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.

Kaetana - 10 Months

Holy smokes, my sweet girl is 10 months old already! All this changing and growing is freaking me out, and making me feel more and more nostalgic by the day. Kaetana is seeming a lot more like a little girl these days, too, and not so much like a baby.

 There really isn't a whole lot to update on this month, to be honest. She's getting bigger, smarter, stronger - ya know the drill with these babies. She surprises us every day with the new things she's picked up (like the awesome ability to blow kisses and point!) and I'm loving getting to spend so much more time with her now that I'm not currently working. She's still such a joy to be around, and really is one of the best behaved babies I've met - and that's not just my opinion, everyone else says so too! Overall she's doing just great and I can't believe there are only 2 months left until her birthday. Planning has begun in a serious way for her birthday party and I'll be updating on that pretty soon hopefully. :)

I'll leave you with that cute little butt! ;)

Life according to my cell phone.

Oh, hey there. Did you miss me? ;) I hate not being able to blog but alas my computer still isn't fixed and I just haven't had the opportunity. Thankfully, however, my friend Cayla has let me borrow hers for a few days (to work on her own blog, not mine haha) and I've finally had a moment to pop on over here! Hooray!

Things have been ca-razy over here lately. First, I've been working NON STOP for the past two weeks trying to squeeze in as many hours as humanly possible before the store I worked at closed. Which it did a few days ago and I'm officially a one job woman, which is both good and bad. I also caught the fucking flu somehow and was screwed for days because of it. I missed a ton of work and was generally miserable; it sucked. But it hasn't been all bad over here. I've been spending a shit load of time with my sweet baby, and boy is she growing fast! She seems to be doing more and more daily and I'm loving being able to spend this extra time with her in-between jobs. We've been squeezing in as much family time as we can, as well, and it's just been great. I'm feeling the love hardcore over here, guys, and I couldn't be happier. :) Anywho, now on to the reason all of you come to this little blog of mine in the first place (admit it!) Some photos of Kaetana, among other things: