These boots were made for walking..sort of

One picture is blurry because it was taken from my cell phone and she was moving but its the best image to show how tall the boots were. The kid loves shoes what can I say. I see a lot of shoe shopping in her future. The instant I got home before I even made it all the way through the door she was trying to get me to take my shoes off so she could wear them. She somehow managed to get these shoes on completely by herself and walked around in them for no less than 10 minutes before she finally took them off. She's at that perfect age for dress up. I'm thinking she could give Puss in Boots a run for his money:-)

Its happened

I think Kiara is officially hitting the terrible twos. Don't get me wrong shes a great kid but shes SUPER independent by nature, much more so than I was. At 2 shes really learning to express that Independence to the nth degree lol. Last night I was about to get her supper ready(she loves pasta pickups) and I got the pastas out of the pantry and was about to heat it up in the microwave when Kiara says to me, "I DO IT!". Kiara, I said, you can't microwave your own food. I'm sorry lol. You can eat it yourself, how's that? This little incident came right after she threw, what I think, was the biggest tantrum of her little life so far after I wouldn't spend the entire evening upstairs drawing on her aquadoodle lol. She got a time out, during which, I kid you not, she screamed until I thought she would be sick. Hopefully if I'm consistent she'll outgrow it but wow ..not looking forward to the teen years:-(

By the way, as a follow up to my previous post, Kiara took one look at her ballet classroom and turned around and went the other way so...yea..looks like we'll be waiting on that haha.

Wow, its been a loooong time lol Kiara's 2!!!!

recent picture of Kiara and I at the park on a super hot day:-)

Well Kiara had birthday party number 2 at Chuck E Cheese this year and I must say shes a little more shy then I realized. Chuck E was a little scary. The poor person in that costume..he walks into the room and Kiara and half a dozen other kids burst into tears lol. The rides were scary too but I did manage to get a cute picture of her looking terrified on one of them:-).

As some of you know one of Kiara's birthday presents was ballet lessons and today is Kiara's third ballet class. I can't say that its been wildly successful so far. She's, maybe, a little young for it but we'll try one more time before throwing in the tutu. She made a little friend last week that we are hoping will make her a little more interested in braving the classroom. I'll try to sign on tomorrow with an update of how that went:-)

In other news Kiara has, since the age of 13 months, had a problem with pulling her hair out that I think we might finally have under control. Basically it just took some amateur behavior therapy. We bought an oversized long-sleeved shirt and took it to a local taylor and had them sew the sleeves shut about 6 months ago. We have always had to have Kiara wear that at night and sometimes even on long car rides. She always pulled her hair out when she was confined in some way (in her highchair, in her carseat, and in her crib). The highchair issue we took car of by not putting her in the highchair early. We only put her in there when the food was ready and we could immediatly put it in front of her. When she is in the carseat we have portable dvd players that offer great distraction as well as "car toys" which are toys she only gets to play with in the car. In her crib is when we would typically use her "night night shirt". We haven't used that shirt in a couple of days and I have noticed no issues wooohoo!!

Well today is Kiara's third ballet class. I can't say that its been wildly successful so far. Shes maybe a little young for it but we'll try one more time before throwing in the tutu. She made a little friend last week that are hoping will make her a little more interested in braving the classroom. I'll try to sign on tomorrow with an update of how that went:-)

Wow, Kiara's turning 1. A look at her first year

My little baby turns a year old tomorrow! Its hard to believe that that much time has gone by. As I sit here typing this I can't help but think about the nervous butterflys I was having around this time a year ago. It was hard to sleep. I couldn't believe that the very next day I would go in for my induction and come out of that hospital with a family of my own. Its been one of the best years of my life. I've loved every second of being her mom. Its still feels unreal. Here are some of the highlights.

Are you trying out for Scarlett O'hara or what?

One of the first words that Kiara said really well was Hi.

Now, we live in Texas and I personally have grown up in the south. You can hear a soft accent when I speak but nothing painfully overwhelming. Kiara on the other hand sounds like something out of The Beverly Hillbillies. Most of us nationwide say Hiyyy(with an e sound). Kiara says Hiiii, lol, and she seems to already be picking up that famous southern charm. Hi, for instance, is not only a greeting but a handy way to get out of trouble it seems. The other day she was pulling on a piece of weather stripping that she knows full well she's supposed to leave alone. When Nana(my mother) called her on it and told her no no! Kiara looks at mom with the most dazzling smile you ever saw and says in a little flirty southern drawl Hiiiiii...I keep forgetting to upload the newest pics but here's a great one:

The little Celebrity

The kid is a crowd pleaser, I have to say. My mom and I were out this evening at one of our favorite places, The Flying Fish. We had no less than 4 people approach us to say how sweet and cute kiara was and what a good eater she was lol...I'm bragging I know but indulge me;-) One nice lady crossed the room to say thank you to me for providing her with such cute entertainment:-) Kiara is finally at a point now where she is really loving table food and she had fish and fries and hushpuppies with the grown ups. I'm sure there are healthier meals out there but she loved every bite! From now on I'm going to try to provide some kind of picture with every post, a pic a day to help everyone near and far keep track of what the little squirt is up too...along with the rest of us of course!