Feeling Good!

In by 8:45...out by 10! Caelin went in to have tubes put into her ears today. Overall, it was a pretty painless procedure- for us that is! She was put under anesthesia for about 15 minutes. During that time, they super cleaned her ears and placed the tubes. As soon as she came out of the surgery, we were there to meet her before she woke up. Because she couldn't drink formula for the remainder of the day, she got her first taste of apple juice- which was of course a huge hit! After drinking a 9oz bottle, we packed up and headed home. Caelin then spent the rest of the afternoon, tearing apart the living room. From toys to magazines, you would never had known she just had surgery. Such a little trooper! Hopefully the tubes help with future ear infections and keep our little bug healthy through the rest of the winter/spring flu season!

Home sweet home!

What is that thing stuck to my forehead???

On the move!

Quickly approaching the 11 month mark--yikes! Caelin is getting in loads of tummy time and is trying to get the hang of 'the worm' but is clearly more interested in standing up and cruisin' around instead. If shes not walking around with the click clack alligator toy or pushing the kitchen stools around she is holding on to one of us and doing laps around the kitchen, living room and dining room. The drop off point being the couch will she enjoys moving along looking for toys we hide for her. Be on the look out, our little buggy is off and moving! Don't worry, as soon as she is a bit more stable we will add a soccer ball to the mix to jump start those foot skills!

Playdates!!

Had a couple of playdates over the vacation. Caelin spent one day hanging out with her buddies Reese and Emmett from daycare one day- the highlight of that day was shredding Parent magazine! Next up was a playdate with Connor! Connor is moving and groovin' so together they had fun cruisin around...so much so they both passed out by 2pm! And to end the vacation, Kellie, Kara and Bailey spent the day. Caelin and Bailey played with C's cabbage patch baby doll- super cute b/c Caelin will feed the baby her pretend bottle! Both girls had fun scooting around and empting out all the toys they could find!

Uh, Cuz....that's my dolly!

Hugs for the baby!

Oh what fun it is to throw everything in the house!

Anywhere...but her bed!

The last few weeks have been a bit of a sleep challenge for everyone in the Y-F household. Caelin's ongoing ear infections have made sleeping thru the night, or even a good chunk of it, virtually impossible. We have been talking about towing the hard line after she gets the tubes next week, i.e. Ferberizing (again) in hopes that she can sleep thru the night or at the very least calm herself down if she wakes up at 1, 2 or 3! This morning I was going thru pictures since she was born and laughed to myself as I looked at the many places Caelin has fallen asleep and stayed asleep...none of which included her own bed! So, the pic's below are documentation that she sure does love to sleep, just not where we want her too! Strong willed....I think so!

Home sick-->laid like this for about 20 minutes then slept for an hour in the same position!

Fell asleep in the car like this, then didn't flich bringing her in the house!

A sick bug, cuddling with her frog

Playing, playing....asleep

snug as a bug

the early days- took a lot of naps in that chair!

snoozin' at Itsy Bitsy Yoga class

another favorite spot back in months 1-3!

out cold in the swing

Vacation Party!

By now, you probably all know we made the decision not to go away this Feb. vacation. The Dr.'s originally gave us the go-ahead but then the ENT saw how much fluid was in her ears a few days prior to leaving and strongly recommended we stay home. So...since vacation was not in the plans, we planned a "We're not going on vacation pity party" with our friends N, M and Alex who also had to postpone vacation. Dressed in our beachwear- M cooked up some Jamaican Jerk turkey burgers, the adults had a few Red Stripe, Caelin and Alex played all afternoon and well into the evening and we all played plenty of Wii Resort water games! We even got a skyped in phone call from our good friend Rachele who made it safely to Jamaica and was enjoying some R&R on the sunny beach! The resort looks great and we are hoping to reschedule for April vacation.

Pearly whites!

Ok, maybe we should say pearly white...or even pearly white tip! After months of waiting, one of Caelin's front bottom teeth poked thru! It's hard to see and we definitely can't get a picture just yet but it's there! Guessing that by her birthday it will be fully popped!

Who let the dogs out...

WooHOOWhoo!!! It seems like just last week we could sit Caelin down in the living room with a few toys and she would sit and play happily without moving more than an inch. Nowadays, between 5 and 6pm she can be found scooting around the first floor, making frequent stops at the babygate to check in on the dogs. When shes not scooting she is grabbing our hands to pull her up and help her walk around. First stop is always the babygate, where she holds on tight and laughs and barks back at the dogs. It's really just awesome- she is so happy and excited to pat the dogs, give them kisses and 'talk' to them. Diesel and Nike are still learning to be gentle around Caelin, but they just can't get enough of her!

Hi Nike!

Loves to offer them her stinky socks!

Kisses from Diesel!

And the ENT says....

Remember back in early December we posted that Caelin had her 1st ear infection? Well, the bug has gone ear infection free for all of 5 days since that post. So, our much anticipated trip to the ENT has had us patiently waiting to get the word, tubes or no tubes? So today, we went to see the Dr. and tubes it is. After reviewing her rap sheet from the pediatrician, doing a hearing test and looking in her ears, the Dr. quickly stated that tubes were a must. She continues to have significant amounts of fluid in her ears and while the Dr. doesn't anticipate any long term effects, she had difficulty with the hearing test. Lucky for us, they were able to schedule it in the next week. So- come a week from Monday we expect Caelin to be feeling much better and sleeping through the night (ok we realize that might take a little time!!!)

Love her!!

Yikes- it's February!!

Time is cruisin' by!! Only a little over a month until Caelin turns 1! Still working out the details of the party...so stay tuned! This week Caelin picked up another ear infection paired up with bronchitis- this time trialing zithromax and hoping it knocks the infection right out! Lots of signing from Caelin these days. Mainly 'more' but this morning she seemed to be trying out 'help' too. Help that is to get up and side step along the furniture- something she loves to do more and more. The proud look on her face is priceless when she grabs our fingers and pulls herself up- love it!! Anyways, heres another quick video that we thought was pretty funny. Not sure where she picked up this trick!!!