Weekend again, already?

Wow, time is flying past. Kira turned 14 months old this week, she is turning into a full fledged toddler now. She's constantly got us on our toes, she runs around the house, gets into things she knows she isn't supposed to get into, and finally has a smile full of teeth!!

The last couple of weeks have been somewhat uneventful, yet packed with activity. We have placed our house back on the market again, we aren't anticipating it actually selling for some time, but nonetheless, we are trying. We are hoping to move closer to our daycare, the extra time in our commute is starting to wear on us, and neither of us want to switch her out of the daycare to something closer to work/home (not that we even have that option right now anyhow, we are STILL on waiting lists!), so we will pack up and move out...again.

Kira is doing very well. No new teeth to show off yet, but she is happy, giggly, and just a fun kid right now. This is a great age for sure. We are in the midst of getting her off of formula totally. She has been having 1 -2 formula bottles a day for the last month or so, and now we have been formula-free for 3 days! Hopefully that will keep up and we can save that $100/month. That's a lot of beer we could get for that money! :)

Here are a couple of recent pictures of Kira...

Sleeping Beauty

Mmm, cow.

Her new hat.

Long time no post...

...Or so Charlie told me yesterday.

Things have been a little bit hectic around here the last few days. Jon went to London last week for work, while he was away, Kira and I kept ourselves busy.

Saturday, we attended a wedding shower for Erin, she will be getting married to my brother on June 20. Kira had fun running around and playing with her cousin Megan. They had nice little chats with each other, although no one else could understand a word of what they were saying.

Megan + Kira

That night, Christina, Clinton, and Nicholas were over. Christina and Clinton had tickets to the hockey game, and Nicholas was going to hang out with Kira. He was such a great little man, he took care of Kira, made sure she didn't do anything she wasn't supposed to do, and gave her lots of hugs and kisses - he will be a wonderful big brother later this year.

The next day was Mothers Day. We started the morning by playing in the park with Nicholas, who picked out some lovely flowers for my sister for Mothers day. Next, we went to my Mom's place where Jeff + Erin made us all brunch. Kira had her first taste of French Toast, she loved it, naturally.

Later that evening, we went out for dinner with Jon's family. We went to a Thai/Malaysian restaurant, Kira had her first taste of crab fried rice...she loved it so much! She ate as much, or more, than me! She must have had a plateful of it. Too funny.

Jon got home Friday afternoon and immediately went to pick up Kira from daycare, he missed her a lot. Kira is very happy to have her Daddy home again, it's too bad that he has to leave for Vegas on Monday though. At least this time it's only a couple of days away.

We got a bike seat for Kira to sit in so I can take her for bike rides, she's not too sure about it yet. She likes it when we are going downhill, but will usually fuss when we are going uphill, because I'm slow...not used to having the extra 25lbs on my back tire! This is a picture of Kira in her bike helmet - too cute!


Kira is doing very well, she is discovering new talents everyday. This week she figured out how to open the drawers on one of her dressers, she then proceeded to put all of the clothes from the drawer, into the dirty clothes bin. She likes to brush her teeth and her hair by herself (we do it again right after she is done), and she has learned how to climb in and out of the bathtub. Hee. She is at the early stages of forming words now; one word she loves to say is "Phone". She will say that every time it rings. It's pretty impressive.

Kira had her eye specialist appointment a week ago, she passed her tests with flying colours. Her eyes are not getting worse, so the prescription that she has is the correct one. With any luck, her eyes will continue to improve and she won't need glasses when she gets older. Her next appointment is in a couple of months. She will be returning to the specialist every six months until she is 3 years old.

Teeth!

Forgot to mention that a bunch Kira's teeth have cut through the gums now. Turns out she was so angry a few weeks ago (remember the all night drives to keep her asleep?) because she was getting 4 teeth! They have all cut through her gums within the last 10 days or so.

She is totally fine with them now, thank goodness!

Hopefully the next teeth don't come in a giant bunch again...

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!

More exciting news!

The most unbelievable thing happened this week ---- Kira started holding her own bottle! I'm too shocked for words. 13 months, but she's finally holding it - most of the time.

Her 3rd tooth is growing in, number 4 is still in the gum, but it's bulging out. Today I thought I felt the beginning of number 5 as well, but I can't be certain. She won't let us touch her mouth right now, it's very sensitive.

Otherwise, Kira has been doing very well. She is back to her normal self, laughing, running, eating like crazy. We have been taking her to the park in the evenings, she LOVES the swings! She runs around from piece to piece in the playground, and enjoys being outside. We are trying to encourage her to walk more places outside and not rely on us carrying her. It's a work in progress.

This week Jon bought himself a car. We will now have 2 cars - the Subaru that I bought a couple of years ago, and Jon's Audi Avant A6 Wagon. He is very, very excited about this car. When we get it, I'll take some pictures. It is being shipped in from Ontario. 

Hope everyone has an excellent weekend!

Woohoo!

She finally got her 3rd tooth!! The top right tooth cut through the gum and is starting to come in. The 4th tooth is not far behind. Hopefully the rest of her teeth won't take so long, because if she keeps getting her teeth at this rate, she'll be getting her baby teeth until she is 10 years old...

Here is a little video of Kira eating her pasta dinner tonight - she loved it, but she wasn't too happy with the cleaning process that followed. Hee.

Another week gone

This week Kira had her 1 year check-up and shots. She weighed in a a whopping 18lbs 12oz, which is pretty light. She is in the 50th percentile, but that's where she's been pretty much since she was born. She is 27 inches tall, about the 80th percentile. Hopefully she'll be tall and slender her whole life!

Other than that, we have been dealing with Kira's cold as it works it way out of her system. She battled a fever on and off all weekend, along with a runny nose, and a cough. She was very clingy, and very sleepy. Poor little thing is just getting pummeled with colds. She seems to be back to her normal self today, she's even laughing again. As a result of her cold, she developed a rash (we were told it was a viral rash) over most of her upper body and part of her face. It didn't seem to bother her at all, but it certainly alarmed us! 

Kira's aunt, Joanne, had her ultrasound this week, and found out that she and her husband are having a little girl! I'm sure Marcus will be an excellent big brother when his new sister arrives this summer. We are all eagerly anticipating her arrival.