KiKi got to participate in the photo shoot of cute p-jammies yesterday that Braska and Jack had. She didn’t want to be involved as much as we had hoped, but that’s ok.
Toward the end, she sat in the chair and decided that was kind of fun.
As we put the hat on her, she had a similar face, but it was leaning toward the unhappy side, ending up in pure torture, if you ask her. (But don’t miss Jack’s face on the left side of the pic below. Priceless!)
And then this one is from tonight…she didn’t do her best performance, but she’s pretty good with mama, dada, and sis-sis, and usually belle-belle too.
Stats: 18 lbs 7.5 oz, 28 inches. She’s wearing mostly 12 months, especially for length, though she can swim in the room around her in a 12 month sleeper.
Highlights from this month: This kid is eating everything, and I’m continually amazed. She likes fish, she likes veggies of all kinds. She likes chicken and rice, stroganoff, tortillas, pasta, and a variety of fruits. She can eat a whole multi-grain/fruit bar for breakfast in no time at all. She much prefers to feed herself, but she’s been better lately about taking from a spoon as well. She can drink from a straw like a pro, and she does well with an open cup too.
She is walking with only one hand assistance, and she loves going around with the walking toy or anything else she can push and walk behind…laundry basket, Braska’s tricycle, empty boxes, etc.
She is mostly sleeping through the night, but still has fairly frequent nights of waking at least once, sometimes going to sleep again quickly, sometimes not so much. She’s got 8 teeth now and I think there might be some more on the way soon.
She misses her sister when she’s at school each morning, but she’s adjusting pretty well. They do really love to play together, and if KiKi would stop yanking Braska’s glasses off her face, things would be just about adorable when they interact.
Here’s to month 11! (More posts soon!!! So many pics to share!)
KiKi went with Rachel the other night for some errands and to play with her Uncle Patrick, and Rach snapped this with her super nifty Droid while they were out. It ranks as one of my fave pics so far.
These photo sessions are getting a bit more difficult. Before I could get the first shot, she had a letter in hand. (Don’t mind the diaper that’s a little too big… ran out of our normal kind.) 
Then Mommy took it away in an attempt to get a pretty shot. Yeah, that worked well. 
So I gave up and let her go at them. 
Highlights this month: She’s finally cruising. It seems she took a little break in her speedy development between pulling to stand and cruising. That’s ok with me, but now she’s on the move again. Several people are betting she’ll walk in the next 6 weeks… I’m not sure, but it wouldn’t surprise me. She loves to walk with two hands held, but she’s hesitant with just one.
She’s enjoying feeding herself, prefers it BY FAR to being fed with a spoon. She likes all kinds of veggies, bananas and apples, multigrain fruit bars, all kinds of crackers, breads, puffs and cereals. But as for *real* food, we’re struggling because we’re real-food challenged around here. We need to fix food she can eat, but that’s going to be a big change. It’s a process to eat less processed foods.
She’s working on teeth 5 and 6 right now, on either side of her lower front two. Here’s a peek at 5 of them. 
The uppers are through, one more than the other, and the 6th tooth is just finishing cutting through. How painful must teething be?!?
In the last couple days she’s decided she wants to clap, so that’s fun. At first I thought she was trying to sign more, but it’s evolved into a flat-handed clap, so we just chime in with “YAY!” whenever she starts a’clappin’. Here’s a few seconds of her showing her new skill, though a little dark.
Wow, almost a month since I posted. That’s ridiculous! And I’ve got so much I’d like to document and keep track of… I just can’t get things together.
For now, I wanted to group a few shots from the last couple weeks related to the holiday. Rach got Kinlee this outfit, and it was almost too small, even though it should be too big. This kid… she’s so long! And after she fussed through the picture time, I realized her shoes weren’t fitting right anymore. Oops! They went away to the “grown out of” bin.
These were more pleasant, though she slowly crumpled to the floor. I don’t know what this is supposed to be, some little monster I guess. It was cute, from Children’s Place, and also a gift.
A week early, we went to the Trunk or Treat at Grandma C and PaPaw’s church, and the girls had a very good time. 
On the 31st, we dressed again and went to our church’s festival. It was a very big deal, but mostly for kids who were a bit more mobile than our girls, so we said hi to some friends and then went to Jack’s for pictures of Jack and Braska together. Of course, KiKi is never far behind her sister. Like a little shadow…
Yes, that’s my 7-month-old. Yes, she is standing with one hand on a walking toy. Yes, she stood up at the toy and pushed it across the room. 
She is officially pulling to a stand on whatever type of surface or object she wants. She especially loves her sister’s little wooden chair.
This is her favorite way to sit, but it requires assistance. 
She thinks she can manage herself, though. And she made decent progress before she got stuck.
Hopefully her speed will continue with her ability to get herself down from standing. Currently, she stands, remains there quite a while playing and chattering, then starts complaining because she wants to sit again. Unless her sister helps by knocking her over, she stays there until someone rescues her and shows her (again) how to sit down. Granted, this has all come about in like 4 days. I guess I have to give her a break.
