Walking and Talking!

Get ready for an action packed one-minute video from Jan 28! Here is Kira walking around the family room, knocking over a toy and saying "uh oh," and blowing raspberries at mommy. Fun times!

My Happy Hour

While some may head to nearby restaurants and bars after work, walks around the neighborhood with Kira are my "Happy Hour." It's afternoons like these that I am so thankful to get home early enough (4:30) and it is warm enough (considering it is winter), sunny, and there's enough daylight left to take a stroll. It is great to take in the fresh air and get some exercise. It seems like Kira continues to enjoy looking around and checking out the scenery.

Although, I must admit, as much as I am enjoying the milder weather for the purposes of being able to get out and enjoy the afternoon with Kira, I would also like to have some snow days before this "winter" is over... =)

Just one look at this sweet face, and I think you can see why I call this my "Happy Hour." <3

The Art of Walking...like Frankenstein

Well, in the last week, Kira has officially graduated from crawler and cruiser to toddler extraordinaire! For the last month, she has been walking by holding onto furniture and sliding her hands along the wall. Last weekend, she started taking between 4-8 steps at a time before flopping down to her bum or knees because crawling was just so much faster.

But...In the last two days, she has been walking quite confidently around the house with her arms outstretched. Now that she walks for more than just short spurts that last only a second or two, I'm also quite confident I will be able to capture some good video to share soon! :) Currently her favorite room to explore (probably because of the fun magnets and so many cabinets to get into) is the kitchen. This weekend we will be working on the kitchen and installing baby gates. She showed her first interest in climbing the stairs today, so we have to kick the baby-proofing into high gear!

Lasses in Sunglasses

Like mother, like daughter. Just couldn't resist! Best $1 accessory ever!

Snowsuit and sass

Now that we are nearing the end of March, the chill is starting to disappear and most afternoons are warm enough to go for a daily walk around the neighborhood. Kira gets snuggled into her bear snowsuit and we grab the music toy, pacifier, and froggie blanket to get buckled into her carseat stroller for 30mins to an hour. When I'm not breaking a sweat at a quick pace, Kira puts up with my desire to put sunglasses on her and snap photos.