Good friends...

A good friendship that we hope will continue to grow for a lifetime...

















And I had to make another since the first was soooo cute...

The thing I really don't get, though, is why every where we go, do people think they're twins? I mean really...they don't look anything alike..right?

Swimming time!!

Kaiya wanted to tell about her swimming class.  She says that she loves swimming underwater, which at this point in time means that she dunked her head under once. She does everything the teacher asks her to do and is very excited for her next lesson!

18 months...

Her favorite words to say are "No" and "Stop".

She also knows how to say Kaiya (yai-ya), Mama, Dada, Papa, Tyson(yai-yai), Jada(yay-ya), bye-bye, hi, book(buh), ball(bah), diaper(bye-per) and on and on...

If she is asked to do something she immediately throws her hands up in the air, arches her back, shakes her curls and screams/cries. Then she throws herself to the ground and lays her cheek against the floor, sticks her thumb in her mouth and lies there for...awhile...



Even when everyone else is inside the house.

And it's 35 degrees outside.

And the wood on the deck is still somewhat icy.

Just because she's 18 months old.

Today this curly haired beauty had her 18 month checkup. She's got a huge noggin it seems. The medical assistant took the measurement 3 times to make sure she got it right. At her last appt it was in the 75th percentile. This appt's measurement put her in the 90th percentile! Her weight is a little over 24 lbs, and her heighth is 2'8.5". For those interested in percentiles, her weight is around 50% and her height 75%. So it seems she is growing well. As for the rest of her checkup she was fine all around. I was a little surprised when the doctor was looking in her mouth though..

Me: We think she's cutting 3 teeth right now.
Dr: Oh yeah, and there's 4 and 5 coming in too..and another eye tooth looks like it's getting ready to poke through.

So, for the record, 2 bottom molars + 3 eye teeth, and 1 that looks to make it's appearance soon.

I guess I really can't blame her for laying on the frozen deck...it must have felt good!

Ka-bonk

This took place the day before our family photo shoot.

She threw herself onto the driveway in protest. I was loading the stroller into the car rather than putting her in it to take a walk right that moment.

Her shirt pretty much sums it up, don't you think?

Walking

Kaiya started walking on July 10th. Here is a video taken a few days later.