Kasey 15 months

I am very behind on the blog. Now that the Olympics are over hopefully I can catch up.

Kasey had her 15 month appointment on 3/1/10. She weighed 22lb 9.6oz (45%), 31 3/4 in long (85%), and 18 1/4 in head (63%). I'm not sure the height is correct. I think she's more like 30 1/2 inches. She is doing great health wise.

Kasey is doing great with signs. She tries almost anything we try to teach her, but she remembers several of them. She knows milk, eat, cereal, banana, fish, ball, shoes, bath, dog, elephant, light, phone, bye bye, bed/sleep, cat, airplane, grapes. She also signs to get us to sing twinkle twinkle little star and itsy bitsy spider.

Kasey is trying to walk up and down the stairs. She still needs help, but is doing a good job trying.

She's getting closer to taking 1 nap a day, but this changes depending on what's going on.

I started in March pumping at work just 1 time. Kasey is now drinking 1/2 soy milk and 1/2 breastmilk. We're also trying to get her to drink soy milk only out of a sippy cup in the afternoon.

Kasey is getting pickier with her eating. We always try vegetables first, but if she sees other things she would like more she just makes a fuss until she gets what she does want.

She's also teething more and more which can make her pretty fussy.

Blog entries I have been keeping

I don't think I've posted any of this. Here are some updates on the kiddos.

2/18 - Landon has been complaining last few days about his eyes and ears so Greg took him to the Dr this afternoon. He has 2 ear infections and had some wheezing in his breathing. He has to take antibiotics for the ear infections and do 3 breathing treatments a day for about a week. Poor guy. He doesn't have an RSV so that's good. They said he should be able to play soccer Saturday but should stay home and rest tomorrow.

Kasey is trying to do some more complex signs like Elephant and banana.

2/13 - I had to go out of town to Barcelona so I missed Valentines Day. I left 3 bags in my closet for stuff for the kids and Greg. I was hoping to give it to them before I left, but didn't get time to.

2/12 - The kids got to go outside and play in the snow. We had several inches over the last few days. Landon got to play with some friend from the neighborhood - Liam, Mia & Devon. Kasey and Peyton even got out for a little bit.

Apparently Kasey is doing the sign and saying ball. She also started crawling down the stairs some backwards in the last week or so.

2/11 - Lady had licked one of the kids plates after dinner. I asked Kasey to pick it up and bring it to me to put in the dish washer, and she did.

2/10 - Grammy says that Kasey said nana (for banana), hot, bye bye on demand, interacted with the computer program. When asked to close her eyes, she covered them and laughed. She also clapped with the bear.

Kasey was sick a couple weeks ago, and she was getting sick some at night. If she started gagging, I would take her into her bathroom so she could get sick in the sink. Anyway, she would usually want to brush her teeth after this. This past week she's been feeling fine, but when she gets done nursing she'll kind of gag and point to the bathroom like she needs to go in there. Once in there she really wants to brush her teeth. She has also started when I put her down to sleep saying Ma, Ma holding her hands up and signing milk. So of course I get her up to nurse her a little bit more, and then when she does it the 2nd time I tell her I love her and say goodnight. She's already getting to smart for her own good.

Kasey and Landon enjoy playing upstairs together in their little forts.

Landon has decided in the last week or so that he doesn't want to take a bath with Kasey. If it were up to him I'm not sure he would bath at all, but he will usually take a separate bath. Kasey's not to sure about taking a bath on her own, but she's also been tired.

2/7 - Kasey's next tooth broke through today (from her perspective bottom left front tooth). We bought her her first real pair of shoes today. We put them on and she acted like she didn't know how to walk. Greg and I both held her hands and she started walking. She seemed to like them for a while and was able to walk pretty well, then she sat down and figured out how to take them off. We'll see how it goes.

2/6 - Landon had his first soccer practice. He's on his first soccer team called the Raptors. He's with friends on the team like Liam, Asher, Justin, Alfonso, Parker. They start games on Feb 20th.

2/1 - This morning I dropped Kasey off with Grandma on my way to work. I was holding her and told her to give me hugs and kisses. She turned to me and gave me a big kiss. So sweet. I think she missed me more this last trip than she has before. That will definitely make it harder when I have to leave in a couple weeks.

Kasey is trying to eat with a fork more. She's actually pretty good at putting it with food into her mouth. She still has a ways to go getting food on the fork, but that will take time and she does try some.

Week of 1/25 - I went to Korea this week for work. While I was gone Kasey started doing more signs. She will do eat now when it's time to eat. She's also started doing some signs with a picture book - she did ball, shoes and fish. She's also using the sign for more often for various things.

1/18 - Today Landon had his school social for January. We went to Wigly Play Center in Frisco. I went for a long lunch so I could meet more of the parents and see the kids play. We all started out at the front waiting for the other families so we could get a discount. The kids were going a little crazy. Landon and Justin had started jumping up and down when they saw each other. One of the girls in Landon's class Sarah came up to Landon and Justin and put her arms around them like hey guys what's going on. It was really fun to watch them interact. Sometimes they seem so much older than they are.

Kasey was playing with an animal puzzle with Greg. He would tell her to put the cow on the cow, the horse on the horse etc. She would put the animal in place and clap that she did a good job.

In the last week Kasey has become more and more interested in using a fork. She can't really put food on the fork, but she does a pretty good job once food is on the fork to take it to her mouth.

1/16 - Kasey doing good job with sorter toy. She's also wanting to be more independent with eating. Last night she took my flauta off my plate and wanted to eat it. I got it back and started to break it up and she didn't like that. She did the same thing today with sweet potato fries.

12/30/09 - turned Kasey around in her carseat for the first time so she faces front.

Ft Worth Stock Show & Rodeo - 1/25/10

Landon got to go to Ft Worth Stock Show and Rodeo with Grammy and Gramps for the first time. Our cousins Cole and Lauren Cloud were competing with their heifers.

Cole, Lee and Peggy with Lauren's Heifer

Lauren competing in the pink shirt

Grammy, Landon and Baby

Cousins Lauren and Peggy

Landon, Cole and Cole's Heifer

January 2010 Pictures

This is technically done Feb 4th, but Landon making BDay card for a few of his teachers. I dotted out Happy Birthday and Myers for him to trace and he wrote Landon free hand.

1/18/10 - I was so excited that the living room floor was clean with no toys on it. I can't remember the last time I saw the living room this clean.

Some of Landon's workbook work - Tracing 2s, drawing circles around 2 items, and drawing 2 suns - I got to draw 2 cakes.

Now that we actually have some room to play upstairs we set up a little tunnel play area upstairs. The kids love playing up there together. This night 1/20/10 Kasey found a tiara that she was wearing and playing in.

Kasey taking offer her tiara - 1/20/10 before bath

I guess telling daddy about it from upstairs

Playing in the tunnels and tents

1/27 - Kasey trying to climb up to Gramps

1/28/10 - each session of soccer tots they have a parent participation class. Greg got to run around with Landon and I watched Kasey since I flew in from Korea that morning.

Greg and Landon at soccer tots

Heidi and Asher, Anita and Justin, Greg, Coach Mike and Landon, Alfonso and Alfonso

1/29/10 - We went to dinner with Dave, Tracy and Doug at De Tapas. Everyone helped keep the kids entertained.

Landon specifically asked for this picture after I took the picture of Dave and Tracy with Kasey.

Kasey was enjoying the music at De Tapas.

Kasey riding Landon's big wheel at Grammy and Gramps - 1/30

Kasey playing on her computer program at Grammy and Gramps - 1/30

1/30

Gramps and Landon ready to eat lunch - 1/30

Landon teaching Grandma and Pops how to play Candyland. Kasey in the back pretending to be on the phone. 1/31

1/31

Kasey, Greg and Grandpa - 1/31

Landon's January Class Social

I haven't been able to make any of Landon's friends birthday parties or class socials this year because of the kids or me being sick or my traveling. A social came up in January that I could technically go to so I took a long lunch and went. It was fun to meet several of the parents and see the kids play. This was on 1/18/10. This is at Wiggly Play Center in Frisco.

Landon and Justin - they are good friends that go crazy whenever they are together.

Sarah from their class

Miles and his mom in the back and Parker is the blond with red and white shirt

Miles, Parker, Landon and Justin

Landon's Room

Finally after having pictures to hang up in Landon's room for over a year, we finally hung them up. We did this January 4th, 2010. He was pretty excited, and I'm pretty glad how it turned out. Most of the picture I found at a craft fair. They are pretty unique so I really liked them.

Landon's initial Landon Kyle Myers with picture of hippo and a fish.

Landon's little table where his water sits. The other picture in here is a canvas print of a unique city street.

Landon's cool lamp & sports themed couch that Grammy & Gramps got him. On the wall are three prints from the same artist. One is like a board room with guys with crazy hair that are all different colors - Landon picked that one. The one in the middle is below closer up and is a maze of colors and objects. The one of the right has a keyboard on it in blue and black.

This is a closer view of the middle picture.

Sports themed Landon picture.

Another view by Landon's bed

Landon in his bed!

Landon with his new sports blanket that Grammy made him for Christmas