Christmas 2008

Its been a very busy few weeks leading up to the Christmas and New Years holidays. We've been busy with shopping, baking cookies, and meeting regularly with lots of family. I just got around to post processing pictures from Christmas in Boston - I still need to get to the New Years pictures while down here in sunny Florida. The weather has been perfect and I've gotten in 2 golf rounds in the past week that we've been here. That's nearly as many times as I played during last summer's season.

Anyways here are the pictures:


Over the last few weeks Kira has been learning new things...here is a list:

• Imitation - by copying what we do she has learned some new things. She sticks her tongue out when we stick our tongues out. When we sniff her diaper she does the same. Now when we tell her to kiss her toys she goes in with her mouth to the toy and makes a "muahhhh" sound.

• She is saying a lot more words. She says the following

• "Mum mum" meaning food
• "Yeh Yeh" meaning grandfather
• "Buck Buck" meaning uncle...the same day she said uncle for the first time she said "Dai Buck" meaning oldest uncle. She has said "ma ma" and "da da" but not nearly often enough for us to believe she knows what she's saying.
  

• She gives her toys and food to the nearest person and takes things back.

• When she wants something like food on the table, her bottle, or a toy she will stretch her arm out and grunt.

We still have another half a week or so left here in Florida...we're really enjoying the weather and the laid back lifestyle.