KayKay is walking!

 So, KayKay is finally walking! She'd taken a few steps here and there, but yesterday we went to the library and it seems like something clicked. She was walking all over the place. We shot a bunch of video, but here are the highlights. I love how Zofia & Maggie interact with her. So much love; and the feeling is mutual.
There is also a clip from a couple of days ago showing Kake going through some of the words she knows. She is super smart and seems to understand most of what we say. She can follow instructions and today helped me gather some clothes from around the room and put them in the laundry hamper. She loves to help. Though she understands tons of words, she says only a few. Off the top of my head, here is a list.
Maow! - she says this anytime she sees a cat, a picture of a cat or anyone says the word cat.
Mommy
Dada
Cheese - if someone points a camera or phone at her.
Eye
Hair - which sounds like eau
Ear - which sounds almost exactly like hair
Teeth
Boobie
Hi
Byebye
Mmmmmm - if she wants a bite of something.
Nai Nai - 'nite-nite
No!
Also, she sings Twinkle Twinkle. The tune is totally recognizable, but the words are not exactly. The only part that sounds remotely correct is "up above the world so high", which comes out, "up a a a hi hi hi".
We also sing a diaper changing song, which she now sings all the time. Well, at least the last two words, which are "diaper now". So all day long she is either singing "up a  a  a  hi hi hi" or "diaper noooooow".
Very musical baby.

It's moments like these...

I just went in to check on the girls and found Zofia asleep with an open book still clutched in her hand. Swoon!

Sleep...clapping?

I'm watching tv in bed. Kaykay is sleeping next to me, totally out. In the show I'm watching the audience starts clapping, and a moment later so does Kake! Still totally asleep!
Hee hee!

Get back to work!

I was called out yesterday by Zofia, who told me in no uncertain terms that I'd better get back to blogging on a regular basis, because when Kaykay gets bigger and there are no blog posts about her as a baby, she will be very sad. Wow. So...I resolve to blog on a regular basis and to keep track of milestones and cutenesses of all three girls!
I realized when we were looking at old blog posts that Zofia was "sleep trained" at 10 months old. I can't find any blog references to Maggie sleep training, but Kaykay is now 13 months old and still not sleeping through the night. Tough nights a-comin' people!
Here is some stuff Kaykay does these days:
She knows her toes, nose, belly button and hair. When you say hair she grabs hers and says something that sounds like, "AOWWW". So cute.
She loves to give kisses and has evolved from usually open mouthed tooth kisses to puckering up and sticking her chin out and saying, "mmmmm".
She still loves to be upside down.
She stands up by herself and the word is that she took a few steps to Grandpa at their house the other night.

In other news, the big girls are attending science camp every afternoon this week and the first day went well. They made bug catchers and dissected owl poop!

Continued on Tuesday - Today the girls learned about chemistry! In the car on the way home Zofia explained  the difference between a physical reaction and a chemical reaction. Loving this camp!

That's all for today!

Zofia's Seventh Year

Seventh, I say! I cannot believe it has been seven years since she made me a Mommy. This amazing little girl is daily a blessing to us. Her kind heart, gentle spirit, sensitive nature, inquisitive mind, and quirky sense of humor are appreciated and treasured by all of us.

KK's First Year

Yay! I can't believe she's already one! Almost walking, almost talking, definitely charming everyone with whom she comes into contact. We love you KK!

Future piano prodigy? Maybe not.

Saturday afternoon

Maggie turns FIVE!

I really can't believe how fast the time has flown. Here is a recap of her year. Warning: it's a long one!

Coupla' Things

Went in to wake up the girls the other morning and asked, "Who's awake?"  Zofia answered, "I'm not all the way awake yet. I'm certainly not."

also, funny video from a couple of weeks ago

Comfy

Great Performances 2010

Still to come...the beautiful Christmas choir concert at the girls' school.  We ordered a DVD and I will post some of it when it arrives.
Hope everyone is having a great holiday season!

Karen ponders the properties of water

Karen Irene steals the scene!

Cuteness abounds

and also...

more on Flickr (link to the right).

Contest

The first person to correctly identify which baby is which, will win absolutely nothing!  Have fun playing!

Sealed

As promised, here are some photos from Karen's baptism and the party following.  A good time was had by all.

Da Zoo

I took the girls to the zoo yesterday, and a good time was had by all.  Post to come soon about our visit from Babcia & Dziadzio and KK's baptism, with lots of photos!

Ballet

Maggie got to go to her best friend Rose's ballet class today for "bring a friend day". She has been waiting for this day for almost a week and was very excited. Here are a couple of pix of her this morning with "ballerina hair".
!!!!

She enjoyed the class so much that we may have to sign her up!  Zofia gets a turn to go tomorrow at Grace's (Rose's sister) class.

Baby talk

Here is another video for Babcia & Dziadzio and maybe one or two other interested parties...