June

Wanted to post some more pictures and maybe a video or two of our little ball of energy! Kira is getting more and more fun! She talks incensently and is a little ball of trouble. She crawls really fast and is getting... count 'em folks 4 teeth in as we speak. The front two are still growing in and now the bottom two next to the ones she has had for a while. She has been a real good sport and doesn't complain about them too much. She is getting better at sleeping now...we instituted a new rule.. we will hold her to get her to sleep but then she goes in her crib. If she wakes up, then that was her whole nap... it seems to be working more and more and she is even taking longer naps.
She stands up on her own for a few seconds (until she realizes that she's on her own) and walks along the couch still. Sometimes she will take a step on her own if I'm close by and she wants me to hold her or I have something interesting to her.
She is a very busy girl and gets into EVERYTHING... it's both fun and a little annoying as it makes it hard to get anything done. We like that she is curious and active but she is hard to keep up with. She loves to make messes (her books are always on the floor because she has pulled them off the case)and loves to dance dance dance and sing a little too.
She is starting to like the pool more and more BUT only when she has her little floatie... (Jacob took film pictures of that so when we get them scanned then I'll post them)otherwise she freaks out at the temperature(can't say that I blame her all that much as it has been really cold until recently).
Anyway here are some pictures, hope everything is going well and we will be down in Cali over 4th of July weekend.


Named for a rocker... will become a rocker??
She loves Jacob's guitar.. both of them. She loves to strum the strings and play with all the movable parts.



She likes to drink whatever we're drinking BUT not in a bottle or a sippy.. it has to be out of our cup.


I think this is such a cute picture....


For father's day we meet Val and Nat Nat out on Lake Mead. Kira loves playing with her cousins!


What?


Her two front teeth


Playing with her "Piggy Bank"

Rest of May

SO, to answer every ones questions we have not finished moving in.... it has been an arduous task and one I hope NOT to repeat anytime soon. It's amazing how much stuff we keep and deem to be important. It really makes me grateful for all I have been blessed with but also motivates me to learn how give focus to those things that are important and to let go the things that are not....
Anyway, on to the reason you really come to visit my blog... KIRA! She is such a funny kid! She is full of love and energy! She loves when her Daddy comes home from work, so much that she gives him no time to take off his shoes and relax. As soon as she hears the door unlock she's out of my arms and into his! And that Daddy sure spoils her, which I'm sure is the job of every Daddy. He let's her drink out of his glass, which she loves. The latest combination of "juice" was Lime-Aid and Cranberry juice which made my face bunch up like a fish but Kira just kept on drinkin' (must of got the sour affinity from her father) He also lets her chew on paper which Mommy doesn't like but like I said... that's what Daddys are for.

She also doesn't really like Baby food anymore and opts for things like her corn puff wagon wheels, Cherrios and her Baby cheese puffs as Jacob and I call them. (They are actually pretty healthy and come in a variety of flavors)She also will eat stuff from our plate like rice or pieces of bread etc.

Her two front teeth are finally coming in and as soon as I remember to put batterys in my camera I will get a picture of those. They are coming in at the same time which I'm sure is both a blessing(for us) and painful(for her).
She is still extermely vocal and had taken to going around the apartment with words that sound like... "Hi. Dad" and "Hey, Bob" and her favorite "Hi-yah" and "Hey-yah".

Whenever we go to a store that plays music she dances and laughs at her mommy who lip-sinks to the songs. She thinks it's hilarious and I'm sure the people around us are thinking I'm crazy but I don't care because I love Kira's laugh and although she is liberal with her smiles (she's very flirty) she doesn't laugh out loud a lot.
We have started singing "The wheels on the Bus" and we try to read everyday even if it's just one book. She also dances along to her leapfrog table that she loves playing with (Thanks auntie 'Brina)

Anyway here are some pictures from the rest of May.... we love you all and miss you very much!

Sleeping on Daddy... she's so beautiful (even if I do say so myself)


Showing Daddy her books.


With me on Mother's Day


With Gramjan on mother's day


With Auntie "M" on Mother's Day


Drinking Daddy's lemonade


This is the picture I got as she was climbing down the boxes...........


Kira and her cousin Tommy-Boy when they came for a visit.

Kira in May

You know I wish I could come up with a cute little title every post but alas it can not be done.... Kira is growing like a weed and is all together cute, fun, tiring, and stubborn!!! This month she has finally learned to sit on her own. She pulls herself up to standing on EVERYTHING!!! Started saying Mamama.... she has been saying Dadadada for a while now..... She likes to sing but hates to sleep and still likes to clap! She knows how cute she is and is a huge flirt! She has also started to dance when she hears music.

She is not liking the moving that is going on.. she misses her "dadada" but we will be up there soon.

Anyway, here are some pictures of Kira this month....





Wearing Peter Rabbit's Glasses


Kira stealing my Apple Cinnamon dessert from Pick Up Stix


Learning to eat her Carrot/Cheese pinwheel (Gross but cute!)


The move is going ok. We will be making the BIG move this Saturday. So I might be MIA until we get the phone/internet hooked up. So hope everyone has a good couple of weeks!

This is a test..... too see who really reads this thing....

See that sign? That sign above this writing... That sign will be what you see if you come to visit Jacob and I in the next few years... that's right... you read that right... we are moving to Vegas....

Jacob has found a job as a deputy inspector at a lab in Vegas. This is a great opportunity for him to get a lot of experience and still allow me to stay home with Kira. Jacob is going up on Monday the 28th (agh) to start his training and then I'll be joining him the middle of May.

While we will miss everyone here loads and loads we are really excited to make this change in our lives. We have an apartment lined up and I'll post a link when everything is certain.

Anyway, that is our newest annoucement.... please no one mention htis to Grandma... I'll let her know soon.

Love you guys!

She crawls and claps and stands.... OH MY!!!

Kira has developed alot these last couple of weeks. Too fast if you ask me....
Here are some pics


Chewing on her crib... her teeth bother her.



Still chewing


Help me.... I'm in baby jail!


Getting into trouble with the groceries


Hanging with Uncle Bruce at Aunt Cheryl's birthday lunch!


Hanging with her friend Benny the Mouch


Crawling around GranJan and Papa Mike's


Playing Follow the Leader with her new best friend


Or maybe it was tag


YEAH!

Hope you guys are doing well.
Love you

Aquarium of the Pacific

Kira got to go to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach for the first time on Friday. We went with her cousin Natalie, her Aunt Valerie and Valerie and Jacob's cousin Jason. We had a lot of fun! She loved to look at the fish swim around in the lighted tanks! In her usual style she resisted a nap for so long she missed some of the fun! But all in all in was a great and fun day!!!

Starting out.. already to hit the floor running!!

Outside... trying to stay shaded and cool!

Having so much fun that she conked out


The Octopus!

Kira and I outside at the Loraket exibit

Utah

So we had to go to Utah. I was an unplanned trip. Jacob lost his Grandma and as sad as that is there were some fun things that came out of our trip....Kira got to meet a lot of new people and she loved them all !!!
This post will be a long one but one we hope you enjoy...

Our first family picture. I actually hate how I look but Jake and Kira are so cute!



Kira with the cousins from the Winfrey side. (Mikey and Austin)


Kira loves her GramJan

Kira got to meet a bunch of new people ...

Great-Grandpa Anderson


Great-Grandma Anderson


and she impressed them with her "crawling" skills... she's not quite there but she loved great-grandma Anderson's new carpet



Kira also got to meet Uncle Scott



and experienced her first bit of snow...



She did really really well on the drive up with Grandpa Anderson, Jesse, Daddy and Mommy. And did just as well with Papa Mike, GramJan, Mommy and Daddy. Like we said in the beginning we are sorry to see Jacob's Grandma go... we will miss her and love her but we had fun seeing old friends and hanging out with family.