9 months!

KelliAnne was nine months in February. She was mastering the sit and "I'm gonna' crawl any day now" stance for a few weeks. Then....she was off! And, I don't thinks she has stopped since.

We had our nine month check up at Children's Spot (NICU outpatient offices) and once again, passed with flying colors. Even though we see KA everyday and think she is doing amazing, hearing from professionals that she is doing great is the best news ever. I feel like we both still have that small feeling in the back of our heads that something could be wrong. But the older she gets and that fact that she is showing no signs of any motor/developomental delays, the better! The theropist actually said if a baby has two "clean checks" there is a very, VERY small chance of there being any issues as she would be displaying signs by now. They were so impressed with how strong she was with her sitting and piviting and how interactive she was.

Her tests were (that I can remember):

-picking up a block and passing it from hand to hand-PASSED
-picking up a block in each hand and banging together-PASSED
-raking a cherrio-PASSED
-basic following of noises with her eyes and ears-PASSED

Even though it was her nine month check up, these are all tests that a six month old should do and she was advanced, closer to a 7-8 month old. All great nows to here your baby being praised. Does that ever end? Doubt it.....

KelliAnne did so well that instead of being seen in three months again (so at 1 year) they pushed it out to 15 months and said that would probably by her last check. They also decided that she would not need her 1 year old MRI to check her brain bleed. Just typing this I can relive that appt and hearing good news after good news. Tom and I decided to celebrate stopping by Kelly's on our way home. Her first of many trips to our favorite place.

In late February/early March we ventured out a bit, cabin fever got the best of me. I think I did one trip to Target but I was so scared to touch the cart, I just logged her around the store in her carrier. I felt like all I saw was snotty, coughing toddlers staring us down. I could not get out of there soon enough! I postponed any trips for a while after that.

We did celebrate Snake Saturday and met some new friends for the first time. KelliAnne loves making new friends! Enjoy the pictures of the sweet monkey!


Tom and KelliAnne at Kelly's after her appt. We needed a celebration beer for all the great news!

Mastering her sit pose. LOVES the alphabet toy she is playing with

The Holiday Season!

Well The Race's definitely had a lot to be thankful for in 2012. In November, KelliAnne was 6 months old and got her first taste of the holidays. We were able to spend Christmas and Thanksgiving with Tom's side of the family in KC. KelliAnne LOVED pecan pie. Good thing she does not have that nut allergy…(KIDDING PEOPLE!)

Unfortunately, we were not able to travel back to St. Charles to be with my family. RSV season was in full swing, so no public places or being around toddlers. We have made a few visits back this spring to make up for the missed trips over the winter. Looking forward to some lake trips now!

Here is a family picture from Thanksgiving Day. KelliAnne is wearing a newborn size dress that we took off of a stuffed duck she was given after she was born.

                                        Yeah, she is pretty damn cute if I must say so myself !



Christmas came and went and KelliAnne experienced presents and Santa for the first time.  She enjoyed opening presents so much that she fell alseep opening them :) We had always assumed that we would take her to see Santa without any issues, but with the doctors urging us to stay in with her throughout the winter, we received a surprise visit from Grandpa Steve rockin' his new suit.  KelliAnne and I both really appreciated this 'first moment', and we were glad we didn't miss out on it.

Uncle Will and Aunt Jennifer sent this bear to KelliAnne for Christmas. It's so that she always remembes her uncles in the Army and living all over the world. She is still looking forward to meeting Uncle David and Aunt Lizzi!

She went through a little fussy phase and what helped was putting her on top of the fridge. Not sure how we even figured that one out....Whatever works!

SANTA!!!!!!!!!

Getting caught up......AGAIN!

I know we sound like a broken record, but we've been so busy and have not taken time to blog! Shame on us! KelliAnne's 1st birthday is right around the corner and we have not posted since November :( Our wonderful neighbors gave us a gift certificate to get "KelliAnne's Adventures" printed into a book and we plan to do so after her first birhday. So, some cathing up over the last few months.

Enjoy the updates on our little monkey :)