Who does Kaylee look like?

So i was in the Oakland Post Office yesterday mailing one of those stupid slides that i am attempting to sell on Ebay. Kaylee, being the little socialite she is, was talking to a nice, or so i thought she was nice, lady that was in the line in front of us. The 2 of them are going back and forth with the "whas dat?" Kaylee was pointing to everything on the walls and the lady would tell her what it was. Then the lady looks at me and says, "she must look like her daddy." I was crushed! I mean i know that she looks A LOT like Marcus, but for a perfect stranger to notice and then says that to me. I guess i just have not gotten used to it yet. and the worst is when people look at me like she is not even my child, like i am babysitting her or something.
Especially when we are with marcus' sisters, then people think that one of them is her mommy. i said it before, i am going to get a shirt to wear when we are out together with Kaylee and it is going to say, "I'm the Mommy."

So i decided to leave it up to you......I posted a poll. After reading this go and vote for yourself. you tell me whether she looks more like me or marcus. and i promise i wont be offended by the results of the poll

Riddle

For those of you that don't already know the answer see if you can figure out the answer to this riddle.......

What carries her toys in her mouth like a dog, drinks from a bowl like a dog, drowls like a dog, barks like a dog, and thinks she is a dog, but is not a dog?






As you guessed it........Kaylee

proof is in the pictures

As you can see she LOVES her puppy. It is so amazing because as much as you think she annoys the crap out of him, i think deep down he loves her too. He hates it when she is not around!!! When she spends the night away he wanders from room to room looking for her. So i guess you can say there is a lot of love between the 2 of them. and it is not just Tahoe that kaylee loves. she barks whenever she sees any dog (it is really hilarious). and she loves every chance she gets to pet or play with another dog! So that just confirms my point that "she thinks she is a dog!" but is that bad? i mean i know that she needs to be around other kids more often, but i kinda like the idea of her growing up with a pet. here are 2 videos of them......they are singing Christmas carols together (be sure to turn up your volume so you can hear them) ......

Tell me what you think.................

1 Year Portraits

Ok, so some could say that i have not documented Kaylee's 1st year very well. We did not get any videos of her until she was like 11 months old. Well, except for the ones on other people's cameras. (anyone that has a video of her, please send it to me.....i am desperate for early videos of her) Anyways so my New Years Promise is to be better about taking pictures and videos of her, because everyone knows how fast kids grow up. So i thought we would start by getting her pictures made for her 1st birthday. The photo shoot did not go exactly as planned, but what goes as planned when a 1 year old is concerned? she was not "herself" in the unfamiliar environment. So my great friend Bethany has offered to take some shots of her in familiar settings so we can capture her TRUE personality, and man does she have a GREAT PERSONALITY! But in the meantime, i thought i would post some of the pics that we got.

Daddy saved the day!

Let me just tell you about the close call that we experienced.


So just the other day Kaylee and I were taking a bath (yes, we take a bath together, it is MUCH easier that way). So she is playing around the tub as usual splishing and slashing, then all of a sudden she stands up and holds on to the edge. She begins to grunt, like she has to use the bathroom. I admit it, I panicked big time! A flash went through my head of "what if she pooed in the bath tub?" So I began screaming for Marcus to come, as i am trying to distract her from going to the bathroom in the tub. He swoops in picks her up, sopping wet and puts her on the potty. She went on the "big girl potty," got cleaned up, then came back in the tub to finish her bath. Thank goodness Daddy was able to save the day.


Although she has never pooed in the tub, this potty business is not new to her. It was right around New Years when I stumbled upon some articles on the Internet about early potty training. I read how you can watch for a baby's "signs" and potty train them as early as a few months old. I was amazed as i read the articles about this. So i thought i might try this with Kaylee. I knew i might be starting a little late, but what the heck. The day I decided to try it, it was after nap she hadn't gone yet so i decided to put her on the potty. (she is very regular so i knew she had to go) within about 10 seconds she was going pee. I almost fell over, i could not believe it happened so fast. so i cheered and clapped and tried not to drop her in to the potty (she was sitting on the big potty, cause we had not thought to buy her her own one yet, I mean she was not even 1 year old yet). so i am clapping and cheering, then my second surprise. she began pooing. I think i almost dropped her in I was so amazed. The very first time i put her on she goes, are you kidding me? marcus was sleeping and i just could not wait to tell him when he woke up, i think i even woke him up early to tell him. So since then we put her on the potty as much as possible. And she goes just about every time. I would not consider us trying to potty train her, but more like saving diapers.

This is the one of the only pictures we have of her sitting on "her" potty.

1st POST EVER

Ok, here goes......



this is my VERY FIRST EVER post to a blog. I just created it and thought that i should go ahead and post something. I am still in the process of trying to edit and style our page. I am going to try and post as often as possible to keep everyone posted on the happenings at the Martinez house.