Funny Bunny

We've tried to buy Kaylani a new outfit for each holiday that comes and goes, even though we know we'll only use it once. So when Easter rolled around we went out and got Kaylani an outfit. Actually, we got her two since they were on sale (we just bought them yesterday). The first one was her "normal" outfit which was a simple onesie that said "I love the Easter bunny." Cute, practical, normal, maybe even resuable. The other outfit was more for Mommy and Daddy than it was for Kaylani.

Her other outfit was a full bunny costume, or what Daddy referred to as "hilarious." Before we saw the bunny outfit, Mommy had bought a set of bunny ears thinking that might be enough. But Mommy didn't quite understand how much Daddy wanted to dress Kaylani up. After all, if you're only going to wear an outfit once, you might as well WEAR it once. So first thing in the morning we put Kaylani in her bunny outfit and headed outside.

It was 8am and Daddy and Kaylani posed for a few pictures. Mommy, still in her pajamas, snapped away, and then hid behind trees, columns, or doors whenever cars drove by (kinda funny to watch). Then we took a ton of pictures with Kaylani the Easter Bunny inside with all of her Easter eggs (of the plastic variety).

The rest of the day consisted of some errands during Daddy-Daughter time, Church, nap time, family picture time outside (I sure do love my camera remote still), then dinner with Auntie Danika and family. Watching Darby and Sloan run around looking for Easter eggs sure did make me realize just how little Kaylani still is. At 5 months, we think she's all grown up already, but it's time to slow down and just enjoy Kaylani's first Easter. So sit back, relax, and enjoy with us by looking at these pictures. It's probably the only way you'll be able to see Kaylani in a bunny outfit...well, this bunny outfit at least. Happy Easter!

The Love Triangle

For an almost 5 month old, Kaylani sure has a lot of clothes. Sure they're all different, but there are certain things that jump out when you look at her. For example, a large portion of her clothes are pink or purple, or there's the fact that most of her clothes have flowers or animals on them. But there's one other thing that jumps out at me, and it's that one thing that gets to me just a little bit.

I'm very proud of the "Daddy's Little Girl" onesie that she has. Actually, I'm very proud of all the "Daddy" clothes that she has, and even made it a point to buy a bunch of them myself before she was born and even after. But it wasn't until recently that I noticed something about her "Daddy" clothes. In addition to "Daddy's Little Girl", her other outfits and bibs all say "Daddy Loves Me." Now, that's cute and all, and very true, but all the "Mommy" outfits say "I Love Mommy."

So if I was to evaluate Kaylani's feelings solely through her clothes, it would be that Daddy loves her, and she loves Mommy. I love the fact that she loves Mommy, but how about a little love for Daddy? I pour my heart and soul into this little girl and she knows it since it's written right there on her clothes, but all her love apparently goes to Mommy. That's cangrejo (oh by the way, cangrejo in Spanish is "crab", but Mommy used to think the English expression "that's crap" was actually "that's crab", so now we use it that way instead)!

I made this revelation about a week ago, and I guess I made enough of a point of it for Mommy to go out and do something about it. So when I came home from work today, I was pleasantly surprised to see Kaylani wearing an "I Love Daddy" outfit! Here I was thinking that they didn't exist, but apparently we just weren't looking in the right places. Or maybe Mommy was conveniently not finding them while we were out. Either way, she now has 2 of the "I Love Daddy" outfits that should last at least 3 months.

Anyways, we're getting ready to get away for the weekend so make sure you look at pictures from the last couple of days. And you can be sure that there will be pictures of Kaylani's "I Love Daddy" outfit in this batch, and many more to come.

All Grown Up

My little girl is all grown up. She's 2 months and a week old, and already, she's all grown up. So, she's not actually that old, and she still hasn't reached the next milestone (which I believe is to hold a rattle or something on her own like she means it), but she is grown up when it comes to clothes. She's been out of her newborn clothes for quite a while now, but today was the day that Mommy actually took them out of the closet to make room for the 3-6 month clothes. And that's when it really struck me that she's all grown up.

Kaylani's closet has 2 levels of shelves. On the top level, she had all her newborn clothes hanging up. They were washed for the last time weeks ago, and have been just hanging there. The bottom level has her current, or 0-3 month clothes. They're the only ones she fits into right now, so they get worn and washed pretty regularly. And on top of the top shelf, she has 3 baskets that have clothes for her next stages, ranging from 3-6 months all the way up to 2T I think. She's getting real close to growing out of her 0-3 month clothes, so it was time to make the switch.

All the newborn clothes came out and was put in a pile to be stored away just in case we have another girl (or another baby in general, though most of her clothes is clearly girls clothing). It was kinda fun to see her old clothes and marvel at the fact that she was ever small enough to fit into them. But at the same time, it was kinda depressing to know that she wore those clothes for a max of 3 weeks, and now they're going to sit in a box in the basement for who knows how long.

And it's not like we had just a few outfits that she wore once, like we did for Thanksgiving or Christmas or the Giants in the playoffs (stupid Giants). In total, she had about 15 full outfits that she could wear. Add in the 10 plain white onesies we had (and 10 more that are actually 0-3 months that she's outgrown), and that's roughly 35 pieces of clothing that we bought (or received) and are now storing away after only being worn for 3 weeks.

Imagine if we as adults did that. Every 3 weeks, or even 3 months we would go through a whole new wardrobe. Wouldn't it be cool (Mommy sure thinks so)? Probably, but it'd be kinda expensive and a bit excessive. I'm sure there are a few of you out there who only wear things once or for a few months, but it's not exactly the same. I mean, if my clothes cost less than $10 for each thing, there would be a good chance that I may rotate my wardrobe every 3 months. But since that's not exactly how it works, it doesn't happen like that.

So I guess that's the benefit of being a baby. You get new clothes every few months, and it probably also means you're rarely out of style. It's a nice life they live. As sad as it is, and as expensive as it can be, it's still worth it to put away that old clothes and take out the new. After all, it means she's healthy and she's growing, and that means that we're doing a good job. And no matter how many outfits she grows out of it, it won't matter because she'll always be Daddy's Little Girl.