KIERA

HELLO.....BYE BYE

For my mother

Here ya go mama! :D Love ya and hope you are having fun with Ames in T-town!

Motorcycle Mama

Well, motorcycle riding must run in the family! Kiera already owns a motorcycle and has taken to wearing Paul's motorcycle helmet while she rides it. Isn't she about the cutest thing that you have ever seen?

smile!

awww.....our little girl is growing up! She has finally figured out what to do for the camera when I say smile. :D For the longest time she gave the camera that little doe eyed look into the camera without fail, those of you who have followed Kiera's two years on here know this to be true. But here it is, Kiera's smile.....*drum roll please*

How cute, right??

Why send gifts?

On top of having a great time at Kiera's cousin's place for a birthday celebration, she also got one here at her home with her family, and nana, pop-pop, auntie mimi and unkie b - via skype. She was in heaven. Not only did this girl get a cupcake at her cousin's place but here too! She was in sugar heaven! And trust me, we paid the price, that girl was HYPER after that. But she had a great time opening all the gifts. Once all the gifts were opened and all the items out to play with, she picked one pair of shorts her auntie mimi and unkie b gave her, insisted on wearing them and then begged to be put in the box that her gift from nana and poppop came in.....and well, sometimes all a kid wants for her birthday is something to make a huge mess with!

p.s. i wasn't able to upload the second video....too big :( once i can get it downsized, i will upload it for your enjoyment.

Kiera's Birthday

While Kiera was out visiting her cousins, Lisa, Paul's sister, had a little birthday party for Kennedi and Kiera who are only a few days apart. Kiera got to open gifts and play with her cousins :D How better to spend a birthday? Kiera even got to eat a FULL cupcake. She never gets to eat sugar so this was quite a day! She loved the cupcake so much that she picked up the word "cupcake" quite quickly.....hmm, motivation huh?

Where did my baby go?

I took this picture because I thought...how cute is it that my little baby wants to wear her rolling carry-on bag as a backpack? But little did I know that the moment I took that picture, Kiera went from my little baby to my little girl. Where did the time go? Where did the little bundle I rolled out of the hospital with, go? Her little chubby cheeks are long gone and the toddler face has taken its place. Her dependence on me is history and independence now waves its flag. *sigh* I knew it was going to happen sooner or later, but honestly, I was hoping for later. Somehow I feel like 16 is right around the corner.

**WARNING** Not for the faint of heart

This was one rough day. Kiera spent her entire "nap time", either crying for me to come back and get her out of the prison that I had put her in.....trust me, that is what she would say if she could speak full sentences....or playing in her crib. After about 2 hours of listening to her cry and play she finally got quiet. Whew! Finally.....or so I thought, 10 minutes later she was back to her coo'ing and playing. I figured, oh well, I will just go and get her and we will just play together. So, I roll into the room and see on the floor all of her clothes....okay, she has been trying to do master taking off clothes and put them on, no biggie. Then I saw the diaper. Okay, no biggie again....When I was a wee little one, I was known to take of my diaper from time to time. I like to think that I was a free spirit.....hee hee. Then - I saw it. **Insert Psycho shower scene music here** POOP all over her and her bed! After I took a moment to gather myself, take a deep breath, mini-vomit into my mouth, I stepped over to her crib. There was a large chunk of poop and then all the rest of the poop smears were her PLAYING with her poop like it was finger paint. *gag* Needless to say, that girl was instantly in bath city! I don't think that I have ever scrubbed her more than I had scrubbed her that day. And as for the sheet, yeah, it is now in a dump somewhere fading into the circle of life.

Enjoy the "finger paintings" Kiera did for us!

Easter

It was an absolutely gorgeous day on Easter. We spent it over a delicious brunch, time with the beautiful cherry trees and finished up with a walk around the Shirlington area. Here are just a few pictures of our day and a video of Kiera...doing what? Well, nothing other than just being her cute self!

Enjoy!

Rock on Kiera!

Photoshop Fun

I've been having fun with my photos and trying to learn photoshop. Although, I have been posting most of my photos on Facebook, I have also been uploading them to deviantART.com. For those of you who do not have facebook, I thought that I would share my fun little adventure....right along with my new recipe fun...which, sadly, has taken a back seat to work since Clinique is currrently in bonus mode. *whew* 40 hours a week with late nights and no weekends is wearing a girl out!
Anyway, here is the link to my profile if you would like to check it out. Enjoy! :D

http://ripsiara.deviantart.com/

Favorite Sunglasses

So, Kiera has officially made these her favorite sunglasses. She loves to walk around with these on her little face and if she is not wearing them, and sees them lying on the ground......straight onto her face. Is she ready for Disneyland or what?