On a related note...apologies to any New Canaan parents looking for toddler parenting books at the library. We swiped them all including "Temper Tantrums" and "Parenting a Strong Willed Child."
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Spirited Caitlyn
This 25 second video of her does an amazing job at capturing Caitlyn's personality and gives you a glimpse of her highly "spirited" nature. She makes funny noises, runs around (yes, in dizzying circles at times) and shrieks with delight (though the shriek of detest sounds very similar.) Caitlyn's arm flapping is also what she does when she's throwing a temper tantrum.
On a related note...apologies to any New Canaan parents looking for toddler parenting books at the library. We swiped them all including "Temper Tantrums" and "Parenting a Strong Willed Child."
On a related note...apologies to any New Canaan parents looking for toddler parenting books at the library. We swiped them all including "Temper Tantrums" and "Parenting a Strong Willed Child."
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Happy Easter!
Here's just a few pictures from this past Easter. We "went" to church in the morning (ended up just hanging out in the hall for most of the mass since it was ridiculously crowded....amazingly, Caitlyn was actually content just sitting quietly and playing with her Easter basket for most of the time), then headed up to brunch with Nana and Gramps Edwards as well as some extended family.
Many thanks to Tricia and Laura Kapp for loaning us the beautiful Easter attire. Caitlyn (and her mommy) are very lucky to have friends with such exquisite taste.
After brunch and a nap, we went to a friend's house for an Easter egg hunt.
Some random pics...yes, Caitlyn loves her shoes but not necessarily on her feet. Sometimes, she'll don her shoes on her hands and pretend she's walking around on her hands.
She's loves playing with our spin around pantry. I turned around for one moment and somehow, she had managed to open the package and got ahold of some vanilla cookies.
Many thanks to Tricia and Laura Kapp for loaning us the beautiful Easter attire. Caitlyn (and her mommy) are very lucky to have friends with such exquisite taste.
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After brunch and a nap, we went to a friend's house for an Easter egg hunt.
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Some random pics...yes, Caitlyn loves her shoes but not necessarily on her feet. Sometimes, she'll don her shoes on her hands and pretend she's walking around on her hands.
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| From MarchApril 2009 |
She's loves playing with our spin around pantry. I turned around for one moment and somehow, she had managed to open the package and got ahold of some vanilla cookies.
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| From MarchApril 2009 |
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Visit from the Godfather
A few weekends ago, Caitlyn's Godfather, Geordie, his wife, Julie, and their daughter, Sophie, made the trek out to the 'burbs to spend some time with us. Not only did the grown-ups have a great evening out, but the two toddlers also got to spend some quality time with each other. (Sophie is 10 days older than Caitlyn.) Here is a picture of Caitlyn and Sophie taking a bath (I'm sure we'll hear from the two girls about this picture in about 15-20 years, if not sooner.)
Here's Geordie reading Good Night Moon to the two girls.
Caitlyn's new preoccupation....crawling through our coffee table. She used to be scared of doing so (I think she found it claustrophobic) but for some reason, she tried it today and now loves it.
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Here's Geordie reading Good Night Moon to the two girls.
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Caitlyn's new preoccupation....crawling through our coffee table. She used to be scared of doing so (I think she found it claustrophobic) but for some reason, she tried it today and now loves it.
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Caitlyn Walks the Catwalk
Yes, we've been bad bloggers. Many apologies for the lack of posts. Caitlyn has been a handful but we're enjoying life with a toddler. Perhaps this is a girl thing or a toddler thing, but she has a LOVE of shoes. I can't take off my shoes for a second without her swiping them off somewhere to put them on. As the video shows, she has even tried on her first pair of high heels and gets around quite well in them if I do say so myself.
She is also really letting us know her mind (i.e. what she wants) and has her "Yesses" and "Nos" down. (See the video below taken during lunch time.) She has also fully initiated herself into toddlerhood by getting her first black eye at the playground. She barely even cried and wanted to get right back into the action. Excuse the runny nose as well in the video -- she has been fighting a nasty cold.
She is also really letting us know her mind (i.e. what she wants) and has her "Yesses" and "Nos" down. (See the video below taken during lunch time.) She has also fully initiated herself into toddlerhood by getting her first black eye at the playground. She barely even cried and wanted to get right back into the action. Excuse the runny nose as well in the video -- she has been fighting a nasty cold.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Happy 2009!
Sorry we missed the month of November on the blog updates. It’s been a busy end of the year. The big event in November was our trek up to Fenwick for the traditional Edwards (extended) family Thanksgiving. It was sort of small this year. Don’t think there were more than 70 relatives. Caitlyn slid through the legs of the crowd with ease, unlike Mom and Dad as we tried desperately to chase after her! Luckily Caitlyn was healthy for Thanksgiving, which was kind of amazing seeing as she only managed about 5 days total in November without some kind of cold. We were all a lot healthier in December, although Caitlyn had a rough time in the middle when she got 5 new teeth in the span of 10 days. She’s been a much happier baby in the first week of 2009 now that she’s getting a bit of a teething breather.
Caitlyn was a lot more involved in her second Christmas than the first. Somehow she learned the phrase “Christmas Tree” and all December all you had to do was say the words and she’d run right to it. Speaking of words, while she only says a handful ("Mama", "Dada", "Up", "Dis", "Dat"), it’s clear that she understands a whole lot of what we say. She’ll bring us toys by name. She points to the bird feeder when you say “Where are the birds?” She’ll touch her ears, teeth, head and hair on command. And of course, you can’t say “Jack’s Big Music Show” without her immediately running over to the drawer where we keep the remote, pulling it out, and pointing it at the T.V.
She’s also getting much more openly affectionate. All of her stuffed animals get frequent hugs, and occasionally Mom and Dad do too! She likes to sit in our laps now, although she has a very unorthodox approach: A while back, we taught her to sit in her toddler chair by turning around and backing up into the seat. She’s really good at it now, but she’s discovered she really really likes backing up. When she comes to sit in our laps, she’ll start backing up from about 6 feet away! She also likes to dance with us. She follows along with the lyrics of this one song, stomping her feet, spinning around, and bouncing up and down on cue.
She's also getting very adept at running...running away from putting on her jacket and diaper changes that is.
It’s really amazing how fast she’s learning new things now. Sometimes we look at her and for a moment she looks more like a little girl than a baby. It’s hard to imagine everything she’ll have learned before we welcome in 2010! But we’ll be sure to keep you posted.
From Jaety, Geraldine and Caitlyn, Happy New Year!
Caitlyn was a lot more involved in her second Christmas than the first. Somehow she learned the phrase “Christmas Tree” and all December all you had to do was say the words and she’d run right to it. Speaking of words, while she only says a handful ("Mama", "Dada", "Up", "Dis", "Dat"), it’s clear that she understands a whole lot of what we say. She’ll bring us toys by name. She points to the bird feeder when you say “Where are the birds?” She’ll touch her ears, teeth, head and hair on command. And of course, you can’t say “Jack’s Big Music Show” without her immediately running over to the drawer where we keep the remote, pulling it out, and pointing it at the T.V.
She’s also getting much more openly affectionate. All of her stuffed animals get frequent hugs, and occasionally Mom and Dad do too! She likes to sit in our laps now, although she has a very unorthodox approach: A while back, we taught her to sit in her toddler chair by turning around and backing up into the seat. She’s really good at it now, but she’s discovered she really really likes backing up. When she comes to sit in our laps, she’ll start backing up from about 6 feet away! She also likes to dance with us. She follows along with the lyrics of this one song, stomping her feet, spinning around, and bouncing up and down on cue.
She's also getting very adept at running...running away from putting on her jacket and diaper changes that is.
It’s really amazing how fast she’s learning new things now. Sometimes we look at her and for a moment she looks more like a little girl than a baby. It’s hard to imagine everything she’ll have learned before we welcome in 2010! But we’ll be sure to keep you posted.
From Jaety, Geraldine and Caitlyn, Happy New Year!
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Happy Birthday Caitlyn!
Caitlyn had a wonderful first birthday party with the Edwards/Khoo families. To much of our surprise, she held up extremely well even as the party surpassed her usual nap time. It must have been all the excitement (or the sugar!) that kept her going. She was a very gracious host, walking from room to room to say hi to everyone and then stealing some food morsel off of a plate. Of course, the birthday cake was a huge hit with Caitlyn and she definitely scored big time on the presents. Thanks to everyone for coming and sharing this special day with us.
Click on the albums below and check out the pics from the party as well as a few others from this Fall (including Caitlyn’s Halloween costume. Her mother is partial to panda bears.)
Click on the albums below and check out the pics from the party as well as a few others from this Fall (including Caitlyn’s Halloween costume. Her mother is partial to panda bears.)
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| Caitlyn's First Birthday |
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| Fall pics and Halloween '08 |
Friday, October 3, 2008
11 months and counting...
Caitlyn has started a couple of ‘classes’ this Fall. On Monday, Jaety takes her to the YMCA for swimming. We’re not quite sure what her feelings are on swimming – she seems anxious to get in the water but once in, she puts on a very stoic face. She’s definitely not a big fan of lying on her back in the pool– with every attempt, Caitlyn’s legs are straight up in the air in the pike position as if she didn’t want to get them wet. But she has yet to cry or really fuss much when she’s in the water.
Caitlyn is demonstrating a real love for music and bops to the beat of the alphabet song nearly every time. (Uncle Peter would be very proud of the video below.) We play her music class CD in the car every time (God help us) and she seems to be recognizing the tunes. Her particular favorite is “Itsy Bitsy Spider” – she even tries to make the coordinating hand motions though at this point, all she does is raise her hands in the air.
The cuteness quotient has bumped up the past couple of months as Caitlyn is really into ‘hugging’ her stuffed animals and people. (See videos below.)
While she’s not running any sprints yet, I think we can say that Caitlyn has legitimately started to walk. She has grouped a few steps together – at first, this seemed to be happening once every 3-4 days but now, it’s happening 3-4 times a day. Just the other day, she walked from our oven to the fridge like a pro. Unfortunately, it’s been tough to catch on film since she seems to be more interested in the camera than anything else. We’ll try again next month.
Caitlyn is demonstrating a real love for music and bops to the beat of the alphabet song nearly every time. (Uncle Peter would be very proud of the video below.) We play her music class CD in the car every time (God help us) and she seems to be recognizing the tunes. Her particular favorite is “Itsy Bitsy Spider” – she even tries to make the coordinating hand motions though at this point, all she does is raise her hands in the air.
The cuteness quotient has bumped up the past couple of months as Caitlyn is really into ‘hugging’ her stuffed animals and people. (See videos below.)
While she’s not running any sprints yet, I think we can say that Caitlyn has legitimately started to walk. She has grouped a few steps together – at first, this seemed to be happening once every 3-4 days but now, it’s happening 3-4 times a day. Just the other day, she walked from our oven to the fridge like a pro. Unfortunately, it’s been tough to catch on film since she seems to be more interested in the camera than anything else. We’ll try again next month.
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