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:-)