Our Garage Sale

We are right in the middle of packing up all our stuff for our two upcoming moves - first to Paul's auntie for the 3 remaining months in Seattle, and then to DC in June. So, to make our move easier we have decided to unload, garage sale, craigslist or Goodwill any "unnecessary" items. Here are some pictures of our garage sale we just had on Saturday. The first pictures are of Kiera and her auntie maxin' relaxin' in the camping chair - what you don't see is that she is being fed gerber graduates as she sits there....she was in heaven - those things are like candy to her.
When the garage sale slowed down, we tried to entertain ourselves by having Kiera walk up our stairs, dance around and do tricks on Paul's motorcycle.
The photos at the end are bonus photos/videos! The first are of Kiera reading her book and then of her playing with her new tonka truck...she loves pushing that thing around everywhere picking up toys as she goes along. And the last video is the best of them all - Kiera is not much of a giggler she usually shows her joy through squeels or a big silent open mouth. This is the first time I have been able to capture her illusive giggle - enjoy!

Soooo big!

Here are a few cute pictures of Kiera showing how big she is!

Rollin'

Kiera has really taken to walking everywhere she goes now - it is SO cute to see such a little body with such little legs walking around!

Come and get it....

So, we are not really sure what spurred on this unique dinner conversation but she was just being so silly how could we not capture it. It started out as her saying "hey" with her tongue out like that old beer commercial "whaats up!?!?" - unfortunately we didn't capture that though we did try to get her to do it again - hense, our "heys". I guess you could say our dinners are a good mixture of eatin' and playin'.

Look out....walking baby coming through!

Here are some videos of Kiera practicing her walking from last Sunday. She is pretty much walking on her own now and will walk without any coercion or help from any of us! It is GREAT to see her progress so well.

How True

Videos Galore...the sequel

Well, here it is not even three days after my last post and Kiera's biggest fans, her Nana and PopPop, are already on the phone to me wanting more Kiera videos. Seeing as Kiera's biggest fans are also the biggest contributors to her "lifestyle" and well, she just darn loves them, I couldn't let them down. So, below are some pretty cute videos of Kiera getting into mischief, showing her daddy's traits, taking her "first" steps, walking with the help of her walker, and getting her first lemon courtesy of her Auntie, Amy. Enjoy!

Kiera....what else would I post about?

The first few photos are of Kiera in an outfit that I actually wore when I was a wee little one. How cute is she is this one and how true is the statement?
The next three are of Kiera at her playdate that she has once a week. She has really taken to Selah and Selah's mom Skye. Skye and I get time to socialize and so do the kiddos.
The last three are just three random photos of Kiera and her cuteness.

Will Crawl for snacks....

We've found Kiera's favorite food....gerber graduates. If we allowed she would eat these non-stop until the cows come home. So, to limit her intake we make sure that she works for it! (Also, if you listen real closely you can hear her burp her satisfaction from the other snacks.)

Kiera's Mentor

Amy babysits Kiera all the time....I wonder, will Kiera end up with dance moves like this? Stay tuned.

Sock it to 'em

The downstairs of our house is a bit colder than the upstairs (thank you, single pane windows) so we make sure to keep Kiera in long sleeves, pants and socks. Kiera received a GOB of socks for Christmas and since her current socks were shrinking we put a new pair on her. After feeding her we removed the table on her high chair and noticed that her socks were almost all the way off...she always kicks while she is eating. We were able to tape this cute video of the event. Enjoy!

I'll make him an offer he can't refuse...

As mentioned many blogs ago, a friend of the family's, David Gantenbien, took on the title "Kiera's godfather". Now even though we aren't Catholic and and there are no responsibilities that go with the title...David embraced it whole-heartedly. After many months Kiera finally got to meet her "godfather". She took to him pretty quickly....Doesn't David look good with a baby in his lap? Maybe one day I will get to hold his baby and will be given the title of "godmother".