Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Rolling, rolling, rolling on the blanket

Welcome Kyla fans, to the site of neverending cutitude:

Kyla is definitely progressing by leaps and bounds. Today I came home from work a little early, primarily because little gnomes from the firey depths of the Earth's core have decided to make a surprise landing in random dry brush fields in San Diego. Luckily people water their lawns a lot near us and we are well away from the mayhem, but work has been spotty this week. So I returned home to play with KG and shortly after I did we started tummy time.

Then it got good.

Kyla was getting pumped up, kind of getting frustrated but kind of making progress getting her knees partially under her waist and then, wham! She toppled over onto her back. She was kind of crying, but we were both so excited we whooped and cheered and kissed her all over. She was a little confused, probably thinking "Here I was suffering on my face and you guys just watched...and now you are happy about it??" What the heck is the matter with you?"

I am sure we will rue the day we urged her to be more mobile sooner, but it was fun for the moment.

Kyla also had her 4 month doctors appointment last week. She is growing quite well.
-26.5 inches
-16.5 pounds

Oh, and with a little help she can stand up!


Friday, October 19, 2007

another woo hoo!



Learning to sit up... kind of... and, of course, toes are really fun!

Friday, October 12, 2007

Four months old today!!!

Someone is quickly becoming the not-so-wee hoosier!




Do I still need this thing? Binkys are for babies!





So, we are happily progressing towards the finalization of our adoption. One more wave of paperwork arrived in the mail the other day -- luckily the forms are getting briefer. Once we get these turned in and have our final home visit (mid-November) we should hear from the court when our court date will be. It might have to be after Kyla turns 6 months, but I'm not sure about that. Regardless, we have been assured that it will be in 2007, so when family comes for the holidays we should be celebrating the official conversion of Savannah May into Kyla Gabrielle. (right now her birth certificate has her first given name...we figure that if she someday becomes a yoga instructor or a massage therapist she'll change her name back to Savannah...)
So, I looked at Kyla and told her: "we're going to keep you!!" and she smiled. Perhaps it's because I said "keep" in a super high pitched voice. Or maybe it's because she wants us to keep her. :)

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Thursday, October 4, 2007