The week (so far) in review...

The week started out rough with Kira waking up at 5am most every morning, not fun at all. But it's hard to be upset when she has a giant grin on her face when she sees you and giggles constantly. That said, we are going to give sleep training a shot beginning this weekend. We had started it but kinda abandoned it after a night or two. I have ordered a book that my Mom friends have raved about, we'll start again following the recommendations from the book.

Tuesday, we went to go visit my friend Wendy and her daughter Eliana. Kira and Eliana get along quite well considering they are so young. They always smile when they see each other and seem to talk to each other. One will grunt and squeal, then the other will grunt and squeal in response. It's pretty funny. Eliana is almost 10 months old, she was born on one of the best dates of the whole year, Nov 17.

This is Kira and Eliana exchanging pleasantries...

Kira is trying to pull and eat Eli's hair and Eli is try to play with Kira's pigtails.

Wendy gave Kira her first "cookie" and she loved it! It's cereal in a cookie form and it dissolves quickly in her mouth...and all over her hands, face, clothing etc.

Wendy was kind enough to let Kira borrow Eli's walker. Kira had a blast! She kept moving backwards and trying to jump up and down.

Wednesday, we went back to the mommy group. The group was on hiatus during the summer and started back last week, but we were not able to make it due to Kira's eye appointment.  It was very interesting to see the kids and how much they have changed over the last few months and it was nice to catch up with the moms again. There were a few newbies in the group too with kids that were a few weeks old, it seems like so long ago that Kira was that little.

Friday I will be taking Kira out to our monthly luncheon with my old work crew. I was on a project team at Vancouver Coastal before my mat leave. The project has since been canceled and we were all laid off; most people were able to find other jobs within VCH so we try to get together every month to keep in touch with each other, but secretly, I think that everyone just wants to see Kira :).

That's about it for us. We are in the midst of trying to sell our place (again), so we have been keeping busy trying to keep our place clean, and trying to find a house to move to should we be so lucky as to sell our place. I have started back playing soccer and ultimate, so Jon and Kira have a lot of time together on the weekends. Jon really loves it, and Kira is always smiling and giggling for Jon. Daddy's little girl.

Hope you are all well and enjoying the updates!!