1 Year Old!

I cried multiple times in the days leading up to Kadee's birthday. Time has flown by way too fast! I would hold Kadee while she was falling asleep and just wish she could stay littler for a while longer. She is just so big now. Kadee likes to whistle, show off how good she is at saying "hi", and say "Dada" all day long. In the last few days Kadee has started to experiment with different word sounds. She also loves the fish at the zoo. When I took her this last week, she liked to stand in the window and point and shout "ishy" (or something extremely close to that..). Then she would mimic the fish opening and closing their mouths. According to her, that's what a fishy says. Brynne and Cache also taught her what a monkey says during one of our Skype calls, and today she has started to figure out how to make a duck sound. She is getting very good at imitating the sounds she hears.

We celebrated Kadee's birthday one day early because Spencer has been doing his summer pharmacy rotation in Ada. But I baked some cupcakes on Sunday and grilled cheese for her dinner. I think she liked the grilled cheese..sorta. I made it with homemade bread so we liked it at least. We Skyped my family first. They sang Kadee "Happy Birthday" and watched her open her gift from my Mom (onesies that fit). Then we did the same thing with Spencer's family (she opened a cute book). We let her eat her cupcake while we Skyped Wallaces too. I don't know how much of it she actually ate. She made quite a mess though. She also opened the gift we got her, which was a pack of fridge magnets that I knew she would like.

On her actual birthday it was just Kadee and Mommy at home. We were going to have her 1 year doctor appointment that day but they rescheduled so we took advantage of that time to get some pictures taken.

She didn't want to hold still so I gave up and just followed her around.

Whistling :)

Her 1 year appointment was actually rescheduled for today. Before we left this morning I was trying to get some laundry put away. I turned around and found Kadee totally immersed in books. She was reading "The Napping House'. It was upside down but just too cute.

We walked over to Kadee's appointment early because I knew she had to get a lot of shots. I got her all ready for the hot walk over there. Kadee weighed in a 23 lbs and is 31 inches tall. She got 6 shots and screamed a lot..that is.. until she saw the sucker the nurse gave her. Then all was forgiven. She did a pretty good job though.

Kadee was SO sticky when we got home that I put her in the bathtub until she had completely finished her sucker.

10/11 Months Old

We aren't always very good at getting pictures each month, but we try.

Kadee is getting so big! I just can't believe it. The year is flying by! I want time to slow down at least a little so my baby can stay a baby for a little longer. Although... she really isn't much of a baby any more. She is super curious and learning new things every day! She has taken a while to get some teeth in but they sure to look cute.

Haslem Family Reunion

I missed the last Haslem reunion when we first moved to Oklahoma. So I was super excited for this one! Kadee was the youngest one there but I think she did a pretty good job with it.

This is Kadee. Devouring the pizza we had for dinner. She loved it!!

Kadee, for some reason, really liked my Mom's water bottle.

  

Kadee wasn't super into the idea of being held by anyone other than her Mom or Dad. She had some attachment issues I guess. But I was very proud of her - she did a great job sleeping in the tent. It got a little cold at night so we snuggled and all was well. She was a good little camper.

By the end of our summer travels Kadee was very sick of being in the car!

Cole's Mission Farewell and Father's Day

After Lake Powell we got the chance to go to the temple with Tanner. Kadee stayed with my family. She did not have a good time. She cried and cried and cried. Lots of mommy attachment issues. Apparently Brynne is the only one she would let hold her. It was the first time since daycare that we had both left Kadee with someone else.

Cole was giving his mission talk that Sunday. We got there early because it has been super crowded in my parent's ward ever since they combined 3rd and 10th wards. (I guess there weren't enough people to fill needed positions in two, but there definitely are now that they made them one.) Kadee did not want to sit still in church though. I could also tell she was getting tired and cranky so Spencer ended up packing her out under his arm, the diaper bag under the other arm, and he spent the whole meeting in the foyer with her finally falling asleep across his lap. Luckily for me, Carrie caught a picture of it! He is such a good day on this Father's Day! (Note the bunny behind his head that he is using as a pillow.)

Cole gave a great talk and a very good tribute to Dad for Father's Day. It made me cry and I know it definitely made Mom cry. Cole is a good kid. He will be a great missionary in St. Louis, Missouri.
It was fun to see all the aunts and uncles and cousins. Really great especially since that is probably the only time this year that we will see most of them. A good time was had by all.

And a Happy Father's Day!

Lake Powell

Yes, we're crazy. We drove all night long to get to Lake Powell but we made it and we had a great time. Kadee was definitely sick of the car and car seat by the time we got there! We were all about to go crazy the last hour of the drive. But did survive and we had so much fun.

Carmen...............Kadee

We also had fun kayaking and I enjoyed wake boarding and tubing while Spencer liked water skiing.

Kadee also enjoyed her time at Grandma's after the lake.

We decided to sleep in our tent at Grandma's house for a couple of nights to test out how Kadee would do before we headed to Hanna to the Haslem reunion. It proved to be a great idea because we quickly learned that our air mattress had a leak in it. Found us another one before we left so it wouldn't happen again!

Love Daddy!

Kadee gets so happy when her Daddy comes home. Spencer is always very good at taking time to play with her when he isn't working. Kadee will even wait and watch out the window for Spencer to come home. They are quite the pair!

Helping Daddy pack for his pharmacy conference in Salt Lake.

Excited for Daddy to come home from his conference!