Kyla's first year

Playing with BamBam!


Hiking with Daddy to the lake!


Playing with my favorite toy


Fun in the water!


Wow, what an amazing year this past year has been!!! From the minute Kyla was born we have had so much love for Kyla and have been so amazed to watch everything that she has done. I can still remember the night she was born, holding her in amazement that she was just so beautiful and perfect. Jon and I were happy just staring at her as she would sleep. It is so wonderful to watch how she has changed and developed since those early days. We knew based on Kyla's weight and that she was holding her head up on her own as soon as she born, that she would be a strong determined little girl. It was so exciting to watch every new skill that Kyla has learned in this year. We can easily recall the first smile, the first laugh, the first time she rolled over, stood up, crawled, walked... and cannot wait to see her learn even more new skills. We fill so lucky and proud to have such a beautiful and happy daughter.

Kyla's first year has been full of fun and excitment. She has taken 10 vacations, going to Alaska, California, Hawaii, Washington and Mexico. She has made a lot of new friends at daycare, her favorite being all of the older 1-3 year old boys. She has spent time outside going for walks, hikes, boatrides, lounging at the beach and pool and so much more. Jon and I are so excited that she enjoys doing many of the activities that we like to do. And now Jon is just hoping that she will also enjoy skiing someday soon :)

At 1 year of age Kylas favorite activities/toys are anything water related (water table, pool, wading table, hot tub, lake, pond...), stacking toys (cups, bowls, boxes), books (esspecially touch and feel animal books), being outside, playing with tuperware and baby dishes in the cabinets and drawers and getting into trouble (removing plug covers and getting into things that she cannot have). Kyla also loves her cat Bam Bam. Kyla will follow him everywhere, pull his hair and tail, cuddle with him, lay on top of him and just cannot leave him alone. It is amazing how much he likes her and lets her do what ever she wants to him. He was never a very friendly cat, but has a very sweet personality when Kyla is around.

We are constantly amazed by how much energy that Kyla has. She is constantly going, she cannot just sit and play with a toy she just needs to be on the go. Even when Kyla is having a bottle, getting a diaper change or falling asleep she cannot hold still. The only child we can think of that has more energy is her cousin Jake.

In the past month Kyla has got her first four teeth in. She has began running a lot. She has learned how to climb onto the couch. She is also working even harder on talking. Before Kyla was saying MaMa, DaDa and BaBa. Now Kyla is starting to say Cat, Duck and trying hard to repeat other words that she hears often. We can't wait to hear her learn more words.

Whenever we go anywhere with Kyla we always recieve many compliments about what a beautiful baby she is. Almost everywhere we go we hear comments on her big beautiful blue eyes. We also always hear that she is cute enough to be the gerber baby model. We agree that we have the most beautiful baby and are so proud to be her parents!!! This past year has brought us more joy then we could have ever imagined and we look forward to the years to come!!!