Little Monkey

Climbing on the kitchen!


Playing in the kitchen drawers


She use to just play with the dishes, now she climbs in and throws out all the dishes!


Playing Peek-A-Boo, her favorite game!


Brushing all four teeth that she has



Kyla has been a very curious little girl lately. She is in a stage where she is exploring everything. She is doing her best to talk, she is great at starting the words, but usually leaves out the ending. She has also mastered climbing up the stairs, onto the couch and onto the bed. Now Kyla is also climbing onto all of her toys. She climbs and stands on top of her kitchen set, musical table, into drawers and everything else. Jon is happy about how brave she is because to him it is another sign that she will be a great skier. I however get more nervous about the possibility of her falling.

It is so amazing to watch how fast she is learning new things. She likes for you to ask her questions like "Where is my nose", "Where are my eyes"... and she will point them out to you. It is a fun way to see how much she really does know despite barely being able to talk. When you ask her to do something she usually listens and does what you ask of her. Lately with how hot it has been in Utah we have had our ceiling fans on a lot, I will ask her "what does the fan do? Does it go round and round?" and she will put her finger up, point to the fan and spin it around in circles. It is so fun watching her demonstate all of the new things that she is learning everyday. Kyla also really enjoys dancing lately, no matter where we are if she hears music she starts dancing. We get so much joy and so many laughs just watching Kyla.

This upcoming week I will be working training the new director for the preschool who is taking my spot when we leave. It will also be Kyla's final week in the Deer Valley Child Care Center. Kyla has had wonderful teachers while being there and has enjoyed being around Gretchen, Teagan, Claire, Bailey, William and Jace. It will be sad leaving such a great environment, but I know that she will make a lot of new friends in Anchorage. We also have six friends that are expecting babies in Utah between October and March and are sad that we will not be here to raise Kyla with their babies, but will definitly come to visit them. We can't wait to meet your babies Ashley, Melissa, Bree, Natalie, Jenny and Emily!!!

I am almost finished packing all of mine and Kyla's things. I can not believe how much stuff that you buy or recieve as gifts when you have a baby, and especially how many things they outgrow so fast. I had all of Kylas clothes ranging from newborn- 18months all piled up and had a mountain of clothes. We ended up giving about half of them away and still have enough to keep a little girl well dressed if we have another girl. We also have boxes and boxes of baby toys and many large items like a swing, bouncer, saucer, bathtub, pony, doll stroller... It is a lot of stuff to move and we were tempted to give away more, but don't want to have to buy everything new again when we have another baby. Moving will not be as easy as we had imagined, but we look forward to getting settled up in Alaska. It is hard to believe that a week from today I will be starting the move.