Sitting Up On Her Own

 Kaylie started sitting up on her own yesterday! We did a quick photo shoot...

 It was especially cute because she held her hands out like this the whole time to balance herself!

 Kaylie can also hold herself up while on her tummy... although she is being kinda lazy in this picture.

 Kaylie has a serious foot/toe fetish! Not only does she stick her own foot in her mouth, but she also touches everyone else's feet and toes. Whenever she gets a chance she is grabbing someone's toes!

We hadn't taken bath pictures in a while so we took some with her hair all wet and standing straight up! Pretty cute, huh?

6 months already!

 This picture was taken at a family bbq we had over at our Uncle Tim & Aunt Cindy's home. We had the bbq on Labor Day and this was the last day Jacelyn was in California before heading off to BYU-Idaho! We had a fun pool volleyball game and lots of great food and company.

 This picture was also taken at the bbq. Reece is Kaylie's cousin who is just 6 weeks younger than her. They were super cute together!

 Kaylie loves her walker, but even more than that she loves her Lola!

 Kaylie has really strong legs already! Since she has been using her walker she is able to stand against things almost all by herself. This time she was determined to get that soccer ball, so I helped her stand up against the couch to get it.

Kaylie is officially 6 months since September 15th! This was taken that day and she looks so beautiful! We love her! 

New Things about Kaylie Renee:

• Her first tooth came in a couple weeks ago! On the bottom right and the next one is barely visible right next to it.
• Walking/Running around in her walker is one of her favorite things to do!
• She chews on everything!
• She scratches at everything - new textures can entertain for several minutes.
• Loves her baths!
• Kaylie rolls around all over the floor - tummy to back and back to tummy. Pretty entertaining actually!
• Kaylie giggles and tries to talk all the time. Her giggles are more like spurts of laughter though - pretty darn cute.

August Came and Went

We moved back to California after Marcus graduated. We love it here! We are staying in Carmichael taking care of my grandparents place while they are serving a mission in Ukraine. We hadn't had Kaylie blessed yet because we wanted to be around more family. She was blessed on August 7th. She looked so beautiful in her blessing dress! 

I am so glad we waited so that we could have all the family get together!

Grandpa and Lola Jankowski brought Kaylie a walker on her blessing day! She loves this new toy! She walks all over the house in it now!

Marcus turned 26 on August 11th! We were able to spend that day and a few more in Modesto with his family. Marcus loves being home for his birthday!

Melania took some pictures of us at the park in Modesto. They turned out great! We did this photo shoot on August 13th which is just 2 days shy of 5 months for Kaylie. She is such a cutie! So photogenic! We love our little family!

Ok... Officially 5 months on August 15th! A few things about Kaylie: she is loud! - constantly making happy noises and wanting our attention, she loves walking around in her walker, rolls over onto her tummy but can't quite roll back onto her back without help, loves her parents - and takes a little while to warm up to new people, still sleeps through the night and usually on her tummy, loves bath time, has recently discovered that she can grab at everything and she does, she has started eating rice cereal (and even likes the taste of watermelon if we are looking for a good laugh), falls asleep on car rides, just a joy to have around!

Marcus and I had our 3rd wedding anniversary on August 22nd! Can't believe it! We had my parents watch Kaylie that evening. We went up to the Sacramento Temple and had a picnic in the spot where Marcus proposed to me, so that was special. Then we walked around the temple and took more pictures.  We had dessert at Leatherby's which was delicious of course! We got home to a happy baby, which was awesome! She has been very clingy to mom and dad and hasn't done well with other people so we are glad that went well.  These past 3 years have been an adventure! Love you Marcus!

July Events

 Kaylie is officially 4 months in this picture! I can't believe how much she has changed.

This is just a few days after her 4 month picture. She always looks pretty in her dresses!

On one of the last days in Rexburg we attended a Stake event where we had a bbq, music, tug-of-war, and ice-cream. We had a fun time with friends!

Marcus graduated on July 22nd! That was a happy day and we are all very proud of him. We were glad that his family could be here to celebrate with us.