Ludwyck Family

WAY....behind in my blogs.

2009-05-12T22:53:00.000-07:00

I am so behind in my blogs...2 full months!! So I added a couple pictures from each month. Kylie will be 11 months old tomorrow!! May 13th. I will try my best to be better at updating. I AM, however, very good at updating pictures on Facebook.
Stay tuned to Kylie's First Birthday Pics coming June 13th!! Hooray!!!

2nd Woodland Park Zoo visit @ 10 months

2009-05-12T22:38:00.001-07:00

2nd family visit to the Woodland Park Zoo!

Checking out the elephants. Almost the same look as her first visit.

2nd time to the Woodland Park Zoo. With Monkey (of course).

9 Months Old

2009-05-12T22:16:00.000-07:00

Multi-tasking: squeezing Monkey while sucking thumb sleeping.

Loving on her Monkey while sleeping. Such a comfort for her. Will not go anywhere without him!

Not even being thrown up in the air pulled a smile. Happy but serious baby.

First time swimming in a BIG bathtub! She enjoyed it but was very serious and didn't laugh her Kylie laugh...was very into watching other kids!

Lovin on her piano!

Eating finger foods is a favorite now...cheese and turkey especially.

She's pulling herself up like a champ!!

8 Months Playing with Mommy

2009-05-12T22:01:00.000-07:00

Dancing Queen!!

2009-02-12T18:12:00.000-08:00

This is one of my favorite things she does now! I got this footage on film and it was one of the BEST dances she's done yet...I got lucky! Notice her shimmy shake moves. HAHA!!!

Spitting up (oh, I mean sitting up) like a CHAMP!

2009-01-14T14:00:00.000-08:00

Kylie is now sitting up with no help at all for many minutes at a time. As long as she's playing or focused on something, like her shape blocks, she's golden! However, there are those times when I turn my back and I hear a "thump!" Don't worry, I make sure the coffee table is out of the way! She's always just fine. I think she's going to be a tough kiddo. When she gets shots, she cries for a second and when picked up is just fine. She is still spitting up (she had acid reflux as an infant) but not as much in quantity as before. Although, I do miss what it was like before solids started! Now it's super messy and dark...along with other things! ICK!

Growing so fast...exploring new things @ 6 months

2009-01-10T21:57:00.000-08:00

She's STANDING!! Well, at least for a minute or two. If there is something to hang on to or if she's jumping on someone's lap or in her jumper, she's all about standing! She's just starting to do this standing thing all by herself. She can sit up really well now by herself. She will topple over now and then but she's always okay. She's a tough kiddo.

By the way, I am a fan of Baby Legs. They are pretty much leg warmers for babies. You dont have to take pants off or undo tons of buttons when wearing them!

Kylie enjoys touching and manipulating things with her hands. This toy is perfect for that. There's a lot to move. She was able to turn this book page pretty well on her own! Look at that intensity. It's hard to tell from this picture, but when there is something new to explore, the eyebrows go down like she's mad when really it's her focused face.

Do I see piano player in her future?? She was born with really long fingers! Watch out Beethoveen!

Kylie can sit up now by herself as long as there's something to keep her occupied for a while.

I've read lately that she should be experimenting with a sippy cup, so I thought I'd give it a try. I filled it with water and it went straight to the mouth (like everything does). She wasn't getting anything at first, but after a couple tries she got it down! It does get dropped on the floor a lot! Good thing it's a sippy cup!

Here's a picture of Daddy and Kylie on his Harley. Don't worry, it was never turned on! This will be the closest she ever comes to riding it! Don't mind the boxes in the background of our garage. ;-) Kylie LOVES our cats! Especially Buddy because he comes the closest to her most of the time. Buddy stole my stool in this picture. I was feeding her. Kylie is eating 3 solids a day! Cereal in the AM with fruit mixed in, a veggie at lunch, and another veggie/fruit in the afternoon. There has not been one food that she hasn't seemed to enjoy eating! We're hoping this non-picky eater will continue to be non-picky!

This is the first time she ever went up on daddy's shoulders. I have a feeling this won't be the last! She loves to be able to see things that are going on around her. What a perfect spot to do this!

Kylie enjoys sucking her thumb now. It goes in her mouth when she's tired, bored, or frustrated. This is an "I'm tired of this crawling thing not working out." Well, if she took her thumb out it could help! I'm thinking she'll be crawling soon, but it might be short lived considering how much she enjoys standing and jumping!

Kylie's 1st Christmas

2009-01-05T17:00:00.000-08:00

Kylie was REALLY happy in her new bouncy excersaucer that Gram and Grandpa G got for their house. Man is she a jumper!!

She thought the baby on the box was her gift!! Kisses!

She loved her monkey!

"My First Christmas"
She was more into the wrapping paper than the gifts I think!

She didn't like him so much! At one point she had a hold of his beard..and it was real! ouch!

This was at Trinity Tree Farm...our favorite place to get our tree! Amazing gift shop, free cider, fire pit to keep warm outside, Santa pics (we got ours at Bellevue Square), and a HUGE selection of cut your own trees! This was a fun day considering the last time we were here, I was pregnant. Kylie had a great time in the Bjorn!

First Cereal @ 5 months (for real this time)

2008-11-12T21:04:00.000-08:00

Technically, this is Kylie's 2nd attempt at eating cereal from a spoon. We tried a few weeks back (w/Dr. permission) but she wasn't into it. She is now!! She will be 5 months old tomorrow...crazy how fast she's growing. She was into it from the start! She sat in her Bumbo seat and patted her little tray as if to say, "Okay, ready!" Opened her mouth from the start and it was amazing for us to see her swallow it this time! Very cool moment. Her eyes were wide the entire time and if we did it too slow she would let us know! Now we get to move to fruits and veggies. I wanted to try cereal again just for practice with the spoon again. We'll see how the fruits/veggies go...

Quote from Jeff, my darling husband, "She's going to be an eater like her mommy!" Thanks honey.

Pumpkin Patch!!

2008-10-22T18:33:00.000-07:00

Today was Kylie's first experience at a Pumpkin Patch. She got to hold her own little pumpkin, hang out with the pumpkins themselves, and of course get the traditional family photo. Kylie was very intreaged with this cold pumpkin on her lap.

It was a beautiful sunny day today and the temp was actually really warm as we were on our pumpkin hunt. The sun was pretty bright for Kylie but she did just fine. She enjoyed the bump, bump, bump in the stroller as we traveled over the vines! HAHA It was really pretty funny!

What a wonderful Fall day with the family!

First Cereal!

2008-10-22T18:11:00.000-07:00

At 18 weeks old (4 months) it is time for Kylie to slowly begin eating rice cereal. The Dr. said it's possible that it would help her sleep longer at night but for sure it will help keep her food down (you know, with the delightful reflux and all).

She's now taking cereal from a spoon once a day as well as cereal in a bottle before bedtime! It seems to be helping her sleep for longer periods which is nice for all. That post I posted about her sleeping through the night was just a teaser. She hasn't done it since. Just the 5-6 hour stretch.

Funny little husband story...when I told Jeff the exciting news that we were going to start her on cereal, he thought I was talking about Cheerios type cereal. Yes, she's advanced but not that advanced. ;-) ha ha!!

Sleeping is good for ALL!

2008-10-08T14:51:00.000-07:00

She did it..she actually slept through the night last night! Thank goodness because the night before that was not fun let me tell you. So this is what happened...two nights ago I put her down to sleep. Low and behold she wakes up at 11:45pm..what? She had spit up all around her head and she was pretty much laying in cold wet spit up. Soaked. I changed that and went to bed. OH, did I mention I felt like I was getting the flu that night? Chills and achy all over. Trust me, I didn't want to get up even more b/c of that. THEN, she wakes again at 3:45am! I check her out and she had a diaper blow out! Had to change her diaper plus the pj's she was wearing. She never poos in the middle of the night so I'm wondering if she had a little sicky thing going on too. We were both fine the next day. It's strange b/c the next night was last night and she slept from 8-6!! I tried to push my luck and see if she would then go back to sleep...yes, it worked. She slept again until 10am. She woke up happy both times! Hooray!! We'll see if she sleeps tonight! This is a picture of her at 16 weeks old. I can't believe she will be 4 months old on Monday Oct. 13th!! Don't let her gums fool you...they look like teeth. Oh, I can only imagine how fun teething will be...ug.

Many Expressions!

2008-10-03T14:05:00.001-07:00

Something I'm learning about Kylie is her ability to make me laugh outloud with her many different facial expressions and giggles. I was able to catch just a few on camera that I would love to share with you. If you know my husband at all, I have a feeling I know where
she got the expressions from!

These pictures are of her watching Baby Einstein. She thinks it's really funny and will make these faces depending on if there is anticipation or a result! Yes, she will be gifted.

DON'T COOK ME!

This picture is hilarious but breaks my heart at the same time! I was apparently about to cook something in this large pot, when daddy walks in with our little bear. She wasn't very happy to begin with (it was sleepy time) and daddy thought he'd take full advantage to place her in a tiny space....oh, like this pot just sitting on the counter! Dad LOVES finding places to set her inside whether it be drawers, boxes, pots, etc. Please do not think she is sad because she is in a pot. She really enjoys being placed in small, tiny, compact areas where she can't move and doesn't know where she is...hmm.

Woodland Park Zoo!

This was her first visit to the zoo. We went with cousins Maddox and Justice. She really seemed to enjoy looking around at all the many animals. This shot here on the right happens to be a true capture of her watching an elephant move! She had been staring at it just standing there, no big deal right. Then all of a sudden...WHAT in the world is that thing?? It started moving..this expression is priceless!

Watch out for this expression!!! This is never a nice one to get. Jeff calls it her Jack Nicholson look. Hmm, I wonder why this face is being made on the changing table...

She is looking up at something at the zoo again. She loves looking at animals that move...very alert!

All in a day's work...

Goodnight!

Sleep baby sleep!

2008-10-01T16:07:00.000-07:00

Okay, so as much as I adore my little angel...what's the deal with her sleeping habits? She STILL isn't sleeping through the night. I am doing what they say will help that during the daytime (eat/wake/sleep) but it's not working. On top of that, I'm currently listening to the sweet sounds of screaming coming from the other room. She's (mom's) trying to transfer her from being swaddled to just a sleep sack or something where her arms are free. Well, try telling HER that's the best thing for her. She doesn't agree.
This is the first day I'm letting her take her naps in a sleep sack all day and see what happens! I just got back from her room. As I entered the room (after 10 min. of crying), my goal wasn't to pick her up but to shh her and calm her in her crib (It worked the first time and she got a 20 min. nap out of the deal). As I entered her room she changes that scream into a calm coo, as if to say YES! It worked! My mommy heard my tears and now I'm outa here! Sorry to disapoint you Kylie, but that's not on mommy's plan book in teaching you how to sleep without being swaddled! So I walk over to her and start stroking her face. Smiles galore!!! This is what makes it so darn hard to keep her in her crib. BUT, as a good mommy I know I have to ride this out.
So, now she's calm. I decide to leave...as I'm walking toward the door I hear a fast panting...here it comes...and scream again!

That's my life right now.

First blog ever!

2008-09-29T10:12:00.000-07:00

SO COOL! I didn't know how easy this was!! I think this is going to be my new addiction, on top of selling things on ebay! WOO HOO! Okay, where do I start...I will be adding pictures and writing as much as I can. But this is just a trial run here. Really no idea what I'm doing!

This is a picture of our darling baby girl, Kylie Nicole. She is currently 3 1/2 months old. She is doing new things everyday. She is a very focused young lady..since she first came into this world actually! I will possibly post pics of birth, etc. but I'm not really sure yet. We'll see.

I am staying home from work this year to be mommy! I didn't want to miss out on all the amazing firsts they do before they're 1. I do love teaching and will miss it...however, being home is what my heart told me to do way back when I found out I was pregnant. I can't believe how fast time is going with her. Before I know it she'll be crawling around getting into things worse than our cat, Buddy! Kylie LOVES to smile and laugh. My favorite thing she does is rub her face into mine. It's sort of her way of cuddling. I also love that she is now holding around my neck when I carry her, almost as if she's giving me hugs. She loves her independence though! She is a stander!!! If anyone holds her, watch out! She'll try to stand on you!!! She is very observant and a go getter. Standing and being held outwards so she can see things around her is her favorite!

Life adjusting to mommydome has been interesting to say the least. Messy (with all the acid reflux), tiring (with her still waking up in the middle of the night ARG), confusing (not knowing what she needed the first few weeks of her life), and on top of all that...the most rewarding thing I could EVER see myself doing. Kylie is such a blessing to our family. She has Jeff wrapped around his finger. Working from home is not as easy as he thought it would be...he comes out of his office all the time because he hears her talking and laughing and wants to get in on the fun! Jeff is an AMAZING daddy and I couldn't ask for a better helper in all of this.

What was life like without Kylie Nicole? Not as entertaining that's for sure!

PS. Everyone should check out our picture website: www.flickr.com/jeffandnikki

I don't know how long I'll be adding pics to that site though...depends on how well I do with adding events to this blog.