Ever since our beautiful little girl entered the world I have often wondered how Josh and I filled our evenings pre-Kiera!
Tonight.
After daycare we had supper, immediately, there is no waiting for this hungry, growing girl! Then we went up stairs so mom could change out of her work clothes and jumped on the bed a little. Then we decided we better take Kali out, because it had been almost 11 hours! Kali was happy! We played outside with the trike, stroller and football while Kali ate sticks, silly dog! Kiera then thought it would be silly to try and eat rocks...she was having a blast while mommy tried to stop her all in fun, we laughed alot! Then it was time to take a quick walk around the block. We also met our littlest neighbor a 4 month old baby boy! It was a gorgeous night, but the mosquitos loved Kiera's face as much as I do! They seem bad this year, or maybe we are just outside more this fall :-)
When we came home Josh was home, so we ran upstairs to greet him, all smiles! We played downstairs for awhile. Then a dirty diaper called which is a nice transition to bathtime! Kiera loves giving her "bath" baby a bath. (We have designated one doll a "bath" baby, Kiera is pretty good about setting her other babies on the counter while she gives the "bath" baby a bath.) At one point all 4 of us were in the bathroom, bathtime is fun, if Kiera isn't exhausted :-) Kiera has many toys but the toy of choice tonight was the empty baby shampoo bottle. She was busy screwing on the lid and taking it off. I love watching this girl figure things out, but boy-o-boy does she get frustrated when something doesn't go her way. (I have no idea where she gets that ;-)) Then she had an "A-HA" moment, she saw her "non-bath" baby on the counter looked at the shampoo bottle and then got a huge smile on her face as she looked at the baby again. She then stood up, dumped all the water out of the shampoo bottle and wanted to get out and wash her "non-bath" baby. It was priceless, but you maybe had to see it :-) Then we got her super cute/comfy pajamas on (I want a pair) and went downstairs for snack-milk, goldfish and animal crackers!
She got a little second wind. Proceeded to chase Kali and throw her the ball, jump on daddy, tickle daddy, get tickled by daddy, laugh uncontrollably, pull her infant carseat all the way from the kitchen to the living room so she and her dolls could play in it and concentrate very hard on putting her shoes on baby brite.
Then she was ready to give Kali and daddy goodnight kisses, but wasn't quite ready for bed. She enjoyed part of a cereal bar and milk while she and I cuddled on the big brown chair, alot like we did when she was just a little baby. I wonder if she was remembering just like I was:) Only this time we were having a conversation! She was whispering right along with me and at one point copied me when I said "bless you" to Josh, after he sneezed. Adorable! Then it was time for bed and good night kisses again. In her room the fan and music were turned on, she smiled and giggled at her self in the mirror, I turned off the light and she layed down in my arms. Then in her crib for a good night sleep!
Now it's only 8:15 p.m. off to get a few more miles on my shoes before the upcoming Challenge Walk. I'm kind of nervous about getting blisters with these new shoes! Josh is hard at work helping his clients and doing a fabulous job! Tomorrow we will wake up and do it all over again...Love it! What a beautiful night with our little family!
Side note-no where in here do you read that clothes were put away, dishes done, house picked up and cleaned, tv shows watched, dinner was made from start to finish, etc. That's probably what Josh and I did before our little Kiera arrived:-) I am glad we are where we are now!
