Who needs toys?

Kaitlyn has a new "hat" that she likes to wear. She keeps us laughing every day!

Favorite Foods

Yes, that's a whole tomato that she's biting into! She seemed pretty interested in my tomato at lunch today, so I gave it to her to see what she would do with it. She played around with it for a few minutes and finally took a big bite out of it. I should mention that she's seen me do that plenty of times--tomatoes are one of my favorite foods and I frequently eat them like an apple!

Speaking of favorite foods, this child absolutely LOVES all fruits. Watermelon, cantaloupe, strawberries, blueberries, bananas, mangoes, kiwi, grapes--you name it! She will eat fruit no matter what time of day it is or how full she is from her other foods. I'm sure she would be very happy having a fruit-only diet. She's starting to become a little more picky about the foods she eats, so let's hope this is one healthy habit that continues!

12 Month Pictures

We decided to go on location for this photo shoot and take advantage of the nice weather and spring flowers. She wasn't very interested in sitting still, but I think the pictures reflect her personality and stage of life.

A couple of funny ones...

I think the iris stem is invading her space. She wasn't too sure about it.

In this picture, we happened to catch her in mid-fall. (She was fine afterwards, by the way). She just closed her eyes and hoped for the best.

Double Trouble

Some more pictures from our vacation. Kaitlyn and Noah are getting to be big buddies. I shudder to think what mischief these two are going to cause together as they get older.

More Beach Pictures

The babies on the beach

Krinks Family Portrait

Kaitlyn exploring in the sand

Fun in the Sun

After the birthday/graduation celebrations, we headed down to Destin for the week with Jeff's family. The weather was gorgeous, and it was so nice to kick back and relax for a while. It was also lots of fun to introduce Kaitlyn to the beach and to the pool. I really thought it would take her a while to warm up to the feel of the sand and the water, but she surprised us by instantly loving it all.

We started out with the pool. It wasn't crowded at all, so there was plenty of room to pull her around in her floatie. She enjoyed hanging out in it, but her favorite was when Daddy held her up and let her glide along the surface of the water on her belly. What fun!


Since the pool was such a positive experience, we decided to try the beach. She was pretty fascinated and perplexed with the waves. She just let them wash over her legs. Then she discovered the sand, which to her was even better than the water. She had a blast crawling in it, scooping it up and letting it run through her fingers. But she also learned that sand has its drawbacks. Hopefully she'll remember that it's not a good idea to rub your eyes after playing in the sand!


Here are some pictures that we took one evening at the beach.

Kaitlyn and Mommy

Kaitlyn laughing

With Mimi and Papa Greg

Birthdays, Graduation and More!

As evidenced by my lack of blogging, we've been very busy for the past several weeks! Last week, we hit three big milestones in the Krinks family--Kaitlyn's 1st birthday, Noah's 1st birthday, and Andrew's graduation from Lipscomb University. We celebrated all three occasions with a massive party on Saturday, and then we left for Destin the next morning. We needed some serious beach time to recuperate from the weekend madness!

Since Kaitlyn and Noah are only 4 days apart, we had a joint birthday party for them. I got two small cakes for the babies, and a big cake for the adults. I was eager to see what Kaitlyn would do with her cake. True to form, Kaitlyn was content to carefully test the icing with her fingers. Noah, on the other hand, enjoyed the cake with gusto!

Several minutes later, we cut the cake and fed her a small piece...and this was her reaction :)


Then she decided to "share" the yucky cake with Mommy. Unfortunately, I don't like chocolate cake any more than Kaitlyn does. Like mother, like daughter!

Noah clearly did not have the same aversion to chocolate cake that Kaitlyn had! His parents were smart to strip him down first!!

This celebration was extra-special because Kaitlyn's great-grandparents (Gigi and Bobby) were able to spend a couple of days with us as they made their annual trek from Florida to New York. We took the opportunity to get a picture of four generations of family.

Earlier in the day, we watched Andrew walk across the stage at Lipscomb to receive his well-deserved college diploma. Congratulations, Andrew! Here are a few pictures we took after the ceremony.

Andrew with Grandma and Bob

Mom, Dad, Andrew and Lindsey

Jeff, Andrew and Jess

I still have lots of vacation pictures to share. More posts to come in the next few days!!