July 08: Swim Lessons at McLeod Fitness, Level I

6/28-7/3/08: Ohio trip

6/2/08 Start of Summer Camp

5/21/08: Orvis Farm Field Trip

5/8/08: Dance Recital

4/12/08-4/17/08: Spring Break, Walt Disney World

3/7/08: Kiersten bought a vanity with her pacis!

2/10/08: Half Notes Choir Methodist Manor Performance

12/26/07-1/1/08: Ohio Trip

8/20/07 Back to school First Presbyterian Mother’s Morning Out

8/17/07 First Birthday party, Maris (Brianna’s friend, 4 yrs old, at YMCA—pool party)

8/4/07 First Hair Cut

7/1/07 First fireworks, hid her face behind her baby, but wasn’t crying or jumpy; loved the tattoos at NCR’s family celebration

6/30/07 turning into a little fish—jumped in by herself when mommy was helping sissy!  Went completely under and didn’t mind at all.

6/28—7/3/07: trip to Ohio, drove both ways, as long as there was a move she was fine

6/4/07: Dr. confirmed she is allergic to cats

6/4/07 Started “school” First Presbyterian Mother’s Morning Out

5/17/07 Identified 6 colors for Ella the Early Interventionist

4/7/07 first fishing tournament, Fisher’s of Men at Lake Murray

3/25/07 Found the golden egg at the Easter Egg hunt

March 07 Saying 2-3 word sentences, “mommy at work”, “I color”, please, thank you, blue, green, “please close”, “I see”, “hurry back”, “I get you”

3/20/07 helping make cupcakes for Arts Alive bake sale

3/18/07 crawled into the baby buggy and Brianna pushed her around

3/13/07 walked up the slide

Feb 07 new words please, thank you, horse, bird, book, out

12/30/06 1st Zoo visit, Tucson Zoo

12/28/06 Tucson Children’s Museum

12/26/06 1st plane flights, 1st trip to AZ

12/22/06 2 yr bottom molars coming in

12/20/06 New words: Santa Claus, Dora, no, milk, juice, tries to repeat everything

12/16/06 1st parade, Florence Christmas Parade (afraid of the big trucks)

12/12/06 stinky in potty

12/11/06 stinky in potty

12/8/06 1st nighttime babysitter (not related) McKenna Snider

12/8/06 2 yr top back molars coming in

12/4/06 18 month well baby, 26 1/2 lbs, 33”

11/6/06 gave up bottle (well mommy took it away)

11/3/06 cold turned into an infection :(

10/31/06 First time trick or treating, dressed as a bumble bee

10/20/06 Another cold, but no infections

10/16/06 More words: bear, more, baby, cow, mine

10/10/06 said sister when looking at Brianna’s picture

9/15/06 will point to head/hair, eyes, said gobble gobble (actually repeated it)

8/29/06 helped clean-up the bath toys when asked!

8/26/06 First Popsicle, really liked it

8/23/06 New tooth bottom left

8/17/06 Ear infection :(

8/16/06 bottom left lateral incisor

8/12/06 threw some trash away, crawled up on the couch by herself

8/10/06 afraid of thunder

8/9/06 More words: uh oh, moo, da da, gone gone, night night.

8/5/06 Fondue—didn’t dip but did enjoy eating

7/12/06 Early Intervention Progress Review: 1 roll over—met, 2 crawling—met, 3 walking—met, 4 single word phrases to sentences— continue working on, 5 eat/drink without gag—met, 6 pre-academic—continue working on, following sounds being made: da, ma ma, kitty, bye, uh (uh-oh), ba (ball, baby, & bottle), pa pa, and the sound of a dog bark

7/10/06 Allergy skin test—ouch, Milk, Wheat, Soy, Chicken, Dust Mite, Cat, Cod Fish, Cashew—negative; Egg, Peanuts, Dog, Mold, Cockroach—positive.

7/8/06 Fell down front steps—huge knot, notice a pattern.

6/10/06 Fell into tub and hit left eye again!  2nd shiner in less than 2 weeks.

6/9/06—6/16/06 Family vacation, Marriott OceanWatch Villas, Myrtle Beach

5/31/06 1 yr old—mm cake, walked across foyer

5/29/06 Fell and hit Brianna’s nightstand.  Hit right next to left eye—had to go to dr—everything is OK>

5/28/06 Met Tyler Sleep and some other Penn friend’s kiddos

5/27/06 1st Birthday party—Fun theme, shared with Brianna, at our house

5/17/06 ate quesadillas at Zapata’s

5/11/06 1st Steps

5/11/06 Darlington Car Hauler festival, saw the Budweiser Clydesdale Horses

5/7/06 tried nanny’s roast beef—mmm

5/2/06 tried yogurt

5/1/06 top right lateral incisor

4/28/06 tried grilled cheese

4/22/06 tried waffles—mmm

4/19/06 4 teeth popped through—top central incisors, top left lateral incisor, bottom right lateral incisor.  This makes 6 teeth.

4/10/06 Last day of PT!

4/8/06 Tried a french fry—mmmm.

4/5/06 Poster child at McLeod in-service for plagio with Cranial Tech.

4/4/06 DOC Band Grad!  Loves Mexican rice.

4/2/06 First Easter Egg hunt at HPUMC.

4/1/06 She has decided that baby food and baby cereal is no longer any good unless she is feeding it to herself.

3/24/06 Pooped in the tub.

3/20/06 Cruising to get away from PT.

3/18/06 Army crawl has progressed to half scoot/half crawl.  She is getting fast.

3/17/06 Kiersten sat up in crib on her own.

3/14/06 Pulled up to a stand.

3/8/06 Ate her first biter biscuit, mmm, and messy.

3/3/06 crawling, army crawl style.  Ate Cheerios for the first time.  Loved them but gagged a little.

2/16/06 2nd tooth bottom right central incisor

2/15/06 Zwieback toast –mmm good

2/13/06 3rd ear infection—yikes

1st tooth broke through—bottom left central incisor

2/7/06 3rd DOC band adjustment—making great progress

1/24/06 2nd DOC band adjustment

1/23/06 Second E/I session, worked hard, already starting to roll a bit more and reach a lot more

1/18/06 started E/I (early intervention) with Pam

1/17/05 DOC adjustment, grew 1 mm, saw some slight improvement, neck and shoulders feel much better

1/13/05 Easter Seals evaluation with Pam

1/12/06 Swinging outside!  And eating grass and going down the slide!  Playing with bubbles—fascinated.

1/10/06 DOC Band

1/2/06 1st time in Kentucky and Tennessee. 

1/1/06 Met the Campbell’s—Deb, Doug, Ethan, and Seth.

12/31/05 Starting to move around crib.  Up until now she would basically be in the same spot.  Starting to roll over from back to tummy a little.  She learned this a couple months ago but then didn’t do it anymore.

12/30/05 Met Aunt Cindy and Uncle George.

12/29/05 Met Aunt Michelle, Uncle Chris, and cousins Ashley and Casey.  Met cousins TJ and Kelly.

12/28/05 1st Long car ride.  1st time to Virginia, West Virginia, and Ohio

12/27/05 Cast for a DOC band.   Cranial asymmetry 10 mm and Ears 7 mm (1 mm improvement)  Didn’t like it much, but actually fell asleep.

12/25/05 Met Uncle Bobby and cousins Jen and Lexy.

12/19/05 2nd ear infection (double) and upper resp :(

12/10/05 Hates turkey!

11/27/05 baptized, was sound asleep then woke up when the pastor took her, was watching everything so intently, then started “talking” during the sermon so had to go to the nursery

11/23/05 met Uncle Jon, Aunt Teresa and cousin Ella and their dog Buck (1st doggy)

11/22/05 gave Ms. Denise (the PT) the evil eye after a long, unpleasant stretch

11/21/05 successfully & purposefully getting paci into mouth, tried a sippy cup for the 1st time

11/17/05 visit mom at work

11/12/05 sitting up for more than a few seconds

11/11/05 1st ear infection

11/7/05 PT and Cranial Sacral therapy start

11/5/05 Sat in a cracker barrel high chair for dinner, fell asleep

11/3/05 PT and EI evaluations

10/31/05 did not pay attention to the time change, getting up an hour earlier now!!

10/30/05 Rolled over back to tummy!

10/24/05 Cranial Tech evaluation, 10 mm trans cranial vault asymmetry, 8 mm ear asymmetry, torticollis (left tilt and looks left, rare)

10/8/05 sat up on her own!

10/5/05 1st taste of cereal

10/3/05 really trying hard to sit up on her own

9/25/05 first Cousin RA at his coming home party.  She is a party girl.

9/19/05 putting toys in mouth, mmm good

9/3/05 new car seat, Britax Boulevard, now she is styling!

9/4/05 Went swimming for first time (she’s not that sick)!

9/2/05 upper respiratory infection :(, RX donatussin

Aug 05—nicknames: sweet pea, munkin (monkey/pumpkin), sleeps very soundly

8/29/05 1st official runny nose, congestion has been coming on for a few days :(

8/28/05 Sleeping on one of mommy’s shoulders while Brianna was screaming on the other

8/27/05 laughing at mommy

8/26/05 laughing at nana

8/24/05 holding rattles in both hands

8/22/05 tried new Sleeping Baby Productions ring sling (front baby carrier) we are getting the hang of it

8/12/05 shots forgotten went to Veggie Tales at Florence Civic Center, slept in baby bjorn and drank a bottle

8/11/05 2 months well baby—3 shots, oh was she mad!

8/5/05 Batting toys in bouncy seat

8/5/05 Got hit with a play baby bottle by Brianna (not the first time)

8/4/05 Got bit by Brianna (her big toe)

7/26/05 Slept ~9:30 PM to 6:15 AM, last bottle was 7:15 PM

7/22/05 Caught smiling at Brianna

7/17/05 Slept midnight—6:30 AM

7/15/05 Size 2 diapers, those size 1 didn’t last long.

7/11/05 Met Christine, Melanie and Rachel.

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Kiersten

Kiersten Morgan
5/31/05 11:48 AM
6 lbs 11 oz
19 1/4"