First time out of state

Kaiya, at 8 weeks of age, is already a well traveled little baby. This past weekend we met up with friends from college and had a great time in Nashville. We visited this really cool resort called Gaylord Opryland. It's like a little city, complete with hotel rooms, restaurants, shops, a "river boat" ride, gardens and spa. Go check it out: http://www.gaylordhotels.com/gaylordopryland/


This waterfall is inside the resort. We spent Saturday walking around and catching up. It was a lot of fun, and Kaiya was perfect! The photo is pretty blurry, but from left: Kaiya (in stroller), Lisa, Kerry, Jenny (in stroller), and Chris W.

The weekend was also a host of firsts for our wee little girl.

Top 10 firsts on her trip to Nashville
1. Visit to McDonalds: no Happy Meals for Kaiya!
2. Trip out of state: she visited two, Tennessee and Kentucky.
3. Night in a hotel: she even got her own bed.
4. Road trip: Kaiya was such a trooper. She didn't fuss and didn't mind the time in her car seat. In fact, we only had to stop once on the way down and twice on the way back.
5. Meeting Aunt Kerry, Uncle Chris and Cousin Jenny (Cousin Lisa is on the way!): just wait until she realizes they aren't really related.
6. Irish pub: you should have seen her dancing on the tables!
7. Sleep in her travel bed: slept just as well as if it were her bassinet.
8. Worship in a mega-church: they are in the middle of a sanctuary construction program, and we had to sit in the overflow room, which was big enough for our whole congregation!
9. Diaper change on the sink of the men's bathroom: Daddy was tending to Kaiya, and there were no changing tables!!!
10. Souvenir t-shirt: unfortunately, the smallest size was 12 months (see below).


She traveled so well, I think we will have to do it again soon!

State count: 3
Country count: 1

Our Little Model

Isn't Kaiya cute snuggling with her daddy's teddy bear Mr. Beeps? Well, even though we are a little biased, she looks cute in every picture! We finally got Kaiya's first portraits, and she is so photogenic. Here is our little angel at about 5 weeks. Enjoy...

Notice the bear? Kaiya has her own Baby Beeps! Like father, like daughter :-)

Update Photos

These are photos we've been meaning to post. They are in order from newest to oldest.

Sorry OSU

It's Good To Be the Santa



Finally... A Real Bath (and she liked it, too)

Nuzzlin' Noses

Tummy Time

Should I be a reporter?

Kaiya is getting big and has a lot of tough decisions to make. Isn't it time she got a job? Mommy and Kaiya went out for her first career exploration visit. Here's Kaiya trying out being a reporter.

Power of the Press

My first interview

If I look clueless, she'll tell me more

Too much information!

7 week picture

First swim EVER!!! Ok this afternoon we took our little Kaiya bear to the YMCA for her first ever swim in the pool! It was sooo much fun and she is a total water baby. She was great and didnt cry at all and we stayed in the water for close to a half hour. SO it was pretty cool. Enjoy the pics!

All wrapped up and snug in her froggy towel!

Cheers!

So If I said I have been busy would you believe me?

Well tough because thats the truth and the biggest reason why I have not made a new post for Kaiya. Also I did try to make a new post about a week ago but blogger was down (again) and would not even let me sign on so today I finally switched to their new version which promises increased reliability so hopefully that will work in my favor. Ok well since all you crazy cats don't care to hear me type that much I will give you what you want. KAIYA PICS!!!!

Ok here we are (Lisa and me) at Kaiya's baptism. How cool was this! It was pretty amazing and also pretty humbling that we are in charge of the spiritual development of our little girl and that shes going to look to us to learn about God and salvation and all that other great stuff. Its a pretty big responsibility but I think we are up to the task.

And here Kaiya is getting sprinkled with the water. If you know me and my family than you are already picking up on something. If you don't then let me clue you in on something that was super duper uber cool. The crazy cat holding Kaiya and administering the baptism is none other than my dad. That just made everything so special and so cool all at the same time and I know it was really a special treat for my dad as well. Among all the other reasons that are cool about having a dad who is a pastor I will add that its pretty cool to be able to have your dad marry you and baptize your first child


Side note:
I also think that I am going to maybe try to take a picture of her in regular intervals but im not sure what is a good interval so I know people are out there and I have anonymous comments on. SO what do you think. A weekly pic? every other week? Monthly? The point will really be a way to look back and see how she's grown. SO let the masses come from out of the wood work and let me know what you think!

Cheers!