Lots going on

The past week was a very busy one for Kira...

Tuesday, we went to go visit my friend Wendy and her daughter, Eliana. Eliana is about 5 months older than Kira; her and Kira have always gotten along well - even when Kira was a newborn. Now that they are both a little bit older, Eli shares her toys with Kira and gives her hugs. They have seemingly important conversations, but no one else can understand them. It'll be fun as the two of them grow up.

Eliana + Kira. Yes, they have matching sweaters from their Auntie Sofie.

Wednesday, we went out to Cloverdale to visit with Grandpa Randy, Uncle Jeff, and Auntie Erin. On the way there, my car got a flat tire -- in possibly the worst intersection. It was so busy, and I had about 1 foot between the tire (front drivers side, naturally) and the street where cars were whizzing by at 80km/hour. Great. And, of course, I was by myself with Kira in the car. After making a few phone calls so people would know where I was should anything happen, I set out to change the tire. No sooner had I jacked the car up, there was a nice man there to help. He said he was deaf (which was good because Kira was screaming in the car!) and he had the tire changed in 5 minutes flat. He put all the stuff away, waved, and was gone as quickly as he arrived. What a relief. After that, we had a wonderful visit with everyone, and I enjoyed a lovely glass of wine :)

The week wrapped with birthday parties, engagement parties, and lunches out. Kira charmed everyone that she met. She has learned how to wave hello now, and does it all the time! Strangers LOVE this and she just keeps waving and smiling at them. It seems that she has returned to her normal, social, happy self, thankfully.

Kira also learned how to climb on the couch this week. She is very proud of herself, and climbs up all the time now to just sit next to us. She already knew how to get down off the couch, so hopefully she remembers not to walk right off, though I fear that is bound to happen...

We got Kira a few new items this week. One is a baby seat that has been attached to the back of my bike. I am going to try and bike to work more often now and pick Kira up from daycare on the bike. She even has her own little bike helmet! We'll see how this works out as the summer carries on.

The other item is a little potty. We aren't aggressively starting her potty training, but Jon mentioned that she has been doing #2 quite regularly for the last month, so we will try putting her on the potty around "the time" so she can poop in the potty. We'll see how that goes!