Kayla Kuteness

This month has been a bit on the insane side, so I want to post some of the fun, cute things that have also happened this month. And of course this all about Kayla because she is what makes life so cute and fun.

First, we got Kayla a new bed.  It's a bit on the princess side, but since she's my little princess, I love it for her.  The best part is that she seems to love it, too.  

I found a blue comforter for the bed that works great! It's actually one I already own but flipped over.  We put all of her stuffed animals at the end of the bed (since she only takes up about 1/3 of the space), but they've slowly gravitated towards her side.  She now sleeps with them all around her, and I think she is perfectly happy that way.

I think the best part of this bed is that it's so versatile.  It's supposed to be a princess carriage, but since it's metal, you can interpret it to be just a bunch of swirls.  We're planning on making this room an under-the-sea theme, hence the blue tulle (from my wedding!) and the blue comforter. We'll eventually bring Amanda over and she'll help us put fish on the walls.  We'll see how long it'll take us for that to happen.

My Little Miss is turning into an independent little toddler.  She likes to do things herself.

Like drive.

Read books.

And wash her own hands and feet.

Sometimes she'll let me do her hair but most of the time when I ask, she says no.  And because of this, her hair kept getting in her face.  So I had to cut the bangs.  This was my first time, and I think I did a pretty good job!

Every once and a while it'll look like this: (nice and even)

But most of the time, she's running around and messing with her hair, so it'll look like this: (less nice and even). But it's still the same cut!

And when she's super nice (and mostly distracted) she'll let me put it up. She's watching one of her favorite movies, Monsters Inc., on the computer and playing with the other hair clips.

She's my sweet girl, and I'm so happy I have her in my life.  She certainly makes it interesting! She's been so cute saying "please" and "thank you" without my prompting her to, and she's a big advocate of sharing (when she wants to anyway.)  If she has something, she feels like you have to have it too and visa verse. Most of the time, it's super cute. I love it!

She helps me get my exercise by wanting to go to the park almost every day.  Her favorite thing there are the swings, so I get more exercise pushing her.  This last trip she decided to play with them a little differently.  

She's trying to do the underdog trick I do when she's in the swing.  That's why she goes back and forth with it, counts, and then runs away from the swing to run back to it. I love how she gets distracted by every little thing, but when she remembers, she gets right back to the fun she was having before. It's amazing watching her development.

I love her so much. She's such a blessing in our lives.  She loves her friends and family.  She loves talking to her grandmas on the phone and Skyping with both sets of grandparents.  I love that Brandon has the opportunity to stay home with her in the mornings so she can get to know him (she's totally a Daddy's girl).  I love that we get to be a forever family.