Moving and Shaking

Kiyah started walking. At 10 months and 3 weeks she took off. A few steps at first and within no time she thought she could run. She started saying bye and waving the same week. She has been clapping her hands forever but bye took a little while longer. It is nerve wracking to watch her walk and fall and walk and fall, repeat, repeat, repeat but we do it.

little miss mischievous

Do you ever have to watch this kid. She is always into something. As you can see she is beginning to work this cabinet.

Score!! She got it open and look at that eager little face. You can tell she thinks she hit the jackpot.

And this is the "the look". The look that is a question to mom to see if she is about to get her little hand popped. You can see she has her hand out touching something and looking back at me. Just testing the waters.

After passing "the look" test it becomes a quick free for all. I am not going to get into trouble for this so here I go!!! She was practically in the entire cabinet by the time I pulled her out of there. It was her wonderland.

just helping a friend out

Kiyah is so very interested in Slim and his tennis ball. He is very good to her and lets her take and play with it (gross!) but she loves it. He will not let Karlis or myself have it but he does her. He is by far the best dog we have when it comes to her. So here they are playing with it back and forth.....
And then Uh Oh it rolls underneath the cabinet. You can barely see Slim's legs on the other side where he is looking under it as well (ignore lazy Biscuit in the background; she is not wasting the energy on looking for anything).

And if this isn't getting pro-active and taking charge I don't know what is. Look at that form and physique as she gets down and looks under for the ball. Too funny!!

Little Piggies

So I walked around the corner a few days ago and say Kiyah doing this..........

I thought she had passed out. She looked so still and was in such a weird position. Until I got closer...... And then I said to myself is she really doing what I think she is doing.

And a little closer............. (check out Slim in the background, he even thinks she has lost it)

And then I see she is eating her little toes. Which is fascinating to watch. She grunts and roots around until she gets one in her mouth. Not the cleanest of things but hey who am I to stop her from going on a piggie hunt.

And the obsession carries over to the car.

You Aren't Supposed to Eat Hydrangeas?

So I was trying to get Kiyah to smell some hydrangeas that are growing in our yard. She would lean in and get really close then open her mouth really big and shove what she could in. Then I thought I rememberd something about them being poisonous. So we immediately stopped that. This picture is not that great but you get the idea. She loved touching them. She was really gentle and then she would pull her hand away quickly like she was scared of what it might do to her. She LOVES being outside and usually cries when you come back in. We are looking forward to lots of spring days outside! :)

Dog Tired

I check on Kiyah nineteen billion times when she is napping or sleeping. I know this because I count each time I go in. Was I suprised to walk in and see her sitting over hunched on all her stuffed rabbits and favorite puppy dog. Her little body just gave up on her and she passed out. So cute!!