Kaitlyn Ryan

Sorry for the lack of posts, we have been pretty busy lately. As Sean mentioned, Kaitlyn is now an owner of a Big Girl Bed! She has been doing great sleeping in her own bed in her own room too! She tends to wake up around the 2am hour most nights, but last night she slept in there the whole night! Needless to say, Sean and I have been sleeping better.

And again, as Sean mentioned, her ears are pierced! One of the earrings actually came out the first night in her big girl bed, but thankfully I got it back in. She looks so grown up now!

Her vocabulary is getting bigger too! She really wants to carry on conversations with us. She uses hand gestures when telling us stories, it’s so cute. Her two most recent words are “Ow” and “No.”

Eating is about the same. Kaitlyn likes to munch more than sit down for a meal, but we’re working on it. She is a fan of almost all fruits, rice, pizza, cheese, pretzels, and some not so good snacks.

Hope you all had a wonderful Father’s Day!

Two big events in Kaitlyn’s life, all within the last 48 hours.

Number 1 – She is now sporting a nice pair of earrings! Mom took her on Friday to get her ears pierced, though I do believe it was a bit of a spur of the moment kind of thing. Pictures will follow shortly, but they are pink tourmaline studs (one of her birthstones).

It is definitely weird to see my little girl with earrings. Next thing you know she is going to be going out on dates with the little boy next door. I suppose this is all part of growing up, but – and I never thought I would say this – I like her as she is now. Yes, it would be nice if I could translate “A da may,” which seems to have limitless applications for her, but means nothing to most of us. But overall, I like the little girl, and with her ears the way they are now, I feel like we just took the first step away from that.

Number 2 – She is sleeping in her own bed, in her own room!

For those who don’t know, since she came home a year and a half ago, she has been sleeping in our bed with us. This wasn’t a big deal when she was itty bitty, but being the 24 pound whirlwind that she is now became just about unbearable for Mom and I. So we finally bit the bullet and bought her a nice twin bed and put it in her room.

And as of tonight – at least for the last 2 hours – she is officially sleeping in her own room in her own bed! Pictures will be up of this as well.

Now I know what you all are thinking, that this won’t last. But it will. We have made a commitment to make this work, no matter how difficult it becomes.

And, if for some reason we break down…well, at least we have another bed now!