Nothing too exciting going on around here lately. Kaelyn has been just pure joy the past week or so...she's just been so happy & interactive & fun. We've been having a great time with her - she's so funny & makes us laugh so hard each and everyday. I don't know if this is true or not, but it almost seems like she's not as frustrated because she is walking as her main mode of transportation now & I think that has been really liberating for her. Last week we had several playdates & she just had a great time playing with her friends and exploring parks & running around - well, as close to running as she gets. She is developing a real sense of humor & quite a little personality...she's very fun to watch and be around. Hopefully she keeps up the fun next week when we're in Chicago.

Kaelyn having a pool playdate with her friends.

Although, she didn't go in the pool - she was too scared.

I put the shorts on her head, but she did the rest. She continued to walk around like this for a long time like nothing was unusual. She's very odd - that's why we love her.

Here are some of the results from the big storm we had about a week ago.

A tree came down here and tore up the whole sidewalk along with it. The tree was removed in this pic.

This is a huge tree that came down in front of a historic house down the road. Can you imagine the sound that came with this? It has to be 4 feet in diameter, and just snapped in 2.

There were tons of trees down, and luckily none of them hit any houses -

they all fell away from the houses. Would've been disastrous...especially for these super old houses.

Lynch Park a week ago during homecoming events. Just exploring.

Walking on the stage out at Lynch Park. Ready to perform.

Every morning she eats our cereal. This day Barry had to share his. She just climbs up on you and gets right in there.

She doesn't care if you don't want to share...she makes the rules.

She got a hold of my box of cocoa krispies. Before I could stop her she dumped the whole bag (well, 1/4 of a bag)

Then she proceeded to eat them off the floor.

Totally unfazed by the big mess she has created that actually took me awhile to clean up.