Kait's new couch

We bought Kait a kid fold out Princess couch and she loves it. It was supposed to be an xmas gift but when she saw it, she wouldnt let it go.

AeroGarden

I am super excited about my new aerogarden that Jay got me for my Bday! Thanks Jay! I get so excited about it I dance in place-weird-but I can't help it; I LOVE IT! This is it; it holds 6 "pods" each with a certain type of seed in it. So th ones I chose to plant my first time out were salad greens, tomatos, chives and mint. The 1st thing that sprouted was the salad green. Now today after work, I noticed they ALL had sprouted!!!! What a great end to a shitty day @ work.

This is my 1st baby; salad greens. Soon we'll be able to pick leaves every 3 days for salad for 6 months! It amazes me; I cant get over it. Isn't just the cutest lil plant!

This is my 2nd salad greens that are kinda on the whimpy side. But thats OK, I still love them and will be proud to eat them.

Here are my tomatos. After they grow another inch I have to pick and choose between the stalks then cut the other ones out. Kinda sad.

My chives look like they have dookie on their tips so I hope those fall off and leave behind super awesome chives.

Lastly is mint. You can barely see it; its my slowest to grow. it probably knows I don't like mint, so I have no clue what to use it for.

Halloween

Here's some Halloween pics of Kait. She was a pink flower petal. And one pic of Kait asleep in Jay's arms.

Fork & Spoon

I started giving Kait a fork and spoon to play with about a week ago. She new what they were for and would pretend eat. So today I gave them to her with lunch and dinner. She doesn't really get much food on either of them. She's better with the fork cuz she stabs at the food and then can get it to her mouth without falling. But the spoon, she needs work on.

Kait's New Shoes

This is Kait's 1st pair of shoes she has actually worn for more than 2 minutes and the 1st pair that she has for walking. They're kinda big for her in length but the other ones wouldn't velcro over her fat feet so I had to go up a size. She had trouble walking in them at 1st but got the hang of it. She just thinks she's so cute in her shoes.

Kaitlyn's New Toy

This is what JD & Gaby got Kaitlyn for her Bday. Kait LOVES Elmo! She loves her new toys; thanks JD & Gaby! I also got Kait an Elmo DVD and it mesmerizes her; which I love.

Food

Well, I'm back on a health kick again. After 2 months of eating junk, fast food and sugar sugar sugar, my doc gave me the food lecture and kicked me back into gear. My bloodwork was actually great and I'm very fortunate to have that. Some people don't. So here's a list of pills I'm now taking daily:

omega 3, 6, 9 twice daily
actos cranberry pill twice daily: for urinary health
B12 dots-many daily
iron: anemia
multivitamin
melatonin: helps with sleep pattern and getting a better sleep
birth control
zoloft

The only things abnormal about my bloodwork were that 1) I'm LOW on B12 and B12 helps with energy, concentration, memory....hummm and 2)my urine has protein in it! Weird. Doc thinks its all the aspartame I eat/drink. She said it can crystalize in your renal tubules allowing protein to spill through. So I went out and got splenda and havent drank a coke zero in 6 days!!!!! Thats unreal for me; I'm craving the burn so bad. It has helped that Jay gave up cokes with me so I wouldnt be tempted. What a sweetheart. Seriously, he's dying too!

I've been eating 6-7X a day and not really worrying about calories just yet. Just trying to eat balanced. Good carbs, good veggies and trying to eat fruit. I'm not a fruit eater at all! I could go weeks without a fruit and could care less; I prefer my veggies! I'm odd. So I'm going to try to eat at least 1 fruit a day. So far I have been failing miserably due to the fact that there is no fruit in the house.

Here's a list of the Most Nutritious Vegetables (I know yall are SO interested)

These vegetables are pretty much nutrient powerhouses.

High
Endive, 1 head raw; 1.29 net carbs (15.9g fiber!)
Collards, 1 cup boiled; 3.99 net carbs
Kale, raw 1 cup chopped; 5.57 net carbs
Escarole, 1 cup cooked; .42 net carbs
Artichoke, 1 cup, globe (French), cooked, from fresh; 9.71
Broccoli, 1 cup cooked; 3.37 net carbs
Spinach, 1/5 cup cooked; 1.22 net carbs
Turnip Greens, 1 cup chopped; 1.39 net carbs

Medium
Squash, 1 cup, summer, cooked, from fresh; 5.2 net carbs
Green Beans, 1 cup, snap, green, cooked; 5.86 net carbs
Cauliflower, 1 cup cooked; 1.75 net carbs
Asparagus, 1/2 cup cooked; 2.37 net carbs
Mushrooms, 1 cup raw; 2.02 net carbs

I had to look up on the net what endive, escarole, collards and kale were. Havent tried them yet, found a couple of recipes so maybe I'll try them next week.

Kait Video @ 14 months old

Since I posted a video of Miss Kaitlyn @ 7-8 weeks old, I thought I should post a current video too.

Old Kaitlyn Video

I just found this video of Kaitlyn when she was 7-8 weeks old. I can't believe my baby was so tiny!!!! And those adorable baby cooing sounds!



And this is when she was 4 weeks old! That was one of my favorite outfits she had too. It was PREMIE size!

Our House

We went to fill out paperwork on our house today. Kaitlyn was walking all over the office, getting into stuff, so I really don't know exactly what I was signing, but Jay was listening so I'm sure its ok. We then went to look at the demo house again. The demo house is our exact model we're building. Its SO nice! And BIG!! I can't wait to get out of Arlington and into our house. The construction is out of control in Arlington. It takes 15-20 mins to get to our apartment from the highway; it used to take 5 mins! We were suppose to take the camera with us, so we could go take pictures of us standing on top of our lot and then take pictures as it gets built, but we forgot, again.

This is what our house is going to look like, except our brick color is different. Looks small, I know. But its 2,086 sq ft with 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, 1 living, 1 dining, and a 2 car garage. It puts our crappy ghetto apartment to shame.


This is our floorplan with some minor differences. In the family room, there is no fireplace. I still don't know WHY people want a fireplace. We live in FREAKIN TEXAS! Hello!! And it was placed smack middle of the living room, like people sit around the fire and talk. Please. We all know we sit around a TV not a fireplace. In the kitchen I have a super awesome island in the middle. I don't know exactly why I love this island so much-its just cool. The master bedroom has a double sink area. I keep forgetting how big it is, until we're back in the demo house. I'm also not too sure about the open toliet area in the master bath. We've been together for 5 years and I'm still weirded out about Jay watching me pee. I don't know why; I'm not a shy girl.

lots of pics

The zoo

We took Kaitlyn to the zoo today for the 1st time. We were so excited; we brought the camera and video camera and THIS is the only thing we took! Kaitlyn could have cared less about the animals. We got a reaction from her though from the swan, but she was scared of it! So, for the next kid, no zoo until about 2-3 years old. And it was so FREAKIN hot!

I just like this picture cuz she looks so fat and cute! But she still isn't 20 lbs yet, so we can't face her carseat forward :(

Kait's 1st ponytail! And Jay did it! It was very fragile though; any sudden movement and it was gone-lol.

Goofball

Yes, these last pics are Kait with our underwear. These weren't staged; the girl loves our undies for some reason. The 1st two pics are her with Jay's boxers. She was hugging them! It was cute and gross at the same time. And I tried to get them away from her, but she threw a huge tantrum, so I gave them right back-great mothering, I know. The last two pics were at least clean undies and socks. She put my thong around her neck and then took Jay's socks and was holding them over her ears....weirdo. I can't wait til she's a teenager and I can embarass her with these pics!

Roseola

This isn't a picture of Kaitlyn, but Kaitlyn just had this but it looked worse. Roseola is an acute disease of infants and young children that is characterized by a high fever and skin rash.
Mostly kids get it from 3 months old to 4 years. Kait's fever only got to 103.2 and her rash lasted just a day. There's no treatment it just goes away. Now we're dealing with the after sickness aftermath, meaning she's so freaking used to us babying her, she now expects it. And when she doesnt get her way, she FLIPS out! So its been one of those days that truly tests a mother's patience.

Kait's 1 year pics

My blog is empty and sad, so here are some pics of Miss Kaitlyn

I guess I'm blogging now....

Everyone has a blog! So I decided I needed one too. Even though I almost changed my mind cuz apparently there are blog stalkers out there....yes I'm talking about you Lacey-lol. But for now I'm going to bed. I have to work tomorrow :(