19 lbs- 60th perncentile
Head: 17 1/2"- 65th percentile

Another exciting development, last week Caroline has decided to get up on hands and knees and attempt to crawl. She will go a few feet before falling back to her tummy and scooting, but she is definitely decided she wants to be on the move. She also started pulling to stand a lot more, although we have to be right behind her to make she she doesn't fall back.

Here are some pics Caroline did for her Poppy (Chris's dad), Grandaddy (my dad) and Chris for Father's Day. She loves them so much and is definitely Daddy's girl, we hope they know how much they mean to her and us!!

Saturday, June 11, 2011

9 Months Young!

Our sweet girl is 9 months! I feel like a broken record, but I just can't believe how fast she is growing. She is still teething like crazy! She has two bottom front teeth, and it looks like her top two are coming in any day! She is really trying to move more and gets where she want to go by scooting right now. She hasn't figured out the crawling thing quite yet, and I think she's starting to get a little more frustrated. Now a lot of times I have to hide from her, because she cries/whines more when she sees me, but will try harder if she doesn't see mom or dad there for rescue. She still LOVES to eat and since she's shown no signs of sensitivities we are trying tons of finger foods and table foods. I still watch her pretty close though, she tends to shovel it all in at once and I have to be careful she doesn't choke. Her favorite "words" right now are yayaya and dadada. She will now look to correct things or touch them in a book when I say them (i.e. "Where's the dog?" or "Where's dada?") Caroline loves to hide in a pillow/the floor and pops up laughing when we say "Where's Caroline?" Her favorite toys are her xylaphone, bubbles and her baby (I think she started trying to give it kisses . . . either that or trying to bite her head because it feels good on her gums.)

We have her 9 month well check-up next week, so I'll update her stats soon. I think she's definitely grown a lot since her last visit . . . she's starting to feel so heavy!

Playing at the fountain with Dada . . .this kid loves the water!

The pictures don't even do her eyelashes justice . . .I just love her baby blue eyes!

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Busy May!

May has been busy with some weddings of dear friends and family! The weekend of the 21st, Chris flew to his cousin's wedding in Washington, D.C. and had a great time with some of the Walker clan. Caroline and I stayed back in KC, as I was a bridesmaid in a college friends wedding (thank God Gigi and G'Daddy were here to help me with Caroline!)

Next, Caroline, my mom and I flew to Florida so I could attend a friend's wedding in Naples. It was a girls trip among my friends (as many husbands/boyfriends stayed back) and for my my mom, Caroline and I. We relaxed by the pool, did some bargain shopping, and I had a great time at an incredible wedding! Chris decided to spend Memorial Day weekend with his family at Lake Okoboji (he didn't want to use any PTO quite yet for the trip to Florida.)

Overall, the last few weeks have been so much fun, but definitely tiring. We missed Chris on our two weekends apart in a row and our ready for some Daddy time!! Caroline came down with something on our trip home, so I'm hoping she starts to feel better by the end of the week. We are more than ready to relax at home this weekend.