Personality Profile
I wanted to take a moment to put on paper some of my thoughts on Kayla's personality.
1. She's genuinely a happy little girl. I rarely go anywhere (on a walk, in the grocery store, anywhere) without people commenting on what a happy girl she is. She's all smiles about everything!
2. She's persistant. If I pull her away from something she's not supposed to have/do, she keeps going back for it and back for it again.
3. Almost to contradict that, she is easily distracted. She doesn't like me putting her hat on when we go outside in the summer... but if I distract her with a toy or by clapping my hands together and smiling, she totally forgets about it!
4. She's a cuddler. When I pick her up out of her crib in the mornings or from a nap, she likes to nussle into my shoulder crook and snuggle in.
5. She's very, very, very active. She is a pretty skinny little girl, and it's because she never EVER sits still. Before she could move, she'd flail her arms/legs. Now that she can crawl, forget it. She's just all over the place all of the time. And now that she's pulling up, she gets up and then goes down, and then is up somewhere else, and then down.... she really loves to move around! And so quickly! She is a very fast crawler!
6. She is easily excitable, and absolutely adorable about it! She either gives a little giggle, or shakes her head back and forth with glee! So super-cute. Lately, every day when she hears daddy coming home from work she starts squealing with joy. Melts his heart (and mine).
7. She's talkative! Always having conversations with herself, or with me.
8. She loves music. It calms her in the car if she is fussy. It makes her smile if we whistle. If we have the tv on at nights, she isn't interested in it at all, but if someone on tv starts singing, she'll arch to find out where the music is coming from. She smiles when her toys start to play music. She enjoys listening to me play the piano.
9. She's easy-going (like her dad). She's (usually) content to do what we want/need to do. She is happy at Meijer, Lowe's, Costco etc when we need to shop. She's content at restaurants. She is happy when we are at friends houses (however, it is SO HARD to be able to enjoy visiting friends who have not baby-proofed their houses! I am glad most of our friends are getting to the point where they will have to do this too, because we have to watch Kayla 100% of the time, which makes conversation more difficult). She enjoys walks and rollerblading trips.
10. She's eager. Eager to explore and try new things (like crawling up the steps). Eager to eat her food (you put food on the tray and she instantly has two fist-fulls... or, if you are spoon-feeding her something, if she'll let you that is, she attacks the spoon! When she is nursing, she knows what she wants and she greedily latches on - it is so cute to see!).