Much-Needed Update

Needless to say, this spring and early summer has been BUSY!  Here is what has been keeping us so occupied:

 - moving, painting, unpacking

 - yard work

 - traveling

 - and now, entertaining

All this has kept me from blogging about Kira!  She's growing up fast.  I can officially say that she is talking now.  Here is a sampling of her latest words:

 - Jeje (big sister)

 - frog

 - book

 - mouth

 - milk

 - eyes

 - nose

Kira is very communicative.  She understands a lot of what we're saying even though she can't say it herself.  For example, I'll ask her if she wants to change her diaper.  If she is in the middle of making poop, she will adamantly say no.  Acutally, she says nooo, no no no, nooooo.  It's cute.  Otherwise, if she's ok with getting her diaper changed, she'll raise her arms so I can pick her up.

She plays pat-a-cake very nicely.  She claps on beat and she loves the "rolling" part.

She LOVES to draw...loves it, loves it, loves it.  She holds a pen very nicely.  I remember teaching my brother how to hold a pen; he was horrible at holding the pen, and took forever to get it right.  Kira didn't need any teaching on how to hold the pen.  Somehow she just knew how to do it!  It is still undecided whether she is a righty or a lefty.  I think she is leaning towards the left!

One last tidbit: Kira LOVES talking on the phone.  Her favorite person to talk with on the phone is my sister, Nat.  I just dial her number and hand the phone over to Kira.  Sometimes I don't even get a chance to talk to Nat myself.  They joke and laugh.  It's so funny.

I'll try to update more often so that people who don't get to see Kira everyday will know how she's doing!