Happy New Year!

Hello sweet Kaia,

So, it's been a while since I've posted anything new to you - between Christmas shopping, decorating, and a big party, your grandparents in town for a week, New Year's, and then a 10 day California vacation, it's been a month since my last note. A lot has happened!

During your last pediatrician visit, Dr. Scott mentioned that you were a little behind on rolling over. Well, your daddy did NOT like that at all. He became a tummy time nazi right away and started on a campaign to help you learn to roll over. As you know, you are not much of a fan of tummy time even in the best of moods. But, Papa prevailed and kept putting you on your tummy and cheering you on, and lo and behold - over the vacation, you learned to roll over! Not only front to back, but occasionally you are rolling back onto your tummy too.

You also have started talking some language that your dad and I don't quite understand, but we're pretty sure you understand most of what we're saying. You seem to be better at the hard consonants (Ba, Da, Pa) so I am pretty sure you are going to say DaDa before you say MaMa. But that's OK.

You keep growing and growing too, and perhaps as a result of the tummy time and increased mobility, you are now scooching around your crib - which led me to have to raise up the side rail for the first time. Which means I have to lean way over to get you in and out of the crib now. You're almost out of your size 2 diapers too!

You also seem to want to eat some real food soon - you are reaching for our plates and making little chewing motions when you watch us eat. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I think we're going to try some cereal with you tomorrow.

Finally, you were a DREAM on vacation. We took you motorcycling, hiking, rock climbing, flying on airplanes, driving in cars, riding on rental car buses, you name it. With the exception of one kind of rough day hiking, you were a happy kid and made our vacation very enjoyable. Nothing a proud parent likes to hear more than how cute and happy their baby boo is!

So, we're still working on how to get you to sleep through the night, and I'm going to talk to the pediatrician about that tomorrow, but even with a few wakeups a night, "my babygirl, my little Kaia girl, is the best baby girl, in the whole wide world." I love you a ton, boo.

Mamma