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.

Oma's Pumpkin Patch

Today we headed out to Oma's Pumpkin Patch for our annual playgroup trip. This year, we were there to celebrate the birthday of one of Nathan's friends little brother. The kids had a blast sliding on the cottonseed hill, on the tractor ride around the farm and all the other things that Oma's has to offer. This year the weather was cool for a change. It actually felt like fall!

A Night In the Life of Nathan

Nathan is super into music these days. Not the typical kiddie music, but what Brian and I listen too. Every night he goes onto youtube.com on his own and watches videos and memorizes the lyrics. Here he is before bed the other night:

9 months

Kira is now 9 months old. A lot has occurred in the last month. Kira is pulling up to standing on everything. She has begun walking with a push toy and stands alone for brief moments! Her top teeth finally came through and with them a little more sleep at night. She is still not sleeping through the night, but has consistently been sleeping 6.5-7 hours straight until last night when she was up after 3 hours a couple of times. She also has a cold right now. Kira is babbling now and attempting to say a few words. For example she consistently says KKKK for kitty and gggg when she is looking at the dog. When you ask her where your nose is she will grab my nose, when I ask where the dog is, she scans the room for Milo. Kira waving bye bye and finger feeding lots of foods. She has recently added cheese, yogurt and egg yolk to her diet.

We had her 9 month well check today. She continues on her own curve. She weighs 15lbs and is in the 1%tile. She is 26.5 inches, which is the 18th percentile and her head is 17.5, which is 65%, so she is a small baby with a big head. Dr. Berent continues to feel she is fine. He said that between 6-9 months kids typically gain 1.5 lbs, which she did. He gave us the go ahead to add more high calorie foods. Anyway, she continues to be small but mighty!

Philanthropy

The kids and I have been participating in walks to raise money for research for various causes. On September 11, we participated in the National Brain Tumor walk in San Diego in honor of our good friends Madeline and Sydney who lost their mom and grandma to a brain tumor earlier this year. Today we joined all of our special education friends from Miller Elementary, where I work, in the Autism Speaks Walk Now for Autism.