A new friend.

I am so happy to announce that we are back, baby! We bought a new computer a few weeks ago and got our internet hooked up the other day. I'm so happy and excited to get back in the swing of things here and am looking forward to giving this little blog of mine a whole new look soon. I've got plenty to update on, including Keatana's birthday post (3 months late!) and just random whatnots that have been happening in our lives. Including a new addition to our family!  

No, not a baby. Meet Peter, Kaetana's new BFF:

This is a serious match made in heaven right here. Kaetana has been in love since day one, of course, but it took Peter a little while longer to warm up to her and her craziness. She yells, "CAH CAH!" which is her adorable way of saying 'kitty' since she hasn't quite mastered the 'y' sound yet haha. He's just the best little friend to her and it makes me really happy to see the joy on her face every time he's anywhere near her.

Life lately.

I wish I could say I have internet again, but that's still not the case. It's a huge bummer, but we're moving in to a bigger place next month (yay!) and will hopefully get that back going soon. There is a lot to update on, but there isn't the time or means at the moment. Kaetana's birthday was a raging success, as I'm sure I mentioned before, as was Christmas, and she's been growing like a weed lately. She's gotten quite a bit taller, is a master walker/runner now and has truly developed the best personality ever. Hilarious, ferreals.

Here are some random photos off my phone to satiate your curiosity, if you have it. ;)

She loves this piano.

Playing outside at Grandma's

We're in trouble now... she learned how to climb the furniture!

My friend Ashley took me out to Margaritas on my birthday :)

Stunner.

Learning latches!

Christmas dress <3

See you later, bloggy friends. <3

Kaetana hates Santa.

We took Kaetana last week to see Santa, and she was actually cool with him for a minute.

Until she got a good look at him and the tears ensued. 

**On a side note, yes I'm still without a computer. Obvs. I'll be back hopefully soon-ish to do Kaetana's 1 year post(!) and talk all about her super amazing birthday.**

Growing up.

Two days ago, Kaetana started walking. Out of the blue, absolutely no warning. Now I'm sitting here watching her walk around the living room, stopping to pick things up and play, and I'm thrown in to this whirlwind of emotion. My baby isn't so much a baby anymore and it's a strange mix of panic, pride, sadness and elation going through me all at once. She'll be 1 in a few short weeks and I'm feeling a little lost as I venture in to this new stage of her life; from baby, to toddler. She's a little person these days with likes and dislikes, opinions on things, and a fierce attitude. She's beautiful and amazing and the smartest child ever (I'm convinced.) 

I know this will happen again and again in my/her lifetime, and I doubt it will ever get any easier. This is the cross I bear as a mother, I suppose. I just need to get used to it.

Kaetana - 11 Months

Oh, hi, remember me? No? I'm not surprised. It's been a while. And will remain to be a while because my computer is still broken and I'm just popping on to say hi, post a photo and tell you a little bit about Kaetana! :)

Thanks right, my little stinkbug is 11 months old! Has been, in fact, for about a week and it's CRAZY. She's suddenly doing all these new things and I'm kind of freaking out. She's pretty much a professional "cruiser" along furniture and whatnot now, and has started standing up on her own (without holding onto anything I mean) and it's awesome. She's really proud of herself every time she stands up and gets so excited most of the time she falls right back over haha. She has started doing this really adorable little dance every time any music comes on - always accompanied with a big grin - and is completely crazy about anything that makes her move. She is an eating machine, and is starting the transition away from formula and bottles. I'm a little nervous about taking her bottle away from her completely, so we're going to stall on that for a while. We haven't given her milk yet, either, because we're waiting to hear whether goat's milk is cool. I'm lactose intolerant and it would seem she is as well. Poo for her. Anyways - that's pretty much it at the moment. I'll try really hard to pop back at some point but I make no promises.