13 to 15 Months Old

Kian's 13th month was a big one.  In December we had big Sister Skyla's 16th Birthday as well as Christmas.  Kian loved Skyla's Masquerade party and tried to dance with the big kids as much as possible. 

Kian had a great time at Christmas.  Most of her family was able to come to Amarillo to visit her.  She really enjoyed spending time with all of them and loved all the wonderful presents she received.  Santa was very kind to her!

Happy 2010 Everyone! In Kian's 14th month she began attending a Mother's Day Out program one day a week.  It was pretty difficult in the beginning for Kian to be away from Mommy and Daddy.  She cried a lot and wouldn't take her nap when she got home but this got better as time went on and Kian adjusted to spending time with her new friends.  Kian does circle time, colors, eats lunch and sings while at her daycare program.  She does not yet stay through nap time.  We are working up to that. 

In January, Daddy began working full time from home.  It took some time for everyone to adjust to that but now Kian is Daddy's "Little Assistant."  Every time Daddy receives a fax or prints papers Kian runs from whatever corner of the house she is playing in to pull the papers from the machine and hand them to Daddy.  She also rearranges whatever papers he has laying out and colors on them.  She takes his boxes of promo CD's and "carefully" unpacks them for him all over the house.  She is a big helper.

Kian got two more teeth in January as well. 

Kian loves to watch football!  Also in January we went to visit the University of Texas for big sister Skyla. This was Kian's first airplane trip and she did very well. We drove around the town and found some great places to eat and saw the sights. Skyla and Kian had their first "Introduction to the University" seminar together. Kian did not seem as impressed as Skyla.

  
In February Kian had a Valentine's Day party at her Mother's Day Out program.  She received lots of Valentine Cards from her friends as well as candy that Mommy, Daddy and Sister were happy to eat for her.  Mommy and Daddy did not think M&M's or chocolate hearts were appropriate for a 15 month old. 

At the end of February Mommy and Kian took a trip to Denver to visit Desiree, Johan and Hansie.  Kian and Hansie were fast friends and loved playing together.  We visited an Animal and Nature Museum and spent lots of quality time with our friends the Pelsers.  Unfortunately, once we returned home Kian got pretty sick and ended up having strep throat, bronchitis, a UTI and an ear infection before the whole thing was over.  She REALLY hated the doctor's office by the time she got better. 

Thank you to everyone for being patient if it takes us a long time to update the blog.  We will continue to do our best to update on a quarterly basis!