Happy First Birthday Kira

Tomorrow Kira turns one year old! Can't believe how quickly this year has gone by. Kira is very much moving onto her toddler years. She is walking about 90% of the time. She has 12 teeth and seems to be getting more. Sleep is getting better, but still not through the night (this is the year!). Kira has started to develop quite a personality. She definitely prefers her mama, daddy and brother, but enjoys the company of others, as well. She loves to smile and laugh. Kira also loves to eat. She experienced her first taste of sweets yesterday at her birthday party. Although she didn't dive in like Nathan did at his first birthday, she definitely loved every bite. Kira loves her brother and loves to do everything he is doing. She tries to copy everything he does. In another year or two, I really think they will be buds. Can't wait to see all that year 2 has in store. Happy Birthday Baby Girl, we love you to pieces.

Christmas 2010

Another Christmas has come and gone. It was our first Christmas with two kids and it was great. Nathan is at an age where Christmas is so magical. He enjoyed looking at Christmas lights, he sang his heart out at his preschool show, he became obsessed with the Grinch Who Stole Christmas and he enjoyed visiting family and Santa, of course. Kira is getting to such a fun age. She enjoyed opening presents and wandering around with her new found two foot mobility. Both Kira and Nathan received so many gifts that we really needed a good purging of old toys. Now that we are back home, they are spending lots of time putting all of those great gifts to use. It was really a great time spent with family. Now onto New Year's Eve and here's to a great 2011!

Kira with Santa


Nathan with Santa


Exhausted!


His only Christmas wish


with her new puppy dog

11-months!

Kira is now 11-months old! Holy cow, we will officially be leaving infancy behind in just one month! I would like to say it's bitter sweet, but, no, I can't. I just love little toddling toddlers and their waddle walk. This month Kira decided to give me a taste of what sleep was like. She slept for five nights from 7:30 to 5:30 or 6 and then all of that went out the window with the discovery that Miss K had begun cutting her molars. She has officially cut the top two and the bottom two are not far behind. Seriously? This isn't supposed to happen. Kira began taking steps this month as well. She is not full on walking, but she will take steps and attempt to walk, but why walk when she can full on crawl where she wants to go. Looking forward to Christmas with her and Nathan and then celebrating her first birthday just two weeks later.

Preschool Christmas Program

Last night was the Christmas Program at Nathan's preschool. He has been talking about it for weeks, but would not sing any of the songs for us at home. We were a bit nervous that he wouldn't actually sing when he got up there last night, but he did awesome! He knew the words and motions and really seemed to enjoy himself. It was great to see him before the show with his friends running around. It really hit home that we made the right decision by moving him to school.

Walky walk walk walk walk!

So for about a week now, Kira has been taking 1-4 steps here and there. Well tonight she took about 15 walking between Jared and I. Looks like we are well on our way to full on upright mobility!

10-months old

Kira is ten-months old today, which means in two months she will move from a helpless newborn through exploratory infant to independent toddler. This month, Kira has cut two new teeth and has another one or two on the horizon. She has started attempting to speak more words: mamamama and dadada, titi for for kitty. She waves hi and bye. Kira is drinking from a cup proficiently and is exploring everything in the environment. She is standing for longer periods of time pushes everything around, but does not seem to interested in walking. Her sleep patterns remain much the same, about one 6-8 hour stretch, unless she is teething, then it is more like 4 hours or less. She loves Nathan and wants to do everything he is doing. Kira has a love for Thomas the Tank Engine the theme song. She yells in happiness everytime she hears it.

Trick or Treat

Nathan's preschool put on a cute costume parade and had a little party. It was super cute to see him with his friends.






This is the first year in 4 years that we did not do the Warner Springs thing for Halloween. They are selling the resort to the Native American's so we stayed in town. We joined the Garcia's for some trick or treating. Nathan has enjoyed it in the past, but I think this is the first year he was really into it. Kira enjoyed looking around at all the costumes, but she fell asleep pretty quickly in the stroller.