4 months!

Our baby is growing! She turned 4 months old yesterday. We go in for her 4 month doctor appointment next week Tuesday. I'm anxious to find out how much she has grown -- she is getting heavier that is for sure. She'll also get her 4 month shots, which I'm not looking forward to. I hope she takes them better than she did her 2 month shots.

We've had a busy month of "firsts" (first dip in the pool, first Father's Day, first trip to the Zoo, first Brewers game, first July 4th, first fireworks display, and first music festival) and I haven't been very good with blogging about them as they happen, so I thought I would illustrate the past month with the following pictorial.

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FIRST DIP IN THE POOL: Kaydence loooooved her first pool experience. I took her to the Cross Plains pool a few weeks back when we had that really hot and humid weather. It was the perfect thing to do to keep her cool. I suspected she would like it because she loves her baths so much, but I wasn't sure if she would think the water was too cold or not. Apparently not, she loved it! So this past Monday I took her to the Wirth Aquatic Center in Brookfield. It's a really nice facility. It has a fairly large zero depth pool with some fun fountains, a couple water slides, a playground and sandbox. I think she'll really grow to love it as she gets older. We're going again tomorrow with the playgroup.

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FIRST FATHER'S DAY: Believe it or not, I actually don't have a picture for Teirney's first Father's Day. I took a little bit of video that day, but I guess I didn't take any pictures. We had a lovely day though. I got up and made Teirney a nice breakfast (which I think will be an ongoing tradition) -- we had a nice family breakfast, just the three of us. Later that day, we took Kaydence on her FIRST TRIP TO THE ZOO. They were offering free admission to all dads, so Teirney got to enjoy his first "perk" of being a daddy. We were trying to get Kaydence to notice the giraffe (like Sophie the giraffe), but she was too distracted by a sign that was posted in front of her. She did enjoy the fish though.

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FIRST BREWERS GAME: Matt and Marah (soon to be Matt and Marah Lawton :-) -- congrats guys!) came down to visit us the other weekend and we took in a Brewers game. We got to tailgate for a bit before the game. Kaydence did such a good job! She was trying to figure everything out at first, but then she gave up and passed out. She did get a little scared when the Brewers made a couple runs and everyone started cheering, but she didn't cry, her eyes just got huge like they usually do when she's startled. We had a great weekend with our friends.

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FIRST JULY 4TH: We were so excited to spend our July 4th with our dear friends Jason and Amy and their two girls, Sophi, and Lucy. They came down to visit us for the day and we had a great time, as we always do when we're together. Teirney was excited to use his brand new grill, which he had put together the night before (good job, honey!). What's July 4th without beer brats, baked beans, and potato salad? We just hung out at the house and then took a walk to a nearby park. Sophi and Lucy were so cute with Kaydence. Sophi is going to be a good little mommy someday and Lucy and Kaydence are going to have lots of fun together as they grow older. We had a wonderful, relaxing day with our dear friends.

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FIRST FIREWORKS DISPLAY: After the Fiedlers left, we had dinner at "Pops Custard," which felt very American. We hadn't yet decided if we would go to the Wauwatosa fireworks or not because we weren't dressed for it and I didn't have a mosquito net for Kaydence, but at the last minute we decided we would go for it. We parked in the Pick-n-Save parking lot across the street from Hart Park where they were shooting the fireworks off. Kaydence wasn't dressed very warmly so her and I just sat in the back of the trunk with the door opened and I wrapped her in a blanket. We weren't sure how she would respond, but she loved them. She sat still the entire time, completely enthralled by them. I was anxious to see how big her eyes got during the finale, but we ended up leaving right before the finale so that we wouldn't be sitting in traffic too long. Teirney took a picture with his phone while we were there...she looked so cute!

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FIRST MUSIC FESTIVAL: Sunday was the last day of Summerfest. It was a perfect day, not too hot, not too cold, and they were having free admission from Noon-3:00 p.m., so we decided to venture out and take Kaydence to her first music festival. We so enjoyed the weather, food, music, and our little family of three. Kaydence of course was a doll in her sunglasses and got several comments from passers by.

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So now you know why I didn't blog this last month...we've been busy!

Kaydence is starting to develop a little personality. She is still pretty serious, but when she smiles it lights up the entire room. She hasn't giggled for us yet and I've been trying and trying to get her to -- I'm just dying to hear that giggle. She has gotten close several times, so I'm hoping we're not too far off from hearing it. She still doesn't like tummy time -- she lasts no more than a few minutes. She'll either roll over onto her back, or start crying because she forgot she can roll over. She is starting to talk and coo a lot more, which is so cute -- she has such a pretty little voice (of course I'm bias). She's also starting to grasp onto things a little bit more now. She still sleeps through the night, which we're so grateful for. Oh and Teirney just asked me if I blogged about her first word. So I suppose I should mention that her first word is "hein," which we like to think is in response to us always saying "hi" to her and telling her to say "hi" to other people. She's genius. :-)

Well, I think that covers it for now. I'll try to be better about posting this month.