First Birthday, March 28,08

Kaylei made it to her first birthday with only one late night ER visit due to a stomach virus which means we didn't DROP her!!! That was one of my biggest fears or that she would roll of the bed or couch and severely hurt herself. Anyone who knew me (Alice) as a child would understand why this is such a HUGE mile marker. I had many trauma visits to the ER, let's hope she didn't take after me in that area!

Kaylei enjoyed her first birthday party and was so excited to see many of her friends there. She LOVED being the center of attention. We're thinking she may go into entertaining in the future.

Here are some pictures from her special day.

Easter

This year Easter was going to be another ordinary weekend with a special dinner at home with just the three of us. But, at the last minute we decided to travel to Boise to see Troy's family. His grandfather is ill and we wanted to take Kaylei down there. We pretty much saw all of Troy's extended family in the Boise area. Kaylei was sick the entire time but anyone who knows her, knows that it wasn't too bad as Kaylei doesn't act too differently when she's ill. Although this time she turned red and purple when she coughed and slept a lot. She had bronchiolitis and is feeling much better now! Just in time for her FIRST birthday! Here are some photos from Easter.

Hair!

Our birthday wish for Kaylei was that she would be able to have a little pony tail for her birthday. And unless her hair suddenly decides to grow, our wish will not come true this year. But she can have some real stylish hair do's in the bathtub!

Wow, Time Sure Does Fly!!!

I kept meaning to update the page and kept saying I'll do it later. We'll five months later I realized I could no longer say later! Kaylei will be turning 1 this month! She has been doing well and hitting all the milestones: crawling at 7 1/2 months. Actually it was the week before Thanksgiving because we had to call the relatives and warn them that they should baby proof before we get there.

Christmas was a big hit for Kaylei. She spent most of her time picking on her older cousins, Josef was 3 and Kristofer had just turned a year.



Kaylei loves being mobile. She gets into EVERYTHING and just as you think it's all out of her reach, she grows half an inch and can get into EVERYTHING again! She has had many memorable play dates with Eli and Myles (who moved away and we miss him and his parents).

More Hip Therapy

We found out at Kaylei's last appointment in October that her hips were looking good and she was taken out of the harness. She now has a Rhino brace she wears when she sleeps. We go back in December to find out if her hips are still on the right track or if surgery will be the next step. We're hoping for the OKAY!

This is what her new brace looks like. It is more complicated and a bigger hassle but at least it is only when she sleeps.

Halloween

This was Kaylei's first Halloween and sadly to say she was grumpy and napped until after 7 p.m. so she didn't get to visit everyone we hoped. She received an avocado and banana from our neighbors and a small goody bag from daycare. Doesn't she make such a cute little puppy!

Kaylei's Hips

We've been driving to Shriner's in Spokane every 2-3 weeks since the end of July for Kaylei's treatments. Our last visit was 9/18/07. The doctor said her hips look great but are still a bit loose, so another month in the harness and then we'll see about giving her legs more free time and eventually being harness free!

We want to thank everyone for your support and encouragement during this difficult time.