Yes,
Kiera turned 22 months last week not that I'm sure you've been keeping track like me...but I haven't had too much time to sit and type recently...so Yea! She's 22 months old!!
Here's a picture of her with her new baby
cousin, Jason. She's practicing being a BIG sister and as you can see, is enjoying every moment of it...
lol.
Kiera is truly showing her outgoing personality at this time. She's talking in complete sentences, can usually ask for whatever she wants or needs...and often demands them...picks out her own outfits whether we like it or not, and can flop from cuddly to running around like a loon in a moment's notice!
I'm sure she still doesn't realize that in 2 1/2 short months a baby will be part of her every day life, but she still embraces my ever growing belly and kisses it every day. She's pretty gentle with the dogs, her babies, and us so I'm hoping for the best with Cate...we shall see!
Some of the things that she's loving to do right now are:
- Reading on the couch snuggled in a blanket. Usually it's the same books over and over again. Her favorites right now are: Dr. Suess's ABC, If You Give a Moose a Muffin, Go Diego, Go, Ding Dong! It's Elmo, and her "Zoo Book".
- She LOVES the show "Go Diego, Go!" and can do ALL of the animal noises. She's even picked up a lot of Spanish so whenever she wants to climb something she will literally say, "climb, sube!" It's amazing!
- She must be bored with all her puzzles, so I have to invest in some new ones, because she can put all of them together in a minute flat. My dad and Camille got her an ABC one for Christmas and they were concerned that she wouldn't be able to do it, but alas, she's mastered it and can name all the items that are on the letters too.
- She has invented many "Kiera Games" recently. One in particular she really likes to play with Dad because he can roll about more than Mom. She leads him to the light switch, they have to turn it on then off, leads him back to the ottoman where she lays down and pretends to snore under a blanket. Then she pops up, says, "I found you!" and dives...DIVES...into Daddy's arms and they fall backwards and roll on the floor...she will do this 800 times in a row if we let her...and she'll always hold up her finger and say, "one more time?" It's really too much.
Otherwise, we're all quite ready for the snow to melt, the sun to come out, and spring to be here already! We went for a brief stroll on Sunday, but it was still a bit chilly with the wind...good to get outside though. We all need some AIR and some serious playground time :)
Caitlin is growing and growing...and so is Mommy...we have quite a while to go, but a lot to do and accomplish in the meantime, so no one is rushing anything :) I can honestly say though that this pregnancy has gone by 99xs faster than Kiera's for sure! Lots of waiting around with Miss Kiera and now I don't have any time for that. I keep saying to myself that I must cherish this time and feeling her flop about inside of me because this will be the last time...and I'm really trying.
I also passed my 3 hour glucose test! This is HUGE because they diagnosed me with gestational diabetes with Kiera and it made me very worried every day. I had to check my levels four times a day...not always conducive to being a teacher (much like the peeing thing)...make sure everything I put in my mouth was perfect and worry, worry, worry that everything went smoothly inside my person. Not to mention all the specialists' appointments including going to see a dietitian for an entire day. I think I may stick to some of the diet however because it really kept my weight in check. But at least if I want to have that piece of candy or small bowl of ice cream at the end of the day, I don't have to worry about it! Phew.
We're getting very excited to be a "Family of Four" and I intend on doing nothing this summer but relaxing with Cate, running around with Kiera, and going to the beach, beach, pool, pool, beach, boat, etc...you see the pattern :) I'm so curious how it's all going to play out and doing some deep breathing about it...hahaha...I'm also curious about what she's going to look like, me, Sean, Kiera...a combination of everyone...we shall see! But for now, like I said, I'm just trying to relish in the remainder of the pregnancy and not take a minute for granted!
