Kaitlyn’s First Birthday!

I can’t believe a year has gone by already.  It’s hard to believe she’s gone from this to this…

Kevin had to work, so Kaitlyn and I hung out around the house together.  That evening, we opened presents.  It took Kaitlyn a little while to get the hang of the wrapping paper, but she got the idea by the time she opened her last present.  Kaitlyn was so fascinated by the wrapping paper we only got her to look at the camera once!  In fact, she loves the wrapping paper so much, she’s still playing with it 2 days later.  I almost feel guilty about throwing it out tomorrow!

 

 

After we opened presents, we met some friends at Texas Roadhouse for dinner and cake.  We love this restaurant.  They have great pulled pork, plus since you are supposed to throw the peanut shells on the floor, I figured they wouldn’t notice a little cake!

The cake was a “cupcake cake”.  I realized after I ordered it, I should have had the first fishing pole I made for the Fair shipped up here as a matching decoration.  Apparently, I’m really into the whole pink and purple thing!

 

I had to stick my finger in the icing and feed it to Kaitlyn a couple of times before she realized she could eat it.  Then she started copying me with one finger in the icing.  After she realized I wasn’t saying “no” and was actually encouraging her to eat it, she stuck both hands in the cupcake and smashed down, then proceeded to raise her hands and get some in her hair! 

Thanks to my friend Jim for taking the pictures below so Kevin and I could concentrate on Kaitlyn…

  

 

I’ll post again later this weekend with information about her 1 year checkup…

Disney Trip

Kevin, his mother, Kaitlyn, and I headed down to Disney very early Wednesday morning.  Kaitlyn spent most of her time sleeping on the plane.  We arrived at 11 in the morning.  Disney was great. They picked up our bags for us, so we were able to hop on the bus and head straight over to the hotel and check in.  We picked the Animal Kingdom Lodge thinking Kaitlyn would love the animals right outside the room.  We were right.  She kept heading over to the window to point at the animals…

These were taken on our balcony…

 

After we checked in, we headed over to Animal Kingdom for the afternoon.  Kaitlyn was still exhausted.  She completely passed out for a few hours.  She did wake up in time for dinner at the Rainforest Cafe.  By the time we got back to our room, our bags had been delivered and were waiting for us.

 

Thursday we headed back to Animal Kingdom.  Kaitlyn loved the characters…

 

We spent Friday at EPCOT.   We had lunch in “Germany” and dinner at the Coral Sea Restaurant.  Kaitlyn slept through dinner even though we picked the restaurant so she could watch the fish.

 

Friday was Halloween and we spent the day at the Magic Kingdom.  There’s nothing like riding The Haunted Mansion on Halloween!  My mom and I took Kaitlyn on It’s A Small World.  She was so cute.  Every time we entered a new “room” on the ride she would “ooohhh”.  We ate lunch in the Castle at “Cinderella’s Royal Table”.  Almost all of the princesses showed up.  Those that did come, stopped at the table to meet Kaitlyn.  Kaitlyn’s favorite was Princess Jasmine.  She even got a kiss from her!

After dinner, Kaitlyn got into her costume.  My little “ladybug” was ready for Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party.  Unfortunately she fell asleep and slept through the parade and fireworks.  I took a couple of pictures in her costume after we got back home since she wasn’t too cooperative that night.  She was very warm in the costume and it kept coming off piece by piece as the night went on…

 

 

We spent Sunday at Hollywood Studios.  Unfortunately, Kevin had to go home early that morning for work.  Kaitlyn loved the Beauty and the Beast show.  She kept clapping.  Right afterward, I discovered she had another tooth coming in…

 

Kaitlyn, Kevin’s mom, and I left Monday afternoon.  We were able to check in for our flight at the hotel and they took our luggage there too, so all we had to do when we got to the airport was go straight through security.  We took some pictures in the hotel lobby before we left.

 

Now that we’re home, we’re getting ready for Kaitlyn’s birthday and her 1 year checkup at the doctor’s.  Look for some more blog updates later this week!

Caribou

Last weekend we took a trip up to Caribou to visit with Kevin’s family.  Kaitlyn had a great time in the hotel room.  We put her down and she just took off exploring.  She has finally outgrown the belly crawl and realized she can move a lot faster on her hands and knees!  She particularly loved the floor to ceiling mirror.  She kept standing up against it and “kissing” herself.  I feel bad for whoever had to clean it when we left!

 

Kaitlyn also had her first bath in the “big girl” tub.  She was a little unsure of all that room though…

   

On Saturday, we went to a corn maze.  It was a kind of cold and windy that day.  Once we were in the maze though it wasn’t so bad.  The maze this year was cut into the shape of Maine and the paths were the major roads.  They even cut out the islands!  The entrance was “I-95” and the welcome to Maine sign…

 

Within the maze, there were also games to play.  There were trivia questions to answer and letters to look for that were used in a word scramble.  We accidently found the exit before we finished the games, so Kevin’s mom took Kaitlyn to the car and fed her lunch while Kevin and I went back in to finish the games.  While, we were inside the maze the first time, Kaitlyn lost a sock.  We back-tracked without finding it and I had pretty much given it up for lost.  Kevin and I went back in and found it about 10 steps in, on a corn stalk.  Don’t ask me how she got her leg up that high…

 

We had a great time and we’re really looking forward to Disney next month!

Maine Wildlife Park

Sorry for not posting in so long, we are still catching up on some of our posts. This is from August 9, when we went on a daytrip to the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray. The park is home to wildlife that are native to Maine, and for whatever reason (injured, illegally raised as a pet, etc) cannot be returned to the wild. Some of the animals there include moose, deer, foxes, raccoons, porcupines, bears, eagles, owls, hawks, coyotes, mountain lions, and other native wildlife.

Here are some of the pictures…

 

  

USCG Vessel Eagle

Here are some pictures back from the first weekend in August. The United States Coast Guard Vessel Eagle, a training vessel for officers and only the second ship commissioned in the US with sails, was docked in Portland and open to tours, so of course we headed down to take a peek.

 

Kaitlyn's 9 Month Check-Up

This morning Kaitlyn had her 9 month check-up. She did great! She is now 18.09 pounds (33rd %tile) and 28.25 inches (70th %tile). She only got 1 shot, but she's learning what they're all about. There was no delay in the crying this time. She didn't like it and she let everyone know! Luckily, it didn't last too long. Next appointment is at 12 months.

We have been slacking on the blog though. We've had some fun outings the past couple of weekends. We'll try to get those pictures on the computer soon and tell everyone all about them...