Kaylee's 2nd Birthday

I have said this many times over the past week, but seriously I can not believe that my baby has turned 2! These past 2 years seem to have gone by SO fast! While it makes me sad that Kaylee (and all of my children) seem to be growing up WAY too fast. I also LOVE this stage.. So far none of my children have hit the "terrible twos" (now three's is a completely different story!). I love how you can almost see their little minds thinking and working things out.

Some things I love about Kaylee.

* I love how Kaylee adds many new words to her vocabulary everyday. I especially love when she uses "big words" like actually and delicious.
* I love how she taps her pointer finger on her lips while thinking and says "hmmm".
* I love how she still thinks I am wonderful! (We all need a little self-esteem boost now and then right?)
*Kaylee has the funniest personality, she has so many "faces" it would take forever to name them all.
*She LOVES her brothers and sister, she especially LOVES Lucie and is devastated when Lucie leaves for preschool/playgroup once a week.
*Jared taught Kaylee to dance, it is the funniest thing ever, someday I will get it on camera.
Obviously I could go on and on but I will stop boring you.

Happy Birthday Kaylee! We love you so much!

Kaylee

Kaylee turned 7 months on Monday!

I can't believe how fast time how flown by since she joined our family!

Here are some fun "facts" about Kaylee!
~She is usually a VERY happy baby...as long as someone is paying attention (playing, holding, or talking) to her.

~She almost always "goes with the flow" she's happy just about anywhere...in her car seat, stroller, ect.

~She L.O.V.E.S. men and teenage boys. Owen and Tanner can get the biggest smiles from her! A few weeks ago I had to leave during the sacrament because she kept squealing at the boys passing the sacrament. If they walked passed and didn't look at her she would squeal louder to try and get their attention!

~She loves her brothers and sister. She loves it when the try to pick her up and hold her...it scares mom but she thinks it's great!

~She can sit up on her own. Once sitting up she gets SO excited and starts flapping her arms all over the place and falls over. It's a vicious cycle, but she thinks it is so much fun!

~She makes the funniest faces.

(Sorry Lucie, this is not the best picture of you!! You just woke up!)

~She is crawling all over the place....

...She follows me everywhere I go. Once she finds the room I am in, I hear her happy squeals and turn around to see Kaylee smiling very proudly at me!!!

~She LOVES ice cream! If she sees you with a bowl and spoon there is no stopping her! She will attack you until you give in and share with her. And yes she really attacks...grabs your bowl, grabs your spoon, grabs your face, hits your face, claws your eyes...whatever it takes!

~She sucks her index and middle fingers when she is tired. I know it will be a pain to break her of this habit, but it is just too cute!

Best of all....she puts herself to sleep! I feed her, give her a kiss, and lay her in her bed. She smiles at me, puts her fingers in her mouth, and closes her eyes. She then sleeps ALL night (last night she slept for 10 hours!)!

Let's Go Fly A Kite....

One of the "perks" of being a Hayes Hero in Kody's class is getting to pick out of the treasure box. Kody picked out an Iron Man kite (which ended up being 2 Iron Man kites). Since it was Monday and it also happened to be windy we decided to take the kids to a nearby park a fly Kody's kites. We had so much fun! Now every time we have a windy (or breezy day Logan and Kody ask if we can go to the park and fly the kites again!)

Kaylee chillin' in the stroller!

Dad, Lucie and Logan flying the kites!

Kody flying his kite!

Kody and Dad!

Sisters

Lucie just can't get enough of Kaylee. She is always right in Kaylee's face talking or singing to her. Kaylee LOVES it! She will "talk" to Lucie and try to sing along. This video is from this morning right after we took Logan to school! Lucie's song is a combination of one she made up (she does that quite often) and "Slippery Fish".

Kaylee's Blessing

On Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 we blessed our new baby girl, Kaylee Anne Rex. Jared gave such a sweet blessings! I love how different and personal each one of our children's blessings have been. Thank you so much to everyone who came! (We missed those of you that couldn't be there!) We are so thankful for our families and for everything they do to support us! WE LOVE YOU! Here are a few pictures from Kaylee's special day!

Welcome!

Kaylee

March 11, 2009
1:04pm
7lbs 5oz
19 inches

Welcome to our family! We are so glad you are here!